New Immunotherapy-Chemo combo aims to tackle rare sarcoma
NCT ID NCT07243626
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding envafolimab (an immunotherapy) to standard chemotherapy (doxorubicin and ifosfamide) can improve outcomes for people with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who haven't had prior treatment. About 25 adults will receive the combination every 3 weeks. The study will measure how long the cancer stays under control and any side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- envafolimab (a PD-L1 inhibitor) combined with doxorubicin and ifosfamide (chemotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective first-line treatment option for advanced soft tissue sarcoma, potentially improving tumor shrinkage and delaying disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (25 participants) with no control group, so results may not be conclusive. The combination may cause significant side effects, and not all sarcoma subtypes may respond.
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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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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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: 1. Pathologically confirmed advanced soft tissue sarcoma with at least one measurable lesion. 2. No previous systemic treatment. 3. ≥18 years old; expected survival time more than 3 months; 4. Major organ function within 7 days before treatment, meeting the following criteria: (1) Routine blood test criteria (without blood transfusion within 14 days): * Hemoglobin (HB) ≥90g/L; ② Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L; ③ Platelet count (PLT) ≥80×109/L. (2) Biochemical examinations must meet the following criteria: ① Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); ② Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase AST ≤ 2.5 ULN. If liver metastasis is present, ALT and AST ≤ 5 ULN; ③ Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 ULN or creatinine clearance (CCr) ≥ 60ml/min; (3) Doppler ultrasound assessment: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ lower limit of normal (50%). 5. Women of childbearing age must agree to use contraceptive measures (such as intrauterine devices, birth control pills or condoms) during the study and within 6 months after the study; serum or urine pregnancy tests must be negative within 7 days before study enrollment, and the patients must not be breastfeeding; men must agree to use contraceptive measures during the study and within 6 months after the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chondrosarcoma (CS), osteosarcoma (OS), Ewing's sarcoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), and gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma (GIST) are excluded; 2. Pregnant or lactating women, or women of childbearing potential who are not using contraceptive measures; 3. Current severe, uncontrolled acute infection; or purulent or chronic infection with a persistent wound; 4. Presence of a second primary tumor (excluding basal cell carcinoma of the skin); 5. Participation in other drug clinical trials within 4 weeks; 6. Presence of severe heart disease, including congestive heart failure, uncontrolled high-risk arrhythmias, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, severe valvular heart disease, and refractory hypertension; 7. Suffering from uncontrolled neurological, psychiatric, or mental disorders, poor compliance, and inability to match the medication. Patients with uncontrolled primary brain tumors or central nervous system metastases and significant intracranial hypertension or neuropsychiatric symptoms are excluded. 8. Evidence of a hereditary bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy. 9. A history of severe allergic/anaphylactic reactions to humanized antibodies. 10. Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or receiving systemic glucocorticoids or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to the first dose of the study drug. Physiological doses of glucocorticoids (≤10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) are permitted. 11. Subjects with active, known, or suspected autoimmune diseases (e.g., interstitial pneumonitis, colitis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, including but not limited to these diseases or syndromes) are excluded.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Medical Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
RECRUITINGHanzhong, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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