NCT02451943CompletedPhase 3
A Study of Doxorubicin Plus Olaratumab (LY3012207) in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Doxorubicin Plus Olaratumab Versus Doxorubicin Plus Placebo in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of doxorubicin plus the study drug known as olaratumab versus doxorubicin plus placebo in participants with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 509 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 May 2015
- Start date
- 14 Sept 2015
- Primary completion date
- 5 Dec 2018
- Lead sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Diseases
- Sarcoma
- NCT number
- NCT02451943
- EudraCT number
- 2015-000134-30
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 509
- From 14 Sept 2015 to the primary completion date, 5 Dec 2018
- 111 sites in 25 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Active central nervous system (CNS) or leptomeningeal metastasis (brain metastasis) at the time of randomization. Participants with a history of a CNS metastasis previously treated with curative intent (for example, stereotactic radiation or surgery) that have not progressed on follow-up imaging, have been asymptomatic for at least 60 days and are not receiving systemic corticosteroids and or/anticonvulsants, are eligible. Participants with signs or symptoms of neurological compromise should have appropriate radiographic imaging performed before randomization to rule out brain metastasis.
- Prior treatment with doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, and/or other anthracyclines or anthracenediones; the participant has received treatment with olaratumab or has participated in a prior olaratumab trial.
- Prior radiotherapy of the mediastinal/pericardial area or whole pelvis radiation.
Other illness
- The participant has unstable angina pectoris, angioplasty, cardiac stenting, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of randomization.
- Known allergy to any of the treatment components including a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of chemical or biological composition similar to olaratumab.
- The participant has a known active fungal, bacterial, or viral infection including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral (A, B, or C) hepatitis (screening is not required).
Lab values
- The participant has symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF), left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF \< 50%), severe myocardial insufficiency, cardiac arrhythmia, or cardiomyopathy.
- The participant has a QT interval calculated using Bazett's formula (QTcB) interval of \>450 milliseconds (msec) for males and \>470 msec for females on screening electrocardiogram (ECG).
Other
- Diagnosis of GIST or Kaposi sarcoma.
- Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Who the study is looking for
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced unresectable or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma not amenable to curative treatment with surgery or radiotherapy. Participants with Kaposi's sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) will be excluded. Note: Evidence of disease progression is required for participants that are not newly diagnosed.
- Presence of measurable or nonmeasurable but evaluable disease as defined by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1, Eisenhauer et al. 2009).
- Performance status 0-1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale.
- The participant has not received any previous treatment with anthracyclines.
- The participant may have had any number of prior systemic cytotoxic therapies for advanced/metastatic disease and are considered appropriate candidates for anthracycline therapy. All previous anticancer treatments must be completed ≥ 3 weeks (21 days) prior to first dose of study drug.
- Availability of tumor tissue is required for study eligibility. The participant must have consented to provide archived formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue or be subject to a pre-treatment re-biopsy of primary or metastatic tumor tissue for future central pathology review and translational research (if archived tissue is unavailable).
- Adequate hematologic, organ, and coagulation within 2 weeks (14 days) prior to randomization.
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% assessed within 28 days prior to randomization.
- Females of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to randomization.
- Females of child-bearing potential and males must agree to use highly effective contraceptive precautions during the trial and up to 3 months following the last dose of study drug.
- The participant has, in the opinion of the investigator, a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (111)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENIT Centro de Neurociencias, Investigación y Tratamiento Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Alexander Fleming Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Hospital Provincial del Centenario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| AKH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vienna | Austria | Unknown status |
| Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Camperdown | Australia | Unknown status |
| Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brussels | Belgium | Unknown status |
| Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ghent | Belgium | Unknown status |
| Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Unknown status |
| INCA - Hospital do Cancer III Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Icesp - Instituto Do Câncer Do Estado de São Paulo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Tom Baker Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| Princess Margaret Hospital (Ontario) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lai Chi Kok | Canada | Unknown status |
| Royal Victoria Hospital-Montreal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| BC Cancer - Vancouver Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
| Inselspital Bern Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bern | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| Cantonal Hospital St Gallen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sankt Gallen | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| Helios Klinikum Berlin Buch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinikum - Essen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Essen | Germany | Unknown status |
| Klinikum Mannheim gGmbH Universitätsmedizin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mannheim | Germany | Unknown status |
| Klinikum der Universität München-Großhadern Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | München | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitätsklinikum Tübingen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tübingen | Germany | Unknown status |
| Herlev and Gentofte Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Herlev | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Duran i Reynals Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clínico San Carlos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seville | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario La Fe de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Unknown status |
| Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampere | Finland | Unknown status |
| Turku University Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turku | Finland | Unknown status |
| Institut Bergonié - Centre Régional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer de Bordeaux et Sud Ouest Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Georges François Leclerc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dijon | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Leon Berard Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lyon | France | Unknown status |
| CHU Hopital d'enfants de la Timone Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Unknown status |
| Institut Curie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Institut Claudius Regaud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
| Gustave Roussy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Villejuif | France | Unknown status |
| The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bebbington | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| University College Hospital - London Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Royal Marsden NHS Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manchester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Weston Park Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sheffield | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest | Hungary | Unknown status |
| Hadassah medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Unknown status |
| Sheba medical center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel HaShomer | Israel | Unknown status |
| Istituto di Candiolo IRCCS - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Candiolo | Italy | Unknown status |
| Università degli Studi di Catania - Azienda Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Catania | Italy | Unknown status |
| Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Istituto Clinico Humanitas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rozzano | Italy | Unknown status |
| National Cancer Center Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chuo Ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fukuoka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Saitama Medical University International Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hidaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Cancer Center Hospital East Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kashiwa | Japan | Unknown status |
| Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Koto-ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Nagoya University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nagoya | Japan | Unknown status |
| Okayama University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Okayama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Osaka International Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sapporo | Japan | Unknown status |
| Osaka University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suita | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Goyang-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Asan Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Samsung Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Atención e Investigación Clínica en Oncología Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mérida | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Consultorio Dr. Reinoso Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monterrey | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Alta Especialidad Reumatologia Inv del Potosi SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Luis Potosí City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Hospital Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tijuana | Mexico | Unknown status |
| University Medical Center Groningen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Groningen | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leiden | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Maastricht UMC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Maastricht | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud Nijmegen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nijmegen | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Erasmus Medisch Centrum Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Kazan Oncology Dispensary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kazan' | Russia | Unknown status |
| Blokhin Cancer Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Moscow | Russia | Unknown status |
| St-Petersburg scientifical practical cente spec medical care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Unknown status |
| Skånes Universitetssjukhus Lund Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lund | Sweden | Unknown status |
| National Taiwan University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Taipei Veterans General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Linkou Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan Hsien | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| University of New Mexico Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Unknown status |
| Georgia Cancer Specialists PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Colorado Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Oncology Hematology Care, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| City of Hope National Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duarte | United States | Unknown status |
| Duke Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
| Fairfax Northern Virginia Hematology Oncology, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairfax | United States | Unknown status |
| Oncology Hematology Care Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairfield | United States | Unknown status |
| The West Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Germantown | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic in Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| UCLA Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Oncology Hematology Care Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Columbia University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Nebraska Methodist Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Unknown status |
| Pennsylvania Oncology Hematology Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| Oregon Health and Science University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Utah School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| Utah Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Unknown status |
| Washington University Medical School Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Unknown status |
| Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
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