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An Evaluation of NGM120 in a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study in Participants With Colorectal Cancer Who Have Cancer Cachexia.

Recruiting nowPhase 2Randomised

The trial at a glance
Registry number NCT07033026
Recruitment Recruiting now
Phase Phase 2
Design randomised, blinded
Taking part 136 people (planned)
Who can join aged 18 Years and over
Run by NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc
Started
Main results expected
Record last updated

What is being tested

  • Drug NGM120 Q4W
  • Drug NGM120 Q8W
  • Drug Placebo given

What it is measuring

Change from baseline in body weight at Week 12

This is the trial's main question — the one it is designed and sized to answer. Anything else it reports is a secondary finding, and secondary findings are far more likely to be chance.

What this trial is trying to do

The trial asks whether NGM120 can help people with colorectal cancer and cancer cachexia, a wasting syndrome that causes loss of body weight. It compares NGM120 given every four or eight weeks with placebo.

The researchers expect that treating cachexia could prevent or reverse weight loss compared with placebo. The main test is change in body weight after 12 weeks, not whether people live longer or their cancer is controlled.

Worth knowing: This is a relatively narrow, phase 2 trial focused on a short-term measure of weight, so it may not show whether treatment improves survival or cancer outcomes.

Written from the trial's own registry entry to explain what the researchers are testing and why. Nothing here is a result — this trial has not reported one — and it is not a view on whether the treatment works or on whether it would suit you.

Phase 2. Tests whether the treatment works well enough to be worth a larger trial. Usually too small to prove it changes survival.

How the researchers describe it

Evaluation of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of NGM120 in a Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multi-center Study in Participants with Colorectal Cancer who have Cancer Cachexia

Written by the trial’s sponsor, quoted from its ClinicalTrials.gov record.

What this trial is looking for

Genotype

  • Any genotype

Read automatically from the criteria below, to make the list searchable. It is a summary of what the text mentions, not a decision about whether you qualify — and where the two disagree, the criteria are right and this is wrong.

Who the trial is looking for

Inclusion Criteria

1. Documented active diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

2. Cachexia defined by Fearon criteria of weight loss.

3. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Current active reversible causes of decreased food intake.

2. Receiving tube feedings or parenteral nutrition at the time of Screening or Randomization.

3. Have cachexia caused by other reasons.

This is an extract. Whether you qualify is decided by the trial team against the full criteria, not by reading this page. Read the full eligibility criteria

Where it is running

Running at 28 sites. Listed in: Georgia, South Korea, Taiwan, United States.

Individual hospitals, and whether each is currently open, are listed on the registry record. Sites open and close throughout a trial.

Worth asking your oncology team

Being listed here is not a recommendation, and no one page can tell you whether a trial is right for you. These are the questions it raises.

  • Is this trial open at a hospital I could realistically travel to?
  • Given my stage, my previous treatment and my tumour's molecular profile, would I be eligible?
  • What would I be giving up by joining — is the comparison arm the treatment I would otherwise be having?
  • What is already known about the safety of what is being tested?

The source

Registry record NCT07033026, registered by NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc on ClinicalTrials.gov, a public database run by the US National Library of Medicine. The details on this page come from that record and are only ever as current as the sponsor has kept it.

This is a listing of a registered clinical trial, reproduced for information. It is not a recommendation, this site has no connection to the trial or its sponsor, and being listed here says nothing about whether the treatment works. Talk to your own oncology team before pursuing any trial.

This article summarises published research for general information. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for a conversation with your own oncology team, who know your case. Do not start, stop, or change any treatment or supplement on the basis of what you read here.


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