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Phase I trial of sorafenib in combination with ifosfamide in patients with advanced sarcoma: a Spanish group for
J Martín-Liberal1, A López-Pousa, J Martín Broto
1Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, SW3 6JJ, London, UK, juan.martin@rmh.nhs.uk.
Background:
This phase I trial assessed safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), dose limiting toxicity (DLT), maximum tolerated dose and recommended dose (RD) of the combination of sorafenib plus ifosfamide in patients with advanced sarcoma.
Methods:
Twelve sarcoma patients (9 soft-tissue, 3 bone sarcoma) were treated with sorafenib plus ifosfamide (starting doses 200 mg bid and 6 g/m(2) respectively). A 3 + 3 dose escalation design with cohorts of 3-6 patients was used. A study to assess the in vitro efficacy of the combination was also conducted.
Results:
Three DLTs were observed: fatigue grade 4 with sorafenib 400 mg bid plus ifosfamide 6 g/m(2) and encephalopathy and emesis grade 3 with sorafenib 400 mg bid plus ifosfamide 7.5 g/m(2). Other toxicities included diarrhea, hand-foot syndrome, mucositis, neutropenia, skin rash and thrombocytopenia. There were no relevant effects on PK of sorafenib but an increase in ifosfamide active metabolite 4-hydroxy-ifosfamide was observed. Eight patients achieved stable disease lasting more than 12 weeks. An additive effect was observed in vitro.
Conclusions:
RD was sorafenib 400 mg bid plus ifosfamide 6 g/m(2), allowing administration of active doses of both agents. Limited preliminary antitumor activity was also observed. A phase II study is currently ongoing.
