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. 2022 Oct 1;14(10):2100. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102100

Table 2.

List of Salmonella strains under human clinical trials for cancer therapy.

Bacteria Strain Cancer Model Result Phase References
S. Typhimurium VNP20009 Metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma Focal tumor
colonization was recorded without tumor regression
I [33,167]
S. Typhimurium VNP20009
expressing
TAPET-CD
(Cytosine deaminase)
Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma Intratumoral bacterial
colonization in 2 out of 3 patients
I [165]
S. Typhimurium VNP20009 Solid tumors Not provided I https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00006254 (accessed on 1 September 2022)
Salmonella typhi (Express VEGFR2) Ty21a (VXM01) Pancreatic cancer VXM01 vaccination increased vaccine-specific T cell responses I [166]