New immunotherapy shows promise against multiple advanced cancers
NCT ID NCT02908906
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called Cetrelimab (JNJ-63723283) in 234 people with advanced solid tumors like lung, melanoma, bladder, and colorectal cancers. The drug works by blocking PD-1, a protein that stops the immune system from attacking cancer cells. The trial has two parts: first to find the safest dose, then to see how well it shrinks tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cetrelimab (JNJ-63723283), an immunotherapy drug that helps the immune system attack cancer cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for several advanced cancers, potentially shrinking tumors and extending life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (phase 1/2) with a small number of participants, so the drug may not work for many people. Immunotherapy can cause serious side effects like inflammation in healthy organs.
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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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234 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 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: * Parts 1-4: Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\] performance status 0 or 1 * Parts 1-4: Has thyroid function laboratory values within normal range * Parts 1-4: Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test * Parts 1-4: Willing and able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol * For Part 2 only: Participants enrolled into Part 2 must have tumor tissue available for correlative studies. Fresh tumor biopsy is preferred. Archival tissue must meet the following criteria: archival sections within 4 months of sectioning that have been stored at 2 degree to 8 degree Celsius in the dark or archival tumor blocks within 5 years of collection. Participants without tissues meeting the aforementioned archived tissue criteria must undergo a fresh biopsy * Parts 1 to 4: Have evaluable disease Exclusion Criteria: * Has uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to ongoing or active infection requiring IV antibiotics, symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III-IV), unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, poorly controlled hypertension or diabetes, or psychiatric illness/social situation that would limited compliance with study requirements * Has had prior treatment with an anti-Programmed-cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) antibody, anti-the ligand to programmed-cell death 1 (PD-L1) antibody or anti-the ligand to programmed-cell death 2 (PD-L2) antibody * Treatment with any local or systemic anti-neoplastic therapy, radiotherapy (excluding limited palliative radiation), or investigational anticancer agent within 14 days or 4 half lives, whichever is longer, up to a maximum wash-out period of 28 days prior to the initiation of study drug administration * Grade 3 or higher toxicity effects from previous treatment with immunotherapy * A female who is pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this study or within 5 months after the last dose of study drug
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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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Study site
St Louis, Missouri, United States
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Chisinau, Moldova
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Bialystok, Poland
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Warsaw, Poland
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Moscow, Russia
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Pyatigorsk, Russia
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Badalona, Spain
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Barcelona, Spain
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Madrid, Spain
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Málaga, Spain
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Pamplona, Spain
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Seville, Spain
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Valencia, Spain
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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