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New cocktail of four drugs targets tough sarcomas in kids
NCT ID NCT07444619
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-phase trial tests a combination of four drugs—pazopanib, trabectedin, ipilimumab, and nivolumab—in children and young adults up to age 30 whose soft tissue sarcomas have come back. The goal is to see if adding pazopanib to the existing three-drug regimen is safe and helps control the cancer. Only 18 participants will be enrolled at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pazopanib, trabectedin, ipilimumab, and nivolumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new combination therapy that helps control recurrent soft tissue sarcomas in young patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial with only 18 participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet known. The drug combination may cause serious 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
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 18 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2033
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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1 year to 30 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: All Recurrent STS are eligible for enrollment. All laboratory studies will need to be complete within 7 days prior to initiating protocol therapy. All imaging studies will need to be done within 28 days prior to starting treatment. 1. Age: Patients must be \> 1 year of age and . 30 years of age at time of initiation of protocol therapy. 2. Diagnosis: Patients have a histologically or radiographically confirmed relapsed or refractory STS. 3. Disease Status: Patients must have evaluable disease. a. Patients may have CNS metastases at study entry, if they are previously treated or stable (defined by not requiring initiation or the need for increased steroids for 7 days). 4. Performance Level: Karnofsky . 50% for patients \> 16 years old, and Lansky . 50 for patients 1-16 years old. (See Appendix I) 5. Prior Therapy: Patients may have received prior therapy including single-agent pazopanib or trabectedin. Patients may not have previously been treated with combination therapy of pazopanib and trabectedin. a. Patients must be fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study. Delayed toxicities from chemotherapy (e.g. requiring electrolyte replacement, alopecia) will be permitted as long as they are stable or improving and approved by the study PI. i. Hematopoietic growth factor: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the last administration of filgrastim, or 14 days since administration of pegfilgrastim. ii. XRT: At least 7 days since the last dose of local palliative radiation therapy. Greater than 6 months must have elapsed since the last day of treatment if given total body irradiation, craniospinal irradiation. iii. Autologous or Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant: Complete resolution of graft versus host disease and no current need for immunosuppressive medication. Greater than 3 months must have elapsed since engraftment and no longer requiring transfusion of platelets or injection of colony stimulating factors. 6. Organ Function Requirements a. Bone Marrow Function: i. Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) . 750/ƒÊL ii. Platelet count . 75,000/ƒÊL (no platelet transfusion within 7 days prior to obtaining laboratory result) b. Adequate Renal Function: i. Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate . 70ml/min/1.73m2 (calculated or measured as appropriate for age and level of concern by treating MD) c. Adequate Liver Function: i. Total bilirubin . 1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age ii. SGPT (ALT) . 3 x ULN iii. Serum albumin . 2gm/dL Due to the risk of hepatic injury, including fatal hepatic failure, temozolomide should not be administered if total bilirubin is \>2.0 mg/dl or SGPT(ALT)\> 3 x ULN. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant organ dysfunction, not meeting inclusion criteria. * Pediatric subjects who are considered wards of some entity. * Pregnancy or Breast-Feeding Pregnant or breast-feeding woman will not be entered on this study due to risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal/human studies. * Concomitant Medications: 1. Growth factor: Growth factors that support platelet or white cell number or function must not have been administered within the past 7 days. 2. Investigational Drugs: Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug. (Please refer to section 4.1, Prior Therapy) 3. Anti-cancer Agents: Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents. (Please refer to section 4.1, Prior Therapy) 4. Medication Allergy: i. Allergy or intolerance to agents on this protocol: Trabectedin. Pazopanib, Ipilimumab or Nivolumab e. Infection: Patients who have uncontrolled infection, positive blood cultures within the past 48 hours, or receiving treatment for Clostridium difficile infection. * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Known active infection of hepatitis B or Hepatitis C virus
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Locations
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The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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