Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Angiosarcoma That is Locally Advanced, Metastatic, or Unable to Be Removed by Surgery

Summary

RATIONALE: Sorafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well sorafenib works in treating patients with angiosarcoma that is locally advanced, metastatic, or unable to be removed by surgery.

Timeline

Start

2008-05

Primary completion

2011-05

Completion

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Publications

• Penel N, Ray-Coquard I, Bal-Mahieu C, Chevreau C, Le Cesne A, Italiano A, Bompas E, Clisant S, Baldeyrou B, Lansiaux A, Robin YM, Bay JO, Piperno-Neumann S, Blay JY, Fournier C. Low level of baseline circulating VEGF-A is associated with better outcome in patients with vascular sarcomas receiving sorafenib: an ancillary study from a phase II trial. Target Oncol. 2014 Sep;9(3):273-7. doi: 10.1007/s11523-013-0299-0. Epub 2013 Nov 12.
• Valentin T, Fournier C, Penel N, Bompas E, Chaigneau L, Isambert N, Chevreau C. Sorafenib in patients with progressive malignant solitary fibrous tumors: a subgroup analysis from a phase II study of the French Sarcoma Group (GSF/GETO). Invest New Drugs. 2013 Dec;31(6):1626-7. doi: 10.1007/s10637-013-0023-z. Epub 2013 Sep 5.
• Ray-Coquard I, Italiano A, Bompas E, Le Cesne A, Robin YM, Chevreau C, Bay JO, Bousquet G, Piperno-Neumann S, Isambert N, Lemaitre L, Fournier C, Gauthier E, Collard O, Cupissol D, Clisant S, Blay JY, Penel N; French Sarcoma Group (GSF/GETO). Sorafenib for patients with advanced angiosarcoma: a phase II Trial from the French Sarcoma Group (GSF/GETO). Oncologist. 2012;17(2):260-6. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0237. Epub 2012 Jan 27.

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