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RecruitingNCT04887025Updated Feb 6, 2023

Exploratory Study of a Novel Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus RGV004 in the Treatment of Refractory/Relapsed B-cell Lymphoma

A Phase 1 interventional study of RGV004 in Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lymphoma, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-06.

Primary conditionLymphoma, B-CellRegistry: RecurrenceReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Recurrence — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Lymphoma, B-Cell
Why
  1. Recurrence describes something many studies share rather than a condition a study is about.
  2. The study's listed conditions name Lymphoma, B-Cell.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Mar 2023, 3 years 7 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2022; still recruiting 4 years 9 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a dose-escalation, single-arm, single-center open study which aims to evaluate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-dependent toxicity (DLT) of a novel oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing bispecific antibody RGV004 in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma,

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Oncolytic vaccinia virus administered by intratumoral injection

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Conditions studied

  • Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lymphoma

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In context

Lymphoma, B-Cell Reclassified

885 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma, B-Cell; 286 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 34 across 773 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma, B-Cell.

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Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University is the lead sponsor of 1,047 studies on the registry; 502 are open to participants now.

Compared within Lymphoma, B-Cell, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Recurrence. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 years old, the upper limit is 75 years old, there is no restriction on men and women;
  2. score 0-1;
  3. Histological diagnosis of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma (NHL) [diagnostic criteria according to WHO2008], including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) non-specific, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) , Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), transformed follicles Cell lymphoma (TFL) and other indolent B-cell NHL transformants;
  4. CD19 positive (immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry);
  5. DLBCL (refractory) or relapse is defined as: complete remission is not achieved after 2-line treatment; disease appears during any treatment Disease progression, or disease stable time equal to or less than 6 months; or disease progression or recurrence within 12 months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
  6. MCL: Complete remission has not been achieved after 2-line treatment (including BTK inhibitors); disease progression during any treatment, or disease stable time equal to or less than 6 months; or within 12 months after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Disease progression or recurrence;
  7. There is at least one measurable superficial lesion, and any long diameter of the lymph node lesion is greater than 1.5 cm or any long diameter of the extranodal lesion is greater than 1.0 cm, and the PET-CT scan lesion is ingested (SUV is greater than the liver blood pool);
  8. Peripheral blood neutrophil absolute value ≥ 2000/mm3, ≥ 50,000/mm3;
  9. Heart, liver and kidney functions: creatinine \<1.5mg/dL; (alanine aminotransferase) / AST (aspartate aminotransferase) below 2.5 times the ; total \<1.5mg/dL; cardiac ( EF) ≥50%;
  10. Have sufficient understanding and voluntarily sign the form;
  11. Women with fertility must undergo a negative serum pregnancy test and agree to implement effective measures during the treatment phase and within 60 days after the last application of the oncolytic virus;
  12. Male patients must agree to implement effective birth control measures during the study period and within 60 days after the last viral treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. There is a history of other tumors;
  2. Inoculate vaccinia vaccine 3 months before the study treatment and during the study treatment period;
  3. Have received gene therapy or any type of oncolytic virus therapy within 3 months before the study treatment;
  4. Other open wounds;
  5. Active diseases;
  6. Active infection that cannot be controlled;
  7. infection, uncontrolled , , and syphilis infection;
  8. Known lymphoma of the central nervous system;
  9. heart disease;
  10. Allergic to albumin or egg products;
  11. Have undergone similar operations such as organ transplantation;
  12. Systemic treatment of skin diseases is required;
  13. A history of severe systemic reactions or side effects after vaccinia vaccine injection;
  14. Known dependence on alcohol or viruses;
  15. Pregnant or lactating female patients
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(15)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

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.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

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

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

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.

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.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Dose Escalation

    Subjects will be treated with RGV004 as a single injection, one time.

    Biological: RGV004

Interventions

  • BiologicalRGV004

    a genetically-engineered vaccinia virus (encoding CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. To define the Max tolerated dose (MTD) of RGV004

    According to the principle of '3+3' dose escalation, if one patient experiences a Dose limiting Toxicity (DLT), up to three additional patients will be treated at the same dose level. If DLT is observed in only one of six patients treated at a given dose level, the next cohort of three patients will be treated at the next higher dose level. If two or more patients experience DLT at a particular dose level, then the dose escalation will cease and any subsequent patients will be treated at a lower dose level. Thus finding the Max tolerated dose (MTD)

    Time frame: Up to 28 days

  2. Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0

    To evaluate the number of Grade III and above side effects assessed by CTCAE v5.0 for patients who received intratumoral administration of RGV004 injection in patients with R/R B-cell lymphoma.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective remission rate (ORR)

    The percentage of participants who achieved complete remission (CR) and partial remission (PR) over all participants

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. RGV004 viral DNA in blood

    Viral DNA load will be summarized by cohort

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  3. RGV004 viral shedding in saliva

    Viral DNA will be analyzed by qPCR

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  4. RGV004 viral shedding in urine

    Viral DNA will be analyzed by qPCR

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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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

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Feb 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2023, 13 months after the start.

Of 117 non-industry phase 1 interventional studies under Lymphoma, B-Cell, half reached primary completion within 54 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 37 and three quarters within 75. This study's planned 13 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 207 studies reached it within 51 months; a quarter within 37 and three quarters within 78.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 6, 2021
First posted
May 14, 2021
StartActual
Feb 8, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Mar 15, 2023
CompletionEst.
Mar 15, 2025
Last update
Feb 6, 2023
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.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 6, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04887025
Collaborators
Hangzhou Rongu Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 14, 2021
Start date
Feb 8, 2022
Primary completion
Mar 15, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 15, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 6, 2023

Study contacts

Wenbin Qian
Contact
qianwb@zju.edu.cn
+8613605801032
Wenbin Qian
principal investigator · 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Oversight

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