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. 2021 Jan 6;14:7. doi: 10.1186/s13045-020-01014-w

Table 5.

Completed and ongoing clinical trial of NK cell-based therapy for hematological malignancies

Cancer type Therapy Phase NCT Status
Acute myeloid leukemia Allogeneic, IL-2 UCB-NK cells I/II NCT04347616 Ongoing
Allogeneic NK cell I NCT04220684 Ongoing
Alloreactive NK cell N/A NCT03955848 Ongoing
Poor prognosis non-AML hematologic malignancies Allogeneic haploidentical NK cell infusions I NCT00697671

Completed

No outcome reported

Refractory non-B lineage hematologic malignancies Allogeneic haploidentical NK Cell Infusions I NCT00640796

Completed

No outcome reported

CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia Anti-CD33 CAR-NK cells I/II NCT02944162

PMID: 28054442

Found to be effective and prevented both tumor relapses and graft versus host disease

Acute myeloid leukemia & advanced hematological malignancies Alloreactive, IL-2 activated NK cells I/II NCT01220544

Unknown

No outcome reported

Hematological malignancy patients who received fate therapeutics Genetically modified NK cell N/A NCT04093622 Ongoing
High-risk tumor and lymphoma Allogeneic haploidentical NK cell infusion combined with autologous stem cell transplantation I NCT02130869

Completed

No outcome reported

Pediatric acute leukemia Activated and expanded NK cells (NKAEs) II NCT02074657

PMID: 29477379

Found to be safe and feasible

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) NK cell with rituximab and Rhu-GMCSF I NCT00383994

Completed

No outcome reported

NK cell I NCT02280525 Ongoing
CD19 + Leukemia Allogeneic anti-CD19 CAR-NK cells I/II NCT02892695

PMID: 28054442

Found major improvements in treating leukemia

Multiple myeloma KIR-ligand mismatched NK cells from a haploidentical donor I NCT00089453

Completed

No outcome reported

Acute myeloid leukemia & acute lymphoblastic leukemia Expanded haploidentical NK cells I NCT04327037 Ongoing
Ph + acute lymphoblastic leukemia Autologous NK cell I NCT02185781

Unknown

No outcome reported

Lymphoma, myeloma, and leukemia HLA-I haplotype mismatched NK cell I NCT00660166

Completed

No outcome reported

Chronic myeloid leukemia NK cell I/II NCT03348033 Enrolling
B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Cord blood-derived expanded allogeneic NK cells combined with rituximab, high-dose chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant II NCT03019640 Ongoing
CAR.CD19-CD28-zeta-2A-iCasp9-IL15-transduced cord blood NK cells combined with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant I/II NCT03579927 Withdrawn
B cell lymphoma NK cells with rituximab I/II NCT02843061

Completed

No outcome reported

* Culture medium of every expansion protocol contains IL-2 or more cytokines