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NCT07366528RecruitingPhase 3

Adjuvant Oxaliplatin Plus S-1 Versus Docetaxel Plus S-1 for Stage III Gastric Cancer

Adjuvant Oxaliplatin Plus S-1 Versus Docetaxel Plus S-1 for Stage III Gastric Cancer After D2 Gastrectomy (DRAGON-Adjuvant): a Multicenter, Open-label, Phase 3, Randomized, Non-inferiority Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a multicenter, open-label, phase 3, randomized, non-inferiority study aimed to investigate the effect on disease-free survival of adjuvant chemotherapy with oxaliplatin plus S-1 compared with adjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel plus S-1 after D2 gastrectomy in patients with stage III gastric cancer.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
387 (estimated)
First submitted
16 Jan 2026
Start date
15 Dec 2025
Primary completion date
30 Oct 2028
Lead sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
NCT number
NCT07366528

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 387
  • From 15 Dec 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Oct 2028
  • 5 sites 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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Other illness

  • other primary malignancies, except for cured skin tumors or cervical carcinoma in situ
  • uncontrollable comorbidities, such as infectious disease, chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases.
  • allergic to study medication
  • bowel obstruction or other conditions affecting oral administration
  • other conditions that patients are unsuitable for this study assessed by the investigators

Other

  • severe complications that may lead to an expected survival time less than 5 years
  • organ functions that cannot tolerate study treatment

Who the study is looking for

  • age 18 to 80 years old, male and female
  • histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction
  • patients underwent standard D2 gastrectomy and achieved R0 resection, and had no systemic therapy like neoadjuvant therapy
  • American Joint Committee on Cancer stage IIIA (T2N3a, T3N2, T4aN1, T4aN2, T4bN0), IIIB (T1N3b, T2N3b, T3N3a, T4aN3a, T4bN1, T4bN2), IIIC (T3N3b, T4aN3b, T4bN3a, T4bN3b), and has Lauren classification
  • with no evidence of metastatic disease
  • ECOG 0 to 1
  • Enough organ functions that can tolerate treatment: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5x109/L, White blood count ≥3.5x109/L, Platelets ≥75x109/L, Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥80g/L, ALT/AST ≤2.5x ULN (for patient with liver metastasis ALT/AST ≤5x ULN), Serum bilirubin ≤1.5x ULN, Serum creatinine ≤1.5x ULN.
  • Woman of childbearing age should contracept for at least one month before screening and commit to using contraception throughout the entire study period and for the specified time after the study ends.
  • Signed informed consent and willing to follow the study protocol

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (5)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital
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ShanghaiChinaNot yet recruiting
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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ShanghaiChinaNot yet recruiting
RenJi Hospital
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ShanghaiChinaNot yet recruiting
Ruijin hospital
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
Yuebei People's Hospital
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ShaoguanChinaNot yet recruiting

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