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TerminatedNCT03351855Updated Nov 3, 2026

HPV Specific Immune Lymphocytes (HPV-CTLs) in the Treatment of HPV

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of HPV-CTLs in Human Papilloma Virus, sponsored by Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute. Terminated at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-03.

Sponsored by Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
6 Months to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IV-infused autologous or allogenic HPV-CTLs.

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Human papilloma viruses (HPV) have been consistently implicated in causing cervical cancer especially those high-risk types (HPV 16, 18, 31, 45). Around 50-80% of women are infected by HPV within their whole lives. The current treatment of HPV-positive mainly includes drug, cryotherapy, laser, microwave, surgery and so on. Some treatments are convenient, but easy to cause pain or infection and there is still a greater risk of recurrence after treatment.

Adoptive immunotherapy with cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) reactive with specific viral antigens has proven to be effective. Here, the investigators aim to evaluate the safety and efficacy of multiple infusions of HPV specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes cells in patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Human Papilloma Virus

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Keywords

  • Human papilloma virus
  • Cytotoxic lymphocyte
  • HPV-CTL
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In context

Papilloma

88 studies on the registry are indexed under Papilloma; 19 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 100 is below the median of 119 across 64 interventional studies indexed under Papilloma.

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Lead sponsor

Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute is the lead sponsor of 70 studies on the registry; 44 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Months to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Written, obtained prior to any study-specific procedures.
  2. Evidence of HPV virus activation (viral DNA) or high risk of HPV infection.
  3. Not suitable for routine treatment or invalid to antiviral drugs.
  4. Patients with viral disease symptoms and confirmed by , regardless of the level of virus DNA.
  5. Age less than 75 years.
  6. Did not use Penicillin or β-lactam antibiotics, or the lowest dose of other antibiotics.
  7. Initial hematopoietic reconstitution: neutrophils (ANC) ≥ 1,000/mm\^3, (PLT) ≥ 1,000/mm\^3.
  8. Proper renal and hepatic functions ( denotes "upper limit of normal range"): Creatinine ≤ 2*ULN, ≤ 2*ULN, / SGPT ≤ 3*ULN.
  9. If HPV-CTL is not from the patient's own, then the provider of HPV-CTL needs to meet the following criteria:

    • did not receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to blood collection, and did not take any for the previous week, did not use Penicillin or β-lactam antibiotics, or the lowest dose of other antibiotics.
    • white blood cells ≥ 3,500 / μl, lymphocytes ≥ 750 / μl.
  10. (HIV) test was negative.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject or the donor of BMT recipient infected with (HCV antibody positive), (HBsAg positive), (HIV antibody positive), HTLV (HTLV antibody positive), Treponema pallidum antibody positive or TB culture positive.
  2. Subject is albumin-intolerant.
  3. Subject with less than 8 weeks.
  4. Subject participated in other somatic cell therapies within past 30 days.
  5. Subject with positive pregnancy test result.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(12)

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Biopsy and archival tissue

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Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

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Bilirubin

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Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Life expectancy

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Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    HPV-CTLs

    Autologous or allogenic HPV specific cytotoxic lymphocytes

    Biological: HPV-CTLs

Interventions

  • BiologicalHPV-CTLs

    2 to 4 infusions, once a week, for 1x10\^5\~4x10\^6 CTLs/kg by IV each time

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety of HPV-CTLs in patients using CTCAE version 4.0 standard to evaluate the level of adverse events

    Physiological parameter (measuring cytokine response, fever, symptoms)

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Viral load response

    The viral load response to the CTLs infusion will be assessed by HPV specific PCR of peripheral blood.

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Treatment Responses

    Disease status is defined by the biochemical markers (measuring HPV concentration and so on) to get the outcomes such as complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or progressive disease (PD).

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Shenzhen Geno-immune Medical Institute
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jun 2026 to primary completion in Jul 2026, 1 month.

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Registered
Nov 20, 2017
First posted
Nov 24, 2017
StartActual
Jun 1, 2026
Primary completionActual
Jul 1, 2026
CompletionActual
Jul 31, 2026
Last update
Nov 3, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Minor edits
Nothing that changes what the study is or who can join. Edited: verification date
1 update, last Nov 3, 2026
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  1. Nov 3, 2026
    Minor edits only
    + 1 other change: verification date

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03351855
Lead sponsor
Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute
Responsible party
Lung-Ji Chang (President, Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 24, 2017
Start date
Jun 1, 2026
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2026
Completion
Jul 31, 2026
Last update
Nov 3, 2026

Study contacts

Lung-Ji Chang, PhD
principal investigator · Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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