Engineered T-Cells take on recurrent solid tumors in new trial
NCT ID NCT03686124
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new treatment for people with solid tumors that have come back or not responded to standard care. The treatment uses a patient's own immune cells (T-cells) that are genetically modified in a lab to recognize and attack a protein called PRAME found on cancer cells. Some participants will also receive the drug nivolumab (Opdivo) to boost the immune response. The trial aims to find the safest dose and see if the treatment can shrink tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Genetically modified immune cells (T-cells) designed to target PRAME protein, sometimes combined with nivolumab (Opdivo)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with hard-to-treat solid tumors that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1/2) with a small number of participants, so the treatment may not work for many people. There are also risks of serious side effects from the cell therapy and the combination with nivolumab.
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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 375 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2032
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.
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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: * Patients must have recurrent/progressing and/or refractory solid tumors and must have received or not be eligible for all available indicated standard of care treatment. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 * HLA-A\*02:01 positive * For patients with ovarian/fallopian tube cancer only: Patients must have confirmed diagnosis of high-grade serous or endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer. * For patients with endometrial carcinoma only: Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of recurrent or persistent endometrial carcinoma. * Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 * Adequate selected organ function per protocol * Patient's tumor must express tumor antigen by "IMADetect® RT-qPCR. Retrospective testing will be required for patients that qualify. * Life expectancy more than 5 months * Female patient of childbearing potential must use adequate contraception prior to study entry until 12 months after the infusion of IMA203/IMA203CD8 * Male patient must agree to use effective contraception or be abstinent while on study and for 6 months after the infusion of IMA203/IMA203CD8 * The patient must have recovered from any side effects of prior therapy to Grade 1 or lower prior to lymphodepletion. Exclusion Criteria: * History of other malignancies (except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) within the last 3 years * Pregnant or breastfeeding * Serious autoimmune disease Note: At the discretion of the investigator, these patients may be included if their disease is well controlled without the use of immunosuppressive agents. * History of cardiac conditions as per protocol * Prior stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation * Concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease that could compromise participation in the study * History of or current immunodeficiency disease or prior treatment compromising immune function at the discretion of the treating physician * Positive for HIV infection or with active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. * Patients with LDH greater than 2.0-fold ULN. * Any condition contraindicating leukapheresis, lymphodepletion, low-dose IL-2, and/or IMA203/IMA203CD8 treatment * Patients with active brain metastases * Concurrent treatment in another clinical trial. * For nivolumab treatment, patients must not have a history of severe immune-related toxicities, defined as any Grade 3 or 4 toxicities related to prior PD1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy (e.g., atezolizumab, pembrolizumab or nivolumab etc.). Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
21 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Charité Benjamin Franklin - Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
RECRUITINGBerlin, 12203, Germany
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Fox Chase Cancer Center
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München
RECRUITINGMunich, Bavaria, 81675, Germany
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Gynecologic Oncology at Mill Run
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43026, United States
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Stanford Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGStanford, California, 94305, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University, Honickman Center
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of Pennsylvania, Perelamn Center for Advanced Medicine
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Bonn - Medizinische Klinik III
RECRUITINGBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, 53127, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum C.-G.-Carus Dresden
RECRUITINGDresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
RECRUITINGHamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT)
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
RECRUITINGWürzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
RECRUITINGMainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany
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