Drug evaluation: Reolysin--wild-type reovirus as a cancer therapeutic

Curr Opin Mol Ther. 2006 Jun;8(3):249-60.

Abstract

Oncolytics Biotech is developing an oncolytic reovirus therapy (Reolysin, Reosyn) for the potential treatment of a variety of Ras-mediated cancers, including glioma and medulloblastoma, pancreatic, prostate, breast, lung, colon, bladder, ovarian and hematological cancers, and melanoma and childhood sarcoma. Phase I/II clinical trials in recurrent malignant glioma began in 2002.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Oncolytic Virotherapy*
  • Patents as Topic
  • Reoviridae / physiology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship