Can a Patient's own immune cells fight ovarian cancer?
NCT ID NCT04614051
First seen Sep 18, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026
Summary
Researchers test a personalized cancer immunotherapy called Cellgram-DC in people with advanced or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. The treatment uses a patient's own dendritic cells, a type of immune cell, to try to trigger an immune response against the tumor. Participants receive three injections near the lymph nodes in the armpit every two weeks. The trial primarily checks safety and side effects, while also looking at immune markers and tumor response.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous dendritic cell immunotherapy (Cellgram-DC)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new immunotherapy option for ovarian cancer that uses a patient's own immune cells.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early phase 1 trial with only 2 participants, so it mainly checks safety and cannot show whether the treatment works. The approach may not shrink tumors or help beyond standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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2 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2022
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 to 79 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. 19 and under 80 years 2. Patients with Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d' Obstétrique(FIGO) stage III with histologically confirmed advanced or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer (Serous, endometrioid, and mucinous only), fallopian tube cancer, and primary peritoneal cancer (residual tumor size \<1cm) 3. Patients who have undergone tumor reduction or staging and complete or plan to complete platinum-based chemotherapy 4. In case of complete or partial response in primary or secondary chemotherapy 5. Whole body performance status: European Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) 0\~1 6. Patients whose BRCA gene mutation test results can be confirmed 7. Patients whose life expectancy is at least 6 months or longer 8. Hb ≥ 8.0 g/dL, Absolute Neutrophil Count(ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm3, Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3 9. Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal(ULN) or Serum Creatinine\> 1.5 x ULN and Calculated Creatinine Clearance\> 30 mL/min 10. Total Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN or Direct bilirubin ≤ ULN, Aminotransferase (AST)/Alanine aminotransferase(ALT) \<2.5 x ULN 11. Patients who did not receive surgery, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy within the last 6 weeks and recovered from side effects 12. Patients who agreed to use a medically recognized contraceptive method (diaphragm method used with spermicide, abstinence) during participation in the clinical trial (injection or implantable hormone therapy is not appropriate). 13. Patients who voluntarily participated in clinical trials and signed the Informed Contents Form (ICF) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with malignant tumors other than non-melanoma skin cancer in the past 3 years 2. Patients with brain metastases 3. Patients who previously received anti-tumor immunotherapy (anti-PD1, anti-PDL1 or anti-PDL2, etc.) or participated in immunotherapy-related clinical trials 4. Patients with active autoimmune diseases requiring systemic immunosuppression treatment (e.g., immunosuppressants such as cyclosporin A or azathioprine, or steroids for disease control) 5. Patients who use or plan to use Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors due to the confirmed Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene(BRCA) 1 or BRCA 2 mutation 6. Patients with medical conditions requiring continuous or intermittent administration of systemic steroids or immunosuppressants 7. Patients who received blood products (limited to whole blood products) within 4 weeks of screening criteria, or patients who received colony stimulating factors (Colony Stimulating Factor or recombinant Erythropoietin) 8. Patients with a history of organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 9. Patients with acute or chronic infections requiring systemic treatment 10. Patients known to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/serum positive 11. Patients with active hepatitis A, B or C 12. Patients with untreated syphilis 13. Patients expected to need systemic chemotherapy, biotherapy, or immunotherapy for therapeutic purposes 14. Patients who received live virus vaccines (e.g. measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), oral typhoid vaccine, Flu-Mist, etc.) within 30 days 15. Patients with a history of anaphylaxis to gentamicin 16. Pregnant or breastfeeding patients 17. Others, if the person in charge of the study determines that it is not suitable for the clinical trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Asan medical center
Seoul, South Korea
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