Trial reportThe oncologist2026
The quadruple immunotherapy for colorectal cancer (QuICC) trial for mismatch repair-proficient metastatic colorectal cancer.
Trial report in The oncologist, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04491955 (Phase II Trial of Combination Immunotherapy in Subjects With Advanced Small Bowel and Colorectal Cancers), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Phase II Trial of Combination Immunotherapy in Subjects With Advanced Small Bowel and Colorectal Cancers
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: Advances, Challenges, and Emerging Strategies.Cancers · 2026Review
- Nanodynamic Therapy in Colorectal Cancer: Engineering Precision Immunotherapy and Multimodal Synergy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Beyond priming: a sequential, feedback-guided adjuvant framework for therapeutic cancer peptide vaccines in immunologically cold tumors.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundDespite successes in other malignancies, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has not demonstrated reproducible efficacy in mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC). Preclinical studies indicate that multitargeted combination immunotherapy may sensitize resistant tumors to immune-mediated killing. This trial was designed to test this hypothesis by combining agents to induce and augment an immune response in pMMR CRC.
methodsIn this single-center, phase 1/2 trial, eligible patients had pMMR, RECIST v1.1-measurable metastatic CRC, ≥2 prior lines of therapy, and no prior immunotherapy. The primary endpoint was objective response rate. Patients received triplet therapy: CV-301 (CEA/MUC-1 vaccine), N-803 (IL-15 receptor superagonist), bintrafusp alfa (bifunctional anti-PD-L1/TGFβ "trap"), or quadruplet therapy (adding PDS01ADC [tumor-targeted IL-12 immunocytokine]).
resultsBetween September 2020 and September 2022, 32 patients enrolled in triplet (n = 12) and quadruplet (n = 20) therapy. The combinations had toxicity profiles consistent with each individual agent included. One complete response durable for 29+ months occurred in a patient with RAS wild-type CRC metastatic to lymph nodes who received quadruplet therapy.
conclusionQuadruplet therapy produced one objective response in unselected mCRC patients (n = 20). There were no responses with triplet therapy (n = 12). The role of ICB-based combination immunotherapy in pMMR CRC remains unclear. NCT04491955.
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