Can a double immunotherapy beat standard care for a tough stomach cancer?
NCT ID NCT07127822
First seen Aug 05, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase II trial is comparing a new combination of two immunotherapies (iparomlimab and tuvonralimab) against standard chemotherapy plus a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor as a first-line treatment for people with recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer that is MSI-H or dMMR. The study aims to see if the experimental combo is at least as effective as the standard approach in shrinking tumors and delaying progression. About 106 adults with this specific cancer type will be enrolled to evaluate response rates and survival outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Iparomlimab and tuvonralimab (a combination of two experimental immunotherapies)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new first-line treatment option for people with a specific type of advanced gastric cancer, potentially improving tumor shrinkage and survival compared to standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase II trial, so results are preliminary and may not hold up in larger studies. Immunotherapies can cause immune-related side effects, and the experimental combo might not prove as effective as standard treatment.
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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 106 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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\. Voluntarily willing to participate in the study and sign the written informed consent form 2. Age ≥18 years male or female . 3. Expected survival time ≥ 3 months 4. Patients with unresectable locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma diagnosed by histological or cytological examination: 5. Confirmed by PCR or next-generation sequencing(NGS) as microsatellite instability-high(MSI-H) . Patients with mismatch repair defecient identified by immunohistochemistry need to undergo PCR/NGS verification as MSI-H before treatment 6. Patients should not receive systematic anti-tumor treatment before, and for those who have received induction chemotherapy, concurrent radiochemotherapy, or neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy for curative purposes, the recurrence time must be at least 6 months from the end of the last treatment; 7. Agree to provide archived tumor tissue specimens or fresh tissue samples of primary or metastatic lesions within 3 years; If the patinet is unable to provide tumor tissue samples, they can be enrolled after evaluation by the researcher, provided that they meet other inclusion and exclusion criteria; 8. Patients must have at least one measurable lesion defined by RECIST 1.1. 9. European Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) ≤1 10. No severe cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50%; 11. Patients must meet the following criteria at screening and before preconditioning (baseline). If any laboratory test result is abnormal referring to the following criteria, 1. Hematology: neutrophils (NE) ≥1.5×109 per liter, , platelets (PLT) ≥100×109per liter and hemoglobin (Hb) ≥8.0 g/dL. 2. Blood chemistry: creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min, Creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5×ULN(Gilbert syndrome or liver metastasis subjects ≤ 5 × ULN), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5×ULN(Gilbert syndrome or liver metastasis subjects ≤ 5 × ULN), total bilirubin (TB) ≤1.5×ULN(Gilbert syndrome or liver metastasis subjects ≤ 3 × ULN), 3. International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; 12. Urinary protein ≤ 2+or \< 1000mg/24h; 13. Women of childbearing potential must have negative serum pregnancy test result at screening and before preconditioning and agree to use an effective and reliable contraceptive method for at least 1 year after the last study treatment. Te acceptable methods include bilateral tubal ligation/bilateral salpingectomy or bilateral tubal occlusion; any approved oral, injection or implantation of hormone; or barrier contraceptive method: condoms containing spermicidal . Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating women. 2. Previous use of PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies, CTLA-4 monoclonal antibodies, or monoclonal and bispecific drugs containing the aforementioned targets; 3. Existence of any active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease (such as but not limited to: autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, enteritis, vasculitis, nephritis; asthma in which subjects require bronchodilators for medical intervention cannot be included); However, the following diseases are allowed to be included: vitiligo, psoriasis, alopecia without systemic treatment, well controlled type I diabetes, hypothyroidism with normal thyroid function after replacement treatment; 4. Patients who require immunosuppressive therapy, systemic or absorbable local hormone therapy to achieve immunosuppressive goals (calculated as prednisone, dose\>10mg/day or other therapeutic hormones) and continue to use it within 2 weeks of the first administration; 5. Patients with uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites that require repeated drainage; 6. Patients with uncontrollable symptoms of brain metastasis, spinal cord compression, malignant meningitis, or brain or pia mater diseases detected by CT or MRI examination during screening within 4 weeks before the first administration 7. Patients who have received non systematic anti-tumor therapy within 3 weeks prior to the start of treatment, including but not limited to surgery, radiation therapy, interventional therapy, and anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicine treatment (based on the indications in the Chinese medicine instructions, and may also be enrolled after a 2-week washout period). Patients whose adverse events caused by previous treatment (excluding hair loss) have not recovered to ≤ CTCAE grade 2 are not within the above range; 8. Patients with any severe and/or uncontrolled illnesses, including: 1\) Patients with poor blood pressure control (systolic blood pressure ≥ 150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg) 2) Patients who experience unstable angina, myocardial infarction, ≥ grade 2 congestive heart failure, or arrhythmia requiring treatment within 6 months of initial administration (including QTc ≥ 480ms); 3) Active or uncontrolled severe infection (≥ CTCAE grade 2 infection); 4) A history of clinically significant liver disease, including viral hepatitis, known as a carrier of hepatitis B virus (HBV), must exclude active HBV infection, i.e. HBV DNA positive (\>2000 IU/mL); Known hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) and HCV RNA positivity (\>1 × 103 copies/mL), or other decompensated liver diseases or chronic hepatitis requiring antiviral therapy; 5) HIV test positive 6) Poor control of diabetes (fasting blood glucose ≥ CTCAE level 2); 9. Patients who have experienced severe infections (CTCAE\>grade 2) within the first 4 weeks of randomization, such as severe pneumonia, bacteremia, sepsis, tuberculosis, etc; Indications of pulmonary infection or active pulmonary inflammation within the first 2 weeks of randomization; 10. Patients with a history of allergies to recombinant humanized antibodies who are allergic to any excipient components of the drug; 11. History of autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation; 12. Patients with a history of serious neurological or psychiatric disorders, including but not limited to: dementia, depression, epileptic seizures, bipolar disorder, etc; 13. Patients diagnosed as active malignant tumor within the first 3 years of randomization, except for the following cases: radical skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ, breast carcinoma in situ and/or radical resection of carcinoma in situ, which the researchers think can be included; 14. Patients who plan to receive live vaccines within 28 days prior to randomization; 15. Researchers evaluate situations where participation in this clinical trial is inappropriate due to complications or other reasons.
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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
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of GI Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Shanxi Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University)
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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