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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
The management of patients with glioblastoma remains challenging with an average survival of 32-56 weeks. We report on a clinical trial of patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with adenovirus/herpex simplex-thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (ADV/HSV-tk/GC). Entry criteria for this study included: recurrent malignant glioma after surgical resection and conventional radiation therapy. At the time of recurrence, computerized volumetric resection of the tumor was performed and the ADV/HSV-tk complex was injected in the tumor bed. GC was administered 24 h after surgery (10 mg/kg/day) for 7 days. Patients were divided into 3 ADV/HSV-tk dose-escalating cohorts. Adenoviral vector shedding, and local or systemic toxicity did not occur in this study. Magnetic resonance imaging showed lack of increased brain edema in the treated patients. Histological examination of the 5 patients that had repeated surgery after gene therapy treatment showed lack of tissue toxicity. Additionally, PCR for HSV-tk was negative in the brain 3 months after injection. The patients' Karnofsky score was maintained > or = 70 in 8/10 patients (80%) and 5/9 patients (55%) 3 and 6 months respectively, after gene therapy. Ten of 11 patients survived > or = 52 weeks from diagnosis with an average survival of 112.3 weeks. One patient is still alive 248 weeks from diagnosis. These data show that the ADV/HSV-tk/GC complex at the dose used in this study is safe. Additional dose escalation is currently in progress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0167-594X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
279-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Ganciclovir, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Injections, Intralesional, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Simplexvirus, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Thymidine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:14682378-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Adenovirus/herpes simplex-thymidine kinase/ganciclovir complex: preliminary results of a phase I trial in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10510, USA. isabelle.germano@msnyuhealth.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Clinical Trial, Phase I