Lung cancer Patients' own immune cells could be new weapon
NCT ID NCT06455917
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a therapy using a patient's own tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Doctors collect immune cells from a tumor, grow them in a lab, and infuse them back after mild chemotherapy. The goal is to see if this slows cancer growth. The trial enrolls 30 adults who have already tried standard treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for advanced lung cancer patients who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase II trial with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The treatment involves intensive chemotherapy and carries risks like infection and organ damage.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 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: 1. Ability of the patient to understand the purpose of the study, provide signed and dated informed consent prior to performing any protocol-related procedures (including screening evaluations), and be able and willing to comply with the study procedures. 2. Age ≥ 18 years. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1 (cf. Appendix). 4. Histologically confirmed NSCLC. 5. Disease progression after at least one standard therapy and without any approved curative-intended treatment option. 6. Accessible tumor lesion/metastasis for tumor collection. 7. Willingness of the patient to undergo a surgical intervention (eg, surgical resection and/or biopsy) to collect one or more tumor lesions/metastases. 8. Adequate organ function (pulmonary, cardiovascular, hematological, hepatic, and renal function) per investigator's judgment. Cardiac stress testing is required for all patients with underlying cardiac conditions and patients with age ≥ 50 years. 9. Negative serum pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential, in peri-menopausal women and in women with less than 2 years of menopause. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Patients with stable CNS metastases ≥ 1 month after definitive treatment (eg, surgery and/or radiotherapy) are eligible. 2. Participants with an active second malignancy. 3. Evidence of significant, uncontrolled concomitant diseases that could affect compliance with the protocol, including autoimmune or immunodeficient conditions, significant pulmonary disease, significant cardiac and/or vascular disease per investigator's judgment. 4. Prior immune-related adverse events that would preclude re-challenge with an immune checkpoint inhibitor or immunomodulatory agent per investigator's judgment. 5. Immunosuppressive treatment that would preclude the patient from any of the study therapies per investigator's judgment. 6. Severe active infections or uncontrolled infectious conditions requiring treatment. 7. Any other conditions/diseases, allergies, dysfunctions, and/or findings, that would contraindicate the use of any of the study interventions or therapies. 8. Contraindication for any of the planned measures, interventions and/or treatments. 9. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or female subject who are not willing to use an acceptable, highly effective method of contraception until the End-of-Study visit. 10. Known hypersensitivity to any of study therapies or drugs used for TIL production. 11. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (or tests positive for HIV 1 or 2 at Screening). 12. Known hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. 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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Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel
RECRUITINGBasel, Canton of Basel-City, 4031, Switzerland
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