# SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration)

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## TL;DR

SARC is a US non-profit sarcoma research organisation founded in 2003 by sarcoma physicians at five medical centres to run collaborative trials; in OnCo it leads SARC028, the pembrolizumab study across sarcoma subtypes.

## Summary

SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration) is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit cancer research organisation dedicated to research for the prevention, treatment and cure of sarcoma; it was formed in 2003 by a core group of medical and paediatric sarcoma experts at five major medical facilities, received a National Cancer Institute SPORE grant in 2012, and gives its address as P.O. Box 406, Ann Arbor, Michigan (sarctrials.org). ClinicalTrials.gov names it lead sponsor (OTHER class, with Merck Sharp & Dohme as collaborator) of SARC028 (NCT02301039, phase 2, pembrolizumab in advanced soft tissue and bone sarcoma), the trial recorded in OnCo. It has no products of its own.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-09-25
- Also known as: Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration; SARC
- Tags: ctgov-sponsor; cooperative-group
- HQ: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Type: cooperative-group
- Website: https://sarctrials.org

## Sources

- SARC: about: https://sarctrials.org/about/
- ClinicalTrials.gov: trials led by Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration: https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?lead=Sarcoma%20Alliance%20for%20Research%20through%20Collaboration

## Connected records

- cancers: [Ewing sarcoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/ewing-sarcoma/), [Liposarcoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/liposarcoma/), [Osteosarcoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/osteosarcoma/), [Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST)](https://onco.cc/cancers/sarcoma/), [Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS)](https://onco.cc/cancers/undifferentiated-pleomorphic-sarcoma/)
- trials: [SARC028](https://onco.cc/trials/sarc028/)

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