Study of Preoperative Therapy With Pazopanib (Votrient®) to Treat High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if a short-term treatment with pazopanib, an oral drug inhibiting the growth of blood vessel, can reduce the metabolism of soft-tissue sarcomas and thus facilitate their resection when given prior to surgery. Moreover, the study assesses the prognostic and predictive value of several new biomarkers (endothelial progenitor cells, soluble vascular epithelial growth factor),

Timeline

Start

2013-04

Primary completion

2016-10

Completion

2016-10

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “slow recruitment”

Publications

• Ronellenfitsch U, Karampinis I, Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A, Sachpekidis C, Jakob J, Kasper B, Nowak K, Pilz L, Attenberger U, Gaiser T, Derigs HG, Schwarzbach M, Hohenberger P. Preoperative Pazopanib in High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Phase II Window-of Opportunity Study of the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (NOPASS/GISG-04). Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 May;26(5):1332-1339. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07183-4. Epub 2019 Mar 6.
• Ronellenfitsch U, Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A, Jakob J, Kasper B, Nowak K, Pilz LR, Attenberger U, Gaiser T, Egerer G, Frohling S, Derigs HG, Schwarzbach M, Hohenberger P. Preoperative therapy with pazopanib in high-risk soft tissue sarcoma: a phase II window-of-opportunity study by the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG-04/NOPASS). BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 6;6(1):e009558. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009558.

Drugs

Indications