New combo therapy targets liver metastases in hard-to-treat cancers
NCT ID NCT04701476
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a two-part treatment for people with colorectal or non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to the liver and hasn't responded to standard therapies. The treatment combines a liver-directed procedure (TATE) that delivers a chemotherapy-like drug directly to the tumor with pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy that helps the immune system fight cancer. The goal is to see if this combination can shrink tumors and help people live longer.
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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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About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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 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: * Liver metastatic MSS-mCRC or NSCLC without EGFR or AKT mutations * mCRC progressed on at least two lines of standard chemotherapy; or * NSCLC progressed on chemotherapy and an immune checkpoint inhibitor * Measurable disease * ECOG 0-1 * At least 4 weeks from prior chemotherapy and free from chemo-related toxicity * Adequate organ function Exclusion Criteria: * Prior organ transplantation * Liver metastasis more than 50% * Oxygen saturation less than 92% in room air * Prior autoimmune disorder * CNS metastasis * Major GI bleeding in the last 2 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites in 2 countries. 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital
RECRUITINGHsinchu, Taiwan
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Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGTaichung, Taiwan
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University of California, Irvine Medical Center
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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