Could a common supplement boost cancer therapy? new trial tests taurine with immunotherapy for stomach cancer.
NCT ID NCT06128252
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding the supplement taurine to a standard treatment (immunotherapy drug serplulimab plus chemotherapy) can improve outcomes for people with locally advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer. About 96 adults whose tumors have a specific marker (PD-L1 positive) will be randomly assigned to receive either the taurine combination or the standard treatment alone. The main goal is to see if more tumors completely disappear after treatment with the taurine combination.
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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 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- 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 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. Age 18-75 years old, no gender limitation; 2. Pathologically confirmed gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with cTNM stage II/III,T≥3, N ≥0, M=0; 3. Expected survival of ≥ 3 months; 4. The tumor specimens were PD-L1 positive (CPS ≥ 1); 5. There is a measurable lesion with the possibility of radical R0 resection after evaluation by doctors; 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1; 7. Patients informed about the purpose and course of the study and provided a written consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Use of taurine agent within 1 month prior to the first dose of study treatment and throughout the study; 2. Patients with positive HER-2; 3. Patients with gastrointestinal obstruction or active bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, as well as perforation and dysphagia; 4. Patients with severe heart, lung, liver, kidney, endocrine, hematopoietic system or psychiatric diseases were considered not suitable for the study group; 5. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or known acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or autoimmune disease or immunosuppressant use; 6. There are patients who may increase the risk of participating in the study and study medication, or other severe, acute and chronic diseases, and are not suitable for participating in the clinical study according to the judgment of the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
15 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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Army Specialty Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital)
RECRUITINGChongqing, 400042, China
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Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University
RECRUITINGÜrümqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 830000, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC)
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200032, China
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Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710068, China
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Tang-Du Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Southwest Hospital)
RECRUITINGChongqing, 400038, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, 110001, China
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The Second Affilated Hospital Of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xibei Hospital)
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Xinqiao Hospital)
RECRUITINGChongqing, 400037, China
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The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, China
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Xi 'an International Medical Center Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710100, China
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Xi'an NO.3 hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Xi-jing Hospital
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, China
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