New targeted drug shows promise for tough ovarian cancer
NCT ID NCT05043922
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a drug called CYH33 in 93 women with recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal clear cell carcinoma that has a specific genetic change (PIK3CA mutation). The drug works by blocking a protein that helps cancer grow. The main goal is to see if it shrinks tumors. Participants must have already tried standard chemotherapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CYH33 (a PI3Kα inhibitor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new targeted treatment option for people with a hard-to-treat form of ovarian cancer that has returned after standard chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 93 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not shrink tumors or could cause side effects like high blood sugar or rash.
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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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93 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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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Female participants only
- 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.
Main Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients ≥ 18 years of age 2. Provide informed consent voluntarily. 3. Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or persistent ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneum clear cell carcinoma. 4. Patients with recurrent/persistent ovary, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal clear cell carcinoma, who have identified PIK3CA status. 5. Patients must have failed standard chemotherapy. 6. ECOG-PS ≤ 1. 7. Patient must have adequate organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days of screening. Main Exclusion Criteria: Patients are ineligible for this study if they meet any of the following criteria: 1. Patient has received any anticancer therapy 2. Patients who had prior treatment with any PI3K, mTOR or AKT inhibitor. 3. Radical radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the investigational product or received local palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases within 2 weeks. 4. Any toxicities from prior treatment that have not recovered to baseline. 5. Patients who have been treated with any hematopoietic colony-stimulating growth factors ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug. 6. Patients who have symptomatic CNS metastasis. 7. Major surgery or had significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to the first dose of the investigational product or has not recovered from major side effects. 8. Known HIV infection with a history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining opportunity infection within the past 12 months; active hepatitis B and hepatitis C. 9. History of acute pancreatitis within 1 year of screening or past medical history of chronic pancreatitis. 10. Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular disease
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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 Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, China
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Chinese PLA General Hospital
Beijing, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
Harbin, China
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Hokkaido University Hospital
Sapporo, Japan
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Hubei Cancer Hospital
Hubei, China
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Hunan Cancer Hospital
Hunan, China
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Jiangsu Province Hospital
Nanjing, China
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Jikei University Hospital
Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Keio University Hospital
Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kurume University Hospital
Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Nagoya University Hospital
Nagoya, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital
Niigata, Japan
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Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, China
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Okayama University Hospital
Okayama, Japan
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Osaka University Hospital
Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Qingdao Central Hospital
Qingdao, China
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Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital
Shanghai, China
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Shikoku Cancer Center
Matsuyama, Japan
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Zhejiang, China
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Guangdong, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College
Haikou, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangdong, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, China
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The People's Hospital Of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Nanning, China
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The Southwest Hospital of AMU
Chongqing, China
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The Third People's Hospital of Hainan Province
Hainan, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, China
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Tohoku University Hospital
Sendai, Japan
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West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Sichuan, China
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Xiaohua wu
Shanghai, China
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, China
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Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
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