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Etrumadenant and Zimberelimab for Treatment in Patients with Recurrent, Unresectable, or Metastatic Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Trial Status: closed to accrual

This phase II trial tests how well etrumadenant and zimberelimab work in treating patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent), cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable), or has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Etrumadenant is designed to block adenosine activity, a substance produced inside tumors that plays a key role in immunosuppression (suppression of the body’s immune system and its ability to fight infections and other diseases) and tumor cell growth. By blocking adenosine, etrumadenant activates the immune system to kill cancer cells, which may help shrink or stabilize cancer. Zimberelimab is a type of drug called an antibody, and it is similar to the antibodies made by the immune system to protect the body from harm. Zimberelimab blocks a protein called programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1), which usually acts as a “brake” on the immune system. Blocking this protein is like releasing the brakes, so that the immune system can target cancer cells and kill them. Giving etrumadenant and zimberelimab may kill more tumor cells in patients with advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma.