New personalized Vaccine-Like therapy takes on deadly brain cancer
NCT ID NCT04485949
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 2b trial tests IGV-001, a personalized immunotherapy made from each patient's own tumor cells, for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. About 93 participants receive either IGV-001 or a placebo, along with standard radiation and chemotherapy. The goal is to see if the treatment can delay tumor growth and improve survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- IGV-001 (personalized cell immunotherapy using the patient's own tumor cells combined with an antisense oligonucleotide)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option that slows glioblastoma progression and extends survival for newly diagnosed patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 93 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The treatment is complex and personalized, and side effects are still being studied.
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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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99 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Has a Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) score ≥ 70 at screening * Has a new diagnosis of GBM (WHO GRADE III or Grade IV GBM) based on the treating neurosurgeon's best clinical judgement * Has a diagnostic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan with fluid attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) sequence of the brain at screening. Participants must have a confirmed measurable disease pre-operatively with at least 1 lesion measuring a total bi-perpendicular product of 4 centimeter square (cm\^2) in 2 different planes (axial, sagittal, or coronal) * The tumor must be located in the supratentorial compartment * Has adequate bone marrow and organ function at screening Key Exclusion Criteria: * Has bi-hemispheric disease, multicentric disease, or disease burden involving the brain stem or cerebellum based on MRI post-gadolinium enhancement * Has received any previous surgical resection or any anticancer intervention for glioma * Has any history of glioma, a concurrent malignancy, or malignancy within 3 years of randomization, unless definitive therapy is completed, with the exception of basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast that has completed curative therapy * Has any severe immunocompromised condition (eg, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with a cluster of differentiation \[CD\] 4+ cell count \<200\*10\^6/liter \[L\]) or any active uncontrolled autoimmune disease (eg, Crohn's disease) * Has an active cardiac disease or a history of cardiac dysfunction * Is receiving any other investigational agent(s) or has received an investigational agent within 30 days or 5 half-lives of investigational agent use, whichever is longer, prior to screening * Is partaking in another interventional study. Participants who are partaking in an observational study are eligible * Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of screening * Has active and uncontrolled/untreated hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), HIV, or any other active infections that, in the Investigator's opinion, would impair or prohibit a participant's participation in this study. * Is receiving treatment with Tumor Treating Fields or Optune®
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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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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
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David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753, United States
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John Theurer Cancer Center At Hackensack UMC
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York, 10075, United States
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Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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Northwell Health at North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43201, United States
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The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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UC Health
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19130, United States
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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States
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Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States
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