Intratumoural Administration of Coxsackievirus A21 for the Control of Malignant Melanoma (PXS-X02)
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Malignant Melanoma
- Registration Number
- NCT00235482
- Lead Sponsor
- Viralytics
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of an injection of coxsackievirus A21 into a melanoma tumour, and also to see if there is a tumour response.
- Detailed Description
Coxsackievirus A21, a naturally occurring enterovirus, has shown that in vivo it can infect and lyse melanoma. This study is to assess safety of a single intratumoural injection of the virus into an accessible subcutaneous melanoma metastasis.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3
Inclusion Criteria
- stage IV melanoma (AJCC classification)
- minimum of 2 sc metastases
- failure or refusal of standard chemotherapy
- ECOG score of 0 or 1
- other
Exclusion Criteria
- metastatic CNS disease
- ocular or mucosal melanoma
- immunodeficiency
- splenectomy
- other
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Safety profile of treatment, characterisation of adverse events
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy - clinical response of injected and non-injected tumours
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Melanoma Unit, Mater Misericordiae Hospital
🇦🇺Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia