Scientists investigate Histidine's role in boosting immunotherapy for colorectal cancer
NCT ID NCT07586293
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This observational study looks at how histidine, a common amino acid, and its transporter SLC15A3 influence colorectal cancer's sensitivity to immunotherapy. Researchers will analyze tumor tissue and blood samples from 150 patients to understand why some cancers resist treatment. The goal is to find new targets that could improve immunotherapy effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could point toward new ways to make colorectal cancer more responsive to immunotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test any new therapy. Results may not lead to immediate clinical changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
Patients with pathologically confirmed colorectal cancer who received care at the Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Oncology, or Department of General Surgery at Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
- 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. Participants aged ≥18 years and ≤100 years. 2. Patients pathologically diagnosed with colorectal cancer based on colonoscopy or surgical specimens and biopsy examination; or patients who previously received PD-1 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy for colorectal cancer. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age \<18 years. 2. Presence of poorly controlled metabolic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, or hyperthyroidism. 3. Presence of other severe gastrointestinal diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, ischemic bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis, liver cirrhosis, MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), Lynch syndrome (LS), or Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). 4. History of other malignant tumors, or pathological diagnosis of colorectal inflammatory polyps, hyperplastic polyps, neuroendocrine tumors, neuroendocrine carcinoma, or mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasms. 5. History of neurological or psychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy or depression. 6. Unqualified specimens, including hemolyzed serum samples or tissue samples that were not properly preserved in time.
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