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NCT Number: NCT07298239

An Exploratory Clinical Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic CAR-NK Cell Therapy for Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

This study introduces a new treatment approach for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, a stage of disease that remains difficult to manage with current therapies. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide, and many patients eventually progress to an advanced, treatment-resistant stage despite hormone therapy, newer hormonal agents, or chemotherapy. Patients with metastatic castration-resistant disease often face a poor prognosis, complications such as bone metastases, and significant impacts on quality of life, highlighting the urgent need for new treatment options. This research focuses on an innovative immunotherapy using allogeneic anti-PSMA CAR-NK cells, which are engineered natural killer cells designed to precisely recognize and kill prostate cancer cells expressing the prostate-specific membrane antigen. CAR-NK cells combine the natural tumor-killing ability of NK cells with enhanced targeting and reduced immune escape, offering a potentially safer and more effective strategy. Through this clinical study, the safety, tolerability, and preliminary effectiveness of anti-PSMA CAR-NK cell therapy will be evaluated, aiming to provide new evidence and expand future treatment possibilities for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Beijing, 不限, 100000, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

sujun Han Han

CONTACT

[email protected]

010-67781331

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years, male;
  • Diagnosis of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) meeting the following criteria: ① Serum testosterone at castration level: < 50 ng/dL or < 1.7 nmol/L; ② Meeting any one of the following conditions: a. PSA progression: Three consecutive rises in PSA measured at intervals of at least 1 week, with two increases being ≥ 50% above the PSA nadir, and a PSA value > 2 ng/mL; b. Radiographic progression: Two or more new lesions detected on bone scan, or an increase in soft tissue lesions assessed according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST).
  • Expected survival ≥ 6 months;
  • ECOG performance status of 0-2;
  • Positive prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression;
  • Voluntarily participate, provide written informed consent, and be able to comply with follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

  • Prior treatment with other cell therapy products besides the investigational product, such as dendritic cells (DC), cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK), T cells, natural killer cells (NK), chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy (CAR-T), etc.;
  • History of other malignancies within 5 years prior to screening (except for completely resolved carcinoma in situ or malignancies deemed by the investigator to be slow-progressing);
  • Abnormal function of major organs: a. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.5 × 10⁹/L; Platelet count (Plt) < 100 × 10⁹/L; Hemoglobin (Hb) < 9 g/dL; b. Liver function: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 2.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN) (or ≥ 5 × ULN for subjects with liver metastases); c. Renal function: Serum creatinine (Cr) ≥ 1.5 × ULN; d. Coagulation function: Prothrombin time (PT), Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≥ 1.5 × ULN;
  • Any currently treated active (viral, bacterial, fungal) infection, or any infection within the past 6 weeks requiring intravenous antibiotics for 7 days or longer, or any active infection requiring oral antibiotics within the past week;
  • Active autoimmune disease, or history of severe autoimmune disease requiring long-term immunosuppressive therapy;
  • Participation in another clinical trial study within 3 months;
  • Inability to employ effective contraceptive measures;
  • History of hypersensitivity to biologic macromolecular drugs;
  • Untreated chronic active hepatitis B, or chronic hepatitis B virus carriers with HBV DNA ≥ 1000 copies/mL, or patients with active hepatitis C;
  • Subjects deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in this study for other reasons.

Treatment and study plan

anti-PSMA CAR-NK

Biological

Targeting PSMA CAR-NK cells

Primary outcomes

  1. Occurrence of treatment related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: Baseline to 1 year post infusion

    Defined as >= Grade 3 signs/symptoms, laboratory toxicities, and clinical events) that are possibly, likely, or definitely related to study treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. The pharmacokinetic analysis of Anti-PSMA CAR-NK Cell

    Time frame: Day-2-Day-1、Day0、Day2、Day7、Day9、Day14、Day16、Day21、Day28、Day60 and Day90 post infusion

    Changes in the number of CD56+/ CD3 Anti-PSMA CAR-NK Cell in peripheral blood over time

  2. The pharmacodynamics analysis of Anti-PSMA CAR NK Cell

    Time frame: Baseline to infusion date、Day0、Day1、Day2、Day7、Day8、Day9、Day14、Day15、Day16、Day21、Day28、Day60、Day90、Day120、Day180、Day270 and Day360

    Changes of total prostate specific antigen (tPSA) and free prostate specific antigen (fPSA) in peripheral blood

  3. The proportion of patients with a decrease in PSA levels from baseline

    Time frame: Baseline toDay0、Day1、Day2、Day7、Day8、Day9、Day14、Day15、Day16、Day21、Day28、Day60、Day90、Day120、Day180、Day270 and Day360 post infusion

    PSA response rate

  4. Progression-free survival (PFS) after Anti-PSMA CAR NK Cell infusion

    Time frame: Baseline to 1 year post infusion

    Survival time of patients

  5. Time to clinical progression

    Time frame: Baseline to Day28、Day90、Day180、Day270 and Day360 post infusion

    The time from baseline to the appearance of increased PSA levels or imaging progression.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Single-Center, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Exploratory Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic CAR-NK Cell Therapy in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Dec 23, 2025
Registry last updated
Jan 22, 2026

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