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NCT Number: NCT07343791

Efficacy and Safety Study of DC-CIK Cell Therapy Combined With Epaloliposide, Vortexil, and Regorafenib as Third-line Treatment for Advanced Colorectal Cancer.

Research background and purpose:

Patients with advanced colorectal cancer face the dilemma of limited treatment options and poor efficacy in the third line treatment stage. Although regorafenib and immune checkpoint inhibitors bring hope to some patients, the efficacy still faces bottlenecks for the vast majority of microsatellite stable patients who are insensitive to immune monotherapy. This study is based on the multi mechanism synergistic theory of "immune activation+vascular inhibition+targeted killing". It innovatively combines autologous DC-CIK cell immunotherapy, domestic PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody (aparolitovorelli monoclonal antibody), and multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (regorafenib) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this triple therapy as a third line treatment for advanced colorectal cancer, and explore its immunological mechanism.

Research content and methods:

This study is a single arm, open label clinical trial. Plan to enroll advanced colorectal cancer patients who have previously failed second-line standard treatment. All participants will receive the following combination therapy regimen:

1. Epaglitovirizumab: 5.0 mg/kg, intravenous injection, once every 21 days. 2. Regorafenib: 120mg, once daily, orally, 1-21 days, repeated every 28 days. 3. DC-CIK cell therapy: Collect, culture, and transfuse cells during specific cycles.

The study will strictly follow the protocol for efficacy evaluation (based on RECIST 1.1 standards) and safety monitoring, and a strict quality control and risk management system will be established.

Main evaluation indicators and expected outcomes:

* Primary endpoint: Objective response rate and safety. * Secondary endpoints: progression free survival, overall survival, duration of remission, and treatment-related immunological responses. * Expected outcome: This study is expected to provide a promising new comprehensive treatment strategy for chemotherapy resistant advanced colorectal cancer, especially MSS type patients, and break through existing efficacy bottlenecks. The research findings will provide high-level evidence-based medicine for the clinical application of this combined approach and lay the foundation for understanding its synergistic mechanism.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Jinling Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210002, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Jiang Longwei

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Lei Zengjie

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Zhang Yan

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86-13770663421

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

-1. Sign written informed consent before implementing any experimental procedures; 2. Male or female ≥ 18 years old, ≤ 75 years old; 3. ECOG PS score is 0-1 points; 4. Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer confirmed by histology or cytology; 5. Expected survival time>3 months;

Exclusion criteria

-1. It is known that there is active CNS metastasis and/or cancerous meningitis; 2. Chest fluid, ascites, and pericardial effusion that require drainage due to clinical symptoms; 3. Any life-threatening bleeding events that have occurred within the past 3 months, including the need for blood transfusion therapy, surgery or local treatment, and continuous medication therapy; 4. Uncontrollable hypertension, with systolic blood pressure>150mmHg or diastolic blood pressure>90 mmHg after optimal medical treatment, history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy; 5. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals (HIV 1/2 antibody positive), known syphilis infected individuals;

Treatment and study plan

DC-CIK combined with regorafenib ,Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab Injection

Combination Product
  • Epaglitovirizumab: intravenous injection, 5.0 mg/kg, administered on the first day of each 21 day cycle. Continue treatment until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, initiation of new anti-tumor therapy, or up to 2 years of use.
  • Regorafenib: Oral administration, 120mg (3 tablets 40mg), once daily, taken from day 1 to day 21 of a 28 day cycle. Dose adjustment should be made based on patient tolerance, and the minimum dose should not be less than 80mg per day.
  • DC-CIK cell therapy:DC feedback: 4 times in total. Starting from the 7th day after blood collection, subcutaneous injections were administered in the bilateral inguinal, axillary, and cervical lymph node areas, with a cell count of (1-5) × 10 ^ 7 cells per injection, twice a week.
  • CIK feedback: 3 times in total. On the 7th day after blood collection (which may vary by 1-2 days depending on cell growth), intravenous infusion was performed with a cell volu A total of 4 treatment cycles

Other names: DC-CIK, regorafenib, Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab Injection

Primary outcomes

  1. progression free survival (PFS)- Evaluate the effectiveness of DC-CIK cell therapy combined with aparolitovorelizumab and regorafenib regimen as a third line therapy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment (2 years)

    The efficacy effectiveness are evaluated by progression free survival (PFS)

  2. objective clinical response using RESIST(version 1.1)

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment (2 years)

    Evaluate the effectiveness of DC-CIK cell therapy combined with aparolitovorelizumab and regorafenib regimen as a third line therapy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination therapy.

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study (2 years)

    Safety and tolerability were evaluated using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE 5.0).

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

JIANG LONGWEI

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jan 15, 2026
Registry last updated
Jan 15, 2026

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