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. 2021 Dec 15;13(12):14176–14185.

Table 1.

Clinical trials combining chemotherapy with reovirus and immune parameters

PMID Cancers Phase Reovirus Dose Anti-cancer agent Results Immune parameters
32156785 Refractory metastatic colorectal cancer I 1×1010 TCID50-3×1010 TCID50 FOLFIRI-bevacizumab + reovirus PR: 3/6 (50%) Dendritic cell maturation: 48 hours, 4.5%-18.6% (P=000016)
Median PFS: 65.6 weeks CD4-count increase: 3.5-fold (P=0.00015)
Median OS: 25.1 months CD8-count increase: 2.4-fold (P=0.00015)
18323793 Advanced solid cancers I 1×108 TCID50-3×1010 TCID50 None N/A CD4+: 10/21 (47.6%)
CD8+: 7/21 (33%)
NK: 6/21 (28.6%)
Increase in IL-5, IL-8, IL-6, IL-2, IL-12p40
NARA: increase in 250-fold
29653857 Metastatic colorectal cancer, 1st line II 3×1010 TCID50 FOLFOX-6-bevacizumab ± reovirus Median PFS: 7 vs. 9 months, HR 1.59 (P=0.046) N/A
Median OS: HR 1.22; (P=0.38)
ORR: 2.52 (P=0.03)
20926400 Advanced solid cancers I 3×1010 TCID50 Docetaxel + reovirus ORR: 14/16 NARA: increase in 729-fold at peak
PR: 4/16 in breast, stomach, gastroesophageal, ocular melanoma
Minor response: 3/16 in mesothelioma, prostate, head and neck
SD: 7/16 in prostate, melanoma, esophagus, pancreas, unknown
26709987 KRAS or EGFR mutant metastatic NSCLC II 3×1010 TCID50 Carboplatin, paclitaxel + reovirus PR: 11/37 N/A
SD: 20/37
PD: 4/37
Not evaluable: 2/37
Median PFS: 4 months
Median OS: 13.1 months
27039845 Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma II 3×1010 TCID50 Carboplatin, paclitaxel ± reovirus PFS: 4.9 vs. 5.2 (P=0.6) Reovirus arm with increased pro-inflammatory markers, including fractalkine, IL-10, RANTES, SDF-1, VEGF-A
Reovirus arm with increase in CD8+ expressing CD71, CD95, CD45RO
22316603 Relapsed/metastatic Head and Neck Cancer I 3×1010 TCID50 Carboplatin, paclitaxel + reovirus CR: 1/31 (3.8%) NARA: increase by 27-729-fold
PR: 6/31 (23.1%)
SD: 9/31 (34.6%)
PD: 8/31 (30.8%)
Duration of response: 6 months
Median OS: 7.1 months
29748010 NSCLC II 4.5×1010 TCID50 Pemetrexed or docetaxel ± reovirus PFS: 3.0 vs. 2.8 months (P=0.53) N/A
STK11 (HR 0.29) and PIK3CA (HR 0.45) mutations with improved PFS
29799479 Advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma, 1st line II 1×1010 TCID50 Gemcitabine + reovirus PR: 1/34 Upregulation of PD-L1 on immunohistochemistry
SD: 23/34
PD: 5/34
Median OS: 10.2 months
29027598 Metastatic breast cancer II 3×1010 TCID50 Paclitaxel ± reovirus PFS: 3.78 months vs. 3.38 months (P=0.87) N/A
OS: 17.4 months vs. 10.4 months (P=0.1)
31694832 Advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma Ib 4.5×1010 TCID50 Reovirus and pembrolizumab + 5-fluorouracil, gemcitabine, or irinotecan Disease control in 3 of 10 patients Creation of new T-cell clones observed
PR: 1/10 for 17.4 months
SD: 2/10 for 9 months and 4 months

PR: partial response, SD: stable disease, PFS: progression free survival, OS: overall survival, ORR: overall response rate, NARA: neutralizing anti-reoviral antibodies, NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer.