New drug duo aims to shrink hard-to-treat colon cancer
NCT ID NCT05382442
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests two experimental drugs, AK112 and AK117, alone or together, in people with metastatic colorectal cancer that cannot be removed with surgery. The goal is to see if the drugs can shrink tumors or slow the disease. About 254 participants will be enrolled, and the study will monitor side effects and how long any benefits last.
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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 254 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
- Ages
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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: * Histologically proven diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma * Part1: Subjects who have not previously received any systemic antitumor therapy and who have previously received neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, the first detection of recurrence or metastasis should be ≥12 months after the last administration of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy * Part2: Subjects who have previously received systemic therapy including fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, bevacizumab or anti-EGFR antibodies or could not tolerate or have contraindications to standard treatment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 * Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1 * Adequate hematologic and organ function Exclusion Criteria: * Known MSI-H(Microsatellite-Instability-High) or dMMR(Mismatch Repair-Deficient) * Prior treatment with immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors , immune checkpoint agonists, immune cell therapy and any treatment targeting tumor immune pathway * History of autoimmune disease * Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation * Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus,Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C * Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to randomization, during treatment * Pregnancy or lactation * Dysphagia
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Summit Therapeutics Research Site
Los Angeles, California, 90067, United States
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Summit Therapeutics Research Site
Murrieta, California, 92562, United States
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Summit Therapeutics Research Site
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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The Sixth Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University
Guanzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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