New drug could shrink rare joint tumors without surgery

NCT ID NCT05417789

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests an investigational drug called emactuzumab for people with a rare joint tumor (TGCT) that can't be removed surgically. About 128 participants will receive either the drug or a placebo to see if it shrinks tumors and improves joint function. The goal is to offer a non-surgical treatment option for this condition.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

synovitis tenosynovial giant cell tumor tenosynovial giant cell tumor, diffuse type

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin - Port-Royal, site Cochin

    Paris, Paris, 75014, France

  • Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone

    Palermo, Sicily, 90127, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana - Stabilimento di Cisanello

    Pisa, Tuscany, 56126, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana - Stabilimento di Cisanello

    Pisa, 56124, Italy

  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 06189, France

  • Centre Léon Bérard Centre Régional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Rhône Alpes

    Lyon, Rhône, 69373, France

  • Churchill Hospital, Cancer Haematology Center

    Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium

  • Duke Cancer Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

    Milan, 20133, Italy

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico

    Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy

  • Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (IRCCS)

    Candiolo, Piedmont, 10060, Italy

  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos

    Madrid, Madrin, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia

    Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

    Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

    Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio - PPDS

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de La Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 8041, Spain

  • IRCCS lstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

    Bologna, 40136, Italy

  • Inselspital - Universitätsspital Bern

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Institut Bergonie - PPDS

    Bordeaux, Gironde, 33000, France

  • Institut Curie - Hôpital de Paris

    Paris, 75248, France

  • Institut de Cancerologie de Ouest - Saint Herblain

    Saint-Herblain, Loire-Atlantique, 44115, France

  • LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, 2333 ZA, Netherlands

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

    Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4, Canada

  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Georgetown, Washington, 20010, United States

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 10002, Taiwan

  • NextGen Oncology

    Beverly Hills, California, 90212, United States

  • Nuovo Ospedale di Prato

    Prato, Tuscany, 59100, Italy

  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Hematology Oncology

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Oncopole Claudius Regaud Oncologie Médicale

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

  • Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, LLC

    Los Angeles, California, 90067, United States

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 3080, South Korea

  • Skanes Universitetssjukhus Lund

    Lund, Skåne County, 222 42, Sweden

  • St James's University Hospital

    Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, 112, Taiwan

  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43201, United States

  • UNICANCER - Centre Oscar Lambret

    Lille, 59000, France

  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States

  • UZ Gent - Department of Medical Oncology

    Ghent, 9000, Belgium

  • University College Hospital

    London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom

  • University of Kansas Cancer Center (Overland Park) - USOR

    Overland Park, Kansas, 66210, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • Universitäts Kinderspital Beider Basel (UKBB)

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland