Can a targeted drug tame neuroendocrine tumors in everyday practice?
NCT ID NCT07780539
First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how well the drug surufatinib works and how safe it is for people with neuroendocrine tumors, a type of cancer that grows from hormone-producing cells. Researchers will follow about 60 patients who receive surufatinib either alone or with other treatments, as decided by their doctor. The main goal is to see how long patients live without their cancer getting worse, with additional checks on tumor shrinkage and side effects. The findings could help guide real-world treatment decisions and improve care for this condition.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- surufatinib, a targeted cancer drug, given alone or with other treatments
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide stronger evidence that surufatinib helps control neuroendocrine tumors, potentially improving treatment options and outcomes for patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a real-world study with a modest number of participants, so results may vary and not apply to everyone. Side effects are possible, and the drug may not work as well outside controlled trial settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
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.
Who is studied
Advanced neuroendocrine tumor
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Patients with pathologically or cytologically confirmed neuroendocrine tumors; * At least one measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1; * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks; * Adequate organ and bone marrow function Exclusion Criteria: * Participation in other drug clinical trials with investigational drug treatment within the past 4 weeks; * History of other malignancies within the past 5 years, except for curatively resected basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or cervical carcinoma in situ; * Patients with contraindications to surufatinib (e.g., active bleeding, ulcer, intestinal perforation, intestinal obstruction, medically uncontrolled hypertension, grade III-IV cardiac dysfunction, within 30 days after major surgery, severe hepatic or renal impairment, etc.); * Presence of any disease or condition that affects drug absorption, or inability to take surufatinib orally; * Any condition deemed by the investigator as unsuitable for study drug treatment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. 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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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
Xiamen, Fujian, China
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