New drug cocktail aims to shrink colorectal tumors
NCT ID NCT06722183
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a combination of two drugs—futibatinib (a daily pill) and tislelizumab (an IV immunotherapy)—in adults with advanced colorectal cancer. The goal is to see if the combo can shrink tumors and to identify biomarkers that predict response. About 33 people will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Futibatinib (a targeted cancer pill) combined with tislelizumab (an immunotherapy drug given by IV)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for colorectal cancer that combines targeted therapy with immunotherapy to shrink tumors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 33 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The combination may cause side effects or fail to improve outcomes.
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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 33 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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. Patient\* provides signed informed consent. 2. Patient is ≥ 18 years at the time of given informed consent. 3. Patient has a histologically proven solid tumor: • Specific for FUTURE-001: Histological or cytological confirmation of colorectal adenocarcinoma that is unresectable and/or metastatic with known RAS-, BRAF and MSI- status. 4. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient must agree to participation in the accompanying translational research program. 5. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient did not receive previous therapy in palliative setting (1st line situation). 6. Patient has ECOG Performance status ≤ 1. 7. Patient has adequate blood count, liver-enzymes, and renal function: 1. ANC \> 1,500 cells/μL without the use of hematopoietic growth factors 2. Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L (\>100,000 per mm3) 3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, transfusion allowed 4. Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x institutional upper normal limit (ULN) (or \< 2 x ULN in case of liver involvement or Gilbert's disease) 5. AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x institutional ULN without existing liver metastases, or ≤ 5 x UNL in the presence of liver metastases; AP ≤ 5 x ULN 6. Patients not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation must have an INR ≤ 1.5 ULN and aPTT ≤ 1.5 ULN. The use of full dose anticoagulants is allowed as long as the INR or PTT is within therapeutic limits (according to the medical standard in the institution) and the patient has been on a stable dose for anticoagulants for at least three weeks at the time of inclusion 7. Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN and a calculated creatinine clearance rate ≥ 50 mL /min 8. Patient has serum calcium and phosphate levels within normal range. 9. Female patients of childbearing potential or male patients with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of \<1% per year during the treatment period and in FUTURE-001 for at least 1 week after last dose of futibatinib, 6 months after the last dose of chemotherapy or 4 months after last dose of tislelizumab, whatever is later. Male patients should refrain from sperm donation/ cryopreservation throughout this period and male patients with a pregnant partner must agree to remain abstinent or to use a condom for the duration of the pregnancy. Female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within the last 7 days prior to the start of trial therapy. 10. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol (including contraceptive measures) for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up. * There is no data that indicates a specific gender distribution. Therefore, patients are included regardless of their gender. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has curative colorectal cancer. 2. Patient received previous FGFR-addressed therapy with an FGFR inhibitor. 3. Patient has known presence of tumors other than the entity investigated in the respective cohort (FUTURE-001: colorectal cancer) or a secondary tumor other than squamous or basal cell carcinomas of the skin or in situ carcinomas of the cervix which have been effectively treated. The sponsor decides to include patients who have received curative treatment and have been disease-free for at least 5 years 4. Patient has known untreated or symptomatic CNS or leptomeningeal metastases. 5. Patient has history and/or current evidence of any of the following disorders: 1. Non-tumor related alteration of the calcium-phosphorus homeostasis that is considered clinically significant in the opinion of the investigator 2. Ectopic mineralization/calcification, including but not limited to soft tissue, kidneys, intestine, or myocardia and lung, considered clinically significant in the opinion of the investigator 6. Patient receives simultaneous, ongoing systemic immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or hormone anti-cancer therapy or any other anti-cancer treatment not described in the trial protocol (excluding palliative radiotherapy only for symptom control). 7. Patient has a stage B cirrhosis according to Child-Pugh criteria (or worse) or cirrhosis (of any grade) with a history of hepatic encephalopathy or clinically significant ascites resulting from cirrhosis. Clinically significant ascites is defined as ascites resulting from cirrhosis requiring diuretics or paracentesis. 8. Patient has known allergic / hypersensitive reactions to at least one of the treatment components. 9. Patient shows a ≥ grade 2 neuropathy 10. Patient takes St. Johns Wort within 6 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment 11. Patient has evidence of or any ongoing ophthalmological disorders. including but not limited to, central serous retinopathy, macular/retinal degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and previous retinal detachment 12. Patient has other serious illnesses or medical ailments within the last 12 months prior to the start of the study. 13. Patient has a known presence of an active, uncontrollable infection. 14. Patient has active disseminated intravascular coagulation. 15. Patient has any other serious concomitant or medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, presents a high risk of complications to the patient or reduces the likelihood of clinical effect. 16. Patient participated in another interventional clinical study within 28 days prior to study enrollment or participation in a clinical study at the same time as this study, unless it is an observational/ non-interventional study or during the follow-up period of an interventional study. 17. Patient received treatment with any of the following within the specified time frame prior to the first dose of study treatment: 1. Major surgery within 4 weeks (surgical incision should be fully healed) 2. Radiotherapy for extended field within 4 weeks or limited field radiotherapy within 2 weeks 3. Any investigational drug within 4 weeks 18. Female patients, who are pregnant or breast feeding or planning to become pregnant within 6 months after the end of treatment. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 7 days prior to initiation of study treatment 19. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient received prior treatment with PD-(L)1 or CTLA-4 targeted treatment 20. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has any active autoimmune disease or has a history of autoimmune disease (such as the following, but not limited to: autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis , hyperthyroidism; patients with vitiligo; asthma that has been completely remitted in childhood and does not require any intervention in adulthood can be included; patients with asthma requiring medical intervention with bronchodilators cannot be included) 21. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has immune deficiency or receives systemic steroid hormone therapy (\> 10mg/day prednisone or other equivalents), or other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 2 weeks prior treatment initiation 22. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has history of uncontrolled infection with human deficiency virus (HIV) or chronic infection with hepatitis B or C virus (HBV, HCV) 23. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has received a solid organ transplantation 24. Specific for FUTURE-001: Patient has history of interstitial lung 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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBerlin, Germany
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Hope Hamburg
RECRUITINGHamburg, Germany
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Kliniken Essen-Mitte
RECRUITINGEssen, Germany
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Klinikum München rechts der Isar
RECRUITINGMünchen, Germany
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Klinikum St. Marien Amberg
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAmberg, Germany
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Krankenhaus Nordwest
RECRUITINGFrankfurt am Main, 60488, Germany
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Leopoldina Krankenhaus Schweinfurt
RECRUITINGSchweinfurt, Germany
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MVZ für Hämatologie und Onkologie Ravensburg GmbH
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRavensburg, 88212, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin Mainz
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMainz, Germany
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