Engineered immune cells take on Hard-to-Treat melanoma
NCT ID NCT07627698
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new treatment made from donor immune cells (CAR-NK cells) that are designed to attack two targets on melanoma cells. It is for adults with advanced melanoma that has spread or cannot be removed and has not responded to standard therapies. The goal is to find a safe dose and see if the cells can 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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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 75 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: * Age 18-75 years at consent. * Histologically confirmed unresectable/metastatic cutaneous melanoma or metastatic uveal melanoma. * Disease progression after standard therapy, intolerance to standard therapy, or no remaining standard option expected to provide meaningful benefit. For cutaneous melanoma: prior anti-PD-1/L1 (with or without antiCTLA-4) unless contraindicated; if BRAF V600-mutant, prior BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy or documented unsuitability. For uveal melanoma: prior tebentafusp if HLA-A\*02:01-positive and eligible, or documented unsuitability/unavailability plus at least one prior systemic therapy. * Tumor demonstrates CSPG4 and/or GD2 expression in archival or fresh tissue by central testing (suggested positivity threshold: at least 25% viable tumor cells by IHC or equivalent validated assay). * At least 1 measurable lesion by RECIST v1.1. * ECOG performance status 0-1. * Adequate bone marrow, renal, hepatic, cardiac, and pulmonary function per protocol. * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. * Treated, stable brain metastases are allowed if neurologically stable for at least 4 weeks and not requiring escalating corticosteroids. * Willingness to use effective contraception and comply with protocol-required visits, blood sampling, and requested biopsies. Exclusion Criteria: * Active symptomatic CNS metastases, leptomeningeal disease, or uncontrolled seizure disorder. * Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant or solid organ transplant; prior gene-modified cellular therapy within 12 weeks; or anti-cancer therapy too close to lymphodepletion per protocol washout rules. * Requirement for systemic immunosuppression greater than 10 mg prednisone equivalent/day or uncontrolled autoimmune/inflammatory disease requiring systemic treatment. * Active uncontrolled infection, including uncontrolled HIV, HBV, or HCV, or fever/sepsis at the time lymphodepletion would begin. * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled arrhythmia, recent myocardial infarction, or uncontrolled thromboembolic disease. * Grade 2 or higher unresolved toxicities from prior therapy, except stable endocrinopathy, alopecia, or vitiligo. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Any condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would make lymphodepletion or CAR-NK infusion unsafe.
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Conditions
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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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Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518036, China
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