New hope for stomach cancer: targeted combo therapy enters final trial phase
NCT ID NCT06206733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called ASKB589 combined with chemotherapy and an immunotherapy for people with advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has spread. The trial includes 780 participants whose tumors have a specific marker (CLDN18.2). The goal is to see if the combination helps delay cancer growth or improve survival compared to standard treatment.
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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 780 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 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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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 gastric and gastroesophageal junction 2. Advanced recurrent or metastatic disease confirmed by imaging within 28 days prior to randomization 3. Suitable for chemotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor 4. Not suitable for anti-HER2 therapy 5. Have at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST1.1 assessed by site investigator within 28 days prior to randomization 6. CLDN 18.2 positive Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with active central nervous system (CNS) metastases or suspected carcinomatous meningitis 2. Participants have significant gastric bleeding 3. The presence of clinically uncontrollable third interspace fluid 4. Received anti-CLDN18.2 antibody at any time in the past 5. Suspected complete or partial obstruction of gastroesophageal access
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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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Beijing cancer hospital
Beijing, China
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