Can a Cell-Derived vaccine hold lung cancer at bay?
NCT ID NCT01159288
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether a vaccine made from immune cell-derived exosomes can slow cancer growth in people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who have responded to initial chemotherapy. Participants receive low-dose cyclophosphamide followed by weekly injections of the exosome vaccine for a month, then biweekly for six weeks. The goal is to see if this approach can improve progression-free survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Tumor antigen-loaded dendritic cell-derived exosomes (Dex) given as intradermal injections, preceded by low-dose cyclophosphamide.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new maintenance therapy that delays cancer progression in advanced lung cancer patients who responded to initial chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of patients. The vaccine may not boost the immune system enough to slow the cancer, and side effects are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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41 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2010
- Finished
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Dec 2015
- 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 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: * advanced unresectable non small cell lung cancer * responding or stabilizer after induction chemotherapy
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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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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94800, France
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