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oncolytic viral therapy
Clinical trials:
- 2 patients with relapsing drug-refractory myeloma & multiple glucose-avid plasmacytomas were treated by intravenous infusion of 10E11 TCID50 (50% tissue culture infectious dose) infectious units of MV-NIS*
- both patients responded to therapy with M protein reduction & resolution of bone marrow plasmacytosis
- patient experienced durable complete remission at all disease sites
- tumor targeting documented by NIS-mediated radioiodine uptake in virus-infected plasmacytomas
* MV-NIS: measles virus encoding human sodium iodide symporter (NIS)
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cancer immunotherapy
References
- Russell SJ et al
Remission of Disseminated Cancer After Systemic Oncolytic
Virotherapy.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. May 13, 2014
PMID: 24835528
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2814%2900332-2/fulltext
- Bell JC
Taming Measles Virus to Create an Effective Cancer Therapeutic.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. May 13, 2014
PMID: 24835529
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2814%2900368-1/fulltext