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Gastrointestinal Cancer: early-phase trial registry

31 of 50 indexed Gastrointestinal Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #277 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

50 US clinical trials · 31 currently recruiting · #277 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Gastrointestinal Cancer: 50 US clinical trials tracked, 31 recruiting.

Gastrointestinal Cancer is the subject of 50 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 31 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 21 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, running 4 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition gastrointestinal-cancer

OPEN 31 | RECR 62% | LATE 2 | EARLY 21 | RANK #277 | SPON 4

Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Breast Cancer (62% recruiting · 29 trials)

HER2-Negative Breast Cancer68%Gastrointestinal Cancer (thi…62%Marginal Zone Lymphoma56%Urinary Incontinence36%Acute Pain25.5%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Gastrointestinal Cancer

Gastrointestinal Cancer lists 31 open slots (62% of 50 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Gastrointestinal Cancer on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Gastrointestinal Cancer is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    31 of 50 indexed trials (62%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Gastrointestinal Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute accounts for 4 of 50 trials (8%). 36 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Gastrointestinal Cancer enrolment sits around 120 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 120 among the 50 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 18 of those (36%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Gastrointestinal Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    43 interventional and 7 observational studies make up this index (86% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 112Phase 29Phase 42

Open and recent trials

50 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 1,250 participants

Immunobiology Blood and Tissue Collection of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT05995821

RECRUITING Phase 1 1,130 participants

Study of RAS(ON) Inhibitors in Patients With Gastrointestinal Solid Tumors

Revolution Medicines

NCT06445062

RECRUITING NA 860 participants

The PhOCus Trial: Implementation of Pharmacogenomic Testing in Oncology Care

University of Chicago

NCT04541381

RECRUITING NA 600 participants

BOLSTER: Learning New Skills to Thrive

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT06936878

RECRUITING 550 participants

Acquisition of Blood and Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01313442

RECRUITING NA 340 participants

Improving Comprehensive Care of Cancer Patients

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT05323409

RECRUITING NA 281 participants

REmote Symptom COllection to improVE postopeRative Care

Medstar Health Research Institute

NCT06190730

RECRUITING NA 257 participants

Resilience and Equity in Aging, Cancer, and Health (REACH)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT04674267

RECRUITING Phase 2 216 participants

A Study on the Effects of Exercise on Side Effects From Treatment for Gastrointestinal Cancers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05789485

RECRUITING NA 210 participants

SURGE: Supporting UnderRepresented Minorities in Genomics-based Cancer Trial Enrollment (Intervention)

Nadine McCleary, MD, MPH

NCT05375643

RECRUITING Phase 1 210 participants

Autologous T-cells Genetically Engineered to Express Receptors Reactive Against KRAS Mutations in Conjunction With a Vaccine Directed Against These Antigens in Participants With Metastatic Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT06253520

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

EQUITY GI: A Prospective Study to Enhance Quality, Inclusivity, and Trial Participation in Black Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer.

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06263088

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Goals of Care Discussion for Patients With Advanced Lung and Gastrointestinal Cancer in the Emergency Department of a Comprehensive Cancer Center

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06420206

RECRUITING Phase 1 180 participants

Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan in Participants With Gastrointestinal Cancers (MK-1022-011) (HERTHENA-PanTumor02)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT06596694

RECRUITING 180 participants

Disease Outcomes and Toxicities in Patients With Gastrointestinal and Sarcomatous Malignancies

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05743426

RECRUITING NA 152 participants

Dyadic Sleep Study

University of Miami

NCT06569693

RECRUITING NA 140 participants

EUS Examination Using EndoSound Vision System vs. Standard Echoendoscope

Orlando Health

NCT06340620

RECRUITING 125 participants

Fatigue and Molecular Mechanisms in Cancer Patients Receiving CCRT

University of California, San Francisco

NCT06633224

RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Evaluating Microarray Pharmacogenetic Testing in Cancer Patients

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT06489041

RECRUITING Phase 1 110 participants

Administering Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Transduced With a Murine T-Cell Receptor Recognizing the G12V Variant of Mutated RAS in HLA-A*11:01 Patients

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03190941

RECRUITING Phase 1 100 participants

Safety, PK and Efficacy of QXL138AM in Patients With Solid Tumors and Multiple Myeloma

Nammi Therapeutics

NCT06582017

RECRUITING 100 participants

Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) for Early Treatment Response Assessment of Solid Tumors

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT04354064

RECRUITING Phase 1 100 participants

Remote Resistance Exercise Powering Survivors - Gastrointestinal Oncology

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT05664178

RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

ChatBot and Activity Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

NCT05318027

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

Individualized Response Assessment to Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Ovarian, Colorectal, Appendiceal, or Peritoneal Mesothelioma Histologies

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04847063

RECRUITING Phase 2 38 participants

sFOLFOXIRI in Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer, (SAGE)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT05332002

RECRUITING NA 26 participants

A Study of Radiation Therapy to Treat Solid Tumor Cancer That Has Spread to Soft Tissue

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05837767

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Sacituzumab Govitecan in Combination With Capecitabine for Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancers After Progression on Standard Therapy

Henry Ford Health System

NCT06065371

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Neratinib and Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Advanced Gastro-esophageal Cancer Patients

Fox Chase Cancer Center

NCT05274048

RECRUITING Phase 4 15 participants

Intraoperative Imaging of Gastrointestinal Malignancies Using Pafolacianine (CYTALUX™)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

NCT07124351

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 10 participants

PhI Pilot Study Pafolacianine Inject for Intraoperative Imaging on Outcomes of GI Cancer Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

University of California, Irvine

NCT06511037

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 800 participants

Pathways to Advance Targeted and Helpful Serious Illness Conversations (PATH-SIC)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT05629065

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 160 participants

A Study of Raludotatug Deruxtecan (R-DXd) in People With Gastrointestinal Cancers (MK-5909-005)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT06864169

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 134 participants

Stereotactic Brain-directed Radiation With or Without Aguix Gadolinium-Based Nanoparticles in Brain Metastases

Brigham and Women's Hospital

NCT04899908

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 100 participants

Frailty in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer Who Are Undergoing Major Surgery

The Guthrie Clinic

NCT05694338

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Real World Treatment Experience of Patients With Breast, Lung, or GI Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Using Remote Symptom Monitoring

Carevive Systems

NCT05587972

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 84 participants

Advancing Nursing Practices in Hospital Oncology Care

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05053191

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 72 participants

Analyzing Clinical Outcomes and Genomic Data of American Indian Patient Population

University of Oklahoma

NCT05863052

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Avatrombopag vs. Placebo for CIT in GI Malignancies

Hanny Al-Samkari, MD

NCT05772546

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Palliadelic Treatment to Reduce Psychological Distress in Persons With Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancers

University of Nebraska

NCT05220046

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Copper Cu 64 Anti-CEA Monoclonal Antibody M5A PET in Diagnosing Patients With CEA Positive Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT02293954

COMPLETED NA 1,053 participants

Effectiveness of Lay Navigators in Meeting Cancer Patients' Non-Clinical Needs: A Pilot Study

Stanford University

NCT03245788

COMPLETED NA 379 participants

Perioperative Palliative Care Surrounding Cancer Surgery for Patients & Their Family Members

Stanford University

NCT03611309

COMPLETED NA 125 participants

Routine Evaluation of the Social Determinants of Health in Oncology: User-centered Resource Coordination and Engagement

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT04879927

COMPLETED Phase 4 102 participants

Intraoperative TAP Block With Bupivacaine/Dexamethasone Against Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel®)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

NCT03723447

COMPLETED Phase 1 86 participants

Rocking Motion: Physiologic Effect on the Surgical Stress Response

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01200316

COMPLETED Phase 2 43 participants

Oxaliplatin With FOLFOX4 in Patients With Normal and Abnormal Renal Function

Sanofi

NCT00094965

COMPLETED Phase 2 21 participants

Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion (HIPEC) for Metastatic Gastric Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02092298

COMPLETED Phase 2 19 participants

CAPOX in KRAS Wild-Type Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel or Ampulla of Vater

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01202409

COMPLETED NA 7 participants

The Science of the Art of Palliative Care

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT05137782

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 12
Phase 2 9
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Gastrointestinal Cancer records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Mitomycin C Drug
2 trials
Aldesleukin Drug
2 trials
Cisplatin Drug
2 trials
Fludarabine Drug
2 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
2 trials
Surgeon team alone management Other
1 trials
Surgeon-palliative care team co management Other
1 trials
Sodium Thiosulfate Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Gastrointestinal Cancer trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 11 trials
Massachusetts 9 trials
Texas 8 trials
New York 8 trials
Maryland 8 trials
Florida 7 trials
New Jersey 5 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Gastrointestinal Cancer page

50 registered trials, 31 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Gastrointestinal Cancer condition card totals 50 registered trials; most-linked intervention Mitomycin C; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.