New radiation therapy shows promise for Hard-to-Treat gut cancers
NCT ID NCT07404176
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a new radioactive drug called Terbium-161 DOTATATE in 20 people with advanced neuroendocrine tumors that have spread and stopped responding to standard treatment. The drug delivers radiation directly to cancer cells, aiming to control the disease with fewer side effects. Researchers will measure how well it shrinks or stabilizes tumors and monitor safety through blood tests and scans.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Terbium-161 DOTATATE (a radioactive drug that targets cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with neuroendocrine tumors that no longer respond to current therapies, potentially with fewer side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug is experimental, and its safety and effectiveness are not yet proven.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 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: * Male or female, age greater than 18 years * Histopathological diagnosis of well-differentiated GEP-NET * Positive Ga-68-DOTANOC PET/CT, Krennings score \>/=3 * Locally advanced/inoperable disease or metastatic disease * Patient who have shown disease progression with Lu-177 DOTATATE PRRT * Karnofsky performance-status score of at least 60 or ECOG performance status \</=2 * Life expectancy greater than 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Serum creatinine level of more than 1.6 mg/dl or a creatinine clearance of less than 50 ml/min * Hemoglobin level of less than 8.0 g per deciliter * Red blood cell count less than 300,000/cubic millimeter * White cell count of less than 2000 per cubic millimeter * Platelet count of less than 75,000 per cubic millimetre * Total bilirubin level of more than 3 times the upper limit of the normal range * Serum albumin level \> 3.0 g/dl * Pregnancy and Lactation * Patients with concurrent malignancies
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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
2 sites. 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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Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC)
RECRUITINGNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India
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Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
RECRUITINGMumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
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- Can patient records reveal who will respond to neuroendocrine tumor treatments?
- Can a new drug formulation shrink Hard-to-Treat neuroendocrine tumors?