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Allogeneic PB103 (NK Cells) Therapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of donor-derived NK cell infusion in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Precision Biotech Taiwan Corp.. Recruiting at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-14.

Sponsored by Precision Biotech Taiwan Corp. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Nov 2020; still recruiting 5 years 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
20 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objectives: To determine the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of allogeneic PB103 in patients with IIIb/IV or refractory non-small-cell lung cancer

Read the detailed description

PB103 is allogeneic NK cells derived from a healthy donor. In this phase I/IIa trial, patients with IIIb/IV and refractory non-small cell lung cancer will be enrolled for testing the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of PB103 (NK cells). For assessment of safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of PB103, three-dose levels of PB103 will be administered to enrolled patients based on the 3+3 dose-escalation design. MTD is defined as one dose level below the dose at which dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) is observed in \<33% of the participants. DLT is defined as grade 4 toxicities (hematological toxicities), grade 3 toxicities (non-hematological toxicities), or acute GvHD more than grade 2. Once MTD is determined, 12 patients at MTD dose will be enrolled for assessment of safety and efficacy of PB103 at phase IIa.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Keywords

  • allogeneic donor
  • NK cells
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,641 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,665 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 24 is below the median of 62 across 5,327 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

Precision Biotech Taiwan Corp. is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

Recipient:

  1. Recipients (Subjects) are between 20-70 years of age.
  2. Related donor: 6/6 matched at HLA-A, -B and -DRb1 or haploidentical donor ≥ 4/8 match at HLA-A, -B, -C and -DRb1
  3. Signed informed consent.
  4. Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed non -small-cell lung cancer of stage IIIB-IV, not amenable to definitive multi-modality therapy, or recurrent disease after a prior diagnosis of stage I-III disease. All staging is determined via the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/IASLC 8th edition proposed staging criteria.
  5. Subjects must have measurable or evaluable disease according to RECIST v1.1
  6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
  7. Lifespan over 6 months.
  8. Acceptable organ function, as evidenced by the following laboratory data:

(a) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN). (for patients with known hepatic metastases, AST and/or ALT ≤ 5× ULN) (b) Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN (c) Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500 cells/mm3 (d) Platelet count ≥ 75,000 cells/mm3 (e) Hgb ≥ 9.0 g/dL (f) Estimated GFR ≥ 60 ml/min /1.73m2 or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min

Donor

  1. Donors are between 20-65 years of age.
  2. Related donor: 6/6 matched at HLA-A, -B and -DRb1 or haploidentical donor ≥ 4/8 match at HLA-A, -B, -C and -DRb1
  3. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Recipient:

  1. Patients with history of clinically significant interstitial lung disease or radiation pneumonitis.
  2. Patients with brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease.
  3. Patients who have had radiation to the lung fields within four weeks of starting treatment. For all palliative radiation to all other sites, at least 7 days must have elapsed prior to starting to treatment.
  4. Patients who have had major surgery (e.g., intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal, or intra-pelvic) within two weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such procedure. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and mediastinoscopy will not be counted as major surgery and patients can be enrolled in the study ≥1 week after the procedure.
  5. Patients who received anti-cancer treatment and did not recover from toxicities to grades 0-1 by NCI CTCAE (version 5.0) are not eligible but WBC and Hgb Grade 2 is acceptable.
  6. Patients with a second, clinically active, cancer. Patients with second cancers that have been treated with curative intent and/or are currently inactive are allowed.
  7. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity.
  8. Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents. Patients previously treated with investigational agents must complete a washout period of at least one week or five half-lives, whichever is longer, before starting treatment.
  9. Patients receiving concomitant immunosuppressive agents or chronic corticosteroid use, except those on topical or inhaled steroids, or steroids are given via local injection.
  10. Patients with clinically significant, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, such as unstable angina or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening, abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF \<50%), cardiac arrhythmia not controlled with medication, uncontrolled hypertension defined as an SBP ≥ 160mm Hg and/or DBP ≥ 100mm Hg, with or without anti-hypertensive medication. Initiation or adjustment of antihypertensive medication(s) is allowed prior to screening.
  11. Presence of fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection requiring IV antimicrobials for management.
  12. Pregnancy and lactating women.
  13. Other situations the investigators think not eligible for participation in the research.

Donor

  1. Donors who are pregnant and lactating women.
  2. Donor who has had advanced tumor diseases.
  3. Donor who has had autoimmune diseases.
  4. Donors are positive for one of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis serology test (RPR+TPHA), CMV IgM, human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), and hepatitis B and C virus.
  5. Other situations the investigators think not eligible for participation in the research.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
24 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PB103 (donor-derived NK cells) infusion

    Cohort 1: 0.5×10\^9,Cohort 2:1×10\^9 or Cohort 3: 1.5×10\^9 cells

    Biological: donor-derived NK cell infusion

Interventions

  • Biologicaldonor-derived NK cell infusion

    PB103 administrations will be separated by 4-week interval

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. safety of PB103

    assessment of adverse events

    Time frame: one year

Secondary outcomes

  1. efficacy of PB103

    assessment of Progression Free Survival, PFS

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Tri-Service General Hospital
    Taipei, 11490, Taiwan
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Nov 2020 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2027, 85 months after the start.

Of 254 industry-sponsored phase 1/2 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, half reached primary completion within 64 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 41 and three quarters within 84. This study's planned 85 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 366 studies reached it within 66 months; a quarter within 42 and three quarters within 87.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 8, 2020
First posted
Nov 4, 2020
StartActual
Nov 15, 2020
Primary completionEst.
Dec 30, 2027
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
Last update
Feb 14, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 14, 2025, 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
NCT04616209
Lead sponsor
Precision Biotech Taiwan Corp.
Collaborators
Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 4, 2020
Start date
Nov 15, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 14, 2025

Study contacts

Chia Hua Lin, Ph.D.
Contact
julielin@precisionthera.com
+886-2-2740-0678
Ming-Shen Dai, MD/PhD
principal investigator · Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH)

Oversight

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