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Anti-mitotic Agent

sorafenib tosylate for Breast Cancer

Phase 2
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Northwestern University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 5 years
Awards & highlights
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
All Individual Drugs Already Approved

Summary

This trial is studying paclitaxel with or without sorafenib to see how well they work in treating patients with breast cancer.

Eligible Conditions
  • Breast Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 5 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Side effects data

From 2014 Phase 2 trial • 20 Patients • NCT01502410
20%
Pain
10%
Lipase increased
10%
Hypoalbuminemia
10%
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders - Other
10%
Anorexia
10%
Pericardial effusion
10%
Atelectasis
10%
Blood bilirubin increased
10%
Neutrophil count decreased
10%
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorder - Other
10%
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) - Other
10%
Pleural effusion
10%
Rash maculo-papular
10%
Alkaline phosphatase increased
10%
Hypocalcemia
10%
Hypophosphatemia
10%
Back pain
10%
Diarrhea
10%
Neck pain
10%
Lung infection
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
Group 1 Relapsed/Refractory Rhabdomyosarcoma
Group 2 Relapsed/Refractory Wilms Tumor

Awards & Highlights

Approved for 10 Other Conditions
This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 10 other conditions.
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Arm IExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour once weekly for 3 weeks. Patients also receive oral sorafenib tosylate twice daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Group II: Arm IIActive Control2 Interventions
Patients receive paclitaxel as in arm I and oral placebo twice daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Paclitaxel
FDA approved
Sorafenib
FDA approved

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor
1,640 Previous Clinical Trials
957,392 Total Patients Enrolled
36 Trials studying Breast Cancer
12,204 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
AmgenIndustry Sponsor
1,431 Previous Clinical Trials
1,385,016 Total Patients Enrolled
44 Trials studying Breast Cancer
78,978 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
William J. Gradishar, MDStudy ChairRobert H. Lurie Cancer Center
8 Previous Clinical Trials
1 Total Patients Enrolled
7 Trials studying Breast Cancer
1 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
~10 spots leftby Nov 2025