New drug cocktail aims to tackle tough gut cancers
NCT ID NCT07233850
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 2 trial will test an experimental drug called SSGJ-706 combined with standard chemotherapy (and sometimes another drug, bevacizumab) in 300 people with advanced gastrointestinal cancers that cannot be surgically removed. The goal is to see if the combination is safe and shrinks tumors. The study is not yet recruiting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SSGJ-706 (an experimental drug) plus chemotherapy (oxaliplatin, capecitabine) and sometimes bevacizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new combination treatment option for people with advanced gastrointestinal cancers that are hard to treat.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial, so it is not yet proven to work. The added drug may increase side effects without improving outcomes, and results may not apply to all patients.
Why investors are watching
3SBio Inc. is watching this phase II trial because it tests whether its drug SSGJ-706, made by its unit Shenyang Sunshine Pharmaceutical, can control advanced gastrointestinal cancers when added to standard therapy. For a small company, a positive result could validate the drug's potential and support further development, while a negative result would set back that effort.
If it works: If the trial shows SSGJ-706 safely shrinks or stabilizes tumors in a meaningful share of the 300 participants, the company could advance the drug toward later-stage testing and strengthen its pipeline.
If it fails: Phase II trials often fail to meet their goals, and a negative or delayed readout could cast doubt on the drug's value and hurt the company's prospects. Investors should expect uncertainty until the data are reported.
AI-written from the trial record. Speculative, and not investment advice.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
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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. Volunteer to participate in this study, willing to follow all trial procedures, and sign the informed consent form (ICF). 2. Age 18-75 years old, male or female. 3. Has a life expectancy of at least 3 months 4. ECOG score of 0-1. 5. Locally advanced or metastatic tumors of the digestive system that cannot be curatively resected and cannot be treated with radical chemoradiotherapy, including gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, colorectal cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and oesophageal cancer. 6. No prior systemic therapy in the locally advanced unresectable/metastatic setting. 7. Has at least 1 measurable lesion per RECIST version 1.1. 8. Willing to provide a paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimen or an unstained histopathological section (preferably a newly obtained tumor tissue sample). 9. Has bone marrow, kidney, liver, blood and clotting test results required per protocol. 10. Female subjects of childbearing age had a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days before the first dose. Male and female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraception from the time of signing the informed consent form until at least 120 days after the last use of study drug and for at least 180 days after the last use of chemotherapy drugs or bevacizumab. During this period, women are not lactating, male subjects are not allowed to freeze or donate sperm, and female subjects are not allowed to donate eggs or retrieve eggs for personal use. Exclusion Criteria: 1. For gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: HER2-positive (defined as IHC 3+, or IHC 2+ with ISH-positive). 2. For colorectal cancer: Patients with known MSI-H or dMMR. 3. Presence of brainstem, meningeal metastases, spinal cord metastases, or compression. 4. Presence of active central nervous system (CNS) metastases; Subjects with previously treated brain metastases (such as surgery, radiotherapy) are allowed to enroll if they are clinically stable for at least four weeks after treatment (until the first dose of study drug) and corticosteroids are discontinued 3 days before the first dose of study drug; Subjects with untreated, asymptomatic brain metastases can be enrolled. 5. Previous immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g., PD-l/L1 antibody, anti-CTLA-4 antibody, anti-TIGIT antibody, anti-LAG3 antibody, etc.), immune checkpoint agonists (e.g., ICOS, CD40, CD137, OX40 antibody, etc.), immune cell therapy and any other treatment targeting the mechanism of anti-tumor immune action. 6. Adverse reactions caused by previous anti-tumor therapy need to be restored to grade ≤1 (as judged by NCI-CTCAE 5.0 criteria), except for alopecia and fatigue. 7. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 8. Prior or current non-infectious pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease requiring systemic glucocorticoid therapy. 9. History of severe bleeding tendency or coagulation dysfunction. 10. Presence of gastrointestinal perforation and/or fistula, intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months before the first dose. 11. Subjects with known active tuberculosis (TB). 12. Known history of severe allergy to any component of the trial drug, or history of severe allergic reaction to chimeric or humanized antibodies. 13. Other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase study-related risks or interfere with the interpretation of study results.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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