Clinical trial · Interventional
AlloStim® In-Situ Vaccine in Pre-Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
A Phase II/III, Randomized, Open Label, Controlled, Two Arm Study Comparing Overall Survival of AlloStim® Combined With Cryoablation to a Physician's Choice Combined With Cryoablation in 3rd Line Treatment for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): moved study to USA
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a personalized anti-cancer vaccine protocol which includes an in-situ (in the body) cancer vaccine step which combines killing a single metastatic tumor lesion by use of cryoablation in order to cause the release of tumor-specific markers to the immune system and then injecting bioengineered allogeneic immune cells (AlloStim) into the lesion as an adjuvant in order to modulate the immune response and educate the immune system to kill other tumor cells where ever they reside in the body.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metastatic Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlloStim® | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
| cryoablation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Physician's Choice (PC) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- AlloStim® treatment
- description
- The treatment schedule includes: (1) the priming step with two ID AlloStim® injections (Days 0 and 3), an additional two ID injections followed by IV infusion of AlloStim® (Days 7 and 10); (2) the vaccination step with cryoablation of a single metastatic lesion followed by injection of AlloStim® into the ablated tumor and IV infusion of AlloStim® on protocol day 14, followed by IV infusion of AlloStim® on Day 17 (3) the activation step with an IV study drug infusion on Day 21 and (4) the booster step with IV booster infusions of AlloStim® on days 49 and 77. Additional booster infusions can be administered monthly at the discretion of the Investigator.
- interventionNames
- Biological: AlloStim®
- Procedure: cryoablation
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Physician's Choice (PC)
- description
- All subjects will be assigned Physician's Choice (PC) therapy. PC can consist of best supportive care (BSC) or any US-FDA-approved cancer drug (e.g. Cetuximab) administrated as a monotherapy at the manufacturer's recommended dose. The treatment schedule shall be prospectively determined and administered as tolerated.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Adult males and female subjects aged 18 years or older at screening visit
2. Pathological diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma
3. Metastatic disease with at least one lesion in liver
* Primary can be intact or resected
* Metastatic lesion(s) in liver non-resectable
* Extrahepatic disease acceptable
4. KRAS/BRAF mutant disease or KRAS wild type w/previous anti-EGFR treatment
5. At least one liver lesion able to be visualized by ultrasound and determined to be safely assessable for percutaneous cryoablation
6. Previous treatment failure of at 2 previous lines of active systemic chemotherapy for metastatic disease:
* Previous chemotherapy must have included one line with oxaliplatin (e.g. FOLFOX) and a previous second line with irinotecan (e.g. FOLFIRI) with or without bevacizumab
* If KRAS wild type, at least one anti-EGFR therapy in first or second line
* Treatment failure can be due to disease progression or toxicity
* Disease progression on 2nd line therapy must be documented radiologically and have occurred during or within 30 days following the last administration of 2nd line chemotherapy
7. ECOG performance score: 0-1
8. Adequate hematological function: Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,200/mm3, Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3, PT/INR ≤ 1.5 or correctable to \<1.5 at time of interventional procedures, Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (may be corrected by transfusion)
9. Adequate Organ Function: Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL, Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN, Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN, AST or SGOT ≤ 2.5 times ULN, ALT or SGPT≤2.5 times ULN
10. EKG without clinically relevant abnormalities
11. Female subjects: Not pregnant or lactating
12. Subjects with child bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception
13. Study specific informed consent in the native language of the subject
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Peritoneal carcinomatosis
2. Moderate or severe ascites requiring medical intervention
3. Prior hepatectomy, ablation or chemoembolization of liver lesion
4. Prior pelvic radiotherapy
5. Clinical or radiological evidence of brain metastasis/leptomeningeal involvement
6. Symptomatic asthma or COPD or any lung condition requiring treatment with steroids
7. Pulmonary lymphangitis or symptomatic pleural effusion (grade ≥ 2) that results in pulmonary dysfunction requiring active treatment or oxygen saturation \<92% on room air
8. Bevacizumab (Avastin®) treatment within 6 weeks of scheduled cryoablation
9. No Regorafenib prior to or during the Study Period
10. Anticoagulant medication for concomitant medical condition (unless can be safely discontinued for invasive cryoablation, biopsy and intratumoral injection procedures)
11. Prior allogeneic bone marrow/stem cell or solid organ transplant
12. Chronic use (\>2 weeks) of greater than physiologic doses of a corticosteroid agent (dose equivalent to\>5 mg/day of prednisone) within 30 days of the 1st day of study treatment
o Topical corticosteroids are permitted
13. Prior diagnosis of an active autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune thyroid disease, uveitis). Well controlled Type I diabetes allowed.
14. Prior experimental therapy
15. History of blood transfusion reactions
16. Known allergy to bovine products
17. Progressive viral or bacterial infection
o All infections must be resolved and the patient must remain afebrile for seven days without antibiotics prior to being placed on study
18. Cardiac disease of symptomatic nature
19. History of HIV positivity or AIDS
20. Concurrent medication known to interfere with platelet function or coagulation (e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen, clopidogrel, or warfarin) unless such medications can be discontinued for an appropriate time period based on the drug half-life and known activity (e.g., aspirin for 7 days) prior to cryoablation procedure
21. History of severe hypersensitivity to monoclonal antibody drugs or any contraindication to any of the study drugs
22. Psychiatric or addictive disorders or other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude study participationReferences
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDHar-Noy M, Zeira M, Weiss L, Fingerut E, Or R, Slavin S. Allogeneic CD3/CD28 cross-linked Th1 memory cells provide potent adjuvant effects for active immunotherapy of leukemia/lymphoma. Leuk Res. 2009 Apr;33(4):525-38. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.08.017. Epub 2008 Oct 1. PMID 18834631
- BACKGROUNDHar-Noy M, Zeira M, Weiss L, Slavin S. Completely mismatched allogeneic CD3/CD28 cross-linked Th1 memory cells elicit anti-leukemia effects in unconditioned hosts without GVHD toxicity. Leuk Res. 2008 Dec;32(12):1903-13. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.05.007. Epub 2008 Jun 18. PMID 18565579
- BACKGROUNDHar-Noy M, Slavin S. The anti-tumor effect of allogeneic bone marrow/stem cell transplant without graft vs. host disease toxicity and without a matched donor requirement? Med Hypotheses. 2008;70(6):1186-92. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.10.008. Epub 2007 Dec 3. PMID 18054441