Experimental immune cells take on tough tumors
NCT ID NCT06562647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early trial tests a new treatment called SY001, which uses a patient's own immune cells (macrophages) engineered to attack cancer cells that have a protein called mesothelin. The study includes just 2 people with advanced ovarian or pancreatic cancer who have not responded to prior treatments. The main goal is to check safety and find the right dose, not yet to cure the disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SY001 (CAR-macrophage cells targeting mesothelin)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new cell therapy for hard-to-treat solid tumors like advanced ovarian and pancreatic cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, tiny trial (only 2 people) focused on safety and dosing. It is too small to prove effectiveness, and cell therapies can have serious side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 2 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: 1. Patients with pathologically diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer/pancreatic cancer who have failed at least 1 prior lines treatment, and tumor tissue samples were positive for mesothlin IHC staining; 2. According to the RECIST 1.1, there is measurable tumor lesions (non-lymph node lesion 10mm in length or lymph node lesion 15mm in diameter measured by CT or MRI, with scan layer thickness 5mm); 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 2 and satisfactory major organ functions; 4. Estimated life expectancy \>3 months; 5. Female patients of childbearing age must undergo a serum pregnancy test at screening and prior to pretreatment and the results must be negative, and are willing to use a very effective and reliable method of contraception within 1 year after the last study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating women; 2. Any uncontrollable active infection, including but not limited to active tuberculosis, HBV infection; 3. Patients who have a history of other mesothelin-targeting therapy; 4. Patients who have a history of autoimmune disease; 5. The investigator assessed that the patient was unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the study protocol.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Linyi Cancer Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLinyi, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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