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. 2022 Jan 27;14(1):140–157. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i1.140

Table 4.

Clinical trials on adoptive cell transfer therapy

Clinical trials #
Phase
Aim and design
Status
NCT03563170 Phase 1b/2 Combining innate high-affinity natural killer (hank) cell therapy with adenoviral and yeast-based vaccines to induce t-cell responses vs sorafenib Withdrawn
NCT03008343 Phase I/II Combination of IRE and NK cells immunotherapy vs IRE alone Completed, no result posted
NCT01147380 Phase I Natural killer cell therapy for hepatoma liver transplantation (MIAMINK); To evaluate feasibility and safety of the adoptive transfer of activated NK cells Completed; No adverse events reported
NCT02008929 Phase II To evaluate the safety and efficacy of injecting MG4101 (ex vivo expanded allogeneic NK cell) as a secondary treatment after curative liver resection in advanced HCC Completed; No study results posted
NCT01749865 Phase III CIK treatment in 200 patients with HCC who underwent radical resection Completed; No study results posted
NCT02723942 Phase I/II To evaluate the safety and efficacy of CAR-T cell immunotherapy for GPC3 positive hepatocellular carcinoma Withdrawn due to revision of local regulations
NCT03198546 Phase I GPC3 and/or TGF-β targeting CAR-T cells in Recruiting
NCT03130712 Phase I/II GPC3-targeted T cells by intratumor injection for advanced HCC (GPC3-CART) Unknown
NCT02715362 Phase I/II GPC3 redirected autologous t cells for advanced HCC (GPC3-CART) Unknown
NCT03013712 Phase I/II GPC3-targeted T cells by intratumor injection for advanced HCC (GPC3-CART) Unknown
NCT03349255 Phase I Autologous ET1402L1-CAR T cells in AFP expressing HCC Terminated and will study new T-cell construct
NCT02905188 Phase I To find the biggest dose of GLYCAR T cells that is safe, to see how long they last in the body, to learn what the side effects in GPC3-positive HCC Recruiting patients; Partial response with no toxicities
NCT03146234 Single arm, open-label pilot study to determine the safety and efficacy of CAR-GPC3 T cells in patients with relapsed or refractory HCC following cyclophosphamide and fludarabine Completed; Had a tolerable toxicity profile with no grade 3/4 neurotoxicity; Overall survival 9.1
NCT02395250 Phase I To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of anti-GPC3 CAR T in patients with relapsed or refractory HCC Completed, no result posted
NCT03980288 Phase I 4th generation chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting glypican-3 (CAR-GPC3 T cells) in patients with advanced HCC Recruiting patients
NCT04121273 Phase I GPC3-targeted CAR-T cell for treating GPC3 positive advanced HCC Recruiting patients
NCT03884751 Phase I Clinical study of chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting glypican-3 (CAR-GPC3 T cells) in patients with advanced HCC Recruiting patients
NCT04093648 Phase I T cells co-expressing a second generation glypican 3-specific chimeric antigen receptor with cytokines interleukin-21 and 15 as immunotherapy for patients with liver cancer (TEGAR) Withdrawn (the key elements of this study were incorporated into another study)
NCT03013712 Phase I/II CAR T cells targeting EpCAM positive cancer (CARTEPC); To evaluate the safety and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting EpCAM Unknown

NK: Natural killer; IL: Interleukin; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; CIK: Cytokine-induced killer; TIL: Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes; RFA: Radiofrequency ablation; CAR: Chimeric antigen receptor; Adenoviral and Yeast based vaccines: ETBX-011, GI-4000, avelumab, Aldoxorubicin hydrochloride, ETBX-051, ETBX-061, GI-6207, GI-6301, and N-803; IRE: Irreversible electroporation; LDC: Lymphodepleting conditioning; GLYCAR: Glypican 3-specific chimeric antigen receptor expressing T cells for hepatocellular carcinoma; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.