NALIRIFOX (Nal-IRI Plus 5-FU/LV Plus Oxaliplatin) as First-Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Small Intestine and Appendiceal Cancers
Liposomal Irinotecan (Nal-IRI) Plus 5-fluorouracil and Leucovorin (5-FU/LV) Plus Oxaliplatin (NALIRIFOX) as First-Line Chemotherapy for Patients With Advanced Small Intestine and Appendiceal Cancers
- Advanced Small Intestine Cancer
- Appendiceal Cancers
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- Enrolment target
- 22
- Started
- 18 September 2026
- Main results due
- 30 September 2028
- Study sites
- 2
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male or female ≥18 years of age.
2. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed advanced mucinous or non-mucinous appendix cancer or advanced small intestine cancer.
3. Measurable disease per the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1.
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1.
5. Life expectancy ≥6 months.
6. Patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception during the study and for 30 days after the last dose of study treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
* 1\. Hematology laboratory values of:
1. Absolute neutrophil count ≤1500 cells/mm3
2. Platelets ≤100,000 cells/mm3
3. Hemoglobin ≤9 g/dL
4. White blood count ≤3000 cells/mm3. 2. Hepatic laboratory values of aspartate transaminase or alanine aminotransferase:
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1. \>5 × upper limits of normal (ULN) if the documented history of hepatic metastases; or
2. \>2.5 × ULN if no liver metastases are present. 3. Total bilirubin \>1.5 × ULN or \>1.5 mg/dL. 4. Prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 × ULN. Note: Patients receiving therapeutic doses of anticoagulant therapy may be considered eligible if PT and INR are within the acceptable institutional therapeutic limits.
5\. Serum creatinine or serum urea \>1.5 × ULN. 6. Estimated glomerular filtration rate \<50 mL/min. 7. Positive pregnancy test, pregnancy, or breastfeeding (female patients only). 8. Any other clinically significant laboratory abnormality that would compromise patient safety or the outcome of the study.
9\. Any clinically significant and/or uncontrolled cardiac-related abnormality that would compromise patient safety or the outcome of the study including, but not limited to:
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1. Arrhythmia
2. Bradycardia
3. Tachycardia
4. Symptomatic valvular disease
5. Symptomatic congestive heart failure is classified by the New York Heart Association as Class III or IV
6. Unstable angina pectoris. 10. Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months. 11. Active bleeding diathesis. 12. Current complaints of persistent constipation or history of chronic constipation, bowel obstruction, or fecaloma within the past 6 months.
13\. Receiving chronic treatment with corticosteroids ≥5 mg of prednisone per day (or equivalent) or another immunosuppressive agent (s) 14. Known history and/or uncontrolled hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2.
15\. History of galactose intolerance, deficiency of Lapp lactase, or glucose-galactose malabsorption.
16\. History of malignancy or active treatment for malignancy (i.e., radiation or chemotherapy, including monoclonal antibodies) within 5 years. Note: Patients with squamous or basal cell carcinomas of the skin, carcinomas in situ of the cervix or uterus, ductal breast cancer in situ, resected low-grade prostate cancer, or other malignancies that in the opinion of the investigator are considered cured may participate.
17\. Receipt of live, attenuated vaccine (e.g., intranasal influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) or close contact with someone who has received a live, attenuated vaccine within the past 1 month. Note: Influenza vaccine will be allowed if administered \>21 days.
18\. Receipt of any investigational agent or study treatment within the past 30 days.
19\. Receipt of any protein or antibody-based therapeutic agents (e.g., growth hormones or monoclonal antibodies) within the past 3 months.
20\. Allergies reaction to irinotecan or liposomal irinotecan.What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of NALIRIFOX per NAPOLI-3 regimen as first-line chemotherapy for patients with advanced small intestine and appendiceal cancers. Female or male patients aged 18 years, or older, with histopathologically or cytologically confirmed advanced mucinous or non-mucinous appendix cancer or advanced small intestine cancer will be eligible for participation in the study.
Study sites(2)
Cockrell Center for Advanced Therapeutics 6565 Fannin M604
Houston, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Not yet recruiting
Showing 2 of 2 sites. 1 of the 2 sites on this study is recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07060014. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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