TK-based Suicide Gene Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether activation of a prodrug after intratumoral gene transfer is safe in humans, and to determine dose levels for further clinical development.

Timeline

Start

2002-12

Primary completion

2003-11

Completion

2008-03

Publications

• Background Penuelas I, Mazzolini G, Boan JF, Sangro B, Marti-Climent J, Ruiz M, Ruiz J, Satyamurthy N, Qian C, Barrio JR, Phelps ME, Richter JA, Gambhir SS, Prieto J. Positron emission tomography imaging of adenoviral-mediated transgene expression in liver cancer patients. Gastroenterology. 2005 Jun;128(7):1787-95. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.03.024.
• Results Sangro B, Mazzolini G, Ruiz M, Ruiz J, Quiroga J, Herrero I, Qian C, Benito A, Larrache J, Olague C, Boan J, Penuelas I, Sadaba B, Prieto J. A phase I clinical trial of thymidine kinase-based gene therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Gene Ther. 2010 Dec;17(12):837-43. doi: 10.1038/cgt.2010.40. Epub 2010 Aug 6.

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