One dose may not fit all: blood tests could tailor cancer drug dosing
NCT ID NCT05443087
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether measuring the amount of certain targeted cancer drugs in the blood can help find the best dose for each patient. It involves adults with advanced digestive cancers like colorectal, liver, and stomach tumors who are already taking these medications. By tracking drug levels over time and linking them to outcomes, researchers hope to develop a model that predicts the optimal dose for future patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Blood sampling to measure levels of multikinase inhibitors (regorafenib, everolimus, sunitinib, cabozantinib, encorafenib-cetuximab) in the blood
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to personalized dosing of these cancer drugs, improving effectiveness and reducing side effects for each patient.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test whether adjusted dosing improves outcomes. The results may not apply to all patients or drugs.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 330 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- 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.
- 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 aged 18 years or over 2. Advanced digestive cancer (histologically confirmed or confirmed by imaging for HCC) for which a standard treatment (according to each drug SmPC and as per standard of care) planned with: * Regorafenib for GIST, mCRC, and HCC, * Everolimus for gepNET, * Sunitinib for pNET or GIST, * Cabozantinib for HCC, * Encorafenib - cetuximab for mCRC 3. Life expectancy of greater than 3 months - at the discretion of the investigator 4. Measurable disease according to tumor evaluation criteria as per local practice (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1, etc.) 5. Patients must be affiliated to a Social Security System (or equivalent) 6. Patient must have signed a written informed consent form prior to any trial specific procedures. When the patient is physically unable to give their written consent, a trusted person of their choice, independent from the investigator or the sponsor, can confirm in writing the patient's consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Other concomitant anticancer systemic treatment (chronic chemotherapy, antitumor hormone therapy or immunotherapy) than the one studied 2. Unresolved toxicity higher than NCI-CTCAE v5.0 Grade 1 attributed to any prior therapy/procedure excluding alopecia and peripheral neuropathy 3. Prior treatment with the same MKI molecule(s) planned to be given in the cohort. If different MKI molecules (from the one(s) planned in the study) have been previously taken, a wash out period of 2 weeks before treatment should be observed. 4. Other invasive malignancies either currently active or active in the last 3 years, except adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin 5. Any condition that may jeopardize patient participation in the study as well as non contraception for male and female with child-bearing potential, pregnancy or breast feeding. 6. Patient unwilling or unable to comply with the medical follow-up required by the standard treatment taken (including PK sampling during treatment phase and vital status collection during follow-up phase) because of psychosocial, familial, social or geographical reasons 7. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational medicinal product during the last 30 days prior to inclusion and during the present study (except if patient is included in the control arm, with placebo or with a product which have a marketed authorisation, used as per the SmPC for the given indication) 8. Patient deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship
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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
24 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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APHP Pitié Salpétrière
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CH Eure Seine - Hopital d'Evreux Vernon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGÉvreux, France
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CH Saint Malo - Hôpital Broussais
RECRUITINGSt-Malo, France
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CH d'Auxerre
RECRUITINGAuxerre, France
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CH de Bayeux - Onconormandie
WITHDRAWNBayeux, France
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CHRU de Nancy - Hôpital de Brabois Adulte
RECRUITINGNancy, France
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CHU Rouen - Hôpital Charles Nicolle
RECRUITINGRouen, France
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CHU d'Amiens Pcardie - Hopital Sud
RECRUITINGAmiens, France
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CHU de Nantes - Hôtel Dieu
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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CHU de Poitiers
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPoitiers, France
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CHU de Reims - Hôpital Robert Debré
RECRUITINGReims, France
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CHU de Tours
RECRUITINGTours, France
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
WITHDRAWNNice, France
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Centre Eugène Marquis
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, France
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Centre Georges Francois Leclerc
WITHDRAWNDijon, France
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Centre Jean Perrin
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
WITHDRAWNLyon, France
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Centre Oscar Lambret
RECRUITINGLille, France
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Groupement des hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille - Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, France
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Gustave Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, France
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Hôpital Beaujon APHP
RECRUITINGClichy, France
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Hôpital Européen Marseille
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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Hôpital Privé des Côtes d'Armor - SAS
RECRUITINGPlérin, France
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Hôpital Saint Joseph
RECRUITINGParis, France
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ICANS
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, France
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Institut Jean Godinot
RECRUITINGReims, France
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Institut Mutualiste de Montsouris
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Institut de Cancérologie de Bourgogne
RECRUITINGDijon, France
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Institut du Cancer Avignon - Institut Sainte Catherine
WITHDRAWNAvignon, France
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