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CancerPhase 1NCT04336241

Study of RP2 Monotherapy and RP2 in Combination With Nivolumab in Patients With Solid Tumors

A Phase 1 study testing RP2 and nivolumab in people with Cancer, run by Replimune, Inc. at 6 sites in 2 countries.

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Trial summary

RP2-001-18 is a Phase 1, multicenter, open label, single agent dose escalation and combination treatment study of RP2 in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors, to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D), as well as to evaluate preliminary efficacy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cancer
What is being tested?
RP2 and nivolumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
36 participants
Where
6 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
17 Oct 2019to 31 Oct 2026
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Willing and able to participate and comply with all trial requirements and able to provide signed and dated informed consent prior to initiation of any trial procedures
  • Male or Female ≥ 18 years of age
  • Patients with advanced or metastatic non-neurological solid tumors, who have progressed on standard therapy or cannot tolerate standard therapy, or for which there is no standard therapy preferred to enrolment in a clinical trial
  • Consent to provide archival tumour biopsy samples within 6 months, or a fresh tumour biopsy is needed. Patients must also consent to provide on-treatment biopsies as per protocol
  • At least one measurable and injectable tumor of ≥ 1 cm in longest diameter (or shorter diameter for lymph nodes).
  • Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test prior to administration of each dose of RP2 or nivolumab
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  • WOCBP must agree to use adequate birth control throughout their participation and for 3 months after RP2 alone and 5 months after nivolumab last study treatment
  • Males with partners of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate birth control throughout their participation and for 3 months for RP2 alone and 7 months after nivolumab last study treatment
  • Have laboratory values (obtained ≤ 28 days prior to first infusion day) in accordance with the study protocol
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1
  • Cohort 2a only:
  • Baseline ECG that does not show abnormalities according to the protocol
  • Baseline troponin < 0.06 ng/mL
  • Baseline oxygen saturation levels that do not show abnormalities according to the protocol
  • Cohort 2b and Part 3 only:
  • Patients in Cohort 2b should have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, or gastrointestinal cancers (including but not limited to colorectal cancer [CRC] [microsatellite stable], gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, and oesophageal cancer) (n=30)
  • Patients with HCC and a diagnosis of hepatitis B must be off antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Patients with acute or chronic hepatitis B or C must be expected to not require antiviral therapy during the RP2 treatment period.
  • Patients with HCC who have evidence of acute or chronic hepatitis C infection must have completed treatment for hepatitis C at least 1 month prior to study enrollment
  • Patients in Part 3 should have solid tumours (excluding skin cancers) that the investigator deems suitable for RP2 monotherapy, including at least 10 patients with liver metastases from prevalent tumour types (e.g. lung, breast [including recurrent chest wall], and gastrointestinal cancers [colorectal, gastric, and oesophageal cancers]) (n=15)
  • Patient has progressed during or after one to three prior systemic anticancer therapies for advanced or metastatic disease or during or within six months of receiving adjuvant therapy. Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are deemed not appropriate candidates for standard-of-care systemic anticancer therapy for advanced or metastatic disease, or who, after documented consultation with their treating physician, refuse standard-of-care systemic anticancer therapy may be eligible after discussion with the medical monitor

Who cannot join

  • Prior treatment with an oncolytic virus therapy
  • History of viral infections according to the protocol
  • Systemic infection requiring IV antibiotics within 14 days prior to dosing
  • Prior complications with herpes infections
  • Chronic use of anti-virals
  • Systemic therapies for cancer within five half-lives or 4 weeks of first dose; whichever is shorter
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  • Conditions that require certain doses of steroids (some doses and types will be permitted)
  • Known active brain metastases - previously treated brain metastases may be permitted
  • Major surgery ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug
  • Prior malignancy active with the previous 3 years; except for locally curable cancers that have apparently been cured
  • Female who has a positive urine pregnancy test or is breast-feeding or planning to become pregnant during study treatment and 90 days for RP2 alone or 5 months for RP2 and nivolumab after the last dose of treatment
  • Participation in another clinical study within 4 weeks prior to the first dose
  • History of myocarditis or congestive heart failure (as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification III or IV), or unstable angina, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled infection, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of randomization
  • History of allergy or sensitivity to study drug components
  • Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperating with the requirements of the study
  • Part 2 patients only:
  • Participants with history of life-threatening toxicity related to prior immune therapy except those that are likely to re-occur with standard countermeasures
  • Treatment with botanical preparations within 2 weeks prior to treatment
  • Certain autoimmune diseases, some types will be permitted
  • History of interstitial lung disease
  • Severe hypersensitivity to another monoclonal antibody
  • Has received radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment
  • Has received a live vaccine within 28 days prior to first dose of study drug
  • History of non-infectious pneumonitis
  • History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study
  • Other serious or uncontrolled medical disorders
  • Cohort 2b and Part 3 (only for the subset of patients with liver metastases suitable and intended for injection)
  • Presence of liver metastases that are estimated to invade more than one-third of the liver
  • Macroscopic intravascular invasion into the main portal vein, hepatic vein or vena cava
  • Significant bleeding event within the last 12 months that places the patient at risk for intrahepatic intratumoral injection procedure based on investigator assessment
  • Prior chemoembolization, radioembolization, or other locoregional liver-directed procedures to the lesion selected for intratumoral injection

Trial locations and contacts

6 sites in 2 countries.

6 sites in 2 countries

Spain3 sites
  • Hospital Universitario d'Hebron

    Barcelona, 119 08035

  • Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro

    Madrid, 10 28050

  • Hospital Clinico de Valencia

    Valencia, 46010

Other trials in Spain

United Kingdom3 sites
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

    Bebington, Merseyside, CH63 4JY

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SW3 6JJ

  • Churchill Hospital

    Oxford, OX3 9DU

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase 1 Study of RP2 as a Single Agent and in Combination With PD1 Blockade in Patients With Solid Tumors

RP2-001-18 is a Phase 1, multicenter, open label, single agent dose escalation and combination treatment study of RP2 in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors, to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D), as well as to evaluate preliminary efficacy.

Read the detailed description

RP2 is a genetically modified herpes simplex type 1 virus (HSV-1) that expresses an anti-CTLA-4 antibody and is designed to directly destroy tumors and to generate an anti-tumor immune response. This is a Phase 1, multicenter, open label, dose escalation and expansion, first-in-human (FIH) clinical study to evaluate the safety and tolerability, biodistribution, shedding, and preliminary efficacy of RP2 alone and in combination with nivolumab in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors.

The study will be conducted in two parts. The first part of the study is an open-label, dose escalation FIH Phase 1 study to assess the safety and tolerability of RP2 and to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) to be used in the second part of the study. The second part of the study is an open label design to further investigate safety of RP2 in combination with nivolumab. It will also assess the biological activity of multiple doses of RP2 in combination with nivolumab. An expansion to the second part of the study will include enrolment of a further 30 patients on RP2 in combination with nivolumab.

Following completion of the expansion in part 2, part 3 will enroll a further 15 patients on RP3 monotherapy.

The expansion to part 2 and part 3 will focus on patients with advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma, lung cancer, breast cancer or GI cancers and patients with liver metastasis.

Conditions
Cancer
Being tested
RP2, nivolumab
Keywords
Uveal Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms, Uveal Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • RP2Biological

    Genetically modified herpes simplex type 1 virus for tumor lysis and immune stimulation

  • nivolumabBiological

    Also called Opdivo

    Programmed death receptor (PD-1) blocking antibody

Study groups in NCT04336241
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Dose escalation of RP2 - superficial tumorsExperimentalDose escalation of RP2 alone in 3 cohorts with IT injections in superficial tumors.
Receives: Biological: RP2
Dose escalation of RP2 - deep/visceral tumorsExperimentalDose escalation of RP2 alone in 3 cohorts with imaging guided IT injections in deep/visceral tumors.
Receives: Biological: RP2
Dose expansion of RP2 and nivolumab - superficial tumorsExperimentalDoses of RP2 (IT) in superficial tumors with nivolumab (IV).
Receives: Biological: RP2; Biological: nivolumab
Dose expansion of RP2 and nivolumab - deep/visceral tumorsExperimentalImaging guided doses of RP2 (IT) in deep/visceral tumors.
Receives: Biological: RP2; Biological: nivolumab
Seronegative cohortExperimentalDoses of RP2 (IT) in HSV seronegative participants.
Receives: Biological: RP2

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Percentage of adverse events (AEs)

    Percentage of subjects with AEs

    Measured: From Day 1 up to 60 days after last dose

  2. Percentage of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Percentage of subjects with SAEs

    Measured: From Day 1 up to 60 days after last dose

  3. Percentage of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs)

    Percentage of subjects with DLTs

    Measured: From Day 1 up to 30 days after last dose.

  4. Percentage of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    Percentage of subjects with TEAEs

    Measured: From Day 1 up to 60 days after last dose.

  5. Percentage of TEAEs ≥ Grade 3

    Percentage of subjects with TEAEs ≥ Grade 3

    Measured: From Day 1 up to 60 days after last dose.

  6. Percentage of events requiring withdrawal

    Percentage of subjects experiencing events requiring withdrawal from treatment.

    Measured: From Day 1 up to last dose (up to 8 weeks for dose escalation phase and up to 2 years for expansion phase)).

  7. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of RP2

    MTD on the safety and response data collected during the dose escalation phase (Part 1).

    Measured: 7 months

  8. Recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of RP2

    RP2D of RP2 based on the safety and response data collected during the dose escalation phase (Part 1).

    Measured: 7 months

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Percentage of biologic activity

    Percentage of subjects with biological activity determined by tumor biopsies and biomarker data

    Measured: 20 weeks

  2. Percentage of subjects with detectable RP2

    Data gathered from blood, urine, swabs of injection site, dressings, and oral mucosa to determine the shedding and biodistribution of RP2.

    Measured: 20 weeks

  3. Change in HSV-1 antibody levels

    Change in HSV-1 antibody levels during treatment compared to baseline

    Measured: From Day 1 up to last dose (up to 4 months for dose escalation phase and up to 5.5 months for expansion phase)).

  4. Percentage of overall response rate (ORR)

    Percentage of ORR.

    Measured: 3 years

  5. Median duration of response

    Median duration of response of subjects

    Measured: 3 years

  6. Median progression-free survival

    Median duration of progression-free survival of subjects

    Measured: 3 years

  7. Median overall survival

    Median overall survival rate of subjects

    Measured: 3 years

  8. Percentage of complete response (CR)

    Percentage of subjects with a CR

    Measured: From Day 1 up to last dose (up to 8 weeks for escalation phase and up to 2 years for expansion phase).

  9. Percentage of partial response (PR)

    Percentage of subjects with a PR

    Measured: From Day 1 up to last dose (up to 8 weeks for escalation phase and up to 2 years for expansion phase).

  10. Percentage of stable disease (SD)

    Percentage of subjects with SD

    Measured: From Day 1 up to last dose (up to 8 weeks for escalation phase and up to 2 years for expansion phase).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Apr 2020
  2. Study start17 Oct 2019
  3. Primary completion31 Oct 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Oct 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Model description
Part 1 - Dose Escalation - Patients will be enrolled into three sequential dose level cohorts. Part 2 - Dose expansion - Patients will receive a fixed dose of RP2 in combination with Nivolumab. Part 3 - Patients will receive four doses of RP2 monotherapy
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
36 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04336241
Sponsor's protocol ID
RP2-001-18
Status last verified
Feb 2026
First submitted
17 Mar 2020
Last updated
27 Feb 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing RP2 and nivolumab in people with Cancer, run by Replimune, Inc. at 6 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 21 inclusion and 31 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 6 sites in Spain, United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Percentage of adverse events (AEs) (time frame: From Day 1 up to 60 days after last dose). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Feb 2026.

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