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NCT05417789Active, not recruitingPhase 3

Study of Emactuzumab for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT)

A Phase III, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-Blind Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Emactuzumab vs. Placebo in Subjects With Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumour

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a multicenter, Phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, which aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the investigational drug emactuzumab for the treatment of patients with localized or diffuse TGCT where surgical removal of the tumor is not viewed as an option. The study consists of two parts. In Part 1, eligible subjects will be assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive either emactuzumab or matching placebo in a double-blind fashion, that will be administered in total 5 times as an intravenous (i.v.) infusion once every 2 weeks. This will be followed by an observation period of 3 months leading to a total duration of 24 weeks in Part 1. A number of assessments will be carried out during the course of the study, including physical examinations, blood tests, imaging studies, electrocardiograms, and questionnaires. Part 2 is a long-term double-blind follow-up phase of the subjects on emactuzumab or placebo. Subjects assigned to placebo in Part 1 have the option, subject to eligibility, to crossover to receive open-label emactuzumab in Part 2. Subjects assigned to active drug in Part 1 have the option to receive open-label retreatment under certain circumstances.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
128 (estimated)
First submitted
1 Jun 2022
Start date
9 Oct 2024
Primary completion date
23 Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
SynOx Therapeutics Limited
NCT number
NCT05417789
EU CT number
2023-510422-32-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 128
  • From 9 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 23 Dec 2025
  • 39 sites in 14 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Known metastatic TGCT or other active cancer that requires concurrent or planned treatment
  • Received systemic therapy for TGCT (investigational or approved) targeting CSF-1 or CSF-1R or any multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (eg nilotinib and imatinib) within 3 months prior to screening
  • Any surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 months of screening
  • Unresolved clinically significant toxicity from a previous treatment or any history of serious liver toxicity.
  • Systemic antiretroviral therapy within 3 months of baseline

Other illness

  • Medical conditions, including auto-immune, requiring systemic immunosuppression. Any systemic treatment for these conditions (eg, glucocorticoids) is not allowed within 4 weeks of Screening and during the study.
  • Current or chronic history of liver disease.
  • Within 6 months of baseline has experienced: clinically significant myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, or pulmonary disease (NYHA Criteria 1994) including severe thromboembolic event; incompletely healed clinically significant wounds, including bone fractures; pathological fracture or significant hypercalcaemia.

Other

  • If a female, the subject is pregnant or breast feeding.
  • Inadequate renal and liver function

Who the study is looking for

  • Age \>12 years
  • Biopsy-confirmed (standard of care diagnosis history) local or diffuse TGCT where surgical resection would be associated with predicted worsening functional limitations through surgical joint damage, and/or subject has an anticipated high risk of early recurrence as determined by a multidisciplinary tumour board or equivalent, or any other morbidity associated with the surgery, and/or surgical treatment is not expected to improve the clinical outcomes of the subject.
  • Measurable disease: longest diameter ≥20 mm.
  • Adequate organ and bone marrow function
  • If a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), must have a negative pregnancy test prior to starting treatment and agree to use a highly effective method of contraception
  • Participants must have given written consent

Age in the registry: 12 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (39)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Medical University of Graz
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GrazAustriaCompleted
Medical University of Vienna
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ViennaAustriaCompleted
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Sint-Lambrechts-WoluweBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
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CalgaryCanadaUnknown status
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel (UKBB)
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BaselSwitzerlandUnknown status
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
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SevillaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
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ValenciaSpainActive, not recruiting
Institut Bergonie
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BordeauxFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Oscar Lambret
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LilleFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Leon Berard
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LyonFranceActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Institut Curie
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ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest
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Saint-Herblain CedexFranceActive, not recruiting
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
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ToulouseFranceActive, not recruiting
St James's University Hospital
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LeedsUnited KingdomUnknown status
University College Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
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BolognaItalyActive, not recruiting
Istituto Di Candiolo Fondazione Del Piemonte Per Loncologia IRCCS
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CandioloItalyActive, not recruiting
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone
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PalermoItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
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PisaItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda USL Toscana Centro
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PratoItalyActive, not recruiting
I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri
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RomeItalyActive, not recruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico In Forma A Bbreviata Fon
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RomeItalyActive, not recruiting
Seoul National University Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
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LeidenNetherlandsActive, not recruiting
Orthos Szpital Wielospecjalistyczny Sp. z o.o.
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KomorowicePolandCompleted
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandCompleted
Region Skane Skanes Universitetssjukhus
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LundSwedenActive, not recruiting
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
Nextgen Oncology
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Beverly HillsUnited StatesUnknown status
The Ohio State University
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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GeorgetownUnited StatesUnknown status
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status

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