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MAGE-C2 TCR T Cell Trial to Treat Melanoma and Head and Neck Cancer

Is NCT04729543 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 1/2 trial studies Adoptive therapy with autologous MC2 TCR T cells for melanoma.

Phase 1/2RecruitingErasmus Medical CenterNCT04729543Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Adoptive therapy with autologous MC2 TCR T cellsSingle-centre, first-in-man phase I/II trial to demonstrate safety and efficacy of MAGE-C2/HLA-A2 TCR T cells (MC2 TCR T cells) in advanced melanoma (MEL) and head-and-neck carcinoma (HNSCC).

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Melanoma

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Biomarker criteria

Required: HLA-A A*0201

Patients must be HLA-A2*0201 positive

Required: MAGEC2 expression >5% tumor cells (>5% of tumor cells)

Primary tumor and/or metastasis (archival or fresh biopsy) is positive for MC2 (>5% of tumor cells) according to immunohistochemistry

Disease stage

Required: Stage IV

unresectable or metastatic cutaneous or mucosal melanoma; metastatic uveal melanoma; R/M HSNCC

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

Min 1 prior line

Must have received: standard systemic therapy — melanoma: unresectable/metastatic; uveal melanoma: metastatic; HNSCC: recurrent/metastatic

no standard treatment is available (anymore); progressing after standard of care therapy, if available; must have had objective evidence of disease progression while on or after standard systemic therapy

Cannot have received: allogenic bone marrow or solid organ transplant

Prior allogenic bone marrow or solid organ transplant

Lab requirements

Blood counts

absolute neutrophil count greater than 1.5x10^9/L; platelet count greater than 75x10^9/L; hemoglobin greater than 5 mmol/L or 8.0 in g/dl

Kidney function

serum creatinine < 1.5 ULN

Liver function

serum ALAT/ASAT less than 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), unless patients have liver metastasis (<5 times ULN); total bilirubin ≤ 20 micromol/L, except in patients with Gilbert's Syndrome who must have a total bilirubin ≤ 50 micromol/L

Patients must meet the following laboratory values at the screening visit in the absence of growth factors and/or transfusion support: Hematology: absolute neutrophil count greater than 1.5x10^9/L; platelet count greater than 75x10^9/L; hemoglobin greater than 5 mmol/L or 8.0 in g/dl; Chemistry: serum ALAT/ASAT less than 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), unless patients have liver metastasis (<5 times ULN); serum creatinine < 1.5 ULN; total bilirubin ≤ 20 micromol/L, except in patients with Gilbert's Syndrome who must have a total bilirubin ≤ 50 micromol/L

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