Engineered immune cells take on Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT06658951
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early study is testing a new treatment called Anti-HER2 CAR-T cells in 30 adults with advanced solid tumors that have the HER2 protein and have not responded to standard treatments. Participants first receive chemotherapy, then an infusion of the engineered immune cells. The main goals are to check safety and find the right dose, while also seeing if tumors shrink.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Anti-HER2 CAR-T cells (a type of immune cell therapy) given after chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced HER2-positive cancers that have not responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small exploratory study (30 participants) focused on safety, not effectiveness. CAR-T therapy can cause severe side effects like cytokine release syndrome, and it may not shrink tumors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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\. 18 to 70 years old (including cut-off value), gender is not limited. 2\. Solid tumors that histological diagnosis of malignancy refractory to, or relapsing after standard therapy, including but not limited to gastric cancer, biliary system tumors, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, etc. 3\. At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1. 4\. HER2 should be positive confirmed by Immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue samples. 5\. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 6\. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months. 7\. The organ function must meet the protocol requirements. 8\. Female participants of childbearing potential must undergo a pregnancy test and the results must be negative. Female participants of childbearing potential or male participants whose sex partner has childbearing potential must be willing to use effective methods of contraception from screening period to at least 1 year after infusion. 9\. Participants must be able to understand the protocol and be willing to enroll the study, sign the informed consent, and be able to comply with the study and follow-up procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Pregnant or lactating women. 2\. Patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive. Patients who is hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive and the quantification of HBV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of detection. Patients who is hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive and quantification of HCV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of detection. Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive, or syphilis antibody positive. 3\. The toxicities caused by the prior therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) have not recovered to grade 1 according to CTCAE, except for hair loss and peripheral sensory nerve disorders. 4\. Have received any allogeneic tissue/organ transplantation (including bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation, liver transplantation, kidney transplantation), except for the transplantation that does not require immunosuppressive therapy (such as: corneal transplantation, hair transplantation.) 5\. Patients have received anti-HER2 CAR-T cell therapy. 6\. Patients who have history of major surgery and unrecovered severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent; or plan to have major surgery within 12 weeks of cell therapy. 7\. Presence of known central nervous system metastases, but the following patients will be allowed: a) Asymptomatic brain metastases; b) Clinically stable (no radiographic progression within 4 weeks before apheresis and return of any neurologic symptoms to baseline), and with no need for corticosteroids or other treatment for brain metastases for ≥ 4 weeks. 8\. Patients with clinically significant systemic disease (such as: severe active infection or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, nervous system, or other organ dysfunction) that evaluated by the investigator would impair the patients' ability to tolerate the treatments used in this study or significantly increase the risk of complications. 9\. History of severe systemic hypersensitivity reaction to the drugs/ingredients \[fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), low molecular dextran, human serum albumin (HSA), etc.\] used in this study. 10\. Patients have received attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent. 11\. Patients have received other clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent. 12\. History of another malignancy tumor within the previous five years, except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of bladder, stomach, colon, cervix/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast. 13\. History of neuropsychiatric diseases diagnosed by the ICD-11 criteria or evaluated by investigator, including but not limited to epilepsy, schizophrenia, dementia, drug and alcohol addictions. 14\. For any other reasons, the patients are believed not suitable for participation in this study by investigators.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China