Engineered immune cells join forces with drugs to fight tough cancers

NCT ID NCT04847466

First seen Oct 31, 2025 · Last updated Jun 15, 2026 · Updated 33 times

Summary

This study tested a new combination of treatments for people with advanced gastric or head and neck cancer that had not responded to standard therapy. Participants received specially engineered natural killer (NK) cells along with two immunotherapy drugs to help the immune system attack cancer cells. The goal was to see if this approach could shrink tumors or slow cancer growth.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

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