Safety and Efficacy Study of Torisel and Liposomal Doxorubicin for Patients With Recurrent Sarcoma

The effectiveness of treatments for recurrent sarcomas is quite limited. One hypothesis to
explain the refractory nature of recurrent sarcomas is the existence of
chemotherapy-resistant sarcoma stem cells.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically confirmed sarcoma that is recurrent or refractory to conventional
treatment

- Measurable disease by RECIST criteria

- ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status < 2 (or Lansky/Karnofsky
> 60% for children)

- Life expectancy greater than 3 months

- Adequate organ function

- absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500

- platelets at least 100,000

- bilirubin less than 1.5 x upper limit of normal

- AST (aspartate aminotransferase) and ALT(alanine aminotransferase) less than 2.5 x
upper limit of normal

- creatinine less than 1.5 x upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance at least 60
ml/min/1.73 m2

- fasting serum cholesterol less than 350

- fasting serum triglycerides less than 400

- PT (prothrombin) or INR (international normalized ratio) less than 1.3 x upper limit
of normal

- normal urinalysis

- Ability to understand and sign the informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks of entering the study (6 weeks for
nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)

- Prior treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor within 10 days of entering the study

- History of pulmonary hypertension or pneumonitis

- Patients may not be receiving other investigational agents

- Prior therapy with rapamycin, rapamycin analogues, or tacrolimus

- Uncontrolled brain metastases

- History of grade 3 or 4 hypersensitivity to macrolide antibiotics

- Concurrent treatment with immunosuppressive agents other than a stable (for more than
2 weeks) dose of corticosteroids

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness

- Pregnancy or breast feeding

- HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy

- Grade 3 or 4 proteinuria