About this trial
This is a cohort study aimed at developing a stratified medicine approach for personalised neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in high-risk soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS), leiomyosarcoma (LMS), synovial sarcoma (SS), vascular sarcomas, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) or other subtypes. It comprises of both retrospective and prospective tissue collection from patients advancing directly to surgery (control group) and patients receiving NCT and surgery.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Written informed consent for the prospective cohort
Histopathological diagnosis of high-risk soft tissue sarcoma and one of the following subtypes: DDLPS, LMS, SS, vascular sarcomas or MPNST. Other subtypes may be included with PI approval.
Greater than 5cm or Grade 3
Deep anatomic location
Disqualifiers
Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment
Metastatic disease not amenable to curative intent local therapy
Any active uncontrolled medical conditions
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Observational Translational Study
Treatment groups
Locations
1Sponsors and collaborators
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Lead sponsor
Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Collaborator
University of Edinburgh
Collaborator
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Collaborator
University of Birmingham
Collaborator
University Hospital Birmingham
Collaborator
Cancer Research UK
Collaborator
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Collaborator
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Collaborator
Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío
Collaborator
Andalusian Network for Design and Translation of Advanced Therapies
Collaborator
Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla
Collaborator
the Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer
Collaborator
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Collaborator
Freeman Hospital, UK
Collaborator
Liverpool Hospital
Collaborator
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Collaborator