Researchers watch and learn: no new treatment for rare sarcoma
NCT ID NCT03099681
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is observing 100 people with epithelioid sarcoma, a rare cancer. Researchers will track what treatments patients receive and how they respond. The goal is to better understand the disease and current care, not to test a new drug.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2017
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient affected by epithelioid sarcoma according to 2014 WHO classification
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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. Histological diagnosis of epithelioid sarcoma according to 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) classification, performed on biopsy or surgical specimen 2. Signed informed consent 3. Adequate patient compliance to treatment or follow up 4. No age limit Exclusion criteria 1. Other malignancies within past 5 years, with exception of carcinoma in situ of the cervix and basocellular skin cancers treated with eradicating intent 2. Impossibility to ensure adequate compliance
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
11 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Paolo Giaccone
RECRUITINGPalermo, PA, 90127, Italy
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Campus Biomedico
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS INT Milano
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia IRCC Candiolo
RECRUITINGCandiolo, Torino, 10060, Italy
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Irccs Istituto Oncologico Veneto (Iov)
RECRUITINGPadova, Italy
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Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri di Roma
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Istituto Clinico Humanitas
RECRUITINGRozzano, MI, 20089, Italy
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Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
RECRUITINGMilan, MI, 20141, Italy
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Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli - Unit of Chemotherapy of Muscoloskeletal Tumors
RECRUITINGBologna, 40136, Italy
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Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori - IRST
RECRUITINGMeldola, FC, Italy
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Ospedale Misericordia e Dolce Ist. Toscano Tumori, Az. USL4
RECRUITINGPrato, 59100, Italy
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