Pazopanib With or Without Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Last updated: July 11, 2025
Sponsor: Yonsei University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Sarcoma

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Sarcoma (Pediatric)

Treatment

pembrolizumab, pazopanib

Clinical Study ID

NCT05679921
4-2022-1202
  • Ages 20-80
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is an open-label, randomized, phase II study to evaluate the clinical activity of pembrolizumab in combination with pazopanib compared to pazopanib monotherapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically confirmed Soft Tissue Sarcoma(STS) progression to 1 or 2 (less than
  1. prior chemotherapy : Exclude pazopanib-resistant subtype - embryonalrhabdomyosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing tumours, primitiveneuroectodermal tumour, gastrointestinal stromal tumour, dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberans, inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma, and liposarcoma
  1. Age > 19 years, ≤80 years at time of study entry

  2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 (within 7days before screening)

  3. Measurable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1

  4. Adequate normal organ and marrow function as defined below -Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL

-Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500 per mm3

-Platelet count ≥ 100,000 per mm3

-Serum bilirubin ≤1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN).

-Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, SGOT)/Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, SGPT) ≤2.5 xinstitutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present, in whichcase it must be ≤5x ULN

-Creatinine≤1.5 x ULN

-International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) and activated partialthromboplastin time (aPTT) : ≤1.5 × ULN unless participant is receivinganticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intendeduse of anticoagulants

  1. The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provideswritten informed consent for the trial.

  2. A male or female participant must agree to use a contraception as detailed inAppendix 2 of this protocol during the treatment period and for at least 120 daysafter the last dose of study treatment and refrain from donating sperm during thisperiod.

  3. A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, notbreastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: a. Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) as defined in Appendix 2 OR b. AWOCBP who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance in Appendix 2 during thetreatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment.

  4. Archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained [core, incisional or excisional]biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated has been provided.Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks are preferred to slides.Newly obtained biopsies are preferred to archived tissue.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Receipt of the last dose of anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy,endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, tumor embolization,monoclonal antibodies, other investigational agent) 14 days prior to the first doseof study drug

  2. Any previous treatment with a Programmed Death-1(PD1) or ProgrammedDeath-Ligand1(PD-L1) inhibitor, anti-PD-L2 agent, stimulatory/co-inhibitory T-cellreceptor (eg. CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137), and/or pazopanib

  3. Any unresolved toxicity NCI CTCAE Grade ≥2 from previous anticancer therapy with theexception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusioncriteria

  4. Major surgical procedure (as defined by the Investigator) within 28 days prior tothe first dose of Investigational Product(IP).

  5. A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior torandomization. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, aserum pregnancy test will be required.

  6. Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention.Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not requirecorticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout ispermitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-Central NervousSystem(CNS) disease.

  7. Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before thefirst dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed.

  8. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form ofimmunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.

  9. Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatmentwithin the past 3 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin,squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, urothelial cancer, or carcinoma in situ thathave undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.

  10. Has known active Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatousmeningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participateprovided they are radiologically stable: without evidence of progression for atleast 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performedduring study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroidtreatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study intervention).

  11. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids orimmunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, orphysiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitaryinsufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.

  12. Has a history of or current(non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung diseasethat required steroids 14. Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)infection. Note: No HIV testing is required unless mandated by local healthauthority. 15. Concurrent active Hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive and/ordetectable HBV DNA) and Hepatitis C virus (defined as anti-HCV Ab positive anddetectable HCV RNA) infection.

  • Note: Hepatitis B and C screening tests are not required unless:

  • Known history of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection

  • As mandated by local health authority 16. Known active infection requiring systemictherapy.

  • Active infection including tuberculosis

  • Active hepatitis B (HBsAg reactive and HBV DNA is detected)

  • Active hepatitis C (anti-HCV reactive and HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected)

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection 17. Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expectingto conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, startingwith the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.

  1. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the studydrug excipients.

  2. Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant. 20. Has a history orcurrent evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality or othercircumstance that might confound the results of the study, interfere with theparticipant's participation for the full duration of the study, such that it isnot in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion ofthe treating investigator.

  3. Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere withcooperation with the requirements of the trial.

  4. Known or probable QT interval prolongation. 23. Any following history in past 6months

  • Coronary angioplasty or stent insertion, myocardial infarction, unstable angina,coronary artery bypass, New York Heart Association(NYHA) stage III or IV congestiveheart failure, thromboembolism (stable patients on anticoagulation for at least 6weeks can be enrolled), hemoptysis, brain hemorrhage or clinically significantgastrointestinal bleeding.

Study Design

Total Participants: 116
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: pembrolizumab, pazopanib
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 01, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2026

Study Description

Pembrolizumab will be given for a maximum of 2 years i.e. a total of 35 cycles of pembrolizumab with the q3 week dosing. Participants who complete study intervention after 2 years of pembrolizumab can be treated with pazopanib monotherapy based on physician's judgement. The duration of optional pembrolizumab crossover treatment will be maximum of 2 years i.e. a total of 35 cycles of pembrolizumab for patients progressing on pazopanib.

Connect with a study center

  • Severance Hospital

    Seoul, 03722
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

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