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NCT05210374RecruitingPhase 1

Disulfiram With Copper Gluconate and Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treatment-Refractory Sarcomas

Disulfiram With Copper Gluconate and Liposomal Doxorubicin in Patients With Treatment-Refractory Sarcomas

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of combining the disulfiram (DSF) and copper gluconate (Cu) to liposomal doxorubicin to treat patients with sarcomas that recurred or did not respond to initial treatment.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Jan 2022
Start date
9 Mar 2023
Primary completion date
1 Sept 2026
Lead sponsor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Diseases
Sarcoma
NCT number
NCT05210374

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Planned participants: 24
  • From 9 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Has a concomitant serious medical or psychiatric illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, could compromise the participant's safety or the study data integrity.

Other illness

  • Has active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy
  • Has a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs, their pharmaceutical class or any of their excipients. The participant exhibits any of the events outlined in the Contraindications or Special Warnings and Precautions sections of Liposomal Doxorubicin Prescribing Information package inserts or on the Investigator's Brochure for DSF/Cu.
  • Know condition preventing safe administration of copper such as a copper allergy or Wilson's Disease.

Other

  • Is currently enrolled in any other clinical protocol or investigational trial involving administration of antineoplastic compounds for the treatment of their sarcoma.
  • Is unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures.
  • Investigator feels participation in this study would be harmful or of no benefit to the potential participant

Who the study is looking for

  • Must have histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory sarcoma.
  • Must have measurable disease by RECIST criteria at study enrollment
  • Performance status of Karnofsky/Lansky ≥50%
  • Must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
    • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1,000/mcL
    • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mcL
    • Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
    • AST (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
    • ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
    • Serum Creatinine ≤1.5X institutional limit of normal
  • Must be able to swallow pills or consume the contents of the DSF and Capsules sprinkled on food.
  • Participants, or parent/guardians for participants \<18 years old (yo), must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Must abstain from alcohol during study.
  • Prior treatment toxicities must have stabilized or resolved to ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE Version 5.0 except alopecia, neuropathy and hematologic criteria (must meet normal organ and marrow function criteria above).
  • Participants ≥18yo must agree to pre-and post-treatment core needle tumor biopsies. For participants \<18yo biopsies are optional. Biopsies will not be performed if deemed unsafe by interventional radiologists that will be performing the procedure and is not part of the study team to avoid bias.
  • Must abstain from sexual intercourse or used appropriate, highly-effective birth control measures.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting

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