Could a breast cancer drug help fight liposarcoma?
NCT ID NCT02846987
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a drug called abemaciclib in 33 people with dedifferentiated liposarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery. The drug aims to slow tumor growth or shrink it by at least a quarter. Abemaciclib is not yet approved for this cancer, but has shown promise in other cancers like breast and lung cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Abemaciclib (a targeted cancer drug)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with dedifferentiated liposarcoma that has spread or come back.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 33 people. Abemaciclib has not been tested in liposarcoma before, so it may not work or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2016
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma confirmed at MSKCC. * Metastatic and/or locally advanced or locally recurrent disease that is not surgically resectable. * All patients must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1. Patients must also have evidence of disease progression by RECIST 1.1 within 6 months of first dose of study drug. * Any number of prior therapies (including none) is permitted. The last dose of systemic therapy (include targeted therapies) must have been given at least 2 4 weeks prior to initiation of therapy. Patients receiving BCNU or mitomycin C must have received their last dose of such therapy at least 6 weeks prior to initiation of therapy. * Patients with brain metastasis that have been treated with definitive surgery or radiation and have been clinically stable for 3 months are eligible. * Age ≥ 18 years. * ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below (ULN indicates institutional upper limit of normal): * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.510\^9/L * Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL * WBC ≥ 3.0 x 10\^9/L * Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN except for patients with known Gilbert syndrome * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 x institutional ULN * Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or Creatinine Clearance \> 50 mL/min (calculated by Cockcroft-Gault method) * Patients must not have current evidence of another malignancy that requires treatment. * Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence). Women must not breast feed while on study. * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Ability to swallow capsules Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have not recovered from adverse events of prior therapy to ≤ NCI CTCAEv4.0 Grade 1. * Patients receiving any other investigational agents. * Patients who have received prior treatment with a selective CDK4 inhibitor * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, known ongoing or active infection, including HIV, active hepatitis B or C, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia (specifically, atrial fibrillation or ventricular dysrhythmias except ventricular premature contractions), or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. * Pregnant women and women who are breast-feeding.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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