New drug could shrink rare joint tumors without surgery
NCT ID NCT05417789
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests an investigational drug called emactuzumab for people with a rare joint tumor (TGCT) that can't be removed surgically. About 128 participants will receive either the drug or a placebo to see if it shrinks tumors and improves joint function. The goal is to offer a non-surgical treatment option for this condition.
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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 128 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
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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12 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: * Age \>12 years * Biopsy-confirmed (standard of care diagnosis history) local or diffuse TGCT where surgical resection would be associated with predicted worsening functional limitations through surgical joint damage, and/or subject has an anticipated high risk of early recurrence as determined by a multidisciplinary tumour board or equivalent, or any other morbidity associated with the surgery, and/or surgical treatment is not expected to improve the clinical outcomes of the subject. * Measurable disease: longest diameter ≥20 mm. * Adequate organ and bone marrow function * If a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), must have a negative pregnancy test prior to starting treatment and agree to use a highly effective method of contraception * Participants must have given written consent Exclusion Criteria: * If a female, the subject is pregnant or breast feeding. * Medical conditions, including auto-immune, requiring systemic immunosuppression. Any systemic treatment for these conditions (eg, glucocorticoids) is not allowed within 4 weeks of Screening and during the study. * Known metastatic TGCT or other active cancer that requires concurrent or planned treatment * Received systemic therapy for TGCT (investigational or approved) targeting CSF-1 or CSF-1R or any multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (eg nilotinib and imatinib) within 3 months prior to screening * Any surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 months of screening * Unresolved clinically significant toxicity from a previous treatment or any history of serious liver toxicity. * Current or chronic history of liver disease. * Inadequate renal and liver function * Systemic antiretroviral therapy within 3 months of baseline * Within 6 months of baseline has experienced: clinically significant myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, or pulmonary disease (NYHA Criteria 1994) including severe thromboembolic event; incompletely healed clinically significant wounds, including bone fractures; pathological fracture or significant hypercalcaemia.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin - Port-Royal, site Cochin
Paris, Paris, 75014, France
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Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone
Palermo, Sicily, 90127, Italy
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Centre Léon Bérard Centre Régional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Rhône Alpes
Lyon, Rhône, 69373, France
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Milan, 20133, Italy
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy
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Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (IRCCS)
Candiolo, Piedmont, 10060, Italy
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Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia
Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio - PPDS
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Hospital de La Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, 8041, Spain
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IRCCS lstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, 40136, Italy
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Institut Bergonie - PPDS
Bordeaux, Gironde, 33000, France
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Institut Curie - Hôpital de Paris
Paris, 75248, France
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Institut de Cancerologie de Ouest - Saint Herblain
Saint-Herblain, Loire-Atlantique, 44115, France
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Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri - IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena
Rome, Lazio, 00144, Italy
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Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Leiden, 2333 ZA, Netherlands
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4, Canada
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Georgetown, Washington, 20010, United States
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NextGen Oncology
Beverly Hills, California, 90212, United States
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Oncopole Claudius Regaud Oncologie Médicale
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 3080, South Korea
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Skanes Universitetssjukhus Lund
Lund, Skåne County, 222 42, Sweden
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St James's University Hospital
Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 112, Taiwan
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43201, United States
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UNICANCER - Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59000, France
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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States
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University College Hospital
London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom
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Universitäts Kinderspital Beider Basel (UKBB)
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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