New combo tackles Tough-to-Treat colorectal cancer
NCT ID NCT03711058
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tested a combination of two drugs—copanlisib and nivolumab—in 48 adults with advanced solid tumors, specifically a type of colorectal cancer called MSS that usually doesn't respond to immunotherapy alone. The goal was to see if the combination could shrink tumors and to find the safest dose. The study is now complete, and results will help guide future research.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Copanlisib and nivolumab
- What this could lead to
- If this combination works, it could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced MSS colorectal cancer, a type that typically does not respond to immunotherapy alone.
- What could go wrong
- This was an early-phase trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs can cause serious side effects like lung inflammation and liver problems.
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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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2019
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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 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: * Age ≥18 years. * Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Phase I: Must have received all curative treatment options and at least 2 lines of systemic therapy. * Phase II: Must have received at least 2 lines of systemic therapy including a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan-containing regimen. KRAS/NRAS/BRAF wildtype patients must have received or refused anti-EGR. * Must have received all curative treatment options and at least 2 lines of systemic and standard therapy. * Must have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1 * Must have biopsiable disease. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Life expectancy of greater than 3 months. * Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function defined by study-specified laboratory tests within 21 days of initial study drug. * Men must use acceptable form of birth control while on study. * Woman of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and follow contraceptive guidelines as defined per protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment with immunotherapy agents (including, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti- PD-L2, anti-CTLA4, etc.). * Prior therapy with a PI3K inhibitor * Chemotherapy, target small molecule therapy, investigational therapy, or surgery within 4 weeks prior to first dose of treatment. * Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to the start of treatment. * Patient who is receiving or have received any other investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of treatment. * Has received a live vaccine 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. * Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.. * Has known central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. * Has symptomatic ascites or has required a paracentesis in the last 12 weeks. * Hypersensitivity reaction to study drug. * Patients diagnosed of immunodeficiency or are on any immunosuppressive agents within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug. * Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 12 months, or a documented history of clinically severe autoimmune disease, or a syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents. * Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis. * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. * Infection with HIV or hepatitis B or C. * Cytomegalovirus polymerase chain reaction (CMV PCR) positive. * Known history or concurrent interstitial lung disease. * Type I diabetes or Type II diabetes requiring treatment with a sulfonylurea, meglitinide, or insulin at screening. * Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease. * Patient with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. * Use of anti-arrhythmic therapy (beta blockers or digoxin are permitted). * Use of CYP3A4 inhibitors and inducers within 2 weeks of starting study drug and throughout treatment. * Any arterial or venous thrombotic or embolic events within 3 months of start of study drug. * Non-healing wound, ulcer, or fracture. * Patients with evidence or history of bleeding condition. * Had a blood or platelet transfusion within 7 days of Cycle 1 Day 1 treatment. * Seizure disorder requiring anti-seizure medication. * Conditions, including alcohol or drug dependence, intercurrent illness, or lack of sufficient peripheral venous access, that would affect the patient's ability to comply with study visits and procedures. * Are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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