Treatment of Malignant Tumors With NK Cell

NCT ID: NCT05143125

Last Updated: 2021-12-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-05

Study Completion Date

2024-02-29

Brief Summary

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Natural killer cells (NK cells) are derived from bone marrow lymphoid stem cells, which are a type of lymphocytes that can non-specifically kill tumor cells and virus-infected cells without pre-sensitization. NK cells can not only directly kill malignant diseased cells, but also participate in the regulation of immune cell response and play a role in a variety of tumor immunotherapy strategies. The 2-year survival rate of NK cells combined with stem cell therapy for patients with hematological malignancies reached 36%, which is significantly higher than the 2-year survival rate (about 15%) of stem cell therapy alone, which can extend the disease-free survival period of leukemia patients by an average of 1.5 years. Relapsed and refractory leukemia can achieve a complete remission rate of up to 40%.

Detailed Description

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Natural killer cells (NK cells) are derived from bone marrow lymphoid stem cells, which are a type of lymphocytes that can non-specifically kill tumor cells and virus-infected cells without pre-sensitization. NK cells can not only directly kill malignant diseased cells, but also participate in the regulation of immune cell response and play a role in a variety of tumor immunotherapy strategies. The 2-year survival rate of NK cells combined with stem cell therapy for patients with hematological malignancies reached 36%, which is significantly higher than the 2-year survival rate (about 15%) of stem cell therapy alone, which can extend the disease-free survival period of leukemia patients by an average of 1.5 years. Relapsed and refractory leukemia can achieve a complete remission rate of up to 40%. However, NK cell therapy alone or the use of autologous NK cells to treat solid tumors is not effective. In clinical trials related to rectal cancer, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, and gastric cancer, the clinical response of NK cell adoptive therapy is not good. A phase II clinical study found that the disease control rate of patients with ovarian cancer and breast cancer after radiotherapy and chemotherapy can reach about 60% by NK cell infusion. The main reason for the low treatment efficiency of solid tumors is related to the immunosuppressive effect of the tumor microenvironment. Combination therapy is a potential breakthrough. Researches targeting tumor immune microenvironment, targeting tumor cells and combined with NK cell therapy have shown tumor therapeutic potential. NK cells combined with IgG1 antibody treatment of gastric cancer and colon cancer in about 50% of patients with partial remission, and 17% of patients are in stable condition. In summary, the combined application of the demethylation drug DAC and NK cell infusion may be a new clinical strategy for the treatment of malignant tumors.

Conditions

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Malignancy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Decitabine combined with NK cell infusion as post-remission therapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Decitabine combined with NK cell infusion

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Decitabine combined with NK cell infusion

Interventions

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Decitabine combined with NK cell infusion

Decitabine combined with NK cell infusion

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female patients aged 18-70 (including 18 and 70 years old);
2. Those who have been diagnosed as malignant tumor by pathological and histological examination, have received anti-tumor treatment and are in remission;
3. The ECOG score of the patient is less than 2 points;
4. The patient did not receive any chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy (such as immunosuppressive drugs) and other anti-tumor treatments within 4 weeks before enrollment, and his previous treatment-related toxicity had returned to grade \<1 (hair loss, peripheral nerves) at the time of enrollment Except for low-level toxicity such as inflammation);
5. The patient's intravenous access is unobstructed, which can meet the needs of intravenous drip;
6. The patient voluntarily participates and signs an informed consent form, and follows the research treatment plan and visit plan.

Exclusion Criteria

1. The patients used high-dose hormones within 1 week before enrollment (except for patients using inhaled hormones);
2. People with severe autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency diseases or severe allergies;
3. Patients who have been treated with other cellular immune products (DC, T, CTL, CAR-T, etc.);
4. The patient had an uncontrollable infection within 4 weeks before enrollment;
5. Active B HBV DNA\>1000copy/mL/C virus hepatitis (anti-HCV positive, HCV RNA positive), HIV positive, syphilis positive;
6. The patient has participated in other clinical studies within 6 weeks before enrollment;
7. Patients suffering from mental illness;
8. The patient has drug abuse/addiction and medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with research or have an impact on the evaluation of research results;
9. The patient has alcohol dependence;
10. Women who are pregnant (positive urine/blood pregnancy studies) or breastfeeding; men or women who have a pregnancy plan within the past year; patients cannot be guaranteed to take effective contraceptive measures during the study period;
11. According to the judgment of the investigator, the patient has other conditions that are not suitable for enrollment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shenzhen University General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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YuLi

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Li Yu, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shenzhen University General Hospital

Locations

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Shenzhen University General hospital

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Li Yu, Dr

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +8675521839178

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Shujiao He, Dr

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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HEM-ONCO-009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id