New drug combo aims to fight deadly gallbladder cancer
NCT ID NCT07099547
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing whether adding an experimental immunotherapy drug called ZG005 to standard chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) can help people with advanced gallbladder cancer. About 60 participants will receive either the combination or standard treatment. The study is currently recruiting and will measure how well tumors respond and what side effects occur.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ZG005 (an experimental immunotherapy) combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective first-line treatment option for advanced gallbladder cancer, potentially shrinking tumors and extending life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 study with only 60 participants, so results are preliminary. The combination may cause significant side effects, and it is not yet known if it works better than standard care.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- 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: * Fully understand the study and voluntarily sign the informed consent form. * Subjects with a histopathological or cytologically diagnosis of Gallbladder cancer. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1. * Life expectancy of at least 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants were deemed unsuitable for participating in the study by the investigator for any reasons.
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, 230001, China
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