New drug combo shows promise for Hard-to-Treat GI cancers
NCT ID NCT03929666
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a new drug called zanidatamab (ZW25) combined with standard chemotherapy in 74 people with advanced HER2-positive cancers of the stomach, bile duct, or colon. The goal was to see if the combination is safe and shrinks tumors. Results will help decide if larger studies are warranted.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Zanidatamab (ZW25) plus standard chemotherapy drugs
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a more effective first-line treatment option for people with HER2-positive gastrointestinal cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (Phase 2) with no control group, so results may not confirm real benefit. Side effects from combining multiple drugs 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
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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74 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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 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: * Disease diagnosis: * Part 1: * GEA: Unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic HER2-expressing GEA (IHC 3+ or 2+ with or without gene amplification based upon local assessment or central assessment) * BTC: Unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic HER2-expressing BTC (including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma \[ICC\], extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma \[ECC\], or gallbladder cancer \[GBC\]) (IHC 3+ with or without gene amplification; or IHC 0, 1+ or 2+ with gene amplification, based upon central assessment) * CRC: Unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic HER2-expressing CRC (IHC 3+ with or without gene amplification; or IHC 0, 1+ or 2+ with gene amplification, based upon central assessment). Patients will be required to be extended RAS (KRAS and NRAS) and BRAF wild-type based upon central assessment. * Part 2: * GEA: Unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic HER2-expressing GEA (IHC 3+, or IHC 2+ and FISH+ by central assessment) * BTC: Same as Part 1 * CRC: Same as Part 1 * Tumor measurements as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1: * Part 1: Measurable or non-measurable disease * Part 2: Measurable disease * An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status score of 0 or 1 * Adequate organ function * Adequate cardiac left ventricular function, as defined by a LVEF \>/= institutional standard of normal Exclusion: * Prior treatment with a HER2-targeted agent * Prior systemic anti-cancer therapy (including investigational products) except prior adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy, which must be completed at least 6 months prior to first study treatment dosing. For subjects with BTC and CRC the following additional exceptions apply: * BTC: patients may have started therapy for advanced disease but may not have received more than one cycle of any standard gemcitabine-based chemotherapy regimen. * CRC: patients may have started therapy for advanced disease but may not have received more than one cycle of 5-FU-based chemotherapy (\< 1 month of therapy). * Patients with certain contraindications to bevacizumab cannot be enrolled on the mFOLFOX6-2 with bevacizumab arm. * Palliative radiotherapy is allowed if completed at least 2 weeks prior to first study treatment dosing * Untreated known brain metastases (patients with treated brain metastases who are off steroids, off antiseizure medications, and stable for at least 1 month at the time of screening are eligible) * Clinically significant cardiac disease, such as ventricular arrhythmia requiring therapy, uncontrolled hypertension or any history of symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF). Patients with known myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to randomization are also excluded. * QTc Fridericia (QTcF) \> 470 ms. For patients with longer QTcF on initial electrocardiogram (ECG), follow-up ECG may be performed in triplicate to determine eligibility * Peripheral neuropathy \> Grade 1 per NCI-CTCAE v5.0 * Clinically significant interstitial lung disease * Prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen * Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection or infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2 (Exception: patients with well controlled HIV \[e.g., CD4 \> 350/mm3 and undetectable viral load\] are eligible)
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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CECIM Biocinetic
Santiago, 8320000, Chile
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Centro Internacional de Estudios Clínicos
Santiago, 8420383, Chile
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Centro de Investigacion Clinica SAGA
Santiago, 7500653, Chile
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Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, California, 92663, United States
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Icegclinic Research & Care
Santiago, 8241479, Chile
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Korea University Anam Hospital
Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States
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Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C1, Canada
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Pusan National University
Busan, 49241, South Korea
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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The Cancer and Hematology Centers
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States
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