Poop pills plus chemo: new combo tackles tough colon cancer

NCT ID NCT06801665

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 24, 2026 · Updated 36 times

Summary

This phase 2 trial tests whether transplanting healthy gut bacteria (fecal microbiota transplant) can boost the effects of immunotherapy and chemotherapy in 30 people with advanced colon cancer that has spread to the liver. Participants receive the combination for six cycles, then may continue with maintenance therapy. The main goal is to see how many patients' tumors shrink significantly.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou

    RECRUITING

    Changzhou, China

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What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) plus QL1706 (an immunotherapy), bevacizumab, and XELOX chemotherapy

What this could lead to

If it works, this could improve tumor shrinkage and delay cancer progression in people with advanced colon cancer that has spread to the liver.

What could go wrong

This is a small, early-phase trial with only 30 participants and no comparison group, so results may not apply broadly. Combining multiple treatments also raises the risk of serious side effects.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

colorectal cancer metastasis from malignant tumor of colon metastatic malignant neoplasm in the colon

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.