5-fluorouracil

P2, N=31, Recruiting, Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Notably, the combination of TQ and PTX was shown to support a greater senotherapeutic effect. Findings indicated that TQ and PTX acted as senotherapeutic agents in 5-FU-induced senescent CRC spheroids and may have potential as adjuvants to enhance CRC therapy.

This phase II study (ChiCTR2300077718) aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of balloon-occluded HAIC (bHAIC) based on the FOLFOX (oxaliplatin plus fluorouracil and leucovorin) regimen (bHAIC-FO) in unresectable HCC. bHAIC-FO demonstrates encouraging efficacy and acceptable safety profiles in unresectable HCC treatment, particularly in treatment-naive patients. www.chictr.org.cn, identifier ChiCTR2300077718.

We present a 57-year-old man with KRAS G13D-mutant, liver-dominant metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma and recurrent fluoropyrimidine-associated coronary vasospasm precluding 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine. After multimodal first-line therapy and regorafenib, trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102) plus bevacizumab was initiated and integrated with liver-directed treatments for oligoprogressive disease. This combined strategy achieved approximately 16.6 months of disease control, substantially exceeding the median progression-free survival reported in the SUNLIGHT trial, with manageable hematological toxicity and preserved performance status. This case highlights the value of TAS-102 plus bevacizumab combined with focal liver-directed therapy as a feasible long-term strategy for selected patients with oligoprogressive mCRC when fluoropyrimidines cannot be used.

P2/3, N=126, Not yet recruiting, AstraZeneca AB

P2, N=50, Completed, Massachusetts General Hospital | Unknown status --> Completed

For OS, both cetuximab + chemotherapy [hazard ratio (HR)=0.853; 95% CI: 0.775-0.938; P=0.001] and panitumumab + chemotherapy (HR=0.855; 95% CI: 0.738-0.992; P=0.038) exhibited statistically significant superiority compared with bevacizumab + chemotherapy...In the present sensitivity analysis, UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A1-guided bevacizumab + 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan demonstrated favorable outcomes, with OS and PFS P-scores of 0.932 and 0.992, respectively; however, these findings were derived from a single trial with limited comparability...Treatment benefit from anti-EGFR therapy was markedly influenced by primary tumor location, with notable benefit observed in left-sided tumors and no benefit in right-sided tumors. These findings support tumor sidedness-guided treatment selection in clinical practice, favoring anti-EGFR-based therapy for left-sided and bevacizumab-based therapy for right-sided RAS wild-type mCRC.

P=N/A, N=102, Not yet recruiting, University of Health Sciences Lahore | Initiation date: Mar 2026 --> Jul 2026

Moreover, combination treatment with the oxysterol and chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil produces synergistically enhanced antitumor effects. Previous studies showed that cholesterol-derived oxysterols differentially regulate macrophage cell fates, with 25-OHC promoting the protumor and immunosuppressive phenotype of TAMs. Targeting PID1 reroutes cholesterol and ROS metabolism toward the production of 5α,6α-EC and 7β-OHC in TAMs, representing a promising immunometabolic strategy to restore antitumor immunosurveillance.

P1, N=120, Not yet recruiting, Shanghai EpimAb Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd.

P1/2, N=383, Active, not recruiting, MedImmune LLC | Trial completion date: Sep 2025 --> Jul 2027

P2, N=30, Active, not recruiting, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital