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Bladder Cancer (BC)Phase 1NCT07359235

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

A Phase 1 study testing KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus) in people with Bladder Cancer (BC), run by Tongji Hospital at 1 site in China.

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Trial 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… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Bladder Cancer (BC)
What is being tested?
KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
29 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
4 Nov 2024to 31 Dec 2028
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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 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)
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  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×109/L
  • Platelets (PLT)≥75×109/L
  • Hemoglobin (Hb)≥90g/L
  • Hepatic function
  • Total bilirubin (TBIL)≤1.5× upper limit (ULN)
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)≤3×ULN
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)≤3×ULN
  • Renal function
  • Creatinine (Cr)≤1.5×ULN
  • Creatinine clearance (Ccr) (Calculation required only if creatinine exceeds 1.5×ULN)>50 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula)
  • Coagulation function
  • Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)≤1.5×ULN
  • 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.

Who cannot join

  • 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.
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  • 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:
  • Severe cardiac rhythm or conduction abnormalities, such as ventricular arrhythmias requiring clinical intervention, or second-to third-degree atrioventricular block;
  • At rest, the QTcF (calculated from 12-lead ECG) is ≥460ms.
  • 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;
  • Patients with NYHA class ≥II or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%, or those with structural heart disease deemed high-risk by other researchers.
  • 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.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Zheng Liu, Dr. contact

+86 13297997093

lz2013tj@163.com

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430074

    Zheng Liu PhD, +86 13297997093, lz2013tj@163.com

    Zheng Liu, PhD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Clinical Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of Recombinant Oncolytic Adenovirus Injection (KD01) Via Intravesical Instillation in Bladder Cancer (BC)

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).

Being tested
KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)
Medical subject headings
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)Drug

    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.

Study groups in NCT07359235
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
KD01 treatment:ExperimentalMonotherapy with KD01 or combination therapy with KD01 plus AK104 for the treatment of bladder cancer.
Receives: Drug: KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus)

What is being measured

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

  1. SAEs and AEs(Phase Ia)

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

    Measured: 2 years

  2. MTD

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

    Measured: 2 years

  3. SAEs and AEs(Phase Ib)

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

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (7)
  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.

    Measured: 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.

    Measured: 24 months

  3. CRR(Phase Ib Cohort B)

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

    Measured: 24 months

  4. PRR(Phase Ib Cohort B)

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

    Measured: 24 months

  5. Incidence of cystectomy

    Incidence of cystectomy during the study.

    Measured: 24 months

  6. RFS

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

    Measured: 12 months

  7. Biodistribution

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

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted22 Jan 2026
  2. Study start4 Nov 2024
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2028 (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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
29 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07359235
Sponsor's protocol ID
2025-TJ-KD01T02
Status last verified
Jan 2026
First submitted
6 Jan 2026
Last updated
22 Jan 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 KD01(the recombinant oncolytic adenovirus) in people with Bladder Cancer (BC), run by Tongji Hospital at 1 site in China.

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 26 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. 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?

Contact Zheng Liu, Dr. (+86 13297997093, lz2013tj@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

SAEs and AEs(Phase Ia) (time frame: 2 years). The study lists 3 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 22 Jan 2026.

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