Envafolimab added to chemotherapy for advanced soft tissue sarcoma
Tests envafolimab with chemotherapy as first treatment in adults with advanced sarcoma.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
- Where
- Hanzhong, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Efficacy and Safety of Envafolimab Plus Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 25 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Sept 2024
- Expected to end
- 1 Jun 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Envafolimab combined with an AI regimen (doxorubicin and ifosfamide)
- Record updated
- 24 April 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who have not had any drug treatment for it yet. They get envafolimab with doxorubicin and ifosfamide.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Advanced soft tissue sarcoma confirmed by pathology, with at least one lesion that can be measured. Expected survival of more than 3 months.
- Earlier treatment
- No previous systemic treatment.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans or gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Second primary tumor (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
- Severe heart disease or active autoimmune disease
- Brain tumor or central nervous system metastases that are not under control
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Pathologically confirmed advanced soft tissue sarcoma with at least one measurable lesion
- No previous systemic treatment
- ≥18 years old; expected survival time more than 3 months
- Major organ function within 7 days before treatment, meeting the following criteria:; (1) Routine blood test criteria (without blood transfusion within 14 days):
- Hemoglobin (HB) ≥90g/L; ② Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L; ③ Platelet count (PLT) ≥80×109/L. (2) Biochemical examinations must meet the following criteria: ① Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); ② Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase AST ≤ 2.5 ULN. If liver metastasis is present, ALT and AST ≤ 5 ULN; ③ Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 ULN or creatinine clearance (CCr) ≥ 60ml/min; (3) Doppler ultrasound assessment: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ lower limit of normal (50%). 5. Women of childbearing age must agree to use contraceptive measures (such as intrauterine devices, birth control pills or condoms) during the study and within 6 months after the study; serum or urine pregnancy tests must be negative within 7 days before study enrollment, and the patients must not be breastfeeding; men must agree to use contraceptive measures during the study and within 6 months after the study
Who cannot take part
- Participation in other drug clinical trials within 4 weeks
- Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or receiving systemic glucocorticoids or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to the first dose of the study drug. Physiological doses of glucocorticoids (≤10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) are permitted
- Current severe, uncontrolled acute infection; or purulent or chronic infection with a persistent wound
- Presence of severe heart disease, including congestive heart failure, uncontrolled high-risk arrhythmias, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, severe valvular heart disease, and refractory hypertension
- Suffering from uncontrolled neurological, psychiatric, or mental disorders, poor compliance, and inability to match the medication. Patients with uncontrolled primary brain tumors or central nervous system metastases and significant intracranial hypertension or neuropsychiatric symptoms are excluded
- Evidence of a hereditary bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
- A history of severe allergic/anaphylactic reactions to humanized antibodies
- Subjects with active, known, or suspected autoimmune diseases (e.g., interstitial pneumonitis, colitis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, including but not limited to these diseases or syndromes) are excluded
- Chondrosarcoma (CS), osteosarcoma (OS), Ewing's sarcoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), and gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma (GIST) are excluded
- Pregnant or lactating women, or women of childbearing potential who are not using contraceptive measures
- Presence of a second primary tumor (excluding basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
Where in China
- Department of Medical Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaHanzhong, ChinaContact: Ying DongTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a rare, highly heterogeneous malignancy with a poor prognosis. The standard first-line treatment for advanced patients is anthracyclines (doxorubicin, A) combined with ifosfamide (I, AI regimen), but the efficacy is limited, and some subtypes do not respond well. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have shown potential in specific STS subtypes. Anthracyclines can induce immunogenic cell death and upregulate PD-L1, providing a theoretical basis for combined immunotherapy. Previous studies have shown that ICI combined with chemotherapy (such as pembrolizumab + doxorubicin) is more effective than chemotherapy alone. Envolizumab is the world's first subcutaneously injected PD-L1 single-domain antibody-Fc fusion protein, with significant advantages: (1) small molecular weight (~80kDa) and strong tissue penetration; (2) high stability and can be stored at room temperature; (3) convenient subcutaneous injection and good tolerability (Phase II study of MSI-H/dMMR solid tumors ORR 42.7%, grade 3-4 TEAE 15.5%). In 2022, the FDA granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of STS.
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This study aims to evaluate the efficacy (ORR, PFS, OS, etc.) and safety of Envolizumab combined with an AI regimen (doxorubicin + ifosfamide) as a first-line treatment for advanced STS.
The group in the trial
- interventionTreatment being tested
Eligible patients with soft tissue sarcoma were enrolled and treated with Envafolimab 300 mg/dose subcutaneously every 3 weeks on day 1. The AI regimen consisted of liposomal doxorubicin 35 mg/m² on day 1 and intravenous infusion of IFO 2.5 mg/m² on days 1-3, every 3 weeks. Efficacy and safety were assessed approximately every 6 weeks (42 ± 7 days). Patients with disease control (CR+PR+SD) and tolerable adverse reactions could choose continue treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or discontinuation at the investigator's discretion.
Treatment: Envafolimab combined with an AI regimen (doxorubicin and ifosfamide)
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Efficacy and Safety of Envafolimab Combined With Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide as First-line Treatment for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Plain-language title
- Envafolimab added to chemotherapy for advanced soft tissue sarcomaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 24 April 2026