Stomach cancer hope: triple therapy may boost tumor clearance before surgery
NCT ID NCT07408609
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase II trial tests whether adding low-dose radiotherapy and the immunotherapy drug tislelizumab to standard chemotherapy can improve outcomes for people with locally advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer. About 114 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the combination therapy or chemotherapy alone before surgery. The main goal is to see if the combination leads to a higher rate of complete tumor disappearance (pathological complete response) at the time of surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tislelizumab (an immunotherapy drug), oxaliplatin, capecitabine, and low-dose radiation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could improve the chance of eliminating all visible cancer before surgery, potentially leading to better long-term outcomes for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (phase II) trial, so results may not be definitive. Adding immunotherapy and radiation to chemotherapy may increase side effects, and the approach might not work better than chemotherapy alone.
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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 114 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2031
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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20 to 80 years
- 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.Voluntary participation with written informed consent obtained; 2. Histologically confirmed gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (Siewert type II/III) by endoscopic biopsy (pathology from outside institutions must be reviewed by the study center); 3. Staged as cT1-2N1-3M0 or cT3-4aN0-3M0 according to the AJCC 8th edition, based on endoscopy and imaging (CT, MRI, or PET-CT); 4. Age ≥20 and ≤80 years, male or female; ECOG performance status of 0-1; 5. Presence of measurable and/or non-measurable disease per RECIST v1.1; 6.No prior systemic antitumor therapy, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, local therapy, or investigational agents; Adequate organ function (no blood products or growth factors within 2 weeks prior to screening); 7. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to first dosing and agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 5 months after the last dose; men with partners of childbearing potential must use effective contraception during the study and for 7 months after the last dose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of surgery for gastric or gastroesophageal junction tumors; 2. Prior history of fistula formation caused by invasion of the primary tumor; 3.High risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation; 4.Poor nutritional status, defined as BMI \<18.5 kg/m² or PG-SGA score ≥9; 5. Major surgery or severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to first study drug administration; Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring repeated drainage; 6. Prior or ongoing treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or targeted therapy; 7. Use of any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to first study drug administration; Requirement for systemic corticosteroids; 8. Prior receipt of antitumor vaccines or live vaccines within 4 weeks before first study drug administration; 9. Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease; 10.History of immunodeficiency, including HIV infection, other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency, solid organ transplantation, or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; 11.Any condition requiring systemic corticosteroid or immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to treatment, except for minimal systemic absorption routes or short-term (≤7 days) prophylactic use; 12.Uncontrolled clinically significant cardiac disease, including NYHA class II or higher heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 1 year, or clinically significant arrhythmias requiring intervention; 13.Severe infection (CTCAE grade \>2) within 4 weeks prior to treatment, including infections requiring hospitalization; evidence of active pulmonary infection at baseline imaging or infections requiring antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to enrollment (prophylactic antibiotics excluded); 14.History of interstitial lung disease, noninfectious pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis, or other uncontrolled acute pulmonary disease; 15.Active tuberculosis, history of active tuberculosis within 1 year prior to enrollment, or inadequately treated tuberculosis more than 1 year prior; 16.Active hepatitis B (HBV DNA ≥2,000 IU/mL) or hepatitis C infection (HCV antibody positive with detectable HCV RNA); 17.Any condition requiring systemic corticosteroid or immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to treatment, except for minimal systemic absorption routes or short-term (≤7 days) prophylactic use; 18.Uncontrolled clinically significant cardiac disease, including NYHA class II or higher heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 1 year, or clinically significant arrhythmias requiring intervention; 19.Severe infection (CTCAE grade \>2) within 4 weeks prior to treatment; History of interstitial lung disease, noninfectious pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis, or other uncontrolled acute pulmonary disease; 20.Active tuberculosis, history of active tuberculosis within 1 year prior to enrollment, or inadequately treated tuberculosis more than 1 year prior; 21.Active hepatitis B (HBV DNA ≥2,000 IU/mL) or hepatitis C infection (HCV antibody positive with detectable HCV RNA); 22.Grade \>1 abnormalities in serum sodium, potassium, or calcium within 2 weeks prior to enrollment that cannot be corrected with treatment.
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