Table 2 Clinical trials of probiotics as adjuvants in cancer immunotherapy

From: The gut microbiota in cancer immunity and immunotherapy

Cancer type

Study number

Phase

Probiotics

Immunotherapy

Enrollment

Country

Advanced urothelial carcinoma

NCT06904573

Phase 2

Biolosion (Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus paracasei,

Bifidobacterium lactis,

Lactobacillus acidophilus)

Pembrolizumab, Toripalimab

222

China

Bladder urothelial carcinoma

NCT05220124

Phase 4

Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus

ICB

190

China

Liver cancer

NCT05032014

N/A

Lactobacillus rhamnosus Probio-M9

ICB

46

China

Non-small cell lung cancer

NCT04699721

Phase 2

Bifidobacterium trifidum

Nivolumab

60

China

Triple negative breast cancer

NCT06768931

Phase 2

Biolosion (Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus paracasei,

Bifidobacterium lactis,

Lactobacillus acidophilus)

PD-1 blockade

192

China

Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

NCT06428422

N/A

Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04

Nivolumab

100

Turkey

Anal canal squamous cell cancer

NCT03870607

Phase 2

Symbioflor® 1 (Enterococcus faecalis)

ICB

75

Brazil

Advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

NCT06401447

N/A

Clostridium Butyricum MIYAIRI 588

Sintilimab

50

China

Non-small cell lung cancer

NCT05094167

N/A

Lactobacillus Bifidobacterium V9 (Lactobacillus rhamnosus)

ICB

46

China

Renal cell carcinoma

NCT03829111

Phase 1

Clostridium butyricum CBM 588

Ipilimumab, Nivolumab

30

United States

Renal cell carcinoma

NCT05122546

Phase 1

Clostridium butyricum CBM 588

Nivolumab

31

United States

Metastatic colorectal cancer

NCT06823323

N/A

Lactobacillus johnsonii

Pembrolizumab

150

China