NCT06782048Not yet recruitingPhase 2
Use of Pyrvinium to Reverse Stomach Precancerous Conditions
Pyrvinium for Reversal of Precancerous Metaplasia and Dysplasia in the Stomach
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is carried out to find out if a drug called pyrvinium is able to convert pre-cancerous tissue in the stomach back to healthy tissue, to lower the chances of stomach cancer. Pyrvinium is a drug that has been used for a long time to treat pinworms in children and its anti-cancer properties are currently under investigation. Tests in animals have shown that pyrvinium made unhealthy tissue healthier and stopped some cells from growing in a bad way. Based on preclinical studies, the investigators hypothesise that the proportion of samples with pre-cancerous tissue in the stomach would decrease by 30% after exposure to pyrvinium at the 6-week timepoint, with anticipated durability of the response at the one-year follow-up.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Dec 2024
- Start date
- Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2029
- Lead sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
- Diseases
- Gastric and esophageal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06782048
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 50
- From Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2029
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- The subject has a previous total or partial gastrectomy.
- The subject on regular anti-coagulant prophylaxis such as warfarin must be able to undergo a 5-day washout period before each gastroscopy. The subject on aspirin, ticlopidine and clopidogrel must be able to undergo a one-week washout period before each gastroscopy. The subject's physician or study co-investigator will exercise their clinical judgement to ensure subject's safety.
Other illness
- The subject has an active gastric cancer diagnosis.
- The subject has a personal history of gastric cancer diagnosis.
- The subject has a high-risk of bleeding complications due to anticoagulants or underlying medical condition such as bleeding disorders in whom biopsies are contraindicated.
- The subject has known hypersensitivity to any components of the study product such as sucrose, benzyl alcohol, or propylene glycol .
- The subject has chronic bowel disease, (defined as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and/or inflammatory bowel disease).
Lab values
- The subject has impaired renal function, defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of less than 60 mL/min/1.73m² (eGFR \<60).
- The subject has impaired hepatic function, defined as any of the following laboratory abnormalities: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \> 100 U/L, Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 100 U/L, Total bilirubin (Bil) \> 50 µmol/L, Albumin \< 30 g/L.
- The subject has any other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may interfere with the interpretation of study results and in the judgement of the investigator would make the subject unsuitable for entry into the study.
Other
- The subject is pregnant (positive urine pregnancy test).
- The subject is unwilling or unable to provide signed informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- The subject is at least 21 years of age.
- The subject has histologically proven extensive/marked intestinal metaplasia and/or dysplasia. Extensive/ marked IM is defined by: (a) Presence of multifocal IM (IM present in antrum and body), and (b) At least one biopsy with at least moderate IM severity.
- The subject is willing and able to provide signed and dated patient informed consent form indicating that he/she has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
Age in the registry: 21 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Unknown status |
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