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Can a Brain-Cancer drug take on a stubborn stomach tumor?

NCT ID NCT03556384

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First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This phase 2 trial is testing whether the chemotherapy drug temozolomide can shrink tumors in people with a rare type of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) that has a mutation in the SDH gene. Standard GIST treatments do not work for this subtype. Participants take temozolomide pills for 21 days followed by a 7-day break, repeating every 28 days. The main goal is to see how many patients have their tumors shrink or disappear after six months of treatment.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide (TMZ), taken as a pill for 21 days followed by 7 days off, in 28-day cycles
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a treatment option for people with SDH-mutant GIST, a rare cancer that does not respond to standard therapies.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-phase trial with only 23 participants. Temozolomide has side effects like low blood counts and fatigue, and it may not shrink tumors in this specific cancer type.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

23 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Sep 2018

Finished

Nov 2024

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient has pathologically confirmed SDH-mutant/deficient GIST. 2. Has recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy. 3. Patient has an ECOG Performance Status of 0-2. 4. Patient has adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function. 5. Female patient of childbearing potential has a negative serum or urine pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. 6. Female patient of childbearing potential agrees to use 2 methods of birth control or be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication. 7. Male patient with a partner of childbearing potential agrees to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy. 8. Has measurable or evaluable disease as per RECIST v1.1 (Appendix B). 9. Life expectancy of \>12 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have had major surgery within 4 weeks of initiation of study medication. 2. Patients who are receiving other concurrent anti-neoplastic therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy) at the start of study treatment. 3. Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. 4. Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases \[e.g., unstable or uncompensated respiratory, cardiac (including life threatening arrhythmias)\]. 5. Unresolved toxicity ≥ CTCAE Grade 2 from previous anti-cancer therapy except alopecia (if applicable) unless agreed that the patient can be entered after discussion with the Medical Monitor. 6. Presence of cardiac impairment class III and IV definitions; OR history of myocardial infarction/active ischemic heart disease within one year of study entry; OR uncontrolled dysrhythmias; OR poorly controlled angina. 7. Pregnant or breast-feeding females. 8. Medical condition such as uncontrolled infection (including HIV), uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or cardiac disease which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make this protocol unreasonably hazardous for the patient. 9. Any concurrent condition which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the subject to participate in this trial or which would jeopardize compliance with the protocol. 10. Patients who cannot swallow oral formulations of the agent

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States

  • Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

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