New hope for tough cancers: testing a Two-Pronged attack on recurrent sarcomas

NCT ID NCT01858168

Summary

This early-stage study tested the safety of a new combination of drugs for adults whose Ewing's sarcoma or rhabdomyosarcoma had returned or spread after standard chemotherapy. The main goal was to find the highest dose of the drugs olaparib and temozolomide (and sometimes a third drug, irinotecan) that patients could tolerate. Researchers also began gathering initial information on whether this combination could help shrink these difficult-to-treat cancers.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

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