Two-Drug combo targets HER2-Positive stomach cancer after First-Line failure
NCT ID NCT07817654
First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether combining trastuzumab with retlirafusp alfa helps people with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has worsened after standard first-line treatment. The trial enrolls about 35 adults whose tumors test HER2 2+ or 3+. Participants receive both drugs by intravenous infusion every three weeks until the cancer grows, side effects become too severe, or they leave the study. The main goal is to measure how many tumors shrink, with additional tracking of safety and survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- trastuzumab combined with retlirafusp alfa
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this combination could offer a new option for people whose HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer has worsened after standard first-line therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase exploratory trial, so results may not hold up in larger studies. The drugs can cause side effects, and the cancer may not respond.
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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 35 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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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Fully understand this study and voluntarily sign the informed consent form, with good compliance and cooperation with follow-up; * Age ≥18 years; * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) score 0-1; * Histologically or cytologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, locally advanced and unresectable, with local recurrence or distant metastasis; * Immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing for Her2 expression: IHC3+ or IHC2+; * First-line standard treatment failure in gastric adenocarcinoma or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: (1) postoperative recurrence or metastasis patients progressing during concurrent chemoradiotherapy; (2) for neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy containing immunotherapy, if patients progress during treatment or within 6 months after treatment, it is also considered first-line treatment failure; * Patients must have at least one measurable lesion (according to RECIST 1.1 criteria); * Major organ functions are normal, meeting the following criteria:(1) Blood routine test standards must meet (no blood transfusion or blood products, and no use of G-CSF or other hematopoietic stimulating factors within 14 days to correct): A. Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥90 g/L; B. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 ×10\^9/L; C. Platelet count (PLT) ≥80×10\^9/L; (2) Biochemical tests must meet the following standards: A. Total bilirubin (TBIL) \<1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN);B. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<2.5 ULN, or \<5 ULN for patients with liver metastasis; C. Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5 ULN or estimated creatinine clearance \>60 ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula); D. Urinalysis results: urine protein (UPRO) \<2 or 24-hour urine protein \<1 g; (3) Doppler ultrasound evaluation: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ lower limit of normal (50%); (4) Coagulation: international normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5×ULN and activated partial thromboplastin time ≤1.5×ULN;(5) Pulmonary function: forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) ≥1.2 L, FEV1% ≥70%, carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) ≥50%; (6) Cardiac chocardiography: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50%;(7) Electrocardiogram Fridericia-corrected QT interval (QTcF): women \<470 ms, men \<450 ms; (8) Others: lipase ≤1.5×ULN (if lipase \>1.5×ULN without clinical or imaging evidence of pancreatitis, enrollment is allowed); amylase ≤1.5×ULN (if amylase \>1.5×ULN without clinical or imaging evidence of pancreatitis, enrollment is allowed); alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤2.5×ULN. * Women of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 6 months after the study; must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days before enrollment, and must not be breastfeeding; men must agree to use contraception during the study and for 6 months after the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to any investigational drug or its excipients, or allergy to humanized monoclonal antibody products (such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, etc.). * (1) Received any investigational drug within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug; (2) subjects who require systemic treatment with corticosteroids (daily dose \>10 mg prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressants within 2 weeks before the first use of the study drug, except for using corticosteroids for local esophageal inflammation, allergy prevention, or nausea and vomiting; (3) other special situations need to be discussed with the sponsor. In the absence of active autoimmune disease, inhaled or local steroids and adrenal corticosteroid replacement at doses \>10 mg/day prednisone equivalent are allowed; (4) subjects who have received anti-cancer vaccines or live vaccines within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug. * Having any active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease (such as interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, myocarditis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism), except for vitiligo or childhood asthma/allergies that have resolved and require no intervention in adulthood; autoimmune-mediated hypothyroidism treated with a stable dose of thyroid replacement hormone and type 1 diabetes patients using a stable dose of insulin can be included. * History of immunodeficiency, including positive HIV test, or having other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or a history of organ transplant or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. * Uncontrolled clinical symptoms or diseases of the heart, such as (1) NYHA II or higher heart failure, (2) unstable angina, (3) myocardial infarction within 1 year, (4) clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring medical intervention. * Severe infection (CTCAE \> Grade 2) within 4 weeks before first use of the study drug, such as severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization, bacteremia, or infections with complications; baseline chest imaging indicating active lung inflammation; symptoms or signs of infection within 2 weeks before first use of the study drug requiring oral or intravenous antibiotics, except for prophylactic antibiotic use; history of interstitial lung disease, non-infectious pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, or other uncontrolled acute lung diseases; active pulmonary tuberculosis found by history or CT, or a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis within 1 year before enrollment, or a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis over 1 year ago but not properly treated; subjects with active hepatitis B (HBV DNA ≥2000 IU/mL or 104 copies/mL) or hepatitis C (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA above the detection limit of the assay). * Before using the study drug for the first time, diagnosed with any other malignant tumor is excluded, except for those with low risk of metastasis and death (5-year survival rate \>90%), such as fully treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or cervical carcinoma in situ. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; subjects of reproductive potential who are unwilling or unable to use effective contraception. * Patients who, in the investigator's judgment, are considered not suitable to enroll.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henan Cancer Hospital
Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, China
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