Could your own tumor cells fight cancer? new trial tests TIL therapy
NCT ID NCT06488950
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial tests a personalized therapy where immune cells (TILs) are taken from a patient's own tumor, multiplied in a lab, and infused back into the body to attack the cancer. The study includes both natural and gene-edited TILs and enrolls 30 adults with advanced solid tumors who have exhausted standard treatments. The main goal is to check safety, with early signs of tumor shrinkage also being measured.
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) - either natural or gene-edited
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small trial (30 people) focused on safety, so it may not show strong anti-tumor effects. Side effects from the lymphodepletion and TIL infusion could be significant.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small 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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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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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: * have one the tumor resection for TILs production and successfully produced; * Age: 18 years to 75years; * Histologically diagnosed as solid tumors; * Expected life-span more than 3 months; * ECOG score 0-1; * Test subjects have failed standard treatment regimens, and be willing to receive TIL therapy; * At least 1 evaluable tumor lesion; Exclusion Criteria: * with other malignant tumors, except for the malignancies that have been cured, have been inactive for ≥5 years prior to study inclusion and have a very low risk of recurrence; Non-melanoma skin cancer or malignant lentigo with adequate treatment and no evidence of disease recurrence; Carcinoma in situ with adequate treatment and no evidence of disease recurrence; * Need glucocorticoid treatment, and daily dose of Prednisone greater than 10mg(or equivalent doses of hormones) or outoimmune diseases requiring immunomodulatory treatment; * Breathe indoor air in a quiet state, and the oxygen saturation of finger pulse is \< 95%; * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or anti-HIV antibody positive, active HBV or HCV infection (HBsAg positive and/or anti-HCV positive), syphilis infection or Treponema pallidum antibody positive; * Significant cardiovascular anomalies
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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
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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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Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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