A Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Local Chemotherapy Using Isolated Limb Infusion (ILI) for Patients With Sarcoma in the Arm or Leg
A Phase II Study of Concurrent Systemic Pembrolizumab and Isolated Limb Infusion (ILI) With Melphalan and Dactinomycin for Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Extremity Sarcoma
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
30 participants
Apr 1, 2020
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out whether giving the study drug pembrolizumab in combination with the chemotherapy drugs melphalan and dactinomycin, delivered directly to the affected arm or leg using a technique called isolated limb infusion (ILI), is a safe treatment that can delay the time before your disease gets worse (progresses).
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Interventions
ILI will be performed within 18 days of initiation of pembrolizumab. ILI (infusion of melphalan and dactinomycin into the affected limb via arterial catheter) will be performed in the interventional radiology suite under anesthesia. In pediatric patients, the pediatric pharmacist w ill be consulted prior to the procedure, and an appropriate prophylactic anti-emetic therapy and dose will be selected for the individual patient.
Pembrolizumab at a dose of 200 mg will be administered intravenously on Day 1 and every 3 weeks(+/= 3 days) thereafter. In adolescent patients, the dosing of pembrolizumab w ill be 2 mg/kg up to a maximum of 200 mg.
infusion of melphalan and dactinomycin
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NCT04332874