Cancer-Fighting viruses take on advanced tumors in early trial
NCT ID NCT07656116
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 1 trial tests whether specially designed viruses (VSV-based oncolytic viruses) can safely treat advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The viruses are injected into the body to infect and destroy cancer cells. The study focuses on safety and tolerability, while also monitoring tumor response. About 27 adults with advanced solid tumors will participate.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- VSV-based recombinant oncolytic viruses
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 1 trial with a small number of participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet established. The viruses may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
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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 27 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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.
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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. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form, understand this study, and agree to comply with the protocol and complete all trial procedures 2. Be at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the ICF, with no gender restrictions. 3. Patients with advanced solid tumors confirmed by histopathological/cytological examination of primary and/or metastatic lesions. 4. Patients who have failed standard therapy, lack a standard last-line treatment option, or are medically ineligible for standard therapy. 5. Subjects with an ECOG performance status of 0-2 and an estimated survival of ≥12 weeks. 6. Adequate organ and hematopoietic function: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/LPlatelet count ≥ 75 × 10⁹/L (no platelet transfusion or thrombopoietin (TPO) therapy within 2 weeks prior to first dose)Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L (no blood transfusion within 2 weeks)Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or creatinine clearance (CCr) ≥ 50 mL/min Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 × ULN for patients with liver metastases, AST and ALT \< 5 × ULN, Serum total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 2 × ULN, International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, or activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN 7. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days prior to treatment initiation. 8. Male and female subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use reliable contraception during the trial and for at least 6 months after the last dose. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects with other active malignancies within the past 5 years. Exceptions include subjects who have achieved complete remission and require no follow-up treatment, and subjects with malignancies within the scope of the indication. 2. Lesions intended for injection with a maximum diameter \>100 mm; 3. Subjects who have participated in or are currently participating in other drug or medical device clinical trials within the past 4 weeks; 4. Subjects scheduled for or who have previously undergone tissue/organ transplantation; 5. Subjects with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection who have experienced AIDS-related opportunistic infections within the past 12 months, or who have a CD4+ T-cell (CD4+) count \< 350 cells/uL Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) at screening, with HBV-DNA above the lower limit of detection patients with positive HCV antibody at screening and HCV-RNA above the lower limit of detection subjects with positive syphilis serology 6. Subjects requiring antiviral medication during the study period or within 5 half-lives of antiviral medication at the time of first dosing. 7. Subjects requiring therapeutic anticoagulant medication during the study period. 8. Subjects with uncontrolled active infection of ≥Grade 3 severity according to CTCAE v5.0 that is clinically significant 9. Received antineoplastic therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biologic therapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) within 4 weeks prior to first dose Received small-molecule targeted therapy or oral fluorouracil-based agents within 2 weeks prior to first dose or within 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) Received Chinese herbal medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine with antitumor indications within 2 weeks prior to first dose Received Chinese herbal medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine with antitumor indications within 2 weeks prior to first dose Received nitrosourea or mitomycin C within 6 weeks prior to first dose Palliative radiotherapy for non-target lesions is permitted (≥2 weeks prior to first dose) 10. Uncontrolled hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, or unstable angina myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, or stenting within 6 months prior to dosing history of chronic heart failure at New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III-IV Severe arrhythmias requiring treatment (excluding atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia deemed by the investigator to have no impact on the trial), including QTcF ≥ 450 ms in males or ≥ 470 ms in females (calculated using Fridericia's formula) cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 6 months prior to enrollment
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Scienc
RECRUITINGLangfang, Hebei, China
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