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Phase 1 study

Recruiting Phase 1

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 1
Sponsor Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
Registry number NCT06960395
Started 22 July 2025 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 1 August 2029

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Wollongong Hospital Wollongong NSW Recruiting
Princess Alexandra Hospital Woolloongabba QLD Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 450

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

I 01. Are ≥ 18 years of age, or at the country's legal age of majority of the legal adult age is \>18 years, at the time of signing the ICF.

I 02. Have an ECOG performance status of 0 to 1.

I 03. Have a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.

I 04. Have histological, pathological, or cytological confirmation of disease type that is unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic.

I 05. Have measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the local site investigator/radiology. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.

I 06. Have diseases under study, lines of therapy, and biomarker status, as follows:

Have one of the following:

• (Parts 1 and 3): NSCLC (nonsquamous or squamous histology), CRC, HNSCC, or CSCC.

Note: Participants with nasopharyngeal tumors are eligible. Note: Participants with upper esophageal or salivary gland tumors are not eligible.

OR

• Have a solid tumor with EGFR amplification (as previously determined locally with an analytically validated assay in a certified testing laboratory).

Have no available standard systemic therapy; or standard therapy is intolerable, not effective, or not accessible; or participant has refused standard therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

E 01. Are a WOCBP with a positive serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to treatment.

E 02. Have acute or chronic infections, including the following:

* Acute or chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (Exception: asymptomatic EBV-positive participants are still eligible)

* Chronic active EBV disease defined as a chronic illness lasting at least 6 months, an increased EBV level in either the tissue or the blood, and lack of evidence of a known underlying immunodeficiency

* History of hepatitis B infection (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (defined as HCV \[HCV RNA; qualitative\] is detected)

* History of HIV infection. No HIV testing is required unless mandated by the local health authority.

* Active infection requiring systemic therapy within 14 days of Cycle 1 Day 1

* Known positive COVID-19 test result at screening (Exception: If follow-up test is negative, participants may be eligible if asymptomatic and upon consultation with medical monitor)

E 03. Have a concomitant medical or inflammatory condition that may increase the risk of toxicity to VIR-5525 or pembrolizumab, per the investigator

E 04. Have a QT interval corrected by Fridericia's method (QTcF) that is \>480 ms

E 05. Have received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy, including investigational agents, within 5 half-lives prior to first dose of study intervention. For drugs with a long t1/2, such as mAbs, or for drugs for which the t1/2 is not known, the last dose should not have been within 28 days prior to first dose of study intervention.

Note: If the participant has had major surgery, the participant must have recovered adequately from the procedure and/or any complications from the surgery prior to starting study intervention.

E 06. Have received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention Note: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities to Grade ≤1 or baseline, must not require corticosteroids, and must not have had radiation pneumonitis.

Exception: External beam radiotherapy, including palliative external radiation, is allowed.

A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to the potential participation in a clinical trial.

Dates on the record

Started 22 July 2025
Estimated completion 1 August 2029
Registry last updated 13 April 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 13 April 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.

Not medical advice.

Individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.

Letter for your doctor

A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.