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Ovarian CancerPhase 2NCT07125391

Chemotherapy Combined With Propranolol Hydrochloride as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Propranolol Hydrochloride, Paclitaxel liposome and Carboplatin in people with Ovarian Cancer, run by Bai-Rong Xia at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

Ovarian Cancer (OC) is one of the most common gynecological malignant tumors. In recent years, the incidence of ovarian cancer in China has been on the rise, but its mortality ranks the first among gynecological tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years, women only
Conditions the study is for
Ovarian Cancer
What is being tested?
Propranolol Hydrochloride, Paclitaxel liposome and Carboplatin
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
136 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
20 Jun 2025to 30 Jun 2027
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent was obtained before any trial-related procedures were performed.
  • Women, 18 to 75 years old;
  • FIGO stage for stage III or IV, including not surgery in patients with stage III or IV beginning for ovarian cancer; Histopathology confirmed high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
  • According to the response evaluation criteria in 1.1 (RECIST1.1) definition, patients must have a measurable lesions
  • Agreed to provide the participants formalin fixed and tumor tissue specimens or fresh biopsy tissue tumor lesions markers detection
  • ECOG score 0-1 points
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  • Expected survival time 6 months or more
  • Enough organ function, without severe hematopoietic dysfunction and heart, lung, liver, kidney dysfunction, and immune deficiency, participants need to satisfy the following laboratory indicators
  • hemoglobin (HGB) 90 g/L or higher
  • Neutrophils (NEUT) acuity 1.5 x 109 / L or white blood cell count (WBC) or 3 x 109 / L
  • Platelet (PLT) or 90 x 109 / L
  • Nmda aminotransferase (AST) 2.5 x ULN or less
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 2.5 x ULN or less
  • Total bilirubin (TBIL) 1.5 x ULN or less
  • Serum creatinine (SCr) 1.0 x ULN or less
  • Potential fertility women in the group of 7 days before the serum or urine HCG were negative (postmenopausal women considered must be at least 12 months of amenorrhea fertility; Pregnancy tests are not required for women with documented tubal ligation)
  • Potential fertility women are willing to take in the experiment of the medical contraception

Who cannot join

  • Malignant diseases other than ovarian cancer (excluding radical skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, and/or radical resection in situ carcinoma) diagnosed within 5 years before the first dose
  • Current are participating in clinical research and treatment of intrusive, or within 4 weeks before the first dose received study used drugs or other treatments
  • Always received pelvic radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, tumor targeting therapy, immune therapy
  • Need treatment of symptomatic or non-control brain metastasis at the same time, including but not limited to, surgery, radiation and/or corticosteroids, or with the clinical manifestations of spinal cord compression
  • Current use of oral or intravenous beta blockers (atenolol, peso parlour, carvedilol and labetalol, metoprolol, than the parlour, his law such as beta blockers) cannot safely use of propranolol
  • Patients who have previously used propranolol, particularly those who were still on continuous use or had discontinued the medication for less than 14 days within 14 days prior to enrollment, are ineligible for inclusion. Those who have discontinued the medication for ≥14 days and meet the safety criteria as determined by the investigator may be selected for enrollment.
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  • Patients with contraindications to β-blockers were excluded according to the contraindications in the propranolol package insert.
  • Patients were receiving systemic glucocorticoids (excluding topical glucocorticoids by nasal spray, inhalation, or other route) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first study dose; Note: allows the use of physiological doses of corticosteroids (10 mg/day or less prednisone or equivalent drugs)
  • Known allogeneic organ transplantation (except corneal transplantation) or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Patients who were allergic to the active ingredient or excipients of propranolol hydrochloride in this study
  • Have not fully recovered from any intervention-related toxicity and/or complications before starting treatment (i.e., ≤ grade 1 or baseline, excluding fatigue or alopecia)
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (i.e., HIV 1/2 antibody positive)
  • Hepatitis b patients with known
  • Activity of HCV infection subjects (HCV antibody positive and HCV - RNA levels higher than the detection limit)
  • For the first time to give medicine before (1 cycle, day 1) vaccinated live vaccine within 30 days
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Any serious or uncontrolled systemic disease, such as
  • resting electrocardiogram (ecg) in rhythm, conduction, or have a significant and severe symptoms to appear on the form is hard to control the exceptions, such as complete left bundle branch block, Ⅱ degrees above heart block, ventricular arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation
  • Unstable angina and congestive heart failure, New York heart association (NYHA) classification of grade 2 or more chronic heart failure
  • Within 6 months before the selected treatment had any arterial thrombosis, embolism, or ischemia, such as myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cerebrovascular accident, or transient ischemic attack, etc.
  • First dose exist within 1 year before need to glucocorticoid treatment of infectious pneumonia history, or the current clinical activity interstitial lung disease; Active tuberculosis
  • There need systemic treatment of active or failure to control the infection
  • Clinical activity diverticulitis, abdominal abscess, gastrointestinal obstruction
  • Liver disease such as cirrhosis of the liver, decompensated liver disease, acute or chronic active hepatitis
  • Mental disorders and unable to cooperate with treatment
  • Any medical history or evidence of illness, abnormal treatment or laboratory values, or other conditions that might interfere with the results of the trial or prevent full participation in the study, or any other potential risk that might be considered by the investigator to be inappropriate for enrollment.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Anhui Cancer Hospitail

    Hefei, Anhui, 230001

    Bai-Rong Xia, Doctor, +8118604516165, xiabairong9999@126.com

    xiabairong9999@126.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Chemotherapy Combined With Propranolol Hydrochloride as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer: A Prospective, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study

Ovarian Cancer (OC) is one of the most common gynecological malignant tumors. In recent years, the incidence of ovarian cancer in China has been on the rise, but its mortality ranks the first among gynecological tumors. Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) combined with chemotherapy is the standard treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. However, most of the ovarian cancer is stage Ⅲ and above, and there may be a certain degree of organ metastasis. Preclinical studies have found that the stress of melanoma block beta adrenergic signals in mice, which USES beta blockers, checkpoint will enhance resistance to PD - 1 the activity of the inhibitor, to improve the treatment of mice on the immune response. Non-selective β-blockers can also improve the efficacy of melanoma immunotherapy. Retrospective studies have shown that incidental use of β-blockers in combination with antiangiogenic agents, chemotherapy, and immune therapy can prolong DFS, PFS, and OS in cancer patients. A large, multicenter retrospective study found that ovarian cancer patients who took nonselective β-blockers for hypertension had better survival than those who did not. In conclusion, this study aims to explore new auxiliary chemotherapy combined propranolol treatment of high efficacy and safety of ovarian cancer, provide more evidence-based basis for clinic.

Read the detailed description

The study included patients with inoperable stage III or IV ovarian cancer who were initially treated in FIGO stage III or IV. "A phase II trial to explore the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus propranolol in patients with histologically confirmed high-grade serous ovarian cancer." Na row standard subjects were divided into 2 groups: Queue A accept propranolol hydrochloride (20 mg, twice daily), paclitaxel liposomes (135-175 mg/m² on day 1, every 3 weeks), and carboplatin (AUC = 4-5, on day 1, every 3 weeks) were administered as neoadjuvant therapy for a total of 3 cycles, followed by intermittent debulking surgery (IDS). Propranolol hydrochloride was initiated upon definitive pathology and continued until day 14 of the third cycle, with subsequent dose reductions: first by 50% for at least 3 days, then by another 25% for at least 3 days, before complete discontinuation. Queue B receive paclitaxel liposome (135-175 mg/m2, d1, Q3W) and carboplatin (AUC = 4-5, d1, Q3W), neoadjuvant therapy cycle, a total of 3 line then intermittent tumor cells to destroy the loss (interval debulking surgery, IDS); Patients will accept the tumor assessment before the surgery, postoperative by researchers according to aid in the treatment of ovarian cancer guidelines take corresponding.

Conditions
Ovarian Cancer
Being tested
Propranolol Hydrochloride, Paclitaxel liposome, Carboplatin
Keywords
NACT
Medical subject headings
Ovarian Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Propranolol HydrochlorideDrug

    propranolol hydrochloride (20mg, BID, QD)

  • Paclitaxel liposomeDrug

    (135-175mg/m2, d1, Q3W)

  • CarboplatinDrug

    AUC=4-5, d1, Q3W

Study groups in NCT07125391
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Control groupActive comparatorAdhere to neoadjuvant therapy with paclitaxel liposomes (135-175 mg/m², day 1, every 3 weeks) and carboplatin (AUC = 4-5, day 1, every 3 weeks) for a total of 3 cycles, followed by intermittent debulking surgery (IDS).
Receives: Drug: Paclitaxel liposome; Drug: Carboplatin
experimental groupExperimentalThe patients received propranolol hydrochloride (20 mg, twice daily), paclitaxel liposomes (135-175 mg/m² on day 1, every 3 weeks), and carboplatin (AUC = 4-5 on day 1, every 3 weeks) as neoadjuvant therapy for a total of 3 cycles, followed by intermittent debulking surgery (IDS). Propranolol hydrochloride was administered starting after definitive pathology confirmation and continued until day 14 of the third cycle, with subsequent dose reductions: first by 50% for at least 3 days, then by another 25% for at least 3 days, before complete discontinuation.
Receives: Drug: Propranolol Hydrochloride; Drug: Paclitaxel liposome; Drug: Carboplatin

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. CRS

    Chemotherapy Response Scoring:Pathological assessment was conducted on the retinal tissue removed during the surgery

    Measured: 3-month

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. R0 resection rate

    the percentage of patients received R0 resection after neoadjuvant therapy

    Measured: 3-month

  2. Overall Response Rate (ORR) After Neoadjuvant treatment

    Overall Response Rate according to RECIST1.1 after Neoadjuvant treatment. ORR is defined as the proportion of participants achieving Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) as assessed by the investigator per RECIST (v.1.1). Per RECIST 1.1, CR is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions; PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SoD) of target lesions

    Measured: 3-month

  3. Pathological complete remission rate

    No residual invasive carcinoma was found under the microscope, but ductal carcinoma in situ could be found; In addition, compare the amount of cancer cells in the specimen before and after the new adjuvant therapy, and use of the Miller Payne grading system to evaluate the effect of the new adjuvant therapy

    Measured: 3-month

  4. 12-month disease-free survival rate

    The rate of patients who did not have any event from the beginning of enrollment to 12 months, including disease progression, inoperable, local or remote recurrence, and death from any cause

    Measured: 12 months

  5. 12-month survival rate

    Rate of patients who did not have a death event from enrollment to 12 months

    Measured: 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Aug 2025
  2. Study start20 Jun 2025
  3. Primary completion30 Aug 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Subjects who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were divided into 2 groups: Cohort A received propranolol hydrochloride (20mg, BID, QD), paclitaxel liposome (135-175mg/m2, d1, Q3W), carboplatin (AUC=4-5, d1, Q3W) for 3 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy. Subsequently, interval debulking surgery (IDS) was performed. Propranolol hydrochloride should be administered starting after a definitive pathological diagnosis and continued until day 14 of the third treatment course, at which point discontinuation is indicated (initial dose reduction by 50% for at least 3 days, followed by a further reduction of 25% for at least 3 days, after which propranolol should be completely discontinued). Cohort B received neoadjuvant paclitaxel liposome (135-175mg/m2, d1, Q3W) and carboplatin (AUC=4-5, d1, Q3W) for 3 cycles, followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS).
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
136 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07125391
Sponsor's protocol ID
2025-LLYJ-0015
Status last verified
Jun 2026
First submitted
9 Aug 2025
Last updated
30 Jun 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Propranolol Hydrochloride, Paclitaxel liposome and Carboplatin in people with Ovarian Cancer, run by Bai-Rong Xia at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 17 inclusion and 26 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Yao Xia, Doctor (+8118604516165, xiabairong9999@126.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

CRS (time frame: 3-month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Jun 2026.

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