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NCT ID NCT04349267
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial tested an experimental drug called BMS-986315, alone or combined with other immunotherapies (nivolumab or cetuximab), in 44 people with advanced solid tumors like head and neck, lung, or kidney cancer. The main goals were to check safety and find the right dose. Researchers also looked at whether tumors shrank. The study is complete, but results are not yet widely reported.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BMS-986315 (an experimental immunotherapy drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced solid tumors like head and neck, lung, or kidney cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 44 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
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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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44 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Participants must have histologic confirmation of advanced (metastatic, recurrent, and/or unresectable) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or renal cell cancer (RCC) with measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 * Participants expected to have received standard of care therapies including an available PD-(L)1 inhibitor * Eastern cooperative oncology group performance status of 0 or 1 * Women of childbearing potential must agree to follow methods of contraception Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease * Participants with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications * Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease * History of or with active interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis * Prior participation in anti-natural killer cell receptor (anti-NKG2A) clinical study * History of allergy or hypersensitivity to study drug components Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply
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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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Local Institution
Mexico City, Mexico City, 06100, Mexico
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Local Institution - 0001
Germantown, Tennessee, 38138, United States
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Local Institution - 0004
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Local Institution - 0005
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
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Local Institution - 0011
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E6, Canada
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Local Institution - 0013
Ottawa, K1H 8L6, Canada
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Local Institution - 0014
Edmonton, Alberta, T6X 1E8, Canada
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Local Institution - 0028
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104, United States
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