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Efficacy & Safety of Olvimulogene Nanivacirepvec & Platinum-doublet + Physician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Compared to Docetaxel in NSCL Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec and Platinum chemotherapy: carboplatin or cisplatin in Advanced Non-squamous Non-small-cell Lung Cancer, Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Metastatic Non-squamous Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Genelux Corporation. Recruiting at 15 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-04.

Sponsored by Genelux Corporation · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2024; still recruiting 2 years 1 month later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
142
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This Phase 2, open-label, randomized study in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravenously delivered oncolytic vaccinia virus, Olvi-Vec, followed by platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) vs. docetaxel for patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC who have shown first disease progression (i.e., progressive disease not yet confirmed by further scan after initial scan showing progression) while on front-line treatment or maintenance ICI therapy after front-line treatment with platinum-doublet chemotherapy + ICI as standard of care.

Read the detailed description

Olvi-Vec (olvimulogene nanivacirepvec, aka GL-ONC1; laboratory name: GLV-1h68) is an oncolytic vaccinia virus-based immunotherapy that has been shown to have broad infectivity in a wide range of tumor types including non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In preclinical studies, Olvi-Vec was shown to infect and kill NSCLC cells and tumors in vitro and in vivo, respectively, and resolved and prevented formation of malignant effusion. This study is to test the hypothesis that the combination of Olvi-Vec followed by further platinum-based chemotherapy plus an ICI is particularly effective against established tumors by virus-mediated immune activation and re-sensitization of tumor cells to chemotherapy. Participants will have advanced or metastatic NSCLC (Stage III or Stage IV) squamous or nonsquamous disease without known targetable alterations in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) or Repressor of Silencing 1 (ROS1). Eligible patients will have first disease progression by radiological assessment (i) while on front-line platinum-doublet chemotherapy and ICI, or (ii) while receiving front-line maintenance ICI-based therapy after completion of front-line therapy, with at least 2 cycles and maximum of 6 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy and ICI, regardless of Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression as the first treatment after being diagnosed. ICI includes anti-programmed death-1 (anti-PD-1) or anti-PD-L1 agents. Other classes of ICI [e.g., anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (anti-CTLA-4), etc.] are excluded. Patients will be stratified based on length of time on ICI-based therapy from start date of the first dose, if ICI during front-line therapy, until date of first progression by radiological assessment is either less than or equal to 4 months or greater than 4 months. Patients enrolled in one of the initial 3 cohorts will receive either 3 or 4 days of Olvi-Vec followed by platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of ICI. The randomization part of the study will start afterwards with the Olvi-Vec dose and schedule selected from one of the 3 cohorts for the Experimental Arm. The Active Comparator Arm (ACA) treatment includes docetaxel. Participants treated in the ACA who subsequently have documented disease progression may cross-over for treatment as per the Experimental Arm following determination of eligibility.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Non-squamous Non-small-cell Lung Cancer
  • Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
  • Metastatic Non-squamous Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Metastatic Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage III
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Recurrent

Keywords

  • Olvi-Vec
  • virotherapy
  • viral therapy
  • immunotherapy
  • immunochemotherapy
  • combination therapy
  • vaccinia virus
  • platinum-doublet chemotherapy
  • pembrolizumab
  • nivolumab
  • cemiplimab
  • atezolizumab
  • durvalumab
  • anti-PD-1
  • anti-PD-L1
  • carboplatin
  • cisplatin
  • docetaxel
  • neoplasms by site
  • neoplasms
  • carcinoma
  • Neoplasms by Histologic type
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antimitotic Agents
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
  • NSCLC
  • NSCL cancer
  • chemoimmunotherapy
  • ICI
  • platinum resensitization
  • platinum resistant
  • chemoresistance
  • resensitize
  • olvimulogene nanivacirepvec
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

7,620 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,838 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 142 is above the median of 62 across 6,019 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

Genelux Corporation is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
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

  • Male or female 18 years or older.
  • (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Have or cytologically confirmed advanced or NSCLC.
  • Histologically confirmed Stage III or IV squamous or nonsquamous [American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition].
  • Received at least 2 cycles and maximum of 6 cycles of front-line platinum-based chemotherapy with ICI-based therapy, regardless of expression.
  • Reached first disease progression by radiological assessment while receiving front-line or maintenance ICI.
  • At least one measurable target tumor lesion anywhere except the brain per 1.1 by Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.
  • Have adequate renal, hepatic, bone marrow function as well as adequate coagulation tests [ (INR)] and adequate immune function by lymphocyte count.
  • Women of must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to initiating study dosing.
  • Be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, the treatment plan, imaging and laboratory tests.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active and untreated urinary tract infection, pneumonia, or other systemic infections.
  • Current symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) .
  • Any uncontrolled systemic disease, condition or comorbidity that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with evaluation of study treatment or interpretation of patient safety or study results.
  • Persistent toxicities [ (CTCAE) Grade ≥ 3] caused by previous anticancer therapy; alopecia and vitiligo are excluded toxicities.
  • Required the use of additional other than for the management of an adverse event or have experienced recurrence of an adverse event if re-challenged, or currently require maintenance doses of >10 mg prednisone or equivalent per day.
  • Receiving concurrent antiviral agent active against vaccinia virus (e.g., cidofovir, vaccinia immunoglobulin, imatinib, tecovirimat, or other agents with known anti-vaccinia activities).
  • Underwent major surgery within 4 weeks, or have insufficient recovery from surgical-related trauma or wound healing, prior to the planned first dose of treatment in either Arm.
  • Have received prior virus-based gene therapy or therapy with cytolytic virus of any type.
  • Vaccination against smallpox or monkeypox within 1 year of study therapy.
  • Any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases, such as seasonal (influenza) vaccinations, corona virus disease (COVID) vaccination or other vaccines, within 2 weeks of the planned first dose of study drug.
  • skin disease as assessed by the Investigator (e.g., severe eczema, psoriasis, or any unresolved skin injury or ulcer).
  • Known to carboplatin, cisplatin, paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel, docetaxel, or any of the constituents of Olvi-Vec (i.e., gentamicin).
  • Had severe hypersensitivity (CTCAE Grade ≥ 3) to ICI and/or any of its previously.
  • Dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit , and/or psychiatric illness/social situations that might interfere or limit compliance with study requirements.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

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.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
142 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Single-arm run-in Olvi-Vec dose escalation Cohorts

    Cohort 1: Olvi-Vec administered over 3 consecutive days at 0.5,0.5,0.5 x 10e9 pfu followed 2 to 3 weeks later with platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of ICI. Cohort 2: Olvi-Vec administered over 3 consecutive days at 1,1,1 x 10e9 pfu followed 2 to 3 weeks later with platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of ICI. Cohort 3: Olvi-Vec administered over 4 consecutive days at 1,2,3 x 10e9 pfu followed 2 to 3 weeks later with platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of ICI.

    Biological: Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec · Drug: Platinum chemotherapy: carboplatin or cisplatin · Drug: Non-platinum chemotherapy: paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel for squamous cell NSCLC or pemetrexed for nonsquamous cell NSCLC · Drug: Physician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor: pembrolizumab, nivolumab, cemiplimab, atezolizumab, durvalumab

  • Experimental
    Experimental Arm

    Olvi-Vec will be administered at the dose and schedule selected from the single-arm run-in Olvi-Vec dose escalation cohorts followed 2 to 3 weeks later with platinum-doublet chemotherapy + Physician's Choice of ICI.

    Biological: Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec · Drug: Platinum chemotherapy: carboplatin or cisplatin · Drug: Non-platinum chemotherapy: paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel for squamous cell NSCLC or pemetrexed for nonsquamous cell NSCLC · Drug: Physician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor: pembrolizumab, nivolumab, cemiplimab, atezolizumab, durvalumab

  • Active comparator
    Active Comparator Arm

    Docetaxel starts in Week 0 and continues until disease progression is assessed by the BICR.

    Drug: Docetaxel

  • Other
    Active Comparator Arm Cross-over

    Patients randomized into the Active Comparator can cross-over to receive the same treatment as given in the Experimental Arm following determination of (1) disease progression by BICR after receiving docetaxel treatment and (2) confirming eligibility.

    Biological: Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec · Drug: Platinum chemotherapy: carboplatin or cisplatin · Drug: Non-platinum chemotherapy: paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel for squamous cell NSCLC or pemetrexed for nonsquamous cell NSCLC · Drug: Physician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor: pembrolizumab, nivolumab, cemiplimab, atezolizumab, durvalumab · Drug: Docetaxel

Interventions

  • Olvi-Vec is an engineered oncolytic vaccinia virus

    Also known as: Olvi-Vec, GL-ONC, GLV-1h68

  • DrugPlatinum chemotherapy: carboplatin or cisplatin

    Administered according to local practice.

    Also known as: Brand of drug is based on institutional procurement

  • DrugNon-platinum chemotherapy: paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel for squamous cell NSCLC or pemetrexed for nonsquamous cell NSCLC

    Administered according to local practice.

    Also known as: Brand of drug is based on institutional procurement

  • DrugPhysician's Choice of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor: pembrolizumab, nivolumab, cemiplimab, atezolizumab, durvalumab

    Administered according to local practice.

    Also known as: Brand of drug is based on institutional procurement

  • Administered according to local practice.

    Also known as: Brand of drug is based on institutional procurement

This study also gives Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Durvalumab, Atezolizumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)

    To assess progression-free survival from time of randomization until first documented disease progression based on radiological assessment or death from any cause.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 12 months.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR) by RECIST 1.1

    Ratio of the sum of complete responses (CR) \& partial responses (PR) divided by the number of participants from start of treatment to confirmation of response.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 12 months.

  2. Median Overall Survival

    Time from randomization until death or study completion; assessed up to 36 months.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 36 months.

  3. Six-month Progression-free Survival Rate

    Proportion of patients who remained alive and progression-free at 6 months.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 6 months.

  4. Incidence of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events

    From date of first study treatment until death or study completion.

    Time frame: Assessed up to 36 months.

  5. Duration of Response by RECIST 1.1

    Time from date of first response until the first date of progressive disease based on radiological assessment.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 12 months.

  6. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    Percentage of patients who have achieved complete response, partial response or stable disease out of the total number of patients evaluated in a therapeutic intervention in clinical trials: DCR = \[CR + PR + SD (stable disease)\]/total # of patients evaluated by RECIST 1.1.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 12 months.

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Study locations

15 of 15 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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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 Sep 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2027, 29 months after the start.

Of 317 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 24 and three quarters within 59. This study's planned 29 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,047 studies reached it within 48 months; a quarter within 30 and three quarters within 76.

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

Registered
Jun 11, 2024
First posted
Jun 18, 2024
StartActual
Sep 26, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2027
CompletionEst.
Jul 2029
Last update
Jun 4, 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.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 4, 2026, 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
NCT06463665
Lead sponsor
Genelux Corporation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 18, 2024
Start date
Sep 26, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 4, 2026

Oversight

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