Tests PeptiCRAd-1 with pembrolizumab in several injectable solid tumors
Tests PeptiCRAd-1 with pembrolizumab in adults with certain injectable solid tumors.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Valo Therapeutics Oy
- Where
- Candiolo, Milan, Naples, and Rozzano, ItalySee the 4 sitesAlso in 1 other country, 5 sites
- Registry title
- START: Safety and Anti-Tumor Activity of PeptiCRAd-1 in Treatment of Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1
- People taking part
- 15 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Feb 2023
- Expected to end
- 31 May 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- PeptiCRAd-1
- Cyclophosphamide
- Pembrolizumab
- Record updated
- 9 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with certain advanced solid tumours that cannot be operated on, and that can be biopsied and injected. They get PeptiCRAd-1 together with pembrolizumab.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Disease stage
- Inoperable or advanced/metastatic melanoma, triple-negative breast cancer, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, synovial or myxoid round cell sarcoma, osteosarcoma, colorectal cancer or sarcoma. The disease must be measurable (RECIST 1.1), with a tumour that can be biopsied and injected. ECOG/WHO performance status 0 to 1.
- Earlier treatment
- Patients need to qualify for new or continued checkpoint inhibitor therapy, and the cancer has come back after standard therapy or the patient refused it or cannot tolerate it. Earlier checkpoint inhibitor treatment is allowed, with a 6-week break after PD1 or PDL1 treatment. No oncolytic virus treatment or live virus vaccine in the last 4 weeks.
- Biomarker or test result
- Colorectal cancer and sarcoma patients must test positive for NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A3 at the start.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Active infection needing treatment, or known HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or active tuberculosis
- Active autoimmune disease treated with systemic therapy in the past two years
- Active brain or spinal cord (CNS) metastases, or leptomeningeal disease
- History of or planned tissue or organ transplant
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father a child during the study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Written informed consent
- Male or female, ≥18 years of age
- Patients with any 1 of the following histologically confirmed tumors and who qualifies for new or continued CPI therapy and relapsing to/after standard therapy or the patient has refused or does not tolerate standard therapy:; Inoperable/metastatic cutaneous malignant melanoma; Relapsed or newly diagnosed locally advanced inoperable/metastatic TNBC; Inoperable advanced/metastatic non-squamous NSCLC; Inoperable and/or advanced Synovial or myxoid round cell sarcoma; Inoperable and/or advanced osteosarcoma; Inoperable and/or advanced colorectal cancer, patients assessed as positive for NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A3 expression at baseline; Inoperable and/or advanced/metastatic sarcoma, patients assessed as positive for NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A3 expression at baseline
- Measurable disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
- Tumor lesion which is deemed feasible for biopsy and injection
- ECOG/WHO performance status 0 to 1
- Acceptable liver and renal function, defined as:; Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN; does not include patients with Gilbert's Disease), and; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤3.0 x ULN, and; Serum creatinine ≤1.5 x ULN
- Acceptable hematological function, defined as:; Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL, and; Neutrophils ≥1.5 x 109/L, and; Platelet count ≥100 x 109/L Patients may be transfused to meet the hemoglobin entry criteria
- Acceptable coagulation status defined by international normalized ratio (INR) of blood clotting, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time within ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal
- Negative pregnancy test at screening in all women of childbearing potential (WOCBP). Such patients must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (Appendix 1) during study intervention and for 3 months after the last virus treatment, 4 months after the last dose of pembrolizumab, and 12 months after CPO dosing. Male patients and male partners of female patients must also use barrier contraception, i.e., condom, for the time periods specified for WOCBP, plus a further 3 month period; Urine pregnancy tests should have a sensitivity of at least 25 mIU/mL for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). If the urine test is positive, it must be followed by a quantitative analysis of hCG concentration in blood
- Prior therapy with an immune CPI is allowed provided a 6-week washout period is observed for patients with prior programmed cell death (PD)1 or PDL1 treatment
Who cannot take part
- Receipt of any oncolytic virus treatment, or administration of a vaccine containing live virus within 4 weeks before Day 1
- Use of significant immunosuppressive medication, including high dose corticosteroid (defined as the equivalent of >10 mg/day prednisone) within 4 weeks before Day 1. Inhaled or topical corticosteroid use is allowed
- Prior or concomitant radiotherapy within 4 weeks before Day 1
- Participation in a study with an investigational drug or device within 4 weeks prior to Day 1
- Concomitant disease or condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose an unacceptable risk to the patient, if included in this study
- Any concomitant medical condition requiring receipt of a therapeutic anticoagulant that, in the opinion of the treating physician, cannot safely be withheld to allow for repeated injection of PeptiCRAd 1 and tumor biopsies
- Prior or concurrent malignancy, unless the natural history or treatment of the disease does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen
- Active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that requires systemic therapy
- Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past two years
- Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C or active tuberculosis
- Known active central nervous system metastases. Patients with leptomeningeal disease, carcinomatous meningitis, symptomatic brain metastases, or radiographic signs of CNS hemorrhage are excluded; Note: Participants with asymptomatic brain metastases (i.e. off corticosteroids and anticonvulsants for at least 7 days) are permitted
- History of or planned tissue / organ transplant
- Any prior severe AE according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), severe hypersensitivity reaction attributed to prior anti-PD1 or PDL1 therapy or components of the study intervention or has a history of any contraindication that, in the investigator's opinion, would contraindicate pembrolizumab administration such as:; Resolution of side effect of prior anti-PD1 or PDL1 therapy to Grade 1; Grade 2 or higher pneumonitis; Grade 4 AST or ALT elevation; Grade 3 or higher colitis attributable to immunotherapy Note: in the absence of clinical symptoms of pancreatitis, elevations of amylase or lipase are not contraindications to therapy on this trial
- Females who are pregnant or breast feeding or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study starting with the screening visit or males expecting to father children within the projected duration of the study starting with the screening visit
- Unwillingness or inability to comply with the study protocol for any reason
- Admission to an institution by virtue of an order issued by the judicial or administrative authorities
- Sponsor or Contract Research Organization employees, or employees under the direct supervision of the investigator or the investigational sites and/or involved directly in the study
Where in Italy
Also in 1 other country, 5 sites
- Istituto di Candiolo Fondazione del Piemonte per l'oncologia IRCCSCandiolo, ItalyTaking people
- Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.Milan, ItalyTaking people
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di NapoliNaples, ItalyTaking people
- Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.Rozzano, ItalyTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study is being conducted to explore the immunological mechanism of action of Peptide-coated Conditionally Replicating Adenovirus-1 (PeptiCRAd-1) plus Checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy in multiple cancer types, as well as to obtain early information on the safety of this combination therapy.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Cohort 1Treatment being tested
Patients in Cohort 1 are treated with PeptiCRAd-1 administered i.t.
Treatment: PeptiCRAd-1, Cyclophosphamide, and Pembrolizumab
- Cohort 2Treatment being tested
Patients in Cohort 2 are treated with PeptiCRAd-1 administered i.t. and s.c.
Treatment: PeptiCRAd-1, Cyclophosphamide, and Pembrolizumab
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immune Activity of PeptiCRAd-1 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Injectable Solid Tumors in Indications Known to Express NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A3
- Plain-language title
- Tests PeptiCRAd-1 with pembrolizumab in several injectable solid tumorsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 10 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 9 November 2026