AI tailors cancer cocktail: could this be the end of One-Size-Fits-All chemo?
NCT ID NCT05381038
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests two AI platforms to personalize cancer treatment for people with solid tumors like gastrointestinal or breast cancer. First, a platform called QPOP analyzes a patient's tumor sample to find the best drug combination. Then, another AI called CURATE.AI adjusts the doses over time based on how the patient responds. The goal is to see if this personalized approach is feasible and can improve treatment effectiveness while reducing side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- azacitidine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to more effective, personalized cancer treatments with fewer side effects by using AI to tailor drug combinations and doses for each patient.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase feasibility study with only 10 participants. The AI-based approach is experimental and may not work for everyone, or may not improve outcomes compared to standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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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21 to 99 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. Males and females ≥ 21 years of age. 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 2. 3. Patients must meet the following clinical laboratory criteria within 21 days of starting treatment: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,000/mm3 and platelet ≥ 50,000/mm3 2. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of the normal range (ULN). Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 x ULN of ≤ 5 ULN if involvement of the liver. 3. Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min or creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN. 4. Diagnosed with breast or gastric cancer, where docetaxel, paclitaxel or irinotecan is indicated for palliative therapy. 5. Patients who have undergone QPOP drug screen (e.g. under QGAIN (2019/00924) or NGAIN trial (2021/00009) where the drug screen indicated potential benefit of combining azacitidine with taxane or irinotecan. 6. Patients must have raised response marker above upper limit of local laboratory normal (e.g. CEA and/or CA19-9, CA 15-3, CA 125, AFP, and methylation markers such as but not limited to DNMT). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who are lactating or pregnant. 2. Patients with clinically significant hypersensitivity to one or more of the selected regimen's constituent drug(s) (e.g. patients with clinically significant hypersensitivity to irinotecan may not be enrolled on azacitidine + irinotecan, but may be allowed on azacitidine + paclitaxel or azacitidine + docetaxel). 3. Contraindication to any of the required concomitant drugs or supportive treatments. 4. Any clinically significant medical disease or psychiatric condition that, in the co-investigator's opinion, may interfere with protocol adherence or a subject's ability to give informed consent. 5. Major surgery within 28 days prior to start of the treatment. 6. Active congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] Class III or IV), symptomatic ischaemia, or conduction abnormalities uncontrolled by conventional intervention. Myocardial infarction within 4 months prior to informed consent obtained. 7. Patients who previously underwent chemotherapy treatment with either docetaxel, paclitaxel and/or irinotecan may still be able to enrol into treatment with the same drug in combination with azacitidine provided they fulfil all other criteria and approval is sought by PI and Sponsor (e.g. patients previously treated with paclitaxel and are enroling for treatment with paclitaxel + azacitidine). 8. Patients with clinical suspicion or diagnosis of Gilbert's syndrome will not be allowed to enrol with azacitidine + irinotecan, but may be allowed to enrol for treatment with azacitidine + docetaxel or azacitidine + paclitaxel provided they fulfil all other criteria.
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National University Hospital
RECRUITINGSingapore, 119074, Singapore
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