Tailored chemo doses aim to cut severe side effects in digestive cancer patients
NCT ID NCT06475352
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adjusting chemotherapy doses based on a patient's DPD enzyme activity can reduce severe side effects in people with digestive cancers. About 400 participants with DPD deficiency will receive lower doses of fluoropyrimidine chemo (with oxaliplatin) and be monitored for toxicity. The goal is to find the safest effective dose for this group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil or capecitabine) with oxaliplatin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish safer dosing guidelines for DPD-deficient patients, reducing severe side effects from standard chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2 trial with 400 participants, so results are still early. The dose adjustments may not work for all patients or cancer types.
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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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
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.
- 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. Patients with pre-treatment screening based on \[U\] value according to INCa/HAS recommendations. 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) ≤2 3. Fluoropyrimidine-naïve patients with gastrointestinal cancer starting chemotherapy combining fluoropyrimidine (5-FU or capecitabine) and oxaliplatin whatever the context (adjuvant, neoadjuvant, palliative) including the following regimens (the most frequently prescribed in gastrointestinal cancers): * biweekly 5-FU and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) +/- targeted therapy (TT) * three-weekly capecitabine and oxaliplatin (CAPOX) +/- TT 4. Age ≥ 18 years 5. Patients eligible for full standard fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin doses regardless of DPD deficiency 6. Adequate bone marrow function (cell blood count (CBC)), estimated glomerular filtration rate (DFG) ≥ 50 ml/min, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) / aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) / alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) ≤ 5 upper limit of normal (ULN), and bilirubin ≤ 50 micromol/L 7. Patient must have signed and dated a written informed consent form prior to any trial specific procedures. When the patient is physically unable to give their written consent, a trusted person of their choice, independent from the investigator or the sponsor, can confirm in writing the patient's consent. 8. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. 9. Patients must agree to remain abstinent or use contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \< 1% per year for the duration of study treatment and within 6 months after completing treatment. 10. Patients must be affiliated to a Social Security System (or equivalent). 11. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the trial including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits, and examinations including follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with complete DPD deficiency based on \[U\] ≥150 ng/mL 2. Any prior treatment including a fluoropyrimidine 3. Patients with any contraindication to treatment with fluoropyrimidine or oxaliplatin regardless of DPD deficiency 4. Patients not eligible for full standard dose fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin for clinical reasons including older age and/or comorbidity regardless of a DPD deficiency 5. Patients unwilling or unable to comply with trial obligations for geographic, social, or physical reasons, or who are unable to understand the purpose and procedures of the trial 6. Recent or concomitant treatment with brivudine 7. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman. 8. Participation in another therapeutic trial within 30 days prior to inclusion. 9. Persons deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
40 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Aunay Bayeux
RECRUITINGBayeux, 14400, France
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CH Cote Basque
RECRUITINGBayonne, 64109, France
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CH de Saint Malo
RECRUITINGSt-Malo, 35403, France
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CHRU Nancy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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CHU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 50054, France
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CHU Besançon
RECRUITINGBesançon, 25000, France
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CHU Bordeaux
RECRUITINGPessac, 33600, France
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CHU Clermont Ferrand
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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CHU Dijon
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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CHU Dupuytren
RECRUITINGLimoges, 87042, France
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CHU Poitiers
RECRUITINGPoitiers, 86000, France
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CHU Rouen - Hopital Charles Nicoles
RECRUITINGRouen, France
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CHU d'Orléans
RECRUITINGOrléans, 45067, France
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CHU de Toulouse
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
RECRUITINGNice, 06189, France
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Centre Eugene Marquis
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, France
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Centre François Baclesse
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
RECRUITINGLyon, 69373, France
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Centre Oscar Lambret
RECRUITINGLille, France
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GH Diaconesses Croix St Simon
RECRUITINGParis, 75020, France
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GH Mutualiste de Grenoble
RECRUITINGGrenoble, 38028, France
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Grand Hopital de l'Est Francilien
RECRUITINGMeaux, 77100, France
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Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus
RECRUITINGVillejuif, 94805, France
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Hopital Beaujon
RECRUITINGClichy, 92110, France
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Hopital Bretonneau
RECRUITINGTours, 37044, France
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Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Hopital Henri Mondor
RECRUITINGAurillac, France
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Hopital Henri Mondor
RECRUITINGCréteil, 94010, France
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Hopital Nord Franche Comté - Site du Mittan
RECRUITINGMontbéliard, 25200, France
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Hopital Privé Drome-Ardeche
RECRUITINGGuilherand-Granges, 07500, France
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Hopital Privé Jean Mermoz
RECRUITINGLyon, 69008, France
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Hopital Robert Debré
RECRUITINGReims, 51100, France
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Hopital Saint Antoine
RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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Hopital Saint Louis
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Hospices Civiles de Lyon
RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Infirmerie Protestante
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCaluire-et-Cuire, France
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, 75005, France
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Institut Jean Godinot
WITHDRAWNReims, 51100, France
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Institut du Cancer Avignon Provence
RECRUITINGAvignon, 84000, France
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Institut du Cancer de Strasbourg
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67033, France
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Polyclinique du Parc - Centre d'Oncologie Maurice Tubiana
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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