Experimental immune cell therapy targets Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT05397093
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial tested a personalized cell therapy called ITIL-306 in people with advanced ovarian, lung, or kidney cancers that had not responded to standard treatments. The therapy uses a patient's own immune cells (TILs) taken from their tumor, modified to better attack cancer cells, and then infused back after a short course of chemotherapy. The study was terminated early after enrolling only one participant, so its safety and effectiveness remain unknown.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ITIL-306 (a cell therapy made from the patient's own tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, engineered to target FOLR1 on tumors)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced solid tumors that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very early phase 1 trial with only 1 participant, and it was terminated early. The approach is complex and involves chemotherapy before the cell infusion, which carries risks like infection and organ damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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1 person
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- 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 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically documented advanced (metastatic and/or unresectable) disease as appropriate per cohort. * Phase 1a Dose Escalation: High-grade serous epithelial carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube, or peritoneum, adenocarcinoma of the lung, or clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. * Phase 1b Expansion: * Cohort 1: High grade serous, endometrioid, or clear cell epithelial carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube, or peritoneum. * Cohort 2: Squamous-cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the lung. * Cohort 3: Clear cell or papillary RCC. * Disease must have unequivocally progressed during or after at least 1 prior line of systemic therapy that must include the following parameters (by indication): * Phase 1a dose escalation and Phase 1b Cohort 1: Participants with EOC whose disease has progressed during or after 1 prior line (at least 4 cycles) of platinum-based chemotherapy and had disease progression within 6 months from the last dose of the platinum agent. Participants who received 2 or more lines of platinum therapy must have disease which has progressed on or within 6 months after the date of the last dose of the platinum agent. Participants with BRCA-mutated EOC must have received previous PARP inhibitor therapy. * Phase 1a dose escalation and Phase 1b Cohort 2: Participants with NSCLC whose disease has progressed after 1 prior line of platinum-based doublet chemotherapy and a CPI. Participants with targetable mutations (e.g. EGFR/ALK/KRAS) are required to have progressed on targeted therapy in addition to a platinum-based doublet chemotherapy * Phase 1a dose escalation and Phase 1b Cohort 3: Participants with RCC whose disease has progressed after 1 prior line of antiangiogenic therapy and a PD-1-axis inhibitor. * Medically suitable for surgical resection of tumor tissue * Following tumor resection for TIL harvest, will have, at minimum, 1 remaining measurable lesion as identified by CT or MRI per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Adequate bone marrow and organ function Key Exclusion Criteria: * History of another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years * Phase 1a: * EOC of the following subtypes: low-grade, endometrioid, clear cell, mucinous, sarcomatous, or mixed. * NSCLC of the following subtypes: squamous, neuroendocrine differentiation. * RCC of the following subtypes: nonclear-cell RCC * Phase 1b: * Cohort 1: Participants with mucinous, sarcomatous, and low-grade EOC. * Cohort 2: Participants with small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC with neuroendocrine differentiation * Cohort 3: Participants with nonclear-cell RCC, except papillary RCC * Previously received an allogeneic stem cell transplant or organ allograft * Previously received TIL or engineered cell therapy (eg, CAR T-cell) * Significant cardiac disease * Stroke or transient ischemic attack within 12 months of enrollment * History of significant central nervous system (CNS) disorder * Symptomatic and/or untreated CNS metastases * History of significant autoimmune disease within 2 years prior to enrollment * Known history of severe, immediate hypersensitivity reaction attributed to cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), human serum albumin (HAS), phosphate buffer or gentamycin
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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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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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