New drug duo takes on recurrent brain cancer
NCT ID NCT07678684
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether an investigational drug called HF1K16, when combined with the approved drug bevacizumab, can help people with recurrent or progressive glioma—a type of brain tumor. The trial enrolls about 30 adults whose tumors have returned or worsened after prior treatment. Researchers will monitor tumor response, side effects, and how long participants live without the disease getting worse.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HF1K16 combined with bevacizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for people with recurrent or progressive glioma who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause side effects or fail to slow tumor growth.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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18 to 75 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. The patient and/or guardian must voluntarily sign and date a written informed consent form. 2. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years at the time of informed consent signing, male or female. 3. Confirmed diagnosis of glioma by histopathology and molecular pathology, with recurrent or progressive disease following prior therapy, and no available standard treatment or intolerance to standard treatment. 4. Expected survival time of at least 3 months. 5. Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score ≥ 60. 6. Adequate organ and bone marrow function as defined by the following criteria: * Bone marrow reserve: absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5×10⁹/L, platelet count ≥ 90×10⁹/L, and hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL (without transfusion or hematopoietic growth factor support within 14 days); * Coagulation function: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN, and international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5×ULN; * Hepatic function: total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5×ULN, and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5×ULN; in the presence of liver metastases, ALT and AST ≤ 5×ULN and TBIL ≤ 3×ULN; * Renal function: creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula); * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50%; * QTcF interval on electrocardiogram \< 450 ms (males) or \< 470 ms (females). 7. Subjects of reproductive potential (including male subjects) must agree to avoid pregnancy and use effective contraceptive measures with their partners during the study period and for 6 months after the last dose. A negative serum pregnancy test must be confirmed between screening and prior to the first dose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any active autoimmune disease, or a history of autoimmune disease requiring systemic steroid therapy, with a daily prednisone dose \> 10 mg or equivalent corticosteroid within 2 weeks prior to study treatment. 2. Uncontrolled seizures, hypertension, or psychiatric disorder at screening. 3. Severe infection occurring within 4 weeks prior to the first dose, including but not limited to complicated infection requiring hospitalization, sepsis, or severe pneumonia; active infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose, except for antiviral therapy for hepatitis B or hepatitis C. 4. Third-space effusion that cannot be effectively controlled by drainage or other measures. 5. Participation in another clinical trial of an investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to enrollment. 6. Receipt of any anti-tumor therapy including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, immunotherapy, radical radiotherapy, or major surgery within 2 weeks prior to enrollment or within 3 half-lives (whichever is shorter). 7. Any other active malignancy within 5 years prior to enrollment. Subjects with other malignancies cured by local therapy (e.g., basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix) are excepted. 8. Patients with hyperthyroidism are excluded. Subjects with hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid hormone replacement therapy with stable thyroid function (TSH ≤ 10 μIU/mL and no clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism) may be enrolled. 9. Failure to recover from all adverse events due to prior therapy to Grade ≤ 1 (per CTCAE v5.0) or to baseline levels, except for toxicities deemed by the investigator to pose no safety risk (such as alopecia, Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy, hypothyroidism stabilized with hormone replacement therapy, etc.). 10. Any active cardiac disease within 6 months prior to the first dose, including New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV cardiac dysfunction, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and/or stroke or other cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events of Grade 3 or higher, or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%. 11. HIV infection, active HBV infection (HBV DNA above the upper limit of normal), or active HCV infection (HCV RNA above the upper limit of normal). 12. Any other serious systemic disease or any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render the subject ineligible for participation in this clinical study.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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