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Table 2 The ongoing clinical trials of ICIs in virus-associated cancers

From: Immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of virus-associated cancers

Trial identifier

Phase

Study title

Treatment

Patients

ICIs in HPV-associated cancers

 NCT02054806

I

Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with advanced solid tumors (KEYNOTE-28)

Pembrolizumab

Advanced solid tumors

 NCT01848834

I

Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with advanced solid tumors (KEYNOTE-012)

Pembrolizumab

Advanced Solid Tumors

 NCT02488759

I/II

Nivolumab, and nivolumab Combination Therapy in Virus-associated Tumors (CheckMate 358)

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

Virus-associated tumors

 NCT02314169

II

Nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in treating patients with refractory metastatic anal canal cancer (NCI 9673)

Ipilimumab

Nivolumab

R/M SCCA

 NCT02105636

III

Trial of nivolumab vs therapy of investigator’s choice in recurrent or metastatic head and neck carcinoma (CheckMate 141)

Nivolumab

R/M HNC

 NCT02379520

I

HPV-16/18 E6/E7-specific T lymphocytes in patients with relapsed HPV-associated cancers

Nivolumab

HPV-related cancers

 NCT03841110

I

FT500 as monotherapy and in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors in subjects with advanced solid tumors

Nivolumab

Pembrolizumab

Atezolizumab

Advanced solid tumors

 NCT03228667

II

QUILT-3.055: ALT-803 in combination with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor in patients with advanced cancer

Pembrolizumab

Nivolumab

Atezolizumab

Avelumab

Advanced cancers

 NCT02890368

I

Intratumoral injections of TTI-621 in subjects with relapsed and refractory solid tumors and mycosis fungoides

PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor

HPV-related malignant neoplasm

 NCT03735290

I/II

ILIxadencel administered into tumors in combination with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) in patients with advanced cancer (ILIAD)

Pembrolizumab

Advanced cancer

 NCT02632344

II

Pembrolizumab for HPV-associated recurrent respiratory papilloma patients with laryngeal, tracheal, and/or pulmonary involvement

Pembrolizumab

HPV-associated papilloma patients

 NCT01693783

II

Ipilimumab in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent human papilloma virus-related cervical cancer

Ipilimumab

R/M HPV-related cervical cancer

ICIs in HBV/HCV-associated cancers

  

 NCT01853618

I

Tremelimumab with chemoembolization or ablation for liver cancer

Tremelimumab

Liver cancer

 NCT01658878

I/II

Nivolumab or nivolumab in combination with other agents in patients with advanced liver cancer (CheckMate040)

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

Advanced liver cancer

 NCT03841110

I

FT500 as monotherapy and in combination with ICIs in subjects with advanced solid tumors

FT500

Nivolumab

Pembrolizumab

Atezolizumab

Advanced solid tumors (HCC)

 NCT03228667

II

QUILT-3.055: a study of ALT-803 in combination with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor in patients with advanced cancer

Pembrolizumab

Nivolumab

Atezolizumab

Avelumab

Advanced cancer

 NCT03419481

II

Pembrolizumab in patients with HBV-related HCC

Pembrolizumab

HBV-related HCC

 NCT02402699

II

Ipilimumab 60-month pharmacovigilance protocol for advanced melanoma patients who are hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C virus positive in Taiwan (Yervoy RMP)

Ipilimumab

Melanoma (HBV/HCV positive)

ICIs in EBV-associated cancers

 NCT02339558

II

Nivolumab in treating patients with recurrent and/or metastatic NPC

Nivolumab

R/M NPC

 NCT02054806

I

Study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with advanced solid tumors (MK-3475-028/KEYNOTE-28)

Pembrolizumab

Advanced solid tumors

 NCT01848834

I

Study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with advanced solid tumors (MK-3475-012/KEYNOTE-012)

Pembrolizumab

Advanced solid tumors

 NCT02488759

I/II

An investigational immuno-therapy study to investigate the safety and effectiveness of nivolumab, and nivolumab combination therapy in virus-associated tumors (CheckMate358)

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

Virus-associated tumors

 NCT03258567

II

Nivolumab in EBV-positive lymphoproliferative disorders and EBV-positive NHL

Nivolumab

EBV-positive lymphoproliferative disorders

EBV-positive NHL

 NCT02973113

I

Combining nivolumab with Epstein-Barr virus-specific T cells (EBVSTS) in relapsed/refractory EBV-positive lymphoma patients (PREVALE)

Nivolumab

EBV-positive lymphoma

 NCT03038672

II

Nivolumab with or without varlilumab in treating patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive B cell lymphomas

Nivolumab

Varlilumab

Aggressive B cell lymphomas (EBV-positive)

 NCT03015896

I/II

Nivolumab and lenalidomide in treating patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphoma

Nivolumab

NHL or HL

 NCT03267498

II

Nivolumab + chemoradiation in stage II–IVB nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

Nivolumab

Chemoradiation

NPC

 NCT02834013

II

Nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with rare tumors

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

NPC

 NCT03427827

III

Adjuvant PD-1 antibody in locoregionally advanced NPC after chemoradiotherapy

PD-1 antibody

NPC

 NCT03390738

II

Nivolumab as treatment for recurrent/metastatic NPC after failing 2 lines or more previous chemotherapy

Nivolumab

R/M NPC

 NCT03769467

I/II

Tabelecleucel in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with EBV+ NPC (ATA129-NPC-202)

Pembrolizumab

EBV-positive NPC

 NCT03586024

I/II

Pembrolizumab in patients with relapsed or refractory extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (ENKTL), nasal type, and EBV-associated diffuse large B cell lymphomas

Pembrolizumab

EBV-associated diffuse large B cell lymphomas

 NCT03257163

II

Pembrolizumab, capecitabine, and radiation therapy in treating patients with mismatch repair-deficient and EBV-positive gastric cancer

Pembrolizumab

EBV-positive GC

 NCT03544099

II

Pembrolizumab for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with detectable plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA

Pembrolizumab

EBV-positive NPC

 NCT03813394

I/II

Bevacizumab and pembrolizumab combination in EBER-ISH positive NPC (2018/00947)

Pembrolizumab

NPC

 NCT03160079

I/II

Blinatumomab and pembrolizumab for adults with relapsed/refractory B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with high marrow lymphoblasts

Pembrolizumab

Relapsed/refractory B cell ALL

 NCT02950220

I

Pembrolizumab and ibrutinib in treating patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Pembrolizumab

Relapsed or refractory NHL

 NCT03491345

II

K-basket, avelumab, biomarker-driven, advanced solid tumor

Avelumab

EBV-positive mutation tumor

 NCT02875613

II

Avelumab for recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer

Avelumab

R/M NPC

 NCT03735290

I/II

Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ILIxadencel administered into tumors in combination with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) in patients with advanced cancer

Pembrolizumab

Advanced cancer

ICIs in virus-associated cancers (HIV, HTLV, HHV-8)

 NCT02408861

I

Ipilimumab and nivolumab in advanced HIV-associated solid tumors with expansion cohorts in HIV-associated solid tumors and a cohort of HIV-associated classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

Advanced HIV-associated solid tumors

 NCT03316274

I

Evaluate the safety, feasibility, and immunologic correlatives of intra-lesional nivolumab therapy for limited cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma

Nivolumab

Limited cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma

 NCT03367754

I

A single dose of pembrolizumab in HIV-infected people

Pembrolizumab

HIV-infected people

 NCT02595866

I

Pembrolizumab in treating patients with HIV and relapsed, refractory, or disseminated malignant neoplasms

Pembrolizumab

Patients with HIV and malignant neoplasms

 NCT03239899

I

PD-1 inhibition to determine CNS reservoir of HIV-infection

Pembrolizumab

HIV infection

 NCT03767465

Observational

Treatment with ICIs of HIV-infected subjects with cancer (PembroHIV)

ICIs

HIV-infected subjects with cancer

 NCT03075553

II

Nivolumab in treating patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T cell lymphoma

Nivolumab

Relapsed or refractory peripheral T cell lymphoma

 NCT02631746

II

Nivolumab in treating patients with HTLV-associated T cell leukemia/lymphoma

Nivolumab

HTLV-associated T cell leukemia/lymphoma

 NCT03469804

II

Phase II multicentric study of pembrolizumab in classic or endemic Kaposi’s sarcoma

Pembrolizumab

Classic or endemic Kaposi’s sarcoma

 NCT03038672

II

Nivolumab with or without varlilumab in treating patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive B cell lymphomas

Nivolumab

Varlilumab

Relapsed or refractory aggressive B cell lymphomas

 NCT03219671

II

Nivolumab and ipilimumab in classical Kaposi sarcoma

Nivolumab

Ipilimumab

Classic Kaposi sarcoma

  1. Abbreviations: ICIs immune checkpoint inhibitors, HPV human papillomavirus, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-8 human herpesvirus type 8, HTLV-1 human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1, R/M recurrent and/or metastatic, GYN cancers cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers, SCCA squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma, GC gastric cancer, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma