Bacteria engineered to invade tumors put to the test
NCT ID NCT06889675
First seen Oct 20, 2026 · Last updated Oct 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing YB1-X7, an engineered Salmonella bacteria designed to collect in oxygen-starved tumor tissue and release a payload that kills cancer cells. The trial enrolls adults with advanced or metastatic solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatment or lack one. Participants receive YB1-X7 either injected directly into a tumor or infused into a vein, and some also receive the immune checkpoint drug toripalimab. The study's main goals are to find a safe dose, track side effects, and measure how the body handles the therapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- YB1-X7, an engineered Salmonella bacteria that grows inside tumors and releases a therapeutic payload
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new option for people whose advanced solid tumors have stopped responding to standard treatment, either alone or combined with an immune checkpoint drug.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early, small dose-escalation study, so most questions about benefit and the right dose remain open. Engineered bacteria can trigger fever, infection-like reactions, or immune responses, and the body may clear the therapy before it reaches the tumor.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥18 years, no gender limitatlon 2. Subjects with advanced or metastatic solid tumors confirmed by pathological histology. 3. Subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors for whom standard treatment has failed or no other effective standard treatment available. 4. At least one measurable solid tumor by RECIST 1.1. 5. Subjects assigned to intratumoral injection must have at least one tumor that is suitable for biopsy or intratumoral injection. 6. Life expectancy must be at least 3 months. 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score 0-1. 8. Male and female subjects of childbearing potential should take effective contraceptive measures. ① Fertile women and men must agree to use acceptable contraceptive methods from the start of informed consent until at least 6 months after the last administration. 9. Laboratory blood test results during the screen period: (1)No blood cell growth factors received within 14 days prior to testing. ① Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×109/L. ② Platelets≥90×109/L. Hemoglobin ≥90 g/L (blood transfusion is allowed to correct). (2) Serum albumin \>30 g/L, total bilirubin \<1.5×ULN, ALT and AST \<2.5×ULN; for subjects with liver metastasis, ALT and AST \<5×ULN; creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula) or Cr \<1.5×ULN; (3) Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) \<1.5×ULN. 10\. Subjects understand the study and willing to sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1.Pregnant or breastfeeding women. Subjects known to have a history of abuse of psychiatric drugs, alcoholism, or drug use. 3.Subjects who have previously undergone oncolytic bacteria treatment. 4.Subjects planning to surgery, radiation therapy, or other local treatments for target lesions during the study. 5.Subjects known to be allergic to the study drug or any of its excipients. 6.Subjects allergic or intolerant to antibiotics sensitive to Salmonella, such as amikacin cefpirome, ciprofloxacin,cefotaxime,meropenem. 7.Subjects currently using antibiotics. 8.Subjects who have not recovered fom adverse reactions of prior treatments (treatment-related toxicity grade≤2, except for hair loss, pigmentation, and other tolerable events determined by the investigator). 9.Subjects with active auto-immune diseases or prior diseases with recurrence potential (such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, etc.), except for clinically stable autoimmune thyroiditis. 10.Subjects with active or uncontrolled infections or unexplained fever≥38.5℃, including but not limited to bacterial infections, tuberculosis, herpes virus infections syphilis infections. 11.Subjects who underwent major surgery within 3 months prior to the first dose of the study drug (except for biopsies for diagnostic purposes). 12.Subjects who have received any anti-tumor treatment within 28 days or 5 half-lives prior to the first dose of the study drug, including chemotherapy, cell therapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy,biological agents, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, tumor drug embolization therapy. 13.Subjects who received radiation therapy within 28 days prior to the first dose of the study drug (except for local radiation therapy for pain relief). 14.Subjects who receive (live attenuated) virus vaccines: within 28 days prior to the first dose of the study drug, or during the study period or within 60 days after the last dose of the study drug. Subjects who have used immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days prior to the first dose of the study drug (i.e., prednisone≥10 mg/day, dexamethasone≥1.5 mg/day), except for corticosteroid nasal sprays and inhaled corticosteroids or physiological doses of systemic corticosteroids (i.e., prednisone not exceeding 10 mg/day)or equivalent physiologica doses of other corticosteroids. 16\. Subjects with known, uncontrolled, or symptomatic active central nervous system conditions. 17\. Subjects with existing clinical symptoms or pooely controlled heart disease: 1. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class ≥II; 2. Unstable angina; 3. Myocardial infarction within the past year; Subjects with clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias needing treatment or intervention; Medicaion uncontrolled hypertension or hypotension (determined by the investigator); Subjects with valvular heart disease or mitral valve prolapse, aortic valve disease; Severe myocardial diseases. 18.Subjects known to have peripheral thromboembolic vascular diseases, aneurysms, or arterial/venous malformations. 19.Subjects Known allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 20.Subjects who are positive for Treponema pallidum antibodies, individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). 21.Subjects with active hepatitis B (HBsAg positive and/or HBcAb positive with HBV-DNA ≥2000 IU/mL or requiring antiviral treatment), or those who test positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies; or subjects co-infection with hepatitis B and C. 22.Other reasons unsuitable for the study as determined by the investigator. 23. Subjects with a known allergy to the active ingredient or any listed excipients of the PD-1 inhibitor. 24\. Subjects with a history of intolerance to a PD-1 inhibitor.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGLangfang, Hebei, China
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