Experimental combo targets Hard-to-Treat HPV cancers

NCT ID NCT03260023

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a combination of two drugs—TG4001 (a biologic that targets HPV) and avelumab (an immunotherapy)—in people with advanced HPV-16 cancers that cannot be removed by surgery or cured by radiation. The trial has two phases: first, to find a safe dose, and second, to see if the combination shrinks tumors better than avelumab alone. About 143 participants with cervical, anal, penile, or vulvar cancers are being enrolled.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

TG4001 (a vaccine-like biologic) and avelumab (an immunotherapy drug)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced HPV-16 cancers that have stopped responding to other therapies.

What could go wrong

This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1/2) with a small number of participants. The combination may cause serious side effects, and it is not yet known if it works better than existing treatments.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anal squamous cell carcinoma cervical carcinoma human papillomavirus-related penile squamous cell carcinoma human papillomavirus-related squamous cell carcinoma neoplasm vaginal squamous cell carcinoma vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU Besançon

    Besançon, France

  • CLCC Georges-François Leclerc

    Dijon, France

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon, France

  • Centre Paul Strauss - ICANS - Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe

    Strasbourg, France

  • Fundación de Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos

    Madrid, Spain

  • Fundación de Investigación biomédica H. 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hopital de la Timone

    Marseille, France

  • Hospital General de Valencia

    Valencia, Spain

  • Hospital Virgen de La Victoria

    Málaga, Spain

  • Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

    Granada, Spain

  • Hôpital Saint André - CHU de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

  • Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar - Hôpital Pasteur

    Colmar, France

  • I.C.O. Gauducheau

    Saint-Herblain, France

  • I.C.O. Paul Papin

    Angers, France

  • ICO Badalona - Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol

    Badalona, Spain

  • Institut Claudius Regaud - IUCT - Oncopole

    Toulouse, France

  • Institut Curie

    Paris, France

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, France

  • Mayo Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States