Targeted drug combo hopes to extend life in stomach cancer

NCT ID NCT06962137

First seen Dec 29, 2025 · Last updated Jun 19, 2026 · Updated 27 times

Summary

This study tests whether adding the targeted drug zolbetuximab to standard chemotherapy (paclitaxel and ramucirumab) can help people with advanced stomach cancer live longer. It includes 100 adults whose tumors have a specific protein called CLDN18.2. Participants receive the drug combination as a second treatment after first-line therapy has stopped working.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • AZ Delta Roeselare

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Roeselare, Belgium

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  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels

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    Brussels, Belgium

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  • HUB

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brussels, Belgium

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  • UZ Gent

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ghent, Belgium

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  • UZ Leuven

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

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    Contact

  • UZA

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Antwerp, Belgium

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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

Zolbetuximab (a targeted antibody) plus paclitaxel and ramucirumab (standard chemotherapy drugs)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a more effective second-line treatment option for people with a specific type of stomach cancer that has a certain protein (CLDN18.2).

What could go wrong

This is a Phase II trial with only 100 participants, so results are preliminary. The added drug may not improve survival and could increase side effects like infusion reactions or fatigue.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

gastric adenocarcinoma gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

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