New drug cocktail aims to shrink Hard-to-Treat gut tumors
NCT ID NCT07712094
First seen Jul 17, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a new drug called ivonescimab (AK112) combined with chemotherapy (irinotecan and cisplatin) for people with metastatic digestive system neuroendocrine cancer that has spread. Some participants also receive a procedure called TACE, which blocks blood flow to liver tumors. The study aims to see if this combination can slow tumor growth and improve outcomes as a first treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a combination of ivonescimab (AK112), irinotecan, cisplatin, and optionally TACE (a procedure to block blood flow to liver tumors)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new first-line treatment option for people with metastatic digestive system neuroendocrine cancer, potentially improving tumor control and delaying disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase (Phase 2) trial with a small number of participants (56), so results may not be generalizable. The combination therapy may cause significant side effects, and the added benefit of TACE is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 56 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: 18 - 75 years old; 2. Metastatic digestive system neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) confirmed by tissue or cytological examination; 3. For cohort 2 only: Liver metastasis, suitable for TACE; 4. No previous systemic treatment; For patients who received adjuvant therapy, disease recurrence and metastasis more than 6 months after the last treatment can be regarded as first-line treatment; 5. Clear measurable lesions meeting the requirements of RECIST (1.1); If the lesion that received previous local treatment (radiation, ablation, vascular intervention, etc.) is the only lesion, there must be clear imaging evidence of disease progression for this lesion; 6. ECOG score of 0 or 1; 7. Expected survival ≥ 12 weeks; 8. Basic normal functions of major organs and bone marrow; 9. Male or female patients with reproductive capacity voluntarily use effective contraceptive methods during the study period and within 6 months after the last study medication, such as double barrier contraceptive methods, condoms, oral or injectable contraceptives, intrauterine devices, etc. All female patients will be considered to have reproductive capacity, unless the female patient has naturally menopause, artificial menopause or sterilization (such as hysterectomy, bilateral ovary removal or radiotherapy of the ovaries, etc.). 10. Have fully understood this study, voluntarily participated, and signed the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Within the past 5 years, have been diagnosed with other malignant tumors (excluding carcinoma in situ, basal cell carcinoma, etc.); 2. Known to be allergic to any component of any study drug; have a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to other monoclonal antibodies; 3. Within 4 weeks before enrollment, have received approved or investigational systemic anti-tumor treatment, including: photodynamic therapy, chemotherapy, radical radiotherapy, ablation, local radiotherapy (allowing for palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases at least 2 weeks before the study drug treatment), biological immunotherapy, targeted therapy, etc.; 4. Within 4 weeks before enrollment, have participated in other domestic clinical trials of drugs that have not been approved or are not yet on the market and have received corresponding trial drug treatment; 5. Within 4 weeks before enrollment, have received any surgery or invasive treatment or operation (except for intravenous catheterization, puncture drainage, etc.); 6. The patient currently has active ulcers in the stomach and duodenum, ulcerative colitis and other digestive tract diseases or active bleeding from the unresected tumor, or conditions that the investigator deems may cause gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation; 7. Within 3 months before enrollment, have obvious evidence or history of bleeding (more than 30 mL of bleeding within 3 months, hematemesis, black stool, bloody stool), hemoptysis (more than 5 mL of fresh blood within 4 weeks), or have had a thromboembolic event within 12 months (including stroke events and/or transient ischemic attacks); 8. Have significant clinical cardiovascular diseases, including but not limited to acute myocardial infarction within 6 months before enrollment, severe/unstable angina pectoris or coronary artery bypass surgery; New York Heart Association (NYHA) class \> 2 for congestive heart failure; Drug treatment for ventricular arrhythmias; Electrocardiogram (ECG) showing QTc interval ≥ 480 milliseconds; 9. Unstable brain parenchymal metastases, spinal cord metastases or compression, cancerous meningitis or meningitis metastasis; 10. Have third space fluid that cannot be controlled by drainage methods (such as large amounts of ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, etc.), and the subjects need to control the third space fluid through drainage within 14 days before administration; 11. Active or uncontrolled severe infection (≥ CTCAE grade 2 infection); 12. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; Known significant liver disease history, including viral hepatitis \[must exclude active HBV infection if the HBV DNA is positive (\> 1×10\^4 copies/mL or \> 2000 IU/ml); known hepatitis C infection (HCV) and HCV RNA positive (\> 1×10\^3 copies/mL), or other hepatitis, liver cirrhosis\]; 13. Known mental illness, drug abuse, alcoholism or drug addiction history. 14. Pregnant or lactating women. 15. Have any disease, treatment, laboratory test abnormalities in the past or currently, which may confuse the research results, affect the full participation of the subjects in the research, or the participation in the research may not be in the best interests of the subjects. 16. Local or systemic diseases not caused by malignant tumors, or secondary diseases or symptoms of tumors, which may lead to higher medical risks and/or uncertainty in survival period evaluation, such as tumor leukemia reaction (white blood cell count \> 20×109/L), cachexia manifestations (such as weight loss of more than 10% within 3 months before screening), etc. 17. Patients judged by the investigator to be unsuitable to participate in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baotou Cancer Hospital
Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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Shanxi Bethune Hospital
Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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The First People's Hospital of Horqin District, Tongliao City
Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China
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Tianjin First Central Hospital
Tianjin, China
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Tianjin, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, China
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Tianjin People's Hospital
Tianjin, China
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Tianjin Third Central Hospital
Tianjin, China
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