Sugar alcohol sorbitol may supercharge chemo and immunotherapy for stomach cancer
NCT ID NCT06826079
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether taking oral sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol, can enhance the effects of standard chemotherapy and an immunotherapy drug (tirellizumab) in people with locally advanced stomach cancer. Eighty participants will receive either sorbitol or a placebo alongside their cancer treatment for three months. The goal is to see if sorbitol increases the number of patients whose tumors shrink significantly before surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sorbitol
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, cheap way to make standard cancer treatments more effective for gastric cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2/3 trial with only 80 participants. Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, and high doses may cause digestive side effects like bloating or diarrhea. The benefit is uncertain.
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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 86 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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.
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18 to 70 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 * Age: 18 years ≤ age ≤ 70 years, gender not restricted. * Written informed consent obtained from the patient. * Histologically confirmed, untreated HER2-negative gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, with clinical stage cT3-4N+M0, and histological examination confirming mainly adenocarcinoma. Only Siewert type III GEJ cancer and Siewert type II GEJ cancer patients who do not require combined thoracotomy are eligible for inclusion. * ECOG PS score of 0-1. * Normal major organ function, meeting the following criteria: * Blood routine examination criteria (no blood or blood product transfusion within 14 days, no use of G-CSF or other hematopoietic stimulating factors for correction): * HB ≥ 90 g/L; * ANC ≥ 1.5×109/L; * PLT ≥ 125×109/L; * Biochemical examination criteria: * TBIL \< 1.5ULN; * ALT and AST \< 2.5ULN, and for patients with liver metastasis, \< 5ULN; serum Cr ≤ 1.25ULN or endogenous creatinine clearance rate \> 50ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula); * Fertile women must have taken reliable contraceptive measures or undergone a pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 7 days before enrollment, with a negative result, and be willing to use appropriate contraceptive methods during the trial and for 8 weeks after the last administration of the investigational drug. For men, they must agree to use appropriate contraceptive methods during the trial and for 8 weeks after the last administration of the investigational drug or have undergone surgical sterilization. Exclusion Criteria * Presence of distant organ metastasis and peritoneal disseminated metastasis. * Active or previously recorded autoimmune or inflammatory diseases (including inflammatory bowel disease \[such as colitis or Crohn's disease\], diverticulitis \[excluding diverticular disease\], systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener's syndrome \[granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.\]), except for patients with vitiligo or alopecia, provided that they have celiac disease that can be controlled through diet after consultation with the study doctor. * Other active malignant tumors within 5 years or concurrently. Patients with cured localized tumors, such as skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer, prostate carcinoma in situ, cervical carcinoma in situ, breast carcinoma in situ, etc., can be included. * Patients preparing for or having previously undergone organ or bone marrow transplantation. * Uncontrolled concurrent diseases, including but not limited to: persistent or active infections (tuberculosis, HBV/HCV, pneumonia, etc.), symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled arrhythmia, active ILD, severe chronic gastrointestinal diseases with diarrhea, or conditions that may limit compliance with study requirements, significantly increase the risk of adverse events (AEs), or affect the ability of the subject to provide written informed consent. * Patients currently using immunosuppressants, systemic or absorbable local hormones for immunosuppressive purposes (dose \> 10mg/day prednisone or other equivalent efficacy hormones), and still using them within 2 weeks before enrollment. * Patients who have previously received platinum-based, fluorouracil-based chemotherapy or targeted therapy, patients whose target lesions have undergone radiotherapy during combination therapy, or patients who have previously received other PD-1 antibody treatment or other PD-1/PD-L1 immune therapy. * Have multiple factors that affect oral medication (such as inability to swallow, chronic diarrhea and intestinal obstruction, etc.); * Have experienced significant clinically significant bleeding symptoms or have a clear bleeding tendency within the last three months, such as a history of black stool or hematemesis, or are at high risk of bleeding due to conditions such as intestinal perforation, gastric perforation, or extensive ulcers, or have active gastric ulcers and a positive fecal occult blood test (++) ; * Have hypertension that cannot be well controlled with a single antihypertensive drug (systolic blood pressure \> 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg); have a history of unstable angina pectoris; have been newly diagnosed with angina pectoris within the last three months or have had a myocardial infarction within the last six months; have arrhythmia (including QTcF: male ≥ 450 ms, female ≥ 470 ms) and need long-term use of antiarrhythmic drugs or have New York Heart Association functional class ≥ II heart failure; Doppler ultrasound assessment: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%; * Urinalysis indicates proteinuria ≥ ++ and confirmed 24-hour urine protein quantification \> 1.0 g; * Have long-term non-healing wounds or incompletely healed fractures; * Have abnormal coagulation function and a bleeding tendency (INR must be within the normal range without anticoagulants 14 days before enrollment); patients treated with anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin, heparin or their analogues; low-dose warfarin (1 mg orally, once daily) or low-dose aspirin (daily dose not exceeding 100 mg) for prophylactic purposes is allowed if the international normalized ratio (INR) of prothrombin time is ≤ 1.5; * Have experienced arterial or venous thrombotic events within the last year, such as cerebrovascular accidents (including transient ischemic attacks), deep vein thrombosis (except for venous thrombosis caused by previous chemotherapy catheterization and judged by the investigator to have healed), and pulmonary embolism, etc.; * Have a history of abuse of psychotropic drugs and are unable to quit or have mental disorders; * Have serious concomitant diseases that, in the judgment of the investigator, pose a significant risk to the patient's safety or affect the patient's ability to complete the study; * Pregnant or lactating women.
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Locations
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Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 470000, China
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