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Soft Tissue SarcomaPhase 2NCT05549921

Phase II Study of TAEST16001 in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

A Phase 2 study testing NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy) in people with Soft Tissue Sarcoma, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 2 sites in China.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The main purpose of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TAEST16001 cells in the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma patients with HLA-A*02:01 tissue genotype and positive tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 expression. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
What is being tested?
NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
8 participants
Where
2 sitesChina
Study dates
8 Jul 2022to 1 Aug 2025
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Before any research-related operations, they should sign the informed consent Consent Form (ICF) (Genotype and Tumor Antigen Screening and Primary Screening);
  • Age ≥18 years, and ≤70 years;
  • His/cytology confirmed, unresectable or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma;
  • The current stage is the failure of standard treatment (disease progression or recurrence or intolerance, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, etc.) or lack of effective treatment methods, specifically: In addition to acinar soft tissue sarcoma and for pathological subtypes other than epithelioid sarcoma, at least adriamycin or doxorubicin combined with ifosfamide standard chemotherapy regimen should fail or not tolerate chemotherapy; For acinar soft tissue sarcoma and epithelioid sarcoma, need failure or intolerance of previous targeted drugs [anti-angiogenesis such as Anlotinib, pazopanib, etc.]; Note: Treatment failure refers to disease progression or inability during treatment or within 3 months of the last treatment Tolerable; disease progression in patients with neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy > 6 months after the end of treatment can be considered first-line therapy;
  • At least 1 measurable lesion (according to RECIST1.1 criteria [see Appendix 4 for details]);
  • Genotype and tumor antigen screening must meet the following 2 criteria: HLA-A*02:01 positive; NY-ESO-1* positive: immunohistochemical staining positive cells are ≥20%;
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  • ECOG score of 0-1 and expected survival period of more than 3 months;
  • Echocardiography showed left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50%;
  • Laboratory test results should at least meet the following specified indicators: White blood cell count ≥ 3.0×109 /L; Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×109/L (without G-CSF and GM-CSF support, at least 14 days before lymphadenectomy); Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) ≥ 0.7× 109/L; Platelet (PLT) ≥ 75×109/L (no blood transfusion therapy 14 days before lymphadenectomy chemotherapy); hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (no blood transfusion therapy 14 days before lymphoid clearing chemotherapy); Coagulation International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5×ULN unless anticoagulant therapy;Partial prothrombin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN unless anticoagulant therapy; Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg /dL (or 132.6 μmol/L); Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT)≤2.5×ULN; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT)≤2.5×ULN; Total bile red Prime (TBIL)≤1.5×U LN; Note: If patients with liver metastases or patients with primary liver tumor lesions, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase should be ≤5× ULN;
  • Females of childbearing age who have not received sterilization before menopause must agree to be removed from the study treatment (clearing). effective contraceptive measures should be used from the beginning of the last cell infusion to one year after the last cell infusion, and the serum pregnancy test was negative within 14 days before the first cell infusion; ) and up to one year after the last cell infusion, use effective contraception.

Who cannot join

  • Received the last leukocyte apheresis within 4 weeks. Anti-tumor therapy (chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, tumor embolization or traditional Chinese medicine with anti-tumor indications, etc.); immunotherapy within 1 month before the signing of the main informed consent;
  • 4 days before cell infusion received live attenuated vaccine within 1 week;
  • Patients with ≥3 bone metastases;
  • Known to have allergic reactions to any components used in the treatment of this study;
  • No previous surgery or treatment-related adverse reactions recovered to <Grade 2 CTCAE v5.0;
  • Patients with a history of meningeal metastasis or central nervous system metastasis, or patients with clear underlying diseases of the central nervous system within 6 months before cell reinfusion, and left significant symptoms;
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  • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg) or clinically significant (eg active) cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebrovascular accident within 1 month), myocardial infarction (within 6 months before signing the main informed consent), unstable angina, congestive heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or above, or severe arrhythmia that cannot be treated with drugs Control or have potential impact on study treatment; ECG results show clinically significant abnormality or average QTcF ≥ 450 ms in 3 consecutive times (at least 5 minutes between each time) (see Appendix 2 for the formula);
  • Combined with other serious devices;
  • Patients with systemic active infections that require treatment, including but not limited to active tuberculosis, known HIV-positive patients or clinically active hepatitis A, B, and C patients, including virus carriers;
  • Patients with autoimmune diseases: those with a history of inflammatory bowel disease and a history of autoimmune diseases judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for this study, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, and infiltrative lung disease, should be excluded ( (except for vitiligo and psoriasis that do not require systemic immunosuppressive therapy);
  • G-CSF or GM-CSF has been used within 2 weeks before leukapheresis, or within 4 weeks before cell reinfusion and planned to be used during the study period (If there is long-term use) systemic cortisone steroids, hydroxyurea, immunomodulatory drugs (eg: alpha or gamma interferon, GM-CSF, mTOR inhibitors, cyclosporine, thymosin, etc.);
  • Organ isotypes History of transplantation, allogeneic stem cell transplantation and renal replacement therapy;
  • Known uncontrolled diabetes, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, acute lung disease or liver failure;
  • Known alcohol and/or drug abuser;
  • Pregnant or lactating women;
  • Suffering from any co-existing medical conditions or diseases that the investigators determined may affect the conduct of this trial.
  • Subjects with no legal capacity/restricted capacity;
  • Previously received treatment targeting NY-ESO-1, or received cellular immunotherapy within 12 months before cell reinfusion, investigator Patients deemed unsuitable for enrollment;
  • Received immunotherapy (immune checkpoint blockade therapy: such as PD-1, PD-L1 antibody treatment, etc.) within 3 months before cell reinfusion;
  • Patients judged by the investigator Difficulty completing all visits or procedures (including follow-up periods) required by the study protocol, or insufficient compliance to participate in this study; or patients deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

China2 sites
  • Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

    Beijing, 100142

  • Sun Yat-Sen Univerisity Cancer Center

    Guangzhou, Guangdong

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About this study

Official title: TAEST16001 in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma With Positive NY-ESO-1 Expression (Genotype: HLA-A*02:01): an Multi-center, Open-label and Single Arm Phase II Study

The main purpose of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TAEST16001 cells in the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma patients with HLA-A*02:01 tissue genotype and positive tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 expression.

Read the detailed description

This is a single-arm, open label, multi-center, phase II study. The investigators include advanced soft tissue sarcoma with failure in standard treatment or no recommended standard therapy.

TCR-T cell therapy has made a breakthrough for tumors in recent years. Phase I/II trial of NY-ESO-1-specific TCR-T treatment for synovial sarcoma and melanoma, conducted by the Rosenberg team at the National Cancer Institute, showed that 61% Synovial cell sarcoma patients and 55% melanoma patients benefit from this treatment, without severe side effects found in T cell receptor (TCR) transduced T-Cell Immunotherapy.

This clinical trial is mainly focused on cancer-testis antigen, because it is not expressed in normal cells. NY-ESO-1 antigen as one member of cancer-testis antigen, is commonly expressed in 10-50% of melanoma, lung, liver, esophageal, breast, prostate, bladder, thyroid and ovarian cancer cases, 60% of multiple myeloma cases, and 70-80% of synovial sarcoma. NY-ESO-1 expression was also found in 88.2% of myxoid liposarcomas, 61.1% of synovial sarcomas, 31.3% of osteosarcomas, 21.4% of pleomorphic liposarcomas, 16.7% of desmoplastic small round cell tumors, and 14.3% of chondrosarcomas. Although the NY-ESO-1 TCR cell therapy for synovial sarcoma and melanoma has benefited many patients and the phase I trial has been performed, its effect and safety on advanced soft tissue sarcoma is still unknown.

The patients must meet the two criteria: HLA-A*0201positive and NY-ESO-1 positive cells≥20% by immunohistochemistry.

Being tested
NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy)
Medical subject headings
Sarcoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy)Biological

    NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy)

Study groups in NCT05549921
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
NY-ESO-1 TCR Specific T cell TherapyExperimentalThis research is divided into two stages, Stage 1 and Stage 2, respectively. In Stage 1, 14 patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma with positive expression of tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 and HLA-A*02:01 genotype were enrolled. A further 42 patients will be enrolled in Stage 2, where the primary efficacy analysis will be performed at 3 months after the completion of cell reinfusion in the last subject, with a target ORR of 25%.
Receives: Biological: NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Objective response rate

    The objective response rate (ORR), as assessed by an independent imaging evaluation committee (IRC), was used as the endpoint (response evaluation criteria based on solid tumors, version 1.1 [RECIST1.1]) to evaluate the TAEST16001 cell therapy tissue genotype as HLA-A*02:01 and tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 Efficacy of positive expression in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma.

    Measured: 270 days

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Disease control rate (DCR)

    Assessed by in all patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who received TAEST16001 cell reinfusion, according to RECIST.

    Measured: 270 days

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Assessed by in all patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who received TAEST16001 cell reinfusion.

    Measured: 270 days

  3. Duration of response (DOR)

    Assessed by in all patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who received TAEST16001 cell reinfusion, according to RECIST.

    Measured: 270 days

  4. Time to tumor response (TTR)

    Assessed by in all patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who received TAEST16001 cell reinfusion, according to RECIST.

    Measured: 270 days

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    Assessed by IRC and investigator in all patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma who received TAEST16001 cell reinfusion.

    Measured: 270 days

  6. Number of participants with other abnormal laboratory values and/or adverse events that are related to treatment

    According to CTCAE 5.0 criteria.

    Measured: 270 days

  7. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

    To observe the proliferation and persistence of TAEST16001 cells in vivo.

    Measured: 270 days

  8. Maximum time to peak (Tmax)

    To observe the proliferation and persistence of TAEST16001 cells in vivo.

    Measured: 270 days

  9. Activity of T lymphocyte subsets

    To observe the influence of TAEST16001 cells on human immunological activity.

    Measured: 270 days

  10. Activity of peripheral blood antigen specific cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL)

    To observe the influence of TAEST16001 cells on human immunological activity.

    Measured: 270 days

  11. Activity of effector T cells

    To observe the influence of TAEST16001 cells on human immunological activity.

    Measured: 270 days

  12. Life quality scale

    According to European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 life quality scale, 30 items were divided into 5 functional domains (physical, role, cognitive, emotional and social functions), 3 symptom domains (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), 1 general health/quality of life domain and 6 single domains. The score for each domain is obtained by summing the scores of items included in each domain and dividing by the number of items included. The final total scores range from 0 to 100 by standardizing the conversion of the raw scores. Higher scores in the functional and general health domains indicate better functioning and quality of life, and higher scores in the symptom domain indicate more symptoms or problems (worse quality of life).

    Measured: 270 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Sep 2022
  2. Study start8 Jul 2022
  3. Primary completion23 Jul 2025
  4. Study completion1 Aug 2025

Why it stopped: The study was terminated due to initiation of a new clinical trial with an updated study design.

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
8 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05549921
Sponsor's protocol ID
TAEST16001 Phase II
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
4 Sep 2022
Last updated
12 Jun 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing NY-ESO-1(TCR Affinity Enhancing Specific T cell Therapy) in people with Soft Tissue Sarcoma, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 2 sites in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 20 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: The study was terminated due to initiation of a new clinical trial with an updated study design.). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective response rate (time frame: 270 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Jun 2026.

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