Can a custom vaccine train the body to fight prostate cancer?
NCT ID NCT07068555
First seen Aug 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial is testing a personalized vaccine made from a patient's own immune cells (dendritic cells) to treat prostate cancer. The vaccine is designed to teach the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells by targeting multiple tumor antigens. The study involves about 30 participants with prostate cancer and aims to evaluate the vaccine's safety and potential benefit.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A personalized dendritic cell vaccine made from the patient's own immune cells, designed to target multiple prostate cancer antigens.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could lead to a new immunotherapy option for prostate cancer that trains the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so the vaccine may not prove effective or safe in larger groups. Possible side effects include immune-related reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Male 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: * Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate * ECOG performance status 0-1 * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks * WBC ≥ 3,500/µL * Platelet count ≥ 100,000/µL * Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL * Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * AST ≤ 2.5 times ULN * Fertile patients must use effective contraception * Willing to provide blood samples for research purposes * Able to complete questionnaire(s) alone or with assistance * Able to undergo leukapheresis * No known immunodeficiency * No other malignancy within the past 5 years except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin treated with local resection only * No concurrent serious illness * No known history of positive PPD skin test * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) test negative. Exclusion Criteria: * The patient was still using dexamethasone at a dose greater than 4 mg/day during mononuclear cell collection * Patients have a history of autoimmune diseases or other diseases requiring long-term use of hormones or immunosuppressive drugs * Patients with a history of allergies or allergies to immune cells and adjuvants of cellular products * Active infection with fever * Patients with neutropenia (\> 10 days) that are difficult to correct after treatment * Infection with bacteria, fungi or viruses, uncontrolled * Patients with HIV and those living with active HBV and HCV * Severe organ failure (heart, liver, kidney, lung) * Patients who had previously been treated with cell therapy products and examined by team experts deemed not suitable for treatment * Anything that researchers believe may increase the risk of subjects or interfere with test results
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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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Shenzhen Geno-immune Medical Institute
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China
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