Feasibility Study for Repurposing RET Inhibitors

NCT07146893 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2026-01-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of selpercatinib on cachexia and anorexia in patients diagnosed with NSCLC, colorectal cancer, or pancreatic cancer.

Conditions

  • Cachexia-Anorexia Syndrome

Interventions

DRUG

Selpercatinib

Patients will be instructed to take selpercatinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID), approximately every 12 hours. While on study, they will undergo weight measurements and regular blood draws every 4 weeks. At the 16-week post-treatment follow-up, patients will return to the clinic for a weight assessment to evaluate potential changes in body weight. Patients will be administered assessments including, Functional Assessment of Anorexia Cachexia Therapy (FAACT), administered at screening, at 12 weeks post-discontinuation of the study drug, and again at the 16-week follow-up.

OTHER

Strength Assessment

Several strength assessment will be conducted at baseline and at 12 weeks end-of-treatment, which will include measurements such as grip strength, hallux strength, timed chair stands, leg press, and localized ultrasound of the quadriceps.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Presbyterian Health Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • University of Oklahoma

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nirmal Choradia, MD · University of Oklahoma - Stephenson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-26
Primary Completion
2027-02-23
Completion
2028-02-23
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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