tTF-NGR Randomized Study - STS

In this phase III open label, controlled clinical trial patients with unresectable or metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma after failure of anthracycline-containing first line therapy or with contraindications to these drugs and CD13 positivity in central histology (grade \>/= 1+) are treated to evaluate whether tTF-NGR in combination with standard trabectedin chemotherapy prolongs progression-free survival (according to iRECIST), as compared with trabectedin alone. Further objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of tTF-NGR in combination with standard trabectedin chemotherapy with respect to the response rate and overall survival as well as to assess the safety profile of tTF-NGR combined with trabectedin. Before the randomized phase III part of the study, there was a safety run-in part. The final dose of tTF-NGR established as safe in this safety run-in part is 0.5 mg/m2 per day for 2 consecutive days following each trabectedin infusion and is used for the randomized (parallel 1:1; Arm 1: standard trabectedin, Arm 2: standard trabectedin plus tTF-NGR) phase III part of this trail. . Further dose modification for tTF-NGR is possible.