An observational study in Radiation Enteritis, sponsored by Wang Xinying. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-12.
Sponsored by Wang Xinying · Observational
This prospective observational study will enroll 50 adults who are scheduled to receive radiotherapy to the abdomen or pelvis. The study will not assign any additional treatment or change routine clinical care. Residual blood samples from routine clinical testing will be collected before radiotherapy, at the end of radiotherapy, and one month after radiotherapy to measure plasma glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2).
Participants will be followed for gastrointestinal symptoms and the occurrence and severity of acute radiation enteritis. Researchers will compare GLP-2 levels and changes between participants who develop acute radiation enteritis and those who do not. The study will also examine the associations of GLP-2 with markers of intestinal barrier injury and inflammation, radiotherapy dose parameters, nutritional status, and quality of life. The aim is to explore whether plasma GLP-2 may help assess the risk and severity of acute radiation enteritis.
This is a single-center, prospective observational cohort study involving approximately 50 adults receiving abdominopelvic radiotherapy. Participants will receive radiotherapy and other supportive treatment according to routine clinical practice. The study will not alter the participants' prescribed treatment or assign any study-specific therapeutic intervention.
Residual blood samples from routine clinical testing will be collected at three time points: before radiotherapy, at the completion of radiotherapy, and one month after radiotherapy. The primary outcome is the plasma glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) level and its change over time. Additional assessments will include diamine oxidase, D-lactate, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-1 beta. Citrulline, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein, and metabolomic analyses may also be performed when feasible.
Clinical information will include demographic characteristics, cancer and treatment characteristics, gastrointestinal symptoms, radiotherapy dose parameters, nutritional status, laboratory findings, and quality-of-life assessments. After follow-up, participants will be classified according to whether acute radiation enteritis occurred. GLP-2 levels and longitudinal changes will be compared between participants with and without acute radiation enteritis. Associations between GLP-2 and intestinal injury markers, inflammatory factors, symptom severity, radiotherapy dose parameters, nutritional status, and quality of life will also be evaluated.
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The study population will consist of approximately 50 adults aged 18 to 75 years with malignant tumors who are scheduled to receive abdominopelvic radiotherapy at a single medical center. Eligible participants will be enrolled prospectively before radiotherapy and followed throughout radiotherapy until 1 month after treatment completion. Participants will receive routine clinical care without any study-assigned therapeutic intervention. Residual blood samples from routine clinical testing and relevant clinical, symptom, nutritional, radiotherapy, and quality-of-life data will be collected.
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Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Autoimmune disease
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants will receive abdominopelvic radiotherapy according to routine clinical care. The study will not assign or modify the radiotherapy regimen. Radiotherapy-related information, including the treatment site, total dose, dose per fraction, number of fractions, treatment field, and dose parameters for organs at risk, will be recorded.
Change in Plasma GLP-2 Concentration Over Time
Plasma glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) concentration will be measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or another validated quantitative method. Absolute GLP-2 concentrations and changes from the pre-radiotherapy level will be compared between participants who develop acute radiation enteritis and those who do not.
Time frame: Baseline (before initiation of radiotherapy), within 24 hours after completion of the final radiotherapy session, and 1 month after completion of radiotherapy
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