New hope for pancreatic cancer: experimental drug combo enters large trial
NCT ID NCT07490301
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 17 times
Summary
This large Phase 2/3 trial is testing whether adding an investigational drug called telisotuzumab adizutecan to standard chemotherapy (FOLFOX) can help people with metastatic pancreatic cancer live longer or shrink their tumors. About 900 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the new combination or standard care. The study is currently recruiting at sites worldwide.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telisotuzumab adizutecan (an investigational antibody-drug conjugate) combined with FOLFOX chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new first-line treatment option for metastatic pancreatic cancer, potentially improving response rates and survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-to-mid stage trial; the drug is investigational and may not work better than standard care. Side effects from the combination could be significant.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 900 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2031
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 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: * Have unresectable, metastatic histologically- or cytologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas * Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 * Must consent to provide archived or recently obtained tumor tissue during Screening * Have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Exclusion Criteria: * Have prior systemic therapy, surgery, or radiation (except palliative radiation) in the unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic setting * Prior c-MET targeting therapy * History of interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that required treatment with systemic steroids, or any evidence of active ILD/pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan, including a history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis. * Prior bone marrow transplant, solid organ transplant, or previous clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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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
19 sites in 7 countries. 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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Austin Hospital /ID# 280283
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3084, Australia
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Cancer And Hematology Centers Of Western Michigan - Grand Rapids /ID# 279853
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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China Medical University Hospital /ID# 279725
RECRUITINGTaichung, 40447, Taiwan
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City Of Hope - Chicago /ID# 279814
RECRUITINGZion, Illinois, 60099, United States
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Hadassah Medical Center-Hebrew University /ID# 279411
RECRUITINGJerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital /ID# 279735
RECRUITINGKaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust /ID# 279764
RECRUITINGOxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Rambam Health Care Campus- Haifa /ID# 279409
RECRUITINGHaifa, 3109601, Israel
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Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 280191
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital /ID# 279726
RECRUITINGTaipei, 112, Taiwan
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 279414
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Texas Oncology - Northeast Texas /ID# 280417
RECRUITINGTyler, Texas, 75702, United States
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The Cancer Institute Hospital Of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research /ID# 280140
RECRUITINGKoto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 279408
RECRUITINGRamat Gan, Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel
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UH Seidman Cancer Center /ID# 279602
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center /ID# 279460
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Pennsylvania - Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine /ID# 280038
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists - Fairfax /ID# 280415
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Washington University /ID# 279890
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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