Troglitazone in Treating Patients With Liposarcoma

Summary

Troglitazone may help liposarcoma cells develop into normal cells. This was a single arm, open-label study with a two-stage design to evaluate troglitazone in patients with liposarcoma stratified by histologic subtype.

Timeline

Start

1997-06

Primary completion

2000-01

Completion

2000-01

Publications

• Results Demetri GD, Fletcher CD, Mueller E, Sarraf P, Naujoks R, Campbell N, Spiegelman BM, Singer S. Induction of solid tumor differentiation by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma ligand troglitazone in patients with liposarcoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Mar 30;96(7):3951-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3951.
• Results Demetri GD, Spiegelman B, Fletcher CD, et al.: Differentiation of liposarcomas in patients treated with the PPAR g ligand troglitazone: documentation of biologic activity in myxoid/round cell and pleomorphic subtypes. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 18: A2064, 535a, 1999.

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