New hope for advanced colon cancer: immune drug shrinks tumors in genetic subtype
NCT ID NCT02060188
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, alone or with other drugs, can shrink tumors in people with colon cancer that has returned or spread. It included 385 participants whose tumors had a specific genetic feature called MSI-H or were non-MSI-H. The goal was to see if the treatment could reduce tumor size meaningfully.
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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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385 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2014
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- 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: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 * Histologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic colorectal cancer * Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 * Microsatellite instability expression detected by an accredited laboratory * Participants enrolled into the C3 Cohort must have not had treatment for their metastatic disease Exclusion Criteria: * Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases are not allowed * Prior treatment with an anti-Programmed Death Receptor (PD)-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-Cytotoxic T-Cell Lymphoma-4 Antigen (CTLA-4) antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or immune checkpoint pathways * Prior malignancy active within the previous 3 years except for locally curable cancers * Participants with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease * Participants with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply
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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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Local Institution - 0001
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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Local Institution - 0002
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Local Institution - 0003
Houston, Texas, 77030-4009, United States
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Local Institution - 0004
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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Local Institution - 0005
Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States
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Local Institution - 0006
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Local Institution - 0008
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Local Institution - 0010
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Local Institution - 0011
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Local Institution - 0012
Madrid, Madrid, 28009, Spain
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Local Institution - 0013
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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Local Institution - 0016
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
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Local Institution - 0018
Brussels, 1090, Belgium
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Local Institution - 0019
Brussels, 1000, Belgium
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Local Institution - 0020
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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Local Institution - 0022
Dublin, 0, Ireland
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Local Institution - 0023
Dublin, 0, Ireland
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Local Institution - 0024
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Local Institution - 0025
Paris, 75571, France
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Local Institution - 0027
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada
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Local Institution - 0028
Gilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States
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Local Institution - 0029
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States
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Local Institution - 0030
Candiolo, Torino, 10060, Italy
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Local Institution - 0032
Padova, Padova, Italy
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Local Institution - 0033
Galway, 0, Ireland
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Local Institution - 0034
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
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Local Institution - 0035
Modena, 41124, Italy
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Local Institution - 0036
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Local Institution - 0037
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Local Institution - 0039
Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia
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Local Institution - 0040
Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia
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Local Institution - 0041
Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States
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