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NCT04444622: STIMVAX
Immunotherapy for Third Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Phase 2 trial testing AlloStim in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in 29 participants. Completed in 31 March 2025.
31 March 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Mirror Biologics, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 29 |
| Start date | 12 July 2021 |
| Primary completion | 31 March 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 31 March 2025 |
| Sites | 4 locations across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- AlloStim — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Metastatic Colorectal Cancer — all drugs for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer →
Sponsor
Mirror Biologics, Inc. — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This is a Phase IIB multi-site, open label study of a next generation immunotherapy for third-line MSI-S metastatic colorectal cancer using an "off-the-shelf", non-genetically manipulated living immune cell product (AlloStim) derived from the blood of healthy donors.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Intratumor heterogeneity: the hidden barrier to immunotherapy against MSI tumors from the perspective of IFN-γ signaling and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
Wu W, Liu Y, Zeng S, Han Y, et al · · 2021 · cited 62× · PMID 34620200 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-021-01166-3 -
STING Protein-Based In Situ Vaccine Synergizes CD4<sup>+</sup> T, CD8<sup>+</sup> T, and NK Cells for Tumor Eradication.
He Y, Hong C, Huang S, Kaskow JA, et al · · 2023 · cited 13× · PMID 37015729 · DOI 10.1002/adhm.202300688 -
Breaking barriers: Smart vaccine platforms for cancer immunomodulation.
Gomari MM, Ghantabpour T, Pourgholam N, Rostami N, et al · · 2025 · cited 5× · PMID 39901621 · DOI 10.1002/cac2.70002 -
Clinical Applications of Combined Immunotherapy Approaches in Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Case-Based Review.
Eralp Y, Ates U. · · 2023 · cited 2× · PMID 37896948 · DOI 10.3390/vaccines11101545 -
Immunotherapy for precision medicine in colorectal cancer.
Cao M, Xu M, Bairmani Z, Bashir B, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41040627 · DOI 10.1080/23808993.2025.2560303 -
AlloStim<sup>®</sup> Immunotherapy Demonstrates Strong Survival Signal in Third-Line Microsatellite Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Results of a Phase 2B Clinical Trial
Hirschfeld A, Al Hallak MN, Cusnir M, Yang X, et al · · 2025 · DOI 10.20944/preprints202508.1292.v1 -
Objective Response after Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in a Chemotherapy-Refractory pMMR/MSS Metastatic Rectal Cancer Patient Primed with Experimental AlloStim® Immunotherapy.
Hirschfeld A, Gurell D, Har-Noy M. · · 2024 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4166800/v1 -
Harnessing allogeneic CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells to reinvigorate host endogenous antitumor immunity.
Mochizuki K. · · 2023 · PMID 37880140 · DOI 10.5387/fms.23-00001
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT04444622
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Other Mirror Biologics, Inc. trials
Trials by the same sponsor.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04444622 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mirror Biologics, Inc.
- Last refreshed: 20 October 2025
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