Tazemetostat in Combination With Doxorubicin as Frontline Therapy for Advanced Epithelioid Sarcoma
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Epizyme, Inc.
- Where
- Ann Arbor, Aurora, Boston, Columbus, Denver, Duarte, Durham, Jacksonville, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Santa Monica, Seattle, and St Louis, United StatesSee the 18 sitesAlso in 3 other countries, 3 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 1
- People taking part
- 25 people enrolled
- Started
- 19 Dec 2019
- Ended
- 14 Jun 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Tazemetostat
- Doxorubicin HCl
- Record updated
- 7 January 2026
- Why it stopped
- FDA and Ipsen alignelment: Due to unfeasibility and the resulting inability to meet the required enrolment targets. No safety concerns
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Participants must meet ALL the following inclusion criteria to be eligible to enroll in this study:
- Have voluntarily agreed to provide written informed consent and demonstrated willingness and ability to comply with all aspects of the protocol. Study related activities will not start until written consent is obtained
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months before enrollment
- Phase 1b: 18-65 years old histologically confirmed Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Phase 3: ≥18 years old with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic Epithelioid Sarcoma and tumor tissue available
- Have measurable disease
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
- Have adequate hematologic (bone marrow (BM) and coagulation factors), renal and hepatic function as required per protocol
- Females must not be lactating or pregnant at Screening or Baseline
- Females must not be pregnant or breast feeding and agree to use highly effective contraception during the clinical trial and for 6 months following the final dose of study
- Male participants of child-bearing potential must have had either a successful vasectomy or practice highly effective contraception
- Participants diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are eligible to participate in the study if their infection is well controlled on anti-retroviral therapy
Who cannot take part
- Prior exposure to tazemetostat or other inhibitor(s) of enhancer of zeste homologue-2 (EZH2)
- Prior systemic anticancer therapy
- Have any prior history of myeloid malignancies, including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- Have prior history of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T- LBL/)/T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL)
- Have participated in another interventional clinical study and received investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to the planned first dose of study treatment
- Participants taking medications that are known potent cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inducers/inhibitors (including St. John's Wort)
- Major surgery within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment. Participants must have recovered from surgery prior to enrollment to this study
- Participants who have undergone a solid organ transplant
- Are unable to take oral medication OR have malabsorption syndrome or any other uncontrolled gastrointestinal condition (eg, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting) that might impair the bioavailability of study treatment
- Have an active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Have known hypersensitivity to any component of tazemetostat or doxorubicin
- Cardiovascular impairment as stated in the protocol
- Have a known active infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV, as measured by positive hepatitis B surface antigen), hepatitis C virus (HCV, as measured by positive hepatitis C antibody)
- Any other major illness that, in the Investigator's judgment, will substantially increase the risk associated with the participant's participation in this study OR interfere with their ability to receive study treatment or complete the study
- Participants with malignancies other than STS (phase 1b) or ES (Phase 3 only)
- Participants meeting any of the following exclusion criteria are NOT eligible to enroll in this study:
- Contraindications noted in the doxorubicin label
- Have known active central nervous system (CNS) or any leptomeningeal metastasis of primary extracranial tumor
- Are unwilling to exclude Seville oranges, grapefruit juice, AND grapefruit from the diet and all foods that contain those fruits from time of enrollment to through the duration of study participation
- Are immunocompromised (ie, has a congenital immunodeficiency)
- Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Participants housed in an institution by order of the authorities or courts
Where in United States
Also in 3 other countries, 3 sites
- University of Michigan Medical CenterAnn Arbor, United StatesNo longer taking part
- University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Cancer PavilionAurora, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Dana Farber Cancer InsitituteBoston, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, United StatesNo longer taking part
- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbus, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthONEDenver, United StatesNo longer taking part
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuarte, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Duke University Medical CenterDurham, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Mayo Clinic- JacksonvilleJacksonville, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Sarah Cannon and HCA Research InstituteNashville, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterNew York, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, United StatesNo longer taking part
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Hillman Cancer CenterPittsburgh, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Oregon Health and Science UniversityPortland, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Sarcoma Oncology Research CenterSanta Monica, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Fred Hutchinson Research CenterSeattle, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Washington UniversitySt Louis, United StatesNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The participants of this study will have advanced epithelioid sarcoma. Sarcoma is a cancer of the connective tissues, such as nerves, muscles and bones. Epithelioid sarcoma is an ultra-rare sarcoma of the soft-tissue.
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Part 1 of this trial will evaluate the safety and the level of the study drug that the study drug combinations can be tolerated (known as tolerability). It is also designed to establish a recommended study drug dosage for the next part of the study.
Part 2 will evaluate and compare for each of the study drug combinations how long participants live without their disease getting worse.
The study drug is called tazemetostat. The study will test tazemetostat in combination with doxorubicin compared to placebo (dummy treatment) in combination with doxorubicin. Doxorubicin is a current front line treatment for epithelioid sarcoma
The group in the trial
- Phase 1b: Open-label: Tazemetostat + DoxorubicinTreatment being tested
Phase 1b: On cycle 1 day -1, participants will receive a single morning dose of tazemetostat at the assigned dose level. Participants will receive doxorubicin 75 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) on day 1 of each cycle for up to 6 cycles. Tazemetostat will be escalated from a starting dose of 400 mg twice daily PO to 600 mg twice daily PO to 800 mg twice daily.
Treatment: Tazemetostat and Doxorubicin HCl
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Phase 1b/3 Global, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Tazemetostat in Combination With Doxorubicin as Frontline Therapy for Advanced Epithelioid Sarcoma
- Record updated
- 7 January 2026