Colorectal cancer: who works on it

One card per institution. Pick a target or a country to narrow the list.

• All targets
• TP53 6
• KRAS 57
• PD-1 108
• BRAF 36
• EGFR 32
• PD-L1 26
• PI3K 2
• STAT3 0
• CTNNB1 1
• AKT 0
• RAS 31
• HER2 38
• mTOR 1
• MAPK 1
• VEGF 14
• ERK 0
• STING 0
• NRF2 0
• PPAR 0
• CTLA-4 16
• HIF-1 0
• COX-2 5
• JNK 0
• AMPK 0
• MYC 0
• PTEN 1
• YAP 0
• GPX4 0
• NRAS 8
• IL-6 0
• JAK 0
• MET 7
• PARP 1
• CXCR4 0
• TNF 0
• NLRP3 0
• BCL-2 0
• HSP90 0
• PIK3CA 2
• GLP-1 1
• HDAC 2
• METTL3 0
• CDK4/6 2
• MEK 1
• CD47 1
• FGFR 0
• BRCA1 1
• NTRK 1
• B7-H3 5
• EZH2 0
• FAK 1
• HMGB1 0
• TROP2 4
• MUC1 2
• ATM 2
• IDO1 1
• IL-1 0
• PCSK9 3
• PINK1 0
• SHP2 0

6 of 6+ institutions, ordered by recent publications and open trials. This is not a ranking of quality.

Funded research projects that name this disease in their title, terms or summary and have not ended yet: who is funded, where, how much and until when. Organisations only; the funder's page has the details.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  Glycoanalytics-guided discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic glycoenzyme inhibitors for cancer (GLYCOANALYTICS)

  I3s - Instituto de Investigacao e Inovacao Em Saude Da Universidade Do Porto· Porto, Portugal· EU contribution €207,183· until Aug 2029

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  Unravelling Glycosylation Codes in Cancer at the Molecular Level: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Dissection of the Recognition Features of CD44 by Galectins and Selectins (GLYCODECD44)

  Asociacion Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa En Biociencias Cic Biogune· Derio Vizcaya, Spain· EU contribution €194,075· until Aug 2029

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  GUT-commensal Strain for Cancer Assessment and Notification (GUT-SCAN)

  Vib Vzw· Zwijnaarde - Gent, Belgium· EU contribution €200,400· until Mar 2029

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  Ion channelome of solid tumours: Novel immunotherapy targets for cancer-specific mRNA and drug delivery (ION-CANDEL)

  Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg· Heidelberg, Germany· EU contribution €217,965· until Jan 2029

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-JD

  Target mining for the development of therapeutics against pathogen-induced cancers (TagTIC)

  Paris-Lodron-Universitat Salzburg· Salzburg, Austria· EU contribution €4,281,580· until Dec 2031· 9 countries

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

5 of 85 running projects, newest first. Listed amounts together: €233.2m.

Sources: NIH RePORTER (U.S. National Institutes of Health, public domain) and CORDIS (European Commission, CC BY 4.0). Changes: filtered by disease, organisations matched to ROR.

Terminated, withdrawn and suspended trials with the reason the sponsor gave in the registry, quoted word for word.

• Terminated

  Study of PF-07265807 in Participants With Metastatic Solid Tumors.

  NCT04458259· Pfizer· Updated 4 Jun 2026

  “Pfizer has made an internal business decision to not continue further development of PF-07265807. This decision was not due to major safety concerns or requests from any regulatory authorities.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Withdrawn

  Combined AlloStim+Anti-PD-L1 in 4L MSS Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

  NCT06557278· Mirror Biologics, Inc.· Updated 21 Oct 2025

  “Redesign of protocol for primary end-point of overall survival”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Terminated

  Immunotherapy With Y90-RadioEmbolization for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

  NCT04108481· University of Iowa· Updated 28 Mar 2025

  “DSMC-directed closure”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Terminated

  TATE and KN046 in MCRC

  NCT06834399· Zhejiang Raygene Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd· Updated 19 Feb 2025

  “Business Operation Strategy Adjustment”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Withdrawn

  Immunotherapy Combined With Y-90 and SBRT for Colorectal Liver Metastases

  NCT03802747· University of Colorado, Denver· Updated 9 Dec 2024

  “PI left the institution”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Withdrawn

  Basket Trial for Combination Therapy With Durvalumab (Anti-PDL1) (MEDI4736) and Tremelimumab (Anti-CTLA4) in Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors

  NCT03982173· Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris· Updated 26 Jan 2023

  “Similar clinical trials showed not very encouraging results, which made us decide, after several modifications to the protocol and numerous difficulties encountered, to abandon the trial.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

Trials whose registry record says individual participant data (IPD) will be shared.

• HPV Vaccine PRGN-2009 Alone or in Combination With Anti-PDL1/TGF-Beta Trap (M7824) in Subjects With HPV Associated Cancers

  NCT04432597· National Cancer Institute (NCI)· Source

• Evaluation of Co-formulated Pembrolizumab/Quavonlimab (MK-1308A) Versus Other Treatments in Participants With Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) or Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR) Stage IV Colorectal Cancer (CRC) (MK-1308A-008/KEYSTEP-008).

  NCT04895722· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• A Study of Coformulated Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab (MK-4280A) Versus Standard of Care in Subjects With Previously Treated Metastatic PD-L1 Positive Colorectal Cancer (MK-4280A-007)

  NCT05064059· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Chemotherapy in Chinese Participants With Stage IV Colorectal Cancer (MK-3475-C66)

  NCT05239741· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Previously Treated Participants With Select Solid Tumors (MK-7902-005/E7080-G000-224/LEAP-005)

  NCT03797326· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• Study of Lenvatinib (MK-7902/E7080) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Standard of Care in Participants With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (MK-7902-017/E7080-G000-325/LEAP-017)

  NCT04776148· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• A Study of Coformulated Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab (MK-4280A) Versus Standard of Care in Subjects With Previously Treated Metastatic PD-L1 Positive Colorectal Cancer (MK-4280A-007)-China Extension Study

  NCT05600309· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

• Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475-158/KEYNOTE-158)

  NCT02628067· Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC· Source

Find publications on this disease by a MeSH method term, for example a sequencing or imaging method.

• Single-Cell Analysis 133
• Organoids 108
• Mendelian Randomization Analysis 49
• CRISPR-Cas Systems 34
• Gene Expression Profiling 338
• Sequence Analysis, RNA 29
• Whole Genome Sequencing 22
• Exome Sequencing 26
• Proteomics 107
• Metabolomics 92
• Mass Spectrometry 42
• Flow Cytometry 113
• Immunohistochemistry 208
• Liquid Biopsy 36
• Circulating Tumor DNA 119
• Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays 432
• Positron-Emission Tomography 38
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 196
• Machine Learning 211
• Deep Learning 142
• Cohort Studies 317
• Genome-Wide Association Study 65

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