Recruiting nowPhase 2Randomised
What this trial is trying to do
The trial asks whether adding the investigational drug BMX-001 to either short-course radiotherapy or long-course chemoradiotherapy, given before surgery as part of total neoadjuvant treatment, can make treatment safer for newly diagnosed rectal cancer. The record does not state how BMX-001 is expected to work.
The comparison is radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with BMX-001 versus the corresponding treatment without it. The main measure is whether BMX-001 reduces severe gastrointestinal side effects—grade 3 or higher—not whether it helps people live longer or keeps the cancer from growing.
Worth knowing: This is a phase 2 trial, and its stated main outcome is treatment toxicity rather than survival; the available description does not establish whether either treatment is better for controlling the cancer.
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.
| Registry number | NCT05254327 |
|---|---|
| Recruitment | Recruiting now |
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Design | randomised, blinded |
| Taking part | 118 people (planned) |
| Who can join | aged 18 Years and over |
| Run by | University of Nebraska |
| Started | |
| Main results expected | |
| Record last updated |
What is being tested
- Drug BMX-001
What it is measuring
Efficacy of BMX-001 as measured by Grade 3 and above associated with gastrointestinal Toxicities
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.
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
In this Phase 2 study, we will conduct an efficacy and safety study of the combination of investigational drug BMX-001, with short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) or long-course chemoradiotherapy (LCCRT) as part of total neoadjuvant therapy in newly diagnosed rectal adenocarcinoma (RAC) patients.
Written by the trial’s sponsor, quoted from its ClinicalTrials.gov record.
What this trial is looking for
- Any genotype
- Locally advanced
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. Patients with pathologically confirmed locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma who will be receiving total neoadjuvant therapy regimen with curative intent.
2. AJCC stage II to III rectal adenocarcinoma that will require total neoadjuvant therapy.
3. Adult, age > or equal to 18 years (for Nebraska, age of consent is ≥19 years old)
4. ECOG Performance Status 0-2
5. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl, ANC ≥ 1,500 /dl, platelets ≥ 100,000 /dl (The use of transfusion or other intervention to achieve Hgb > 9.0 g/dl is acceptable)
6. Serum SGOT and bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal
7. Adequate renal function defined as follows:
1)Serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl within 2 weeks prior to enrollment or 2)Creatinine clearance (CC) ≥ 50 ml/min within 2 weeks prior to enrollment determined by 24-hour collection or estimated by Cockcroft-Gault formula: CCr male = [(140 – age) x (wt in kg)]/[(Serum Cr mg/dl) x (72)], CCr female = 0.85 x (CrCl male) 8. Signed, written informed consent prior to completing any study specific procedures 9. Negative pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential at the time of screening 10.
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 3 sites. Listed in: 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 NCT05254327, registered by University of Nebraska 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.