New drug shows promise in helping immune system fight advanced cancers
NCT ID NCT04181788
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a drug called PF-06801591 in 155 people with advanced solid tumors or non-small-cell lung cancer. The drug works by blocking a protein that stops the immune system from attacking cancer cells. The goal was to check safety, how the drug moves through the body, and whether it can shrink tumors. Results will help decide if larger studies are worthwhile.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PF-06801591 (a drug that helps the immune system attack cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for advanced cancers, especially non-small-cell lung cancer, by helping the immune system fight tumors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1b/2) with a small number of participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Immune-related side effects are possible, and the drug may not work for everyone.
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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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"Medeya Sumy" LLC
Sumy, Sumska Oblast, 40021, Ukraine
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Ars Medika Center, LLC
Kaliningrad, 236006, Russia
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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Asklepion Medical Center
Khodosovka, Kyivska Oblast, 08173, Ukraine
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Beijing Cancer hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100142, China
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Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Centre of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine
Chelyabinsk, 454087, Russia
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Chongqing Cancer Hospital
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400030, China
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Communal Non-profit Enterprise City Clinical Hospital #4 of Dnipro City Council
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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Enlimed Llc
Kopeysk, 456620, Russia
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Evimed Llc
Chelyabinsk, 454048, Russia
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GBUZ Regional Clinical Hospital of Kaliningrad region
Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia
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Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Incheon, 21656, South Korea
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Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201107, China
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Klinika UZI 4D, LLC
Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Kray, 357502, Russia
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LLC "AR DI PI Ukraine"
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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LLC "Diagnostic center "Energo"
Saint Petersburg, 196247, Russia
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LLC Medical Center "Magnit"
Saint Petersburg, 190005, Russia
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Limited Liability Company "MedX-ray International Group"
Pliuty Village, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Llc "Mdc Expert"
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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Llc "Mss"
Saint Petersburg, 191025, Russia
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Llc Lidermed
Odesa, 65062, Ukraine
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Llc Medical Center Diamed
Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
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Llc Medical Centre
Odesa, 65006, Ukraine
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MNPE Central City Clinical Hospital of Uzhhorod City Council
Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
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Medical University REAVIZ
Samara, 443001, Russia
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Medical University REAVIZ
Samara, 443011, Russia
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Medical centre "Verum" Limited Liability Company
Kyiv, 03039, Ukraine
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Municipal Non Profit enterprise of Sumy Regional Council "Sumy Regional Clinical Oncology Center"
Sumy, 40022, Ukraine
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Municipal Non-profit Enterprise "SubCarpathian Clinical Oncological Centre of Ivano-Frankivsk RC"
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
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Municipal Non-profit Enterprise Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital of Odesa Regional Council
Odesa, 65025, Ukraine
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NS HI "Road Clinical Hospital of JSC "Russian Railways""
Saint Petersburg, 195271, Russia
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Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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North-West Medical Center
Saint Petersburg, 191119, Russia
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Orenburg Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary
Orenburg, 460021, Russia
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Private Enterprise of Private Manufacturing Company "Acinus", Medical and Diagnostic Center
Kropyvnytskyi, 25006, Ukraine
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Private Healthcare Institution "Clinical Hospital "RZD-Medicine" of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, 195271, Russia
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Private Medical Institution "Euromedservice"
Pushkin, Sankt-Peterburg, 196603, Russia
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Road clinical clinic of JSC "RZD"
Saint Petersburg, 192007, Russia
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Russian Research Centre for Radiology and Surgical Technologies
Saint Petersburg, Pesochny, 197758, Russia
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Russian Scientific Center For Radiology and Surgical Technologies
Pesochny, 197758, Russia
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei Univ. Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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State budgetary institution of healthcare of Yaroslavl region "Clinical oncology hospital"
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, 150054, Russia
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
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The State Institution "Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute,
Kyiv, 04050, Ukraine
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Vita Сom LLC
Kyiv, 03141, Ukraine
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Мunicipal non-profit enterprise "Zhytomyr Regional Oncology Dispensary" of Zhytomyr Regional Council
Zhytomyr, 10002, Ukraine
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