Clinical trial · Interventional
A Phase Ib Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FMT and Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic or Inoperable Melanoma, MSI-H, dMMR or NSCLC
A Phase Ib Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) in Combination With Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic or Inoperable Melanoma, Microsatellite Instability-high (MSI-H) or Mismatch-repair Deficient (dMMR) Cancer, or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A Phase Ib trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) in combination with Nivolumab in subjects with metastatic or inoperable melanoma, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch-repair deficient (dMMR) cancer, or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma Stage IV | Melanoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| NSCLC Stage IV | Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Unresectable Melanoma | Melanoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fecal Microbial Transplantation by capsules | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Treatment Arm
- description
- Combination treatment: anti PD1 + FMT by capsules
- interventionNames
- Biological: Fecal Microbial Transplantation by capsules
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Incidence of FMT-related Adverse Events
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- Number of patients with adverse events that emerged post FMT. The AE severity grading scale for the NCI-CTCAE (v5.0) will be used for assessing AE severity
- measure
- Overall Response Rate (ORR)
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- Number of patients with objective responses divided by the total number of evaluable patients, according to imaging studies (RECIST 1.1) and iRECIST
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age and gender: 18 and older, all genders
2. Signed written informed consent . Participants must be willing to participate in the study and provide written and signed informed consent (ICF) for the study.
Participants must be willing and able to complete all study specific procedures and visits
3. Diagnosis:
For NSCLC patients Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy:
Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/ Programmed death-ligand 1 (PDL1) therapy Received a platinum based chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer; or, Subjects with a documented activating mutation {e.g., against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), against rearranged anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase (ROS)} must have received the appropriate targeted therapy.
For Melanoma patients Histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic melanoma not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy: a. Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy b. Subjects with a documented B-Raf (BRAF) mutation must have received the appropriate targeted therapy
For MSI-H/dMMR patients -Histologically confirmed MSI-H/dMMR metastatic solid tumors including the following indications: colorectal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and urothelial carcinoma that had a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1-based therapy.
4. Biopsies Patients must agree to study biopsies at two time points: a. Pretreatment and on treatment gut biopsies. b. Pretreatment and on treatment tumor biopsies.
5. Measurable disease by RECIST v1.1.
6. Patient status: a. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0-1 b. Liver function: Total bilirubin ≤ 2 Upper limit of normal (ULN), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 ULN (or \< 5 in case of present liver metastasis) c. Neutrophils ≥ 1,000/mm3, platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3, Hb\>8 g/dL d. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN e. International normalized ratio (INR), prothrombin time (PT), and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5x ULN
7. Pregnancy a. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving first dose of study procedure in women of childbearing potential. b. Use of an effective contraceptive method throughout the entire treatment period and up to 6 months after the completion of treatment in both males and females of child bearing potential.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Medical Conditions :
1.1 History of chronic or active colitis 1.2. Tumor involvement of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine or colo-rectum. Note: not applicable for patients with MSI-H or dMMR colorectal , gastric or esophageal adenocarcinoma 1.3. Has a current active or a past known additional malignancy within the last 5 years.
1.4. Has an active or a documented history of autoimmune disease that required treatment in the past 2 years.
1.5. Known food allergy to eggs, nuts, peanuts 1.6. Known allergy to neomycin,vancomycin or metronidazole 1.7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 1.8. Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) 1.9 Has known history of or is positive for hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
2. Prior/Concomitant Therapy and medical procedure 2.1 Has ongoing immune-related adverse effects from previous immunotherapy treatments that are of Grade ≥2, excluding endocrine adverse effects 2.2 Immunosuppressive chronic treatments. Patients treated with Prednisone ≤10mg per day may be included.
2.3 Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with i.v. antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics, except if for tumor fever) within 28 days prior to the start of Day 1 2.4 Medical condition that requires chronic treatment with antibiotics 2.5 Vaccination with live vaccines within 28 days prior to start of Cycle 1, Day 1.
2.6 Has received major surgery (within 28 days prior to the start of Cycle 1, Day 1), other than for diagnosis. Patient must have recovered from all surgery-related toxicities.
2.7 Patient has a known intolerance to anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD1.
3. Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience 3.1 Participation in another clinical trial with anti-neoplastic intervention up to 14 days prior to study entry
4. Other Exclusions 4.1 Any other serious uncontrolled medical condition (including active bleeding or non-healing wound) 4.2 Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.References
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