New gene therapy offers hope for advanced cancers
NCT ID NCT04091295
First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This expanded access program provides DNG64-CAR-V, a gene therapy, to patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, sarcoma, or breast cancer who have exhausted standard treatments. The therapy is given intravenously or directly into tumors, alone or with other cancer drugs. Early studies suggest it may stabilize or shrink tumors without severe side effects like bone marrow suppression.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only โ not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- DNG64-CAR-V (a gene therapy vector that targets cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new treatment option for people with advanced cancers that have not responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an expanded access program, not a controlled trial, so results are uncertain. Tumors may appear to grow before shrinking (pseudoprogression), and not all patients will benefit.
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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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Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, LLC
AVAILABLESanta Monica, California, 90403, United States
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