Immunotherapy cocktail before surgery shows promise against tough cancers
NCT ID NCT04123379
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding an experimental drug (CCR2/5-inhibitor or anti-IL-8) to the immunotherapy nivolumab before and after surgery could help shrink tumors and improve long-term survival in people with non-small cell lung cancer or liver cancer. 48 participants received the combination before their tumor was removed. The goal was to see a strong immune response in the removed tumor and better survival rates.
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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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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 99 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: * Diagnosis of NSCLC or HCC * Willing to provide blood samples * Willing to undergo leukapheresis at Mount Sinai Hospital or New York Blood Bank * Willing to have excisional or core needle biopsies * At least 18 years of age * ECOG 0-1 * Surgical candidate for resection of their tumor * Agree to use adequate contraception * Adequate organ and marrow function Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 months for a different primary tumor or patients who have received locoregional therapy for the target lesion * Patients receiving any other investigational agents * Patients with metastatic disease for whom the intent of surgery would not be curative * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness * Pregnant or nursing * Has a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days * Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past year * Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing and/or requires active treatment * Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not the in the best interest of the patient to participate * HIV positive with detectable viral load or anyone not on stable anti-viral regimen * Has known active Hepatitis B * History of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation * Documented allergic or hypersensitivity response to any protein therapeutics * Patients may not have prolonged QRS or QTc
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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