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Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of KD01 Via Intravesical Instillation in Bladder Cancer (BC)

A Phase 1 interventional study of KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus) in Bladder Cancer (BC), sponsored by Tongji Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-22.

Sponsored by Tongji Hospital · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2024, registered Jan 2026).
  • Started Nov 2024; still recruiting 1 year 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
29
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Recombinant oncolytic adenovirus injection (KD01) is an oncolytic virus product. Its main component is a conditionally replicative recombinant human type 5 adenovirus, where part of the E3 region has been replaced with the gene encoding the tBid apoptotic protein.AK104 is a humanized bispecific antibody co-targeting PD-1 (Programmed Cell Death Protein 1) and CTLA-4 (Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4)-two key immune checkpoint receptors. It is designed as a novel tetrameric construct that preferentially binds to tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) co-expressing PD-1 and CTLA-4 in the tumor microenvironment (with higher avidity than in peripheral tissues).This is a Phase I clinical study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of intravesical instillation of recombinant oncolytic adenovirus injection (KD01) in patients with bladder cancer.This study consists of Phase Ia and Phase Ib, where Phase Ia is a dose-escalation stage.The Phase Ia will include histopathologically confirmed non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients with high-risk stratification (including extremely high-risk).The Phase Ib study will include two independent cohorts: Cohort A comprises high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients (carcinoma in situ [CIS], with or without Ta/T1 stage lesions) who have shown no response to BCG. Cohort B will include T2-4aN0-1M0 stage bladder cancer patients (clinically localized muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma).

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Conditions studied

  • Bladder Cancer (BC)
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In context

Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

1,616 studies on the registry are indexed under Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; 421 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 29 is below the median of 60 across 1,163 interventional studies indexed under Urinary Bladder Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Tongji Hospital is the lead sponsor of 373 studies on the registry; 204 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 to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 1.The Phase Ia will include histopathologically confirmed non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients with high-risk stratification (including extremely high-risk). High-risk stratification criteria are defined as G3/high-grade tumors that meet any of the following criteria: carcinoma in situ (CIS); stage T1; diameter>3 cm; multiple tumors; or recurrent tumors. The Phase Ib Cohort A will include BCG unresponsive NMIBC patients with carcinoma in situ [CIS], with or without Ta/T1 stage lesions, while Cohort B will include histopathologically confirmed muscle-invasive bladder cancer (cT2-4aN0-1M0).Note: BCG non-response is defined as meeting any of the following criteria: 1. Persistent or recurrent CIS within 12 months after completing adequate BCG treatment; 2. Recurrence of high-grade Ta/Tl disease within 6 months after completing adequate BCG treatment; 3. High-grade T1 disease at first evaluation after induction BCG treatment. (Adequate BCG treatment is defined as: Complete at least 5 out of 6 doses in the initial induction course. plus 2 out of 6 doses from the second induction course, or 2 doses from the 3-dose maintenance course.)
  • 2.Excluding Phase Ib Cohort B, participants must either be medically ineligible for radical cystectomy as determined by urologists or have declined the procedure.
  • 3.Age 18 to 75 (including 18 and 75).
  • 4.Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) score of 0 to 1.
  • 5.Estimated survival time is ≥2 years.6.No dysfunction of major organs, including but not limited to hematopoietic function and cardiac, pulmonary,hepatic and renal function.

Hematologic system (no history of blood transfusion or hematopoietic growth factor treatment within 14 days)

  1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×109/L
  2. Platelets (PLT)≥75×109/L
  3. Hemoglobin (Hb)≥90g/L

Hepatic function

  1. Total bilirubin (TBIL)≤1.5× upper limit (ULN)
  2. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)≤3×ULN
  3. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)≤3×ULN

Renal function

  1. Creatinine (Cr)≤1.5×ULN
  2. Creatinine clearance (Ccr) (Calculation required only if creatinine exceeds 1.5×ULN)>50 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula)

Coagulation function

  1. Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)≤1.5×ULN
  2. International normalized ratio (INR)≤1.5×ULN

    • 7.Premenopausal patients must have a negative blood pregnancy test during the screening period;they must agree to use reliable contraceptive methods (barrier contraceptive method or abstinence) with their partners during the trial and for at least 6 months after the last dose.
    • 8.Patients must provide informed consent to the trial and voluntarily sign of a written informed consent form before participating in the trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1.Evidence of metastatic disease, or multiple regional lymph node positivity in the true pelvis, or common iliac lymph node positivity at the screening visit. Accompanied by hydronephrosis.
  • 2.Received pelvic external beam radiation therapy within 5 years.
  • 3.Prior treatment with adenovirus-based therapies (e.g., oncolytic adenovirus, CanSino's Ad5-nCoV COVID-19 vaccine).
  • 4.Symptomatic urinary tract infection or bacterial cystitis (patients can enter the study once the treatment is satisfactory).
  • 5.Clinically significant and unexplained elevation of liver or kidney function markers.
  • 6.Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or refuse to use contraception at any time during the study; male patients who are unwilling to use effective contraception.
  • 7.A history of malignancy in another organ system in the past 5 years, which the investigator believes may interfere with the conduct of the study or requires systemic study treatment for the malignancy.
  • 8.Patients who cannot tolerate intravesical instillation for 1 hour or bladder surgery.
  • 9.In addition to immediate postoperative instillation after TURBT , patients who have received anti-tumor treatments (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biological therapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) within 4 weeks before the first study drug administration must be excluded. Specifically, patients who have used nitrosourea drugs or mitomycin C within 6 weeks prior to the initial study drug administration must be excluded Patients who have used oral fluorouracil and small-molecule targeted drugs within 2 weeks prior to the first administration of the study drug or within 5 half-lives of the drugs (whichever is longer) must be excluded. Patients who have used TCMs with anti-tumor indications within 2 weeks prior to the first administration must be excluded.
  • 10.History of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, including but not limited to:

    1. Severe cardiac rhythm or conduction abnormalities, such as ventricular arrhythmias requiring clinical intervention, or second-to third-degree atrioventricular block;
    2. At rest, the QTcF (calculated from 12-lead ECG) is ≥460ms.
    3. Acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure, aortic dissection, stroke or other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events of grade 3 or above occurred within 6 months before the first administration;
    4. Patients with NYHA class ≥II or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50%, or those with structural heart disease deemed high-risk by other researchers.
    5. Hypertension that is not clinically controlled.
  • 11.Patients with autoimmune diseases, or immune system dysfunction, or after organ transplantation.
  • 12.Patients with active infection, or those requiring systemic anti-infective therapy (routine prophylactic anti-infective therapy at the clinical trial site is excluded), or those with unexplained fever > 38.5℃ during screening.
  • 13.Patients with positive HIV antibodies (HIV-Ab) or Treponema pallidum antibodies; those with active hepatitis B (HBsAg-positive with HBV-DNA>500 IU/ml or above the clinical trial institution's lower limit of detection [only if the lower limit of detection exceeds 500 IU/ml]); and those with active hepatitis C (HCV-positive but HCV-RNA below the clinical trial institution's lower limit of detection are eligible). Patients receiving prophylactic antiviral therapy other than interferon are also eligible.
  • 14.Patients with uncontrolled seizures, central nervous system disorders or psychosis with loss of cognitive ability.
  • 15.The severity of adverse reactions from prior anti-tumor treatments has not recovered to ≤Level 1 (according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0), except for toxicities such as hair loss that researchers have determined to be non-safety risks.
  • 16.Antiviral therapy is currently required, or antiviral drugs were used within 2 weeks before the first use of the trial drug.
  • 17.Participants who received any live virus vaccine for infectious disease prevention within 4 weeks prior to the study drug administration. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to: measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox/herpes zoster (varicella), yellow fever, rabies, BCG, and typhoid vaccines. Influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated virus vaccines and are permitted; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMisT®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not permitted.
  • 18.Patients who have received systemic glucocorticoids (prednisone>10mg or equivalent doses of similar drugs) or other immunosuppressants within 14 days prior to trial drug administration must be excluded. Exceptions include: topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, or inhaled glucocorticoid treatments; and short-term prophylactic glucocorticoid use (e.g., for preventing contrast agent allergies).
  • 19.Patients with severe allergy history or allergic constitution.
  • 20.Patients with a history of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or organ transplantation must be excluded.
  • 21.Other circumstances that the investigator deems inappropriate for enrollment.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    KD01 treatment:

    Monotherapy with KD01 or combination therapy with KD01 plus AK104 for the treatment of bladder cancer.

    Drug: KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)

Interventions

  • DrugKD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)

    Drug: Phase Ia:KD01(3 dose groups: 2.6×10¹¹ VP, 5×10¹¹ VP, and 1×10¹² VP) Phase Ib: KD01(5×10¹¹ VP) with AK104(6 mg/kg, given intravenously every two weeks) Administration: Phase Ia: KD01 will be administered weekly during weeks 1-6, 13-15, 25-27, 37-39, 49-51, 73, 97. If patients present with CIS and/or high-grade Ta at the first efficacy assessment in week 12, KD01 will be administered weekly during weeks 16-18. Phase Ib Cohort A: KD01 for the same treatment duration as Phase Ia. AK104: The initial 6 doses will be administered, and subsequent doses will be continued based on the investigator's assessment of the patient's condition and the patient's willingness. Phase Ib Cohort B: KD01 will be administered weekly during weeks 1-6,with AK104 (3 doses). A transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) is recommended 2-4 weeks after the final KD01 dose for residual or suspicious tumors, with subsequent treatment determined by investigators based on imaging results.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. SAEs and AEs(Phase Ia)

    The incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs), the incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs).

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. MTD

    Phase Ia: The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined based on the incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT).

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. SAEs and AEs(Phase Ib)

    The incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs), the incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs).

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. CRR(Phase Ia and Phase Ib Cohort A)

    Phase Ia and Phase Ib Cohort A: Complete Response (CR) rates at any time points and at 3, 6, 12,15,18, and 24 months.

    Time frame: 24 months

  2. DOR(Phase Ia and Phase Ib Cohort A)

    Phase Ia and Phase Ib Cohort A: Duration of Response (DOR) at these time points.

    Time frame: 24 months

  3. CRR(Phase Ib Cohort B)

    Phase Ib Cohort B: includes the incidence of pathological complete response (pT0N0) .

    Time frame: 24 months

  4. PRR(Phase Ib Cohort B)

    Phase Ib Cohort B: includes the incidence of pathological partial response(\<pT2N0).

    Time frame: 24 months

  5. Incidence of cystectomy

    Incidence of cystectomy during the study.

    Time frame: 24 months

  6. RFS

    The time interval from the completion of curative treatment to the first recurrence of the disease。

    Time frame: 12 months

  7. Biodistribution

    The detected concentrations of KD01 in blood, urine, feces, and saliva in Phase Ia patients.

    Time frame: 2 years

Other outcomes

  1. Antibodie

    Dynamic changes in anti-Ad5 adenovirus antibodies.

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Neutralizing antibodies

    Dynamic changes in neutralizing antibodies.

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Immunogenicity

    The immunogenicity of KD01 via ELISPOT or ICS.

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
    • Zheng Liu PhD · Contact · lz2013tj@163.com · +86 13297997093
    • Zheng Liu, PhD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 22, 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
NCT07359235
Lead sponsor
Tongji Hospital
Responsible party
Zheng Liu (Professor, Tongji Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 22, 2026
Start date
Nov 4, 2024
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 22, 2026

Study contacts

Zheng Liu, Dr.
Contact
lz2013tj@163.com
+86 13297997093

Oversight

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