Phase 1 Clinical Trial of FluBHPVE6E7 Immunotherapy for HPV16-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorBlueSky Immunotherapies GmbH

About this trial

A clinical study of an immunotherapy in patients with head or neck cancers associated with the HPV16 virus

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

T2N2-3, M0

T3N0-3, M0

T4N0-3, M0

Primary tumour accessible for biopsy and intratumoural administration

Disqualifiers

Distant metastases

Secondary, not HPV16-associated, malignancy

History of malignancy other than the target malignancy to be investigated in this trial unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry AND no additional therapy is required during the study period

Clinically significant out of range haematological, renal or hepatic laboratory tests which cannot be explained by the underlying disease

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • FluBHPVE6E7

    Biological/Vaccine

    Intratumoral administration for first dose followed by intramuscular administration for subsequent doses at recommended dose level and determined schedule.

Treatment groups

12 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Frequency and severity of adverse events (AEs)

To assess the severity of the adverse event is assessed according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), version 5.0.

Time frame
7 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Intralesional T-cell infiltration

To assess the intralesional T-cell infiltration in tumour tissue available from surgery or biopsy by immunohistological staining.

Time frame
24 weeks
2

Biodistribution

To evaluate the presence of FluBHPVE6E7 by quantification of FluBHPVE6E7 genome copies in nasal secretion samples by RT-qPCR (copies per ml blood).

Time frame
24 weeks
3

Virus recovery in oropharyngeal secretion samples

To evaluate the presence of FluBHPVE6E7 by quantification of FluBHPVE6E7 genome copies in oropharyngeal secretion samples by RT-qPCR (copies per sample).

Time frame
7 days
4

Virus recovery in saliva

To evaluate the presence of FluBHPVE6E7 by quantification of FluBHPVE6E7 genome copies in saliva samples by RT-qPCR (copies per sample).

Time frame
7 days

Other outcomes

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