New combo therapy offers hope for hard-to-treat colorectal cancer patients
NCT ID NCT05954429
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a combination of two drugs, fruquintinib and serplulimab, in people with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to places other than just the liver and has not responded to standard treatments. The goal is to see if this combination can shrink tumors or slow the disease. About 50 adults will take part, and researchers will also look at blood and tumor markers to understand who benefits most.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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: * Age ≥18 years old, both sexes; * Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable and metastatic CRC * non-liver-limited metastasis: including no liver metastasis or liver metastasis accompanied by other metastatic lesions, such as lung metastasis, peritoneal metastasis, etc * Before enrollment, the tumor tissue was pMMR by immunohistochemistry, or MSS or MSI-L by PCR or NGS; * Have received standard treatment in the past and developed disease progression or intolerance to standard treatment based on RECIST 1.1 during or after standard treatment. Standard treatment should include: 1. Fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan 2. With or without anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody 3. For RAS wild-type patients, combined with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody 4. For patients with BRAF mutations, BRAF inhibitor therapy is recommended when drugs are available * Patients with ECOG score of 0-2 and expected survival time ≥3 months, patients who can cooperate to observe adverse reactions and efficacy; * At least one measurable tumor lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria * Good organ function: 1. neutrophil ≥1.5\*109/L; Platelet ≥100\*109/L; Hemoglobin ≥9g/dl; Serum albumin ≥3g/dl; 2. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ≤ 1 times the upper limit of normal, T3 and T4 in the normal range; 3. bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value; ALT and AST≤ 2 times the upper limit of normal; 4. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, creatinine clearance ≥60ml/min; 5. International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range, unless the patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy and the PT value is within the intended range for anticoagulant therapy; 6. Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; * There were no serious concomitant diseases that could make the survival time less than 5 years; * Negative pregnancy test in female subjects (for female patients of childbearing potential); Infertile female patients; * Male patients of childbearing potential and female patients of childbearing potential and at risk of pregnancy must agree to use adequate contraception for the entire duration of the study and for 12 months after receiving treatment with the protocol; * Signed and dated informed consent indicating that the patient has been informed about all relevant aspects of the study; * Patients who are willing and able to comply with the visit schedule, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures; * Willing to comply with the arrangement during the study period can not participate in any other clinical research on drugs and medical devices Exclusion Criteria: * Pathological diagnosis of other intestinal tumors, such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor; * Tumor tissues were dMMR detected by immunohistochemistry, or MSI-H detected by PCR or NGS * Prior treatment with PD-1 antibody, PD-L1 antibody, or CTLA-4 antibody; * Previous or concurrent history of other malignant tumors, excluding adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ and thyroid papillary carcinoma; * Active autoimmune disease, history of autoimmune disease (such as interstitial pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, including but not limited to these diseases or syndromes); It does not include autoimmune-mediated hypothyroidism treated with stable doses of thyroid replacement hormone; Type I diabetes on stable doses of insulin; Vitiligo or cured childhood asthma/allergy without any intervention in adulthood; * A history of immunodeficiency, including HIV positive, other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or organ transplantation or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; * Contraindications to antiangiogenic drugs (such as active bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemoptysis, etc.); * History of interstitial lung disease (excluding radiation pneumonitis without steroid treatment) and non-infectious pneumonia; * Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis infection detected by medical history or CT examination, or with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection within 1 year before enrollment, or with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection more than 1 year before enrollment but without regular treatment; * The subject has active hepatitis B (HBV DNA ≥2000 IU/mL or 104 copies/mL), hepatitis C (hepatitis C antibody positive and HCV-RNA above the detection limit of the assay) * Severe cardiopulmonary and renal dysfunction; * Have hypertension that is not well controlled with antihypertensive medication (systolic blood pressure ≥140mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90mmHg); * A history of psychotropic substance abuse, alcohol or drug abuse; * Other factors that may affect subject safety or trial compliance as judged by the investigator. Severe medical conditions requiring concomitant treatment (including mental illness), serious laboratory abnormalities, or other family or social factors
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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
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200000, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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