Can an antiviral drug stop RSV in vulnerable patients?
NCT ID NCT06817889
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether the antiviral drug remdesivir can help treat RSV (a common respiratory virus) in people whose immune systems are weakened by certain cancer treatments or autoimmune therapies. About 60 adults with confirmed RSV will receive remdesivir intravenously. The main goal is to see if it reduces the need for extra oxygen, which would indicate less severe lung infection.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- remdesivir
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a treatment option for RSV in people with weakened immune systems, potentially preventing serious lung infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Remdesivir may not reduce oxygen needs, and side effects are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: * Aged ≥ 18 years * Willing and able to provide written informed consent, or with a legal representative who can provide informed consent (where locally approved) * RSV confirmed by local lab testing via nucleic acid amplification test (e.g. polymerase chain reaction \[PCR\] or respiratory viral panel \[RVP\]) using an upper respiratory tract sample collected within the 5 days prior to day 1 (RDV dosing) * Symptomatic RSV infection of the upper respiratory tract, with symptom onset and positive microbiologic testing within the 5 days prior to day 1 (RDV dosing). Symptomatic RSV infection is defined as having new upper respiratory symptom(s) or worsening of a pre-existing upper respiratory symptom (if chronic and associated with a previously existing diagnosis, such as chronic lung disease, chronic rhinorrhea, or seasonal allergies) * Receiving treatment for a refractory or relapsed hematologic malignancy, or received a hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT), chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CARTx), or bispecific antibody (bsAb) therapy within the past 365 days (relative to RSV diagnosis date) * Categorized as moderate-risk (overall score 3-6) or high-risk (overall score 7-10) per an adapted version of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) for RSV, as below, relative to the day of RSV diagnosis: * 1 point: * Recent (within the prior 30 days) allogeneic HCT, autologous HCT, or CARTx * Corticosteroids within the prior 30 days for management of graft versus host disease (GVHD) or cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). * 2 points: * Age ≥ 40 years * 3 points: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 500 cells/μL within the prior 7 days * Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) \< 200 cells/µL within the prior 7 days * Oxygen saturation (SpO2) 93% or greater on room air and at rest (to be measured after participant has rested in a quiet room for ≥ 2 minutes, with oxygen \[O2\] saturation probe on finger or earlobe for ≥ 1 minute, with saturation reading remaining ≥ 93%) at screening * Willingness to take study drug and complete necessary study procedures * Participants of childbearing potential who engage in heterosexual intercourse must agree to use protocol-specified method(s) of contraception as described Exclusion Criteria: * Received or receiving an approved or authorized direct-acting antiviral therapy with potential efficacy against RSV (e.g. ribavirin) for ≥ 24 hours within the prior 7 days, and/or expected to receive anti-RSV direct-acting antiviral therapies for RSV during the course of the study at the time of screening * Received or receiving investigational direct-acting antiviral therapies against RSV for the current RSV episode * Received any investigational anti-RSV monoclonal antibodies or off-label use of approved anti-RSV monoclonal antibodies within \< 4 months or \< 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before screening, or expected to receive anti-RSV monoclonal antibodies during the course of the study at the time of screening * Received an RSV vaccine after cellular therapy or after starting the current antitumor therapeutic regimen * Participation in any other concurrent clinical trial of an experimental treatment for RSV, including RSV vaccines * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 5 times the upper limit of normal within 7 days prior to screening * Unable to tolerate nasal sampling required for this study, as determined by the investigator (e.g., history of significant epistaxis, nasopharyngeal anatomical abnormalities, nasal or sinus surgery) * A life expectancy of three months or less, as determined by the investigator * Pregnant, as determined by a Point-of-Care urine pregnancy test or reported by the patient or their electronic health record within 7 days of screening * Receiving, requiring, or expected to require supplemental oxygen for RSV-related illness or SpO2 \< 93% at rest \< 24 hours prior to study drug administration * Previous infection or treatment for RSV, or previous treatment or hospitalization for another respiratory viral infection, \< 28 days before screening * Documented positive test for other respiratory viruses concomitantly (limited to influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, or coronavirus \[including SARS-CoV-2\]) ≤ 7 days prior to screening, as determined by local testing (additional testing not required) * Clinically significant bacteremia or fungemia ≤ 7 days prior to screening and not adequately treated, as determined by the investigator * Clinically significant bacterial, fungal, or viral pneumonia within two (2) weeks prior to screening and not adequately treated, as determined by the investigator * Clinically significant symptoms of CRS or ICANS within the prior 72 hours before screening that is not adequately controlled, as determined by the investigator * Any inability to take study drug or comply with study procedures that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to the study drug, its metabolites, or formulation excipients
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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