New drug offers hope for rare joint tumor patients unable to have surgery

NCT ID NCT05417789

First seen Jan 06, 2026 · Last updated May 13, 2026 · Updated 17 times

Summary

This study tests an investigational drug called emactuzumab for people with tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT), a rare, non-cancerous growth in the joints that can cause pain and stiffness. The trial includes 128 participants who cannot have surgery to remove the tumor. Half receive the drug and half receive a placebo, given as an IV infusion every two weeks for five doses. The goal is to see if the drug shrinks the tumor and improves joint function.

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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

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