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RecruitingNCT03193567HEARTUpdated Nov 19, 2024

Study of High Efficient Killing Cell Therapy for Advanced NSCLC

A Phase 1 interventional study of HEKT cell in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Ruijin Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-19.

Sponsored by Ruijin Hospital · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2025, 1 year 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Sep 2017; still recruiting 9 years later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study to preliminarily evaluate the safety and efficacy of High Efficient Killing Cell Therapy for refractory and advanced non-small cell lung cancer

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Patients with pathological confirmed non-small cell lung cancer with no standard treatment are enrolled. The patients fails in previous at least 2 lines of chemotherapy and 1 line of targeted therapy where applicable. This is a prospective exploratory trial.

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Conditions studied

  • Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,558 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 15 is below the median of 60 across 5,296 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Ruijin Hospital is the lead sponsor of 635 studies on the registry; 359 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female patients' age from 18 years to 70 years.
  • Patients who have a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  • pathologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer.
  • failed in previous standard chemotherapy and targeted therapy.
  • Karnofsky performance status 0-1.
  • adequate organ functions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant and lactating women.
  • Patients with T cell lymphoma, syphilis, AIDS or combination
  • Patients with highly allergic or have a history of severe allergies
  • Patients with severe hepatic or renal dysfunction
  • Patients with severe autoimmune disease or who is being treated with immunosuppressive agents
  • Patients with severe infection not controlled or High fever
  • Patients with organ transplantation or waiting for organ transplantation.
  • Patients with brain metastasis
  • Patients with severe coagulopathy (e.g. hemophilia)
  • Patients without adequate ability to understand, sign informed consents and take part in the clinical research voluntarily.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
15 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    HEKT cell

    Enrolled patients will receive HEKT cell injection, 10-days interval, totally 3 times.

    Biological: HEKT cell

Interventions

  • BiologicalHEKT cell

    3 cycles of HEKT cell treatment

    Also known as: High Efficient Killing Cell Therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. safety:safety index of blood, heart, lung, kidney and brain function damaged mainly during the treatment

    Occurrence of study related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. efficacy: complete response; partial response; stable disease; progression disease; progression free survival.

    The efficacy of the treatment is assessed according to (RECIST1.1)

    Time frame: 2 years

Other outcomes

  1. Progression free survival

    Progression free survival is defined as the time from the day in which the patient is enrolled to the date on which tumor progresses or the date on which the patient dies for any cause.

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Overall survival

    Overall survival is defined as the time from the day in which the patient is enrolled to the date on which the patient dies for any cause.

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Imaging evaluation before and after treatment

    the SUV index of PET-CT before cell injection and after the whole course of the treatment

    Time frame: 0 day and 60 day

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Ruijin Hospital
    Shanghai, China
    • Lei hai Du, Master · Contact
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 19, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03193567
Lead sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
Collaborators
Shanghai Houchao Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Responsible party
Hecheng Li M.D., Ph.D (Professor, Ruijin Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 21, 2017
Start date
Sep 14, 2017
Primary completion
May 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
May 1, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 19, 2024

Study contacts

Lei H Du, M.S
Contact
sealing821201@hotmail.com
13918570392

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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