Triple-Drug immunotherapy cocktail shows promise in advanced tumors
NCT ID NCT03459222
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial tested whether combining the experimental drug relatlimab with other immunotherapies (nivolumab plus either BMS-986205 or ipilimumab) is safe and can shrink tumors in people with advanced solid cancers. A total of 229 participants with various incurable, advanced tumors were enrolled. The main goals were to check for serious side effects and to see how many patients had their tumors shrink or stabilize.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- relatlimab (an experimental immunotherapy) combined with nivolumab, BMS-986205, or ipilimumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward new combination immunotherapy options for people with advanced cancers that are hard to treat.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial focused on safety, so it is too soon to know if these combinations will work better than existing treatments. Side effects from combining multiple immunotherapies can be severe.
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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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229 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2018
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- 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: * Histologic or cytologic confirmation of select incurable solid malignancies that are advanced (metastatic and/or unresectable), with measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 * Available tumor tissue for biomarker analysis * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG) status of 0 or 1 Exclusion Criteria: * Known or suspected central nervous system (CNS) metastases or with the CNS as the only site of active disease * History of interstitial lung disease / pneumonitis * Prior malignancy active within the previous 2 years except for locally curable cancers that have been cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer * Encephalitis, meningitis, or uncontrolled seizures in the year prior to informed consent 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
Germantown, Tennessee, 38138, United States
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Local Institution - 0003
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Local Institution - 0004
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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Local Institution - 0005
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Local Institution - 0006
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Local Institution - 0007
Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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Local Institution - 0008
Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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Local Institution - 0009
Naples, 80131, Italy
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Local Institution - 0010
Forlì, 47014, Italy
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Local Institution - 0011
Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Local Institution - 0012
Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, 2065, Australia
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Local Institution - 0013
Headington, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Local Institution - 0014
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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Local Institution - 0015
Villejuif, 94800, France
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Local Institution - 0016
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Local Institution - 0017
Marseille, 13385, France
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Local Institution - 0018
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Local Institution - 0019
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Local Institution - 0020
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Local Institution - 0021
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Local Institution - 0022
Málaga, 29011, Spain
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Local Institution - 0023
Rome, 00144, Italy
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