Clinical Study of VG161 Combined With Nivolumab Injection in Patients With Advanced Metastatic Gastric Cancer

NCT06008925 | Recruiting Phase 1 DMC

• 1 other identifier: VG161-C202
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 43
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

VG161 is a recombinant human-IL12/15/PDL1B oncolytic HSV-1 injection. This study will be conducted in combination with nivolumab injection in HSV seropositive subjects with advanced metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who have previously received two or more systemic treatment regimens (which must include anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies). This is an open-label study divided into two parts. Part 1: This part is an escalating dose trial to explore the safety of the combination and determine the recommended safe dose of the combination. Part 2: This part is an extension trial to investigate the preliminary efficacy of the combination at a safe dose.

Conditions

Metastatic Gastric Cancer

Keywords

Gastric cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Phase Ib:RP2D/MTD

  RP2D/MTD for VG161 in Combination with Nivolumab

  through Phase Ib study completion, an average of 1 year

• Phase Ib:Incidence and number of DLT

  Incidence and number of DLT (dose-limiting toxicity)

  through Phase Ib study completion, an average of 1 year

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa:AE, SAE occurrence and frequency

  Occurrence and frequency of AE (Adverse Event) and SAE（Serious adverse event)

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

• Phase IIa:ORR

  Objective response rate (ORR)

  through Phase IIa study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa:ORR and DCR

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa:PFSand OS

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa:DOR

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa: Immunological indicators

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

• Phase Ib and Phase IIa:Correlation of PD-L1 combined positive score (CPS) with safety and efficacy

  through Phase Ib and Phase IIa study completion, an average of 2 year

Study Arms (1)

Single Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Part1: VG161: 1\) 1.0 × 10 \^ 8 PFU daily on Day 1 of each cycle (D1); 2)1.0 × 10 \^ 8 PFU daily for 2 consecutive days on Days 1-2 of each cycle (D1-D2); 3)1.0 × 10 \^ 8 PFU daily for 3 consecutive days on days 1-3 (D1-D3) in the first cycle; 1.0 × 10 \^ 8 PFU daily for 2 consecutive days on days 1-2 (D1-D2) in the second and subsequent cycles; Nivolumab Injection: 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks (D8, D22) Part2: Depends on the recommended dose in Part1

Drug: Recombinant Human IL12/15-PDL1B Oncolytic HSV-1 Injection (Vero Cell)); Drug: Nivolumab Injection

Interventions

Recombinant Human IL12/15-PDL1B Oncolytic HSV-1 Injection (Vero Cell)) DRUG

Intratumoral injection only. Dosing days may be Day 1 or Days 1-3 only.

Also known as: VG161

Single Arm

Nivolumab Injection DRUG

Administered once at 3 mg/kg intravenously on Days 8 and 22 of each cycle.

Also known as: OPDIVO

Single Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects must give informed consent to this study before the trial and voluntarily sign a written informed consent form.
• aged 18 to 75 years (inclusive), male or female.
• Patients with advanced metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma confirmed by histopathology or cytology.
• According to the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastric Cancer (CSCO, version 2021), patients must have previously failed two or more systemic treatment regimens (which must include anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies), or patients who cannot continue treatment due to severe adverse reactions as judged by the investigator.
• Be able to provide paraffin blocks and/or tissue sections of previously archived pathological tissues, or willing to undergo tumor tissue biopsy before administration.
• The presence of at least one measurable CT scan according to RECIST 1.1 and meeting the requirements for an acceptable injection dose volume (or the first injection dose volume in Phase IIa) in the current dose group, tumor metastases that can be injected under ultrasound guidance (injected lesions are best major tumor burden lesions), and the baseline longest diameter of the injected lesion (lymph node lesions are short diameters) \> 1.5 cm.
• Positive test result for herpes simplex virus I antibodies (HSV-1 IgG or HSV-1 IgM).
• ECOG performance status score 0-1.
• Expected survival time of more than 3 months.
• adequate organ function: 1) blood routine (no blood transfusion or colony-stimulating factor treatment within 14 days): ANC ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L, PLT ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L, Hb ≥ 85 g/L, lymphocyte count ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L (for lymphocyte count 0.8 × 10\^9/L to 1.5 × 10\^9/L, the investigator judged whether to enroll); 2) liver function: TBIL ≤ 1.5 × ULN, ALT ≤ 3 × ULN, AST ≤ 3 × ULN; 3) renal function: Cr ≤ 1.5 × ULN, and creatinine clearance ≥ 45ml/min (calculated according to Cockcroft-Gault formula); 4) coagulation function: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN.
• eligible subjects of childbearing potential (men and women) must agree to use a reliable method of contraception (hormonal or barrier method or abstinence) during the trial and for at least 90 days after the last dose (VG161 or nivolumab, calculated at the later of the day).
• Female patients of childbearing age must have a negative blood pregnancy test within 1 day prior to enrollment.

You may not qualify if:

• \- (Any of the following criteria must be excluded)
• received chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biological therapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and other anti-tumor drugs within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug, of which oral fluorouracil and small molecule targeted drugs were within 2 weeks before the first use of the study drug or within 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever was longer).
• received other unmarketed clinical trial treatment within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug.
• Major organ surgery (excluding needle biopsy) or significant trauma within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug.
• Patients who have received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone \> 10 mg/day or equivalent doses of the same class of drugs) or other immunosuppressive agents within 14 days before the first dose of study drug; except for the following: topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, and inhaled corticosteroids; short-term corticosteroids (≤ 10 mg prednisone equivalent) for prophylaxis (e.g., prevention of contrast agent allergy).
• Vaccination within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug.
• Adverse reactions of previous anti-tumor treatment have not recovered to CTCAE 5.0 grade evaluation ≤ 1 (except alopecia and other toxicities judged by the investigator as having no safety risk).
• Patients with central nervous system metastasis, spinal cord metastasis and/or spinal cord compression.
• patients with active diverticulitis or symptomatic gastrointestinal ulcers;
• in the herpes simplex virus recurrence infection period, and there are corresponding clinical manifestations, such as oral herpes labialis, herpes keratitis herpeticum, genital herpes, etc., or there are herpes infection-related complications (herpes keratitis, encephalitis, nerve injury, etc.), and intermittent or long-term use of anti-herpes drugs (e.g., acyclovir) treatment, except intermittent local use.
• other active uncontrolled infections.
• History of immunodeficiency, including positive HIV antibody test and positive Treponema pallidum antibody test.
• Patients with active chronic hepatitis B or active hepatitis C (except hepatitis B virus carriers, stable hepatitis B after drug treatment \[HBV-DNA test negative or \< 50 IU/ml\] and cured hepatitis C patients \[HCV RNA test negative\]);
• history of serious cardiovascular disease: 1) ventricular arrhythmia requiring clinical intervention; 2) QTc interval \> 480 ms; 3) Acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure, stroke or other Grade III or higher cardiovascular events within 6 months; 4) New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification ≥ II or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 40%; 5) uncontrolled hypertension after treatment (as judged by the investigator).
• Patients with active, or have had and have had autoimmune diseases that may recur (such as interstitial pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, including but not limited to these diseases or syndromes, etc.); but excluding patients with clinically stable autoimmune thyroiditis, autoimmune-mediated hypothyroidism treated with stable doses of thyroid replacement hormone; type I diabetes using stable doses of insulin; vitiligo or recovered childhood asthma/allergy, and patients who do not require any intervention in adulthood.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CNBG-Virogin Biotech (Shanghai) Ltd.: lead

Study Sites (1)

Peking University Cancer Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stomach Neoplasms

Interventions

Nivolumab

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Stomach Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Immunoproteins; Blood Proteins; Proteins; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Serum Globulins; Globulins

Study Officials

• Lin Shen

  Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Lin Shen, Professor

CONTACT

13911219511; doctorshenlin@sina.cn

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 5, 2023
• First Posted: August 24, 2023
• Study Start: November 17, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: August 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)