Adjuvant Valproate for High Grade Sarcomas

Exclusion Criteria

• •Have inadequate organ function at the screening visit as defined by the following laboratory values: platelet count less than 100 x 109/L; hemoglobin less than 9.0 g/dL; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1.5 x 109/L; international normalized ratio (INR) greater or equal to 1.5 and a PTT greater than the upper limit of normal (ULN) within 1 week prior to randomization; creatinine clearance (Cockroft Gault) less than 50ml/min; urine protein: creatinine ratio greater or equal to 1.0 at screening; aspartate transaminase (AST) greater than 1.5 x ULN; alanine transaminase (ALT) greater than or equal to 1.5 x ULN; total bilirubin greater than 1.5 x ULN or greater or equal to 5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases.
• •Prior history of valproate use.
• •History or active liver disease.
• •Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
• •Has uncontrolled active systemic infection requiring therapy.
• •Have had treatment for a cancer other than sarcoma within 5 years prior to enrollment, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma or cervical cancer in-situ.
• •Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or hepatitis B surface antigen positive status or known active hepatitis C infection. Patients assessed by the investigator to be at risk for HIV, hepatitis B or C infection should be tested in accordance with local regulations.
• •Are a pregnant or breast feeding female. Confirmation that the patient is not pregnant must be established by a negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (beta hCG) pregnancy test result obtained during the Screening Period. Pregnancy testing is not required for postmenopausal or surgically sterilized women.
• •Are unwilling to employ adequate means of contraception (condoms, diaphragm, birth control pills, injections, intrauterine device, or abstinence).
• •Has a serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study.
• •Female subjects must either post-menopausal or surgically sterilized or willing to use an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., a hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide, or abstinence) for the duration of the study.