Clinical trial · Interventional
A Study for Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of BH4 in Radiation Enteritis
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NCT05138887CI-TRIAL-00056828unknownPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This present study envisaged a single-center, prospective, open-label, placebo and randomized controlled phase II clinical study to assess the efficacy and Safety of Tetrahydrobiopterin in Treating Radiation Enteritis in Gynecological Cancer Patients.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiation Enteritis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrahydrobiopterin | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- placebo group
- description
- The placebo group was administered a vitamin tablet (Centrum) orally, once a day
- interventionNames
- Drug: Tetrahydrobiopterin
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- experimental group 1
- description
- The experimental group 1 was administered BH4 orally, with a dose of 2mg/kg.d (If the drug dose is within the range of 51-150mg, the drug dose will be 100mg), once per day
- interventionNames
- Drug: Tetrahydrobiopterin
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- experimental group 2
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: ≥ 18years old female patients. 2. Patients who received radical radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and who needed supplementary radiotherapy due to the prognostic risk factors for treating pathologically diagnosed gynecological malignancies (including cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and vulvar cancer), with no pathological type restrictions. 3. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology GroupPerformance Status (ECOG PS) score: 0-1. 4. Expected survival ≥12 months. 5. The main organs functioned normally, which meant that they met the following criteria: Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥90g/L; Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×109/L; Platelet count (PLT) ≥50×109/L; Total bilirubin (TBIL)\<1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN); Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)\<2.5×ULN,for patients with liver metastasis\<5×ULN; Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and Creatinine ratio (CR) ≤1×ULN or Endogenous creatinine clearance≥50ml/min(by Cockcroft-Gault equation). 6. The subjects willingly participated inthe study, signed an informed consent form, were medication-compliant, and cooperated with the follow-ups. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with hypertension and could not control the blood pressure within the normal range after treating with antihypertensive medications (systolic blood pressure\>140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure\>90 mmHg). 2. Patients with a history of severe cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction above grade II, poorly controlled arrhythmia (QTc interval ≥470 ms in women), grade III\~IV cardiac insufficiencyaccording to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) standards, orthe left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%shown by the heart color Doppler ultrasound. 3. Patients with coagulation disorders (international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5, activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) \>1.5 ULN), with bleeding tendency. 4. Patients with a history of psychotropic medication abuse and unable to quit, and patients with mental disorders. 5. Patients participatingin another drug trial. 6. Patients with concomitant diseases that seriously endangered the safety of the patient or affected the completion of the study from the investigators' opinion. 7. Not suitable for enrollment in the investigators' opinion.
References
Publications (4)
- RESULTFeng Y, Feng Y, Gu L, Liu P, Cao J, Zhang S. The Critical Role of Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) Metabolism in Modulating Radiosensitivity: BH4/NOS Axis as an Angel or a Devil. Front Oncol. 2021 Aug 27;11:720632. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.720632. eCollection 2021. PMID 34513700
- RESULTThabet NM, Rashed ER, Abdel-Rafei MK, Moustafa EM. Modulation of the Nitric Oxide/BH4 Pathway Protects Against Irradiation-Induced Neuronal Damage. Neurochem Res. 2021 Jul;46(7):1641-1658. doi: 10.1007/s11064-021-03306-0. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID 33755856
- RESULTYan T, Guo S, Zhang T, Zhang Z, Liu A, Zhang S, Xu Y, Qi Y, Zhao W, Wang Q, Shi L, Liu L. Ligustilide Prevents Radiation Enteritis by Targeting Gch1/BH4/eNOS to Improve Intestinal Ischemia. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 22;12:629125. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.629125. eCollection 2021. PMID 33967762
- RESULTXue J, Yu C, Sheng W, Zhu W, Luo J, Zhang Q, Yang H, Cao H, Wang W, Zhou J, Wu J, Cao P, Chen M, Ding WQ, Cao J, Zhang S. The Nrf2/GCH1/BH4 Axis Ameliorates Radiation-Induced Skin Injury by Modulating the ROS Cascade. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Oct;137(10):2059-2068. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.05.019. Epub 2017 Jun 6. PMID 28596000