NCT00087997

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an experimental study drug (STA-4783) combined with an approved cancer medicine, paclitaxel, in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas. Paclitaxel (Taxol®) has been approved and used in the United States since 1992.

Trial Health

90
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
80

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2004

Shorter than P25 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
2 countries

27 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 1, 2004

Completed
18 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 19, 2004

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 23, 2004

Completed
1.2 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

October 1, 2005

Completed
Last Updated

June 20, 2006

Status Verified

June 1, 2006

First QC Date

July 19, 2004

Last Update Submit

June 19, 2006

Conditions

Keywords

sarcoma

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Must be 18 years of age or older with histologic diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma
  • Must have disease not suitable for curative resection
  • Must have failed \>1 first line treatment with evidence of progression. Adjuvant therapy does not count as 1st line therapy unless recurrence occurs within 6 months of administration
  • Must have ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • Must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of \< 2
  • Must have measurable disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria
  • At least 4 weeks have passed since the last chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiation therapy
  • There must be measurable disease outside the radiotherapy fields or progression of the indicator lesions within the field since the completion of the radiotherapy
  • Must have a life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
  • Must have clinical laboratory values at screening as defined below:
  • Hemoglobin \>9 g/dL,
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>1500/mm3,
  • Platelet count \>100,000/mm3,
  • Creatinine \<1.5 X ULN,
  • Bilirubin \<1.5 X ULN,
  • +1 more criteria

You may not qualify if:

  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding
  • Patients of childbearing potential not using or not willing to use a barrier method of contraception
  • Prior malignancy other than soft tissue sarcoma (STS) within the last 5 yrs with the exception of:
  • Adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri;
  • Basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  • Presence of a clinically significant and uncontrolled infection
  • Presence of \>Grade 2 neuropathy
  • Symptomatic central nervous system metastases within last 8 weeks or on corticosteroids for CNS symptom management
  • Presence of clinically significant arrythmias
  • Presence of a serious concurrent illness or other conditions (e.g., psychological, family, sociological, or geographical circumstances) that do not permit adequate follow-up and compliance with the protocol
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to taxanes or cremaphore in spite of premedication
  • Use of any investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug(s)
  • Major surgery within 2 weeks of screening
  • Radiation treatment in past \>25% of bone marrow

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (27)

Arizona Cancer Center

Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States

Location

Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

Location

UCLA

Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

Location

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

Location

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

Location

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

Location

Palm Beach Cancer Institute

West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401, United States

Location

Winship Cancer Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

Location

University of Chicago Department of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

Via Christi Regional Med. Center (Wichita CCOP)

Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

Location

University of Louisville Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

Location

Feist-Weiller Cancer Center

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States

Location

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Location

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

Location

Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute

Flint, Michigan, 48503, United States

Location

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

Location

NYU Cancer Institute Clinical Center

New York, New York, 10016, United States

Location

Herbert Irving Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10032, United States

Location

Carolinas Medical Center/Blumenthal Cancer Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States

Location

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

Location

Hillman Cancer Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

Location

The West Clinic

Memphis, Tennessee, 38120, United States

Location

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

Location

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sarcoma

Interventions

elesclomol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms, Connective and Soft TissueNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasms

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 19, 2004

First Posted

July 23, 2004

Study Start

July 1, 2004

Study Completion

October 1, 2005

Last Updated

June 20, 2006

Record last verified: 2006-06

Locations