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Table 1 Cancer clinical trials utilizing different gene therapy approachesa

From: Oncolytic virus-based suicide gene therapy for cancer treatment: a perspective of the clinical trials conducted at Henry Ford Health

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier

Condition/disease

Gene delivery method

Treatment

Status

First posted

Sponsor

NCT00116597

Pancreatic cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Theragene (Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-ADP) in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiation therapy

Phase 2: Recruiting (n = 12)

February 4, 2021

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

NCT04486833

Lung Cancer

Lipid nanoparticles

Reqorsa (quaratusugene ozeplasmid, or GPX-001 is a lipid nanoparticle encapsulating a DNA plasmid with the TUSC2 tumor suppressor gene) in combination with Osimertinib

Phase 1/2:

Recruiting

(n = 92)

July 27, 2020

Genprex, Inc

NCT03603405

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) and Anaplastic Astrocytoma (AA)

Adenovirus

ADV/HSV-tk (gene therapy)

Phase 1/2:

Recruiting

(n = 62)

July 27, 2018

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT01952730

Colorectal Cancer

Adenovirus

GVAX: Autologous, lethally irradiated colorectal cancer cells modified to produce GM-CSF

Phase 1:

Recruiting

(n = 15)

September 30, 2013

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT02797470

HIV-related lymphoma

Lentivirus

Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell (Lentivirus Vector CCR5 shRNA/TRIM5alpha/TAR Decoy-transduced) Transplantation

Phase 1/2:

Recruiting

(n = 18)

June 13, 2016

AIDS Malignancy Consortium

NCT02280811

HPV-Associated Cancers

Retrovirus

Patient derived WBC genetically engineered to express TCR that will target the HPV-16 E6 oncoproteins constitutively expressed on HPV 16 + cancer cells

Phase 1/2:

Completed

(n = 12)

November 2, 2014

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03544723

Solid Tumors

Adenovirus

Adenoviral p53 + immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with recurrent or metastatic cancers

Phase 2:

Recruiting (n = 40)

June 4, 2018

MultiVir, Inc

NCT02858310

HPV-Associated Cancers

Retrovirus

Patient derived WBC genetically engineered to express TCR that will target the E7 proteins expressed by HPV + cancer cells

Phase 1/2:

Recruiting

(n = 180)

August 8, 2016

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02337985

AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Lentivirus

Chemotherapy followed by transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells transduced with Lentivirus encoding Multiple Anti-HIV RNAs

Phase 1:

Recruiting

(n = 10)

January 14, 2015

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03541928

High-risk Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Herpes Simplex Virus (Replication defective)

HSV-tk + valacyclovir gene therapy in combination with androgen deprivation therapy, brachytherapy, external beam radiotherapy, and prostatectomy

Phase 2:

Recruiting (n = 60)

May 31, 2018

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT04911166

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication defective)

Combination atezolizumab in combination with

Interleukin-12

Phase 1:

Recruiting (n = 16)

June 2, 2021

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT00004038

Breast Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication defective)

Adenovirus p53

(Ad5CMV-p53) gene in combination with chemotherapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 20)

May 20, 2004

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03281382

Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Adenovirus-mediated cytotoxic and IL-12 gene therapy (Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-hIL12) in combination with chemotherapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 12)

September 13, 2017

Henry Ford Health System

NCT00583492

Prostate Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Replication-competent adenovirus-mediated suicide gene therapy

(Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-ADP) in combination with

intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)

Phase 2:

Completed (n = 44)

December 31, 2007

Henry Ford Health System

NCT02555397

Prostate Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Oncolytic adenovirus-mediated cytotoxic and IL-12 gene therapy (Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-hIL12)

Phase 1:

Active, not recruiting (n = 15)

September 21, 2015

Henry Ford Health System

NCT03281382

Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Oncolytic adenovirus mediated cytotoxic and IL-12 gene therapy (Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-hIL12) in combination with chemotherapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 12)

September 13, 2017

Henry Ford Health System

NCT00005025

Fallopian Tube Cancer

Ovarian Cancer

Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

Herpes Simplex Virus (Replication defective)

Herpes simplex thymidine kinase (HSVtk) vector producer cells (VPC) followed by ganciclovir

Phase 2:

Unknown

(n = 14–20)

May 5, 2003

John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center

NCT00003450

Ovarian Cancer

Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication defective)

Intraperitoneal adenoviral p53 (Ad5CMV-p53) gene therapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 15–20)

December 5, 2003

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT02894944

Pancreatic Cancer

Adenovirus (Replication competent)

Replication-competent Adenovirus-mediated Double Suicide Gene Therapy (Theragene®,Ad5-yCD/mutTKSR39rep-ADP) in combination with chemotherapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 9)

September 9, 2016

Seoul National University Hospital

NCT01517464

Neoplasm

Liposome

Liposomes encapsulating RB94 gene (plasmid DNA) and attached with tumor targeting anti-transferrin receptor single chain antibody fragment (TfRscFv)

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 13)

January 25, 2012

SynerGene Therapeutics, Inc

NCT02340117

Metastatic pancreatic cancer

Liposome

Cationic Liposomes encapsulating human WT p53 (SGT-53) used in combination with chemotherapy

Phase 2:

Recruiting (n = 28)

January 16, 2015

SynerGene Therapeutics, Inc

NCT05062980

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lipid nanoparticles

Reqorsa (quaratusugene ozeplasmid, or GPX-001 is a lipid nanoparticle encapsulating a DNA plasmid with the TUSC2 tumor suppressor gene) in combination with pembrolizumab (PD-1 blocking antibody) or docetaxel ± ramucirumab

Phase 1/2:

Recruiting (n = 156)

September 30, 2021

Genprex, Inc

NCT00001328

Brain Neoplasm

Neoplasm Metastasis

Retrovirus

NIH 3T3 cell line producing retroviral vector carrying HSV-tk gene injected into the tumors and used in combination with Cytovene (Ganciclovir Sodium)

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 15)

November 4, 1999

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NCT00505271

Breast Cancer

Retrovirus

(Replication incompetent)

Rexin-G (retroviral vector carrying a mutant form of the cyclin G1 gene)

Phase 1/2:

Completed (n = 20)

July 23, 2007

Epeius Biotechnologies

NCT00005796

CNS tumors

Retrovirus

Patient derived CD34 + cells transduced with retroviral vector expressing human O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase and reinfused into the patients along with chemotherapy

Phase 1:

Completed (n = 10)

April 28, 2004

Indiana University

NCT02806687

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Endoscopic ultrasound guided intratumoral injection

Gene Therapy product CYL-02 with Chemotherapy (Gemcitabine)

Phase 2:

Active, not recruiting (n = 68)

June 21, 2016

University Hospital, Toulouse

NCT04995536

B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Intratumoral needle injection

CpG-STAT3 siRNA CAS3/SS3 (CAS3/SS3) in combination with localized radiation therapy

Phase 1:

Recruiting (n = 18)

August 9, 2021

 
  1. aThe non-exhaustive list includes commonly used gene therapy vectors