Methods useful in the treatment of synovial sarcoma are provided. The methods comprise administering to a subject suffering from synovial sarcoma a compound as disclosed herein. Also provided are novel compounds having therapeutic effects on subjects suffering from synovial sarcoma and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds were identified by screening for agents that promote the assembly of wild-type BAF (also called mSWI/SNF) complexes in modified SS cells.