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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
In 2005, we initiated a clinical trial that examined the efficacy of the oncolytic virus HF10 to treat pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer continues to have a high mortality rate, despite multimodal treatments for patients, and new therapeutic methods are greatly needed. The current mainstream methods for cancer treatment include biological therapeutics such as trastuzumab (Herceptin) for breast cancer or erlotinib (Tarceva) for non-small cell lung cancer. Oncolytic virus therapy is a new and promising treatment strategy for cancer. Oncolytic viruses are novel biological therapeutics for advanced cancer that appear to have a wide spectrum of anticancer activity with minimal human toxicity. To examine the efficacy of oncolytic virus therapy for pancreatic cancer, we initiated pilot studies by injecting six patients with non-resectable pancreatic cancer with three doses of HF10. All patients were monitored for 30 days for local and systemic adverse effects and were not administered any other therapeutics during this period. There were no adverse side-effects, and we observed some therapeutic potential based on tumor marker levels, survival, pathological findings and diagnostic radiography. The tumors were classified as stable disease in three patients, partial response in one patient and progressive disease in two patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1476-5500
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-75
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-CA-19-9 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Oncolytic Virotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Oncolytic Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Simplexvirus, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:21102422-Watchful Waiting
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
A phase I dose-escalation clinical trial of intraoperative direct intratumoral injection of HF10 oncolytic virus in non-resectable patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Clinical Trial, Phase I