Blood pressure drug may boost cancer therapy in stomach cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07622693
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at 80 patients with both locally advanced gastric cancer and high blood pressure. Researchers want to see if taking beta-blockers (a common blood pressure drug) alongside standard cancer treatment leads to better tumor shrinkage compared to other blood pressure drugs. The study is observational, meaning it just looks back at what happened, without assigning treatments. It aims to find clues for future research.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- beta-blockers (a type of blood pressure medication)
- What this could lead to
- If beta-blockers are found to help, this could point toward a new way to boost the effects of cancer treatment in some patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational study, not a controlled experiment. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
This study population consists of patients with locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma complicated by primary hypertension, who received neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy followed by curative laparoscopic gastrectomy.
- Ages
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18 to 85 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: * Aged between 18 and 85 years; * No restriction on gender; * Patients with a standardized histopathological diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma from the primary gastric lesion via endoscopic biopsy, according to the 15th edition of the Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma (2017); * Patients who received neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy followed by curative gastrectomy at Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University and other participating centers between April 2021 and December 2025. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; * Severe psychiatric disorders; * Previous history of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or targeted therapy prior to study treatment; * History of other malignant tumors within the past 5 years; * dMMR or MSI-H status determined by immunohistochemistry or PCR-based assays * Active infection, active or refractory autoimmune disease, or uncontrolled systemic disease; * Patients judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in this study.
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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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Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China
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