Cancer-Killing virus trial launches for Hard-to-Treat tumors
NCT ID NCT05914376
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial tests a modified virus called hV01 in 24 adults with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The virus is injected directly into tumors and is designed to kill cancer cells while also boosting the immune system. The main goals are to check safety, find the right dose, and see how the virus behaves in the body.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a modified vaccinia virus (hV01) that carries a human immune-boosting protein (IL-21)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new way to shrink advanced solid tumors by using a virus to attack cancer cells and boost the immune system.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) trial with only 24 people, so it is mainly checking safety. The virus may not work well in all patients, and side effects could be serious.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 to 75 years
- 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: * Signing an informed consent form. * Men or women aged 18 to 75 years. * Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed advanced malignant solid tumors refractory or failed to respond to standard therapy (including disease progression and/or intolerable toxicities). * At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1 criteria, which can be injected intratumorally either directly or with the assistance of medical imaging equipment such as B-ultrasound or CT. The baseline longest diameter (shortest diameter for lymph node lesions) of the lesion targeted for injection should be more than 1.5 cm, and the lesion also meets the requirements of the relevant dosing volume. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. * Life expectancy of at least 3 months. * Required baseline laboratory data include: 1. Hematology: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×10\^9/L, platelet (PLT) count ≥ 75×10\^9/L, hemoglobin (Hb) ≥90 g/L (without supportive therapy within 14 days prior to laboratory test); 2. Liver function: serum total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤1.5×ULN (or ≤3×ULN for patients with Gilbert's syndrome or liver metastasis); aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤3×ULN (or\<5×ULN for patients with primary liver cancer or liver metastasis); 3. Renal function: serum creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5×ULN, and creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault method) ≥45 mL/min. For men: creatinine clearance = \[\[140-age(yr)\]×weight (kg)\]/\[0.818×creatinine (μmol/L)\]; For women: creatinine clearance = \[\[140-age(yr)\]×weight (kg)×0.85\]/\[0.818×creatinine (μmol/L)\]; 4. Coagulation test: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN; international normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5×ULN. * Female patients of childbearing age must have a negative serum pregnancy test. Female patients of childbearing age and male patients whose partners are of childbearing age must agree to use medically approved contraceptive measures (hormonal or barrier methods or abstinence) throughout the treatment period and also within 3 months after the last dose of the investigational drug. Male patients must also avoid sperm donation. Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving any of the following anti-tumor treatments within a specified time period: 1. Systemic anti-tumor treatment, including chemotherapy, large-molecule targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and endocrine therapy within 4 weeks before first dose (within 6 weeks of dosing for nitrosourea or mitomycin C); 2. Small-molecule targeted therapy within 2 weeks before first dose or within 5 half-lives of the small-molecule targeted drug (whichever is longer); 3. Traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese herbal medicine used as anti-tumor agent within 2 weeks before first dose; 4. Radiotherapy (excluding palliative radiotherapy) within 2 weeks before first dose; 5. Prior oncolytic virus treatment. * Acute toxic effects from prior treatments not resolved to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE, v5.0) grade 1 or below, except for toxicities deemed safe by the investigator, such as alopecia. * Patients with clinical symptoms of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis or meningeal metastasis, or other evidence indicating that CNS or meningeal metastases are not controlled. * Known or suspected active autoimmune diseases (including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis). * Previous allogeneic stem cell or organ transplantation. * History of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, including: 1. Acute coronary syndrome (including myocardial infarction, severe or unstable angina), myocarditis, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accidents, or other cardiovascular events of CTCAE (v5.0) grade 3 or higher within 12 months of dosing; 2. Severe arrhythmia requiring clinical intervention (such as ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or torsades de pointes), corrected QT interval (QTc) \>450 ms for males or \>470 ms for females, or a family history of long QT syndrome; 3. New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification of class II or above, or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50%; 4. Uncontrolled hypertension (as judged by the investigator) or hypotension despite standard treatment. * Any uncontrolled active infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy (graded 2 or higher according to CTCAE v5.0), including but not limited to active tuberculosis, sepsis, bacteremia, fungemia, and viremia. * Any of the following infections: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis spirochete(TP), active hepatitis C (positive HCV RNA test) or active hepatitis B (positive HBsAg and HBV DNA ≥ 2000 IU/mL or ≥10\^4 copies/mL). * Use of immunomodulatory drugs within 2 weeks of dosing, including but not limited to thymosin, interleukin, interferon. * Pregnant or lactating women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, China
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Zhejiang People's Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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