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Zanzalintinib for the Treatment of Advanced Thyroid Cancer Before Surgery

Is NCT06959511 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies Zanzalintinib for neoadjuvant treatment.

Phase 2RecruitingM.D. Anderson Cancer CenterNCT06959511Data as of May 2026

Treatment: ZanzalintinibTo look at the effectiveness of zanzalintinib, followed by surgery, in treating advanced thyroid cancer. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Thyroid Cancer

Biomarker criteria

Required: RET germline mutation

Medullary thyroid cancer participants with germline RET or known somatic RET mutations [excluded]

Required: RET somatic mutation

Medullary thyroid cancer participants with germline RET or known somatic RET mutations [excluded]

Performance status

ECOG 0–2(Ambulatory, capable of self-care)

Prior therapy

Cannot have received: zanzalintinib (zanzalintinib)

Prior treatment with zanzalintinib

Cannot have received: tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Prior treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Cannot have received: cytotoxic chemotherapy

Receipt of any type of cytotoxic, biologic or other systemic anticancer therapy (including investigational) within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment

Cannot have received: biologic therapy

Receipt of any type of cytotoxic, biologic or other systemic anticancer therapy (including investigational) within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment

Cannot have received: systemic anticancer therapy

Receipt of any type of cytotoxic, biologic or other systemic anticancer therapy (including investigational) within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment

Cannot have received: radiation therapy

Exception: bone metastasis within 2 weeks, any other radiation therapy within 4 weeks, systemic radionuclides within 6 weeks

Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks, any other radiation therapy within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Systemic treatment with radionuclides within 6 weeks before first dose of study treatment.

Lab requirements

Blood counts

ANC ≥ 1500/mm3 without G-CSF support; platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3 without transfusion; hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL without transfusion; INR ≤ 1.5; aPTT ≤ 1.2 x ULN; UPCR ≤1 mg/mg

Kidney function

Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min

Liver function

ALT, AST, and ALP ≤ 3 x ULN (≤5 x ULN for ALP with bone metastasis); total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (≤ 3 x ULN for Gilbert's disease)

Cardiac function

QTcF ≤ 480 ms within 14 days per ECG before first dose

Adequate organ and marrow function, based upon meeting all the following laboratory criteria within 28 days before first dose of study treatment: ... Corrected QT interval calculated by the Fridericia formula (QTcF) > 480 ms within 14 days per electrocardiogram (ECG) before first dose of study treatment.

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US trial sites

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, Texas

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