Recruiting
Phase 2

GNOS-PV02 & INO-9012

Sponsor:

Geneos Therapeutics

Code:

NCT07722741

Conditions

HCC

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

GNOS-PV02 + INO-9012 delivered by intradermal injection, followed by electroporation

Electroporation Device

INO-9012

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a randomized, open-label, multi-site Phase II study of a personalized neoantigen DNA vaccine (GNOS-PV02) and plasmid encoded IL-12 (INO-9012) in subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of HCC based on pathology report, who were eligible to undergo definitive resection, have demonstrated laboratory, radiographic and/or pathologic high-risk criteria for recurrence (described under eligibility), have no evidence of disease (NED) as per MRI approximately 28 days post resection, and are able to provide a tissue sample for personalized neoantigen DNA vaccine development.

Conditions

HCC

Study ID

NCT07722741

Start date

Sep, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2032

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Written informed consent
2. ≥18 years of age
3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of HCC (not accepted: fibrolamellar, sarcomatoid, mixed cholangiocarcinoma)
4. Child-Pugh Class A liver score
5. Documented virology status of hepatitis
6. Availability of a representative post-resection tumor tissue sample
7. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
8. Adequate organ function
9. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and men must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Is currently participating in and receiving study drug or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study drug or used an investigation device, within 4 weeks to baseline
2. Evidence of residual, recurrent, or metastatic disease at randomization
3. Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
4. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug
5. Diagnosed additional malignancy within 5 years prior to baseline, except for: (a) non-invasive carcinomas subject to successful curative treatment in the opinion of the investigator which require no further therapy and (b) other malignancies for which subjects have undergone potentially curative therapy and have been considered disease free for at least 3 years prior to screening.
6. Active infection requiring systemic therapy
7. Is pregnant, breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the study's projected duration
8. History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV I/II antibodies).
9. Co-infection with HBV and hepatitis D viral infection
10. Co-infection with HBV and HCV
11. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Personalized Immunotherapy for Cancer:

GNOS-PV02 + INO-9012 ID followed by electroporation every 3 weeks for 4 doses, then every 9 weeks (Q9W) until week 104, then every 12 weeks (Q12W) until week 260 followed by 3 years follow-up survival

no intervention: Standard of Care

Active Surveillance for 5 years or until recurrence, plus 3 years follow-up survival.

Interventions

GNOS-PV02 + INO-9012 delivered by intradermal injection, followed by electroporation

delivered by intradermal injection and electroporation

Electroporation Device

GNOS-PV02 + INO-9012 ID followed by electroporation

INO-9012

cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12), a vaccine adjuvant

Primary outcome measure

  • Recurrence-free survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Recruiting

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112

Contacts

Principal Investigator, MD

504-568-4750omoave@lsuhsc.edu

Johns Hopkins University

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Contacts

Principal Investigator, MD

410-955-8893GIClinicalTrials@jh.edu

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10029

Contacts

Principal Investigator, MD

212-241-7840denise.rodriguez3@mssm.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Geneos Therapeutics

Last update posted

Sep 4, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Geneos Therapeutics on 2026-09-04.