Shot vs. IV: could a simple injection improve stomach cancer treatment?
NCT ID NCT07449780
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two ways of giving the immunotherapy drug AK104 alongside standard chemotherapy for people with advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. One group gets AK104 as a shot under the skin (subcutaneous), the other as an IV infusion. The goal is to see if the shot works as well and is safer. About 422 participants will take part, and the study has not started recruiting yet.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AK104 (a type of immunotherapy) plus oxaliplatin and capecitabine chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more convenient subcutaneous injection option for immunotherapy in advanced gastric cancer, potentially improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage comparison of two delivery methods; it may not show a clear benefit in survival or tumor shrinkage. Side effects from immunotherapy and chemotherapy can be serious.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 422 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ). 2. Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ). 3. Participants have not received prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. 4. Adequate organ and bone marrow function. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment. 6. Measurable disease by RECIST 1.1. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Receipt of systemic non-specific immunomodulatory therapy (e.g., interleukins, interferons, thymic peptides, etc.) within 2 weeks prior to the first dose.Receipt of Chinese herbal medicines or Chinese patent medicines with anti-tumor indications within 2 weeks prior to the first dose. 2. Deep venous thrombosis within 3 months before first treatment. 3. Uncontrolled arterial hypertension. 4. Bleeding events within the last 1 months. 5. Prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. 6. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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Conditions
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