RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as brostallicin and doxorubicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well brostallicin or doxorubicin works as first-line therapy in treating patients with relapsed, refractory, or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Six-month progression-free survival, in terms of complete response, partial response, or
no change [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Overall progression-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Objective tumor response [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Safety (CTCAE v 3.0) [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Duration of response [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: |
108 |
Study Start Date: |
October 2006 |
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the activity and safety of brostallicin vs doxorubicin hydrochloride as first-line therapy in patients with relapsed, refractory, or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating and age(younger than 60 years vs 60 years and over). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive brostallicin IV over 10 minutes on day 1.
- Arm II: Patients receive doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 10 minutes on day 1. In both arms, treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 30 days and then every 12 weeks thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 108 patients will be accrued for this study.