Clinical Research Directory

Testing the Combination of the Anticancer Drugs Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (DS-8201a) and Azenosertib (ZN-c3) in Patients With Stomach or Other Solid Tumors

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of azenosertib in combination with trastuzumab deruxtecan in treating patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer and other HER2-positive solid tumors that have spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced), that have spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic), or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Azenosertib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It inhibits a protein called Wee1. Inhibition of the Wee1 protein can make tumor cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy drugs, leading to tumor cell death. Trastuzumab deruxtecan is in a class of medications called antibody-drug conjugates. It is composed of a monoclonal antibody, called trastuzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called deruxtecan. Trastuzumab attaches to HER2 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers deruxtecan to kill them. Giving azenosertib in combination with trastuzumab deruxtecan may be safe, tolerable, and/or more effective in treating patients with locally advanced, metastatic, or unresectable HER2-positive gastric, gastroesophageal junction, or other solid tumors, compared to just trastuzumab deruxtecan alone.

Measuring the Effects of Talazoparib in Patients With Advanced Cancer and DNA Repair Variations

This phase II trial studies if talazoparib works in patients with cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) and has mutation(s) in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage response genes who have or have not already been treated with another PARP inhibitor. Talazoparib is an inhibitor of PARP, a protein that helps repair damaged DNA. Blocking PARP may help keep cancer cells from repairing their damaged DNA, causing them to die. PARP inhibitors are a type of targeted therapy. All patients who take part on this study must have a gene aberration that changes how their tumors are able to repair DNA. This trial may help scientists learn whether some patients might benefit from taking different PARP inhibitors "one after the other" and learn how talazoparib works in treating patients with advanced cancer who have aberration in DNA repair genes.

Olanzapine for the Management of Cancer Associated Appetite Loss in Patients With Advanced Esophagogastric, Hepatopancreaticobiliary, Colorectal or Lung Cancer

This phase II trial tests how well olanzapine works in managing cancer cachexia in patients experiencing esophagogastric, hepatopancreaticobiliary, colorectal, or lung cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) -associated appetite loss while receiving non-curative cancer therapy. Loss of appetite ("anorexia") in the setting of cancer is a key feature of "cachexia," a syndrome associated with loss of weight and muscle as well as weakness and fatigue. Olanzapine is a drug that targets key neurotransmitters (a type of molecule in the central nervous system that transmits messages to the rest of the body) that may stimulate appetite, restore caloric intake, minimize weight loss, and improve quality of life (QOL).

Transarterial Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy vs.Traditional Intravenous Chemotherapy For Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer With SOX+PD-1

SOX regimen, consisting of oral S-1 and intravenous oxaliplatin, is the preferred regimen for perioperative chemotherapy for gastric cancer. The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy and safety between S-1 combined with oxaliplatin by arterial infusion, as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and conventional SOX regimen, in locally advanced gastric cancer. The main question it aims to answer is: whether arterially infused oxaliplatin plus S-1 has the potential to be a better neoadjuvant option for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer. Participants will be randomised, and receive: * 3 cycles of conventional SOX chemotherapy plus PD-1 antibody or arterial infused oxaliplatin plus S-1 and PD-1 antibody, as neoadjuvant chemotherapy; * Adequate gastric resection along with D2 lymph node dissection; * 3 cycles adjuvant chemotherapy using SOX regimen plus PD-1 antibody. * Administration of S-1 regularly till 1 year after surgery. Researchers will compare Major pathological response rate (MPR) ，pathologic complete response rate（pCR）,the 2-year overall survival (OS) rates, 2-year disease free survival (DFS), R0 resection rates, and adverse events, to see if the modified perioperative chemotherapy improve the prognosis of patients with locally advanced gastric cancer.

First-Line and Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Gastric Cancer

This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors as first-line and neoadjuvant therapy for advanced gastric cancer, while also investigating relevant biomarkers to better understand their role in immunotherapy outcomes

Toripalimab Plus FLOT in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer

Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer is currently under investigation. Most clinical studies have simply combined chemotherapy with anti-PD-1 therapy without considering the impact of chemotherapy drugs on activated immune cells. We designed this study to explore two different treatment regimens for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced G/GEJ cancer. One group received FLOT plus toripalimab on Day 1 of each cycle, every 2 weeks for 4 cycles, followed by surgery; the other group received FLOT plus toripalimab on Day 3 of each cycle, every 3 weeks for 3 cycles, followed by surgery. A total of 69 subjects were enrolled. Preliminary statistical analysis conducted one year after the last subject was enrolled revealed no statistically significant differences in pCR and MPR between the two regimens. The median DFS for both groups has not been reached, and there is no statistically significant difference in DFS between the two groups at present. Further subgroup analysis indicated that among subjects with PD-L1 CPS ≥1, the triweekly group achieved a rate of 42.1%, compared to 29.4% in the biweekly group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups. However, the incidence of bone marrow suppression was lower in the triweekly group than in the biweekly group. Based on the preliminary findings, we plan to conduct an expanded study and transition to a multicenter clinical trial. This study aims to further validate the efficacy of the triweekly chemoimmunotherapy in patients with PD-L1 CPS ≥1 locally advanced G/GEJ cancer.

Research on Intelligent Screening and Decision-making for Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer Based on Multi-omics Integration

In this study, investigators utilize a radiopathomics integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) supportive system to predict tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) before its administration for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC). By the system, the postoperative tumor regression grade (TRG) of the participants will be identified based on the radiopathomics features extracted from the pre-nCRT Enhanced CT and biopsy images. The ability to predict TRG will be validated in this multicenter, prospective clinical study.