Clinical Trial: Sunitinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Locally Advanced, or Locally Recurrent Sarcomas

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Multicenter Phase II Study of Continuous Dosing of Sunitinib (Sutent®, SU11248) in Non-GIST Sarcomas

Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well sunitinib works in treating patients with metastatic, locally advanced, or locally recurrent sarcomas.