New combo attack on sarcoma: radiation, chemo, and immunotherapy before surgery
NCT ID NCT05774275
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing whether giving a combination of radiation, chemotherapy, and an immunotherapy drug before surgery can help people with high-risk soft tissue sarcoma. The study will include 52 adults whose tumors are large or hard to remove. The goal is to see if this approach shrinks tumors enough to improve surgery results and lower the chance of the cancer coming back.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, doxorubicin hydrochloride, sintilimab (anti-PD-1), and radiotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could shrink high-risk sarcomas before surgery, potentially improving surgical outcomes and reducing recurrence.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 52 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination of treatments may cause significant 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 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 52 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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 to 75 years
- 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. Histologically confirmed STS, G2 or G3. The histological types include: pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, myxofibrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma but not radiotherapy-induced angiosarcoma, etc. 2. Has\>5 cm lesions, or the lesions are determined to be borderline resectable or unresectable by a multidisciplinary consultation. 3. Has imaging-confirmed localized lesions on the limbs or trunk without distant metastases. 4. Experience primary tumor or local recurrence after surgery (disease-free survival more than 2 months after surgery) 5. Aged from 18 to 70, with ECOG performance status 0-1, or aged from 70 to 75, with ECOG performance status 0. Has life expectancy more than 2 years 6. Demonstrate adequate organ function (bone marrow, liver, and kidney function) (Leukocytes ≥ 3 × 10\^9 /L, Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9 /L, Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L, Platelet count ≥ 100 × 10\^9 /L, Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal (ULN), Aspartate transaminase ≤2.5 × ULN, Alanine transaminase ≤2.5 × ULN, Serum creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN or creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min.) 7. Fully informed and willing to provide written informed consent for the trial. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The presences of regional or distant metastases detected by imaging evaluation 2. Patients with the following histological types: osteosarcoma, chordoma, classical chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, malignant mesothelioma, radiation-induced sarcomas. 3. Known history of another primary malignant tumor within the past three years or at the same time (excluding localized basal cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, adenocarcinoma in situ of cervix, or other previous malignant tumor with a disease-free survival of more than five years) 4. Known history of other chemotherapy within 4 weeks before enrolment, previous anti-PD1 treatment, previous radiotherapy in the radiation field, or has other contraindications to radiotherapy or surgery. 5. Uncontrolled hyperglycaemia or Coagulation disorder 6. Active infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy 7. Previous major surgery within 2 weeks before enrolment (excluding minor operation such as diagnostic biopsy or peripherally inserted central catheter implantation) 8. Known history of immunodeficiency diseases or active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment 9. Female patients pregnant or breastfeeding, Male patients expecting to have babies
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China