Trial reportMolecular cancer2024
Reshaping the tumor microenvironment of cold soft-tissue sarcomas with oncolytic viral therapy: a phase 2 trial of intratumoral JX-594 combined with avelumab and low-dose cyclophosphamide.
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- Efficacy of oncolytic virus in the treatment of intermediate-to-advanced solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of virology · 2025Pooled it
- Combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors and anthracyclines as a potential first-line regimen for dedifferentiated liposarcoma: systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2025Pooled it
- Intratumoral oncolytic virus OH2 injection in patients with locally advanced or metastatic sarcoma: a phase 1/2 trial.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Trial
- Application of artificial intelligence in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- Clinical Progress in Virotherapy: Application and Future Prospects in Head and Neck Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Leveraging multimodal cancer immunotherapy to amplify the efficacy of oncolytic viruses.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- The Immunological Landscape of the Tumor Microenvironment: Implications for Immunotherapy of Unresectable and Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas.Current treatment options in oncology · 2026Review
- Natural and Engineered Cytokines as Cancer Therapeutics.Annual review of cancer biology · 2026Article
- Revisiting the Immune Frontier in Soft Tissue Sarcomas.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- Enhancing Oncolytic Virus Therapy with Nanomedicine: A Review of Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions in a New Frontier of Cancer Treatment.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Initiation of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures for Cancer Immunotherapy.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Therapeutic efficacy of oncolytic adenovirus YSCH-01 in osteosarcoma evaluated in PDX and CDX mouse models.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Oncolytic virus and immunogenic cell death in cancer therapy.Tumour virus research · 2025Review
- TIM-3 blockade reverses oncolytic vaccinia virus-induced DCs inactivation and T cells exhaustion to improve antitumor immunity and therapeutic efficacy.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- Recombinant Oncolytic Viruses: Hexagonal Warriors in the Field of Solid Tumor Immunotherapy.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma and Myxofibrosarcoma.Current treatment options in oncology · 2025Review
- Oncolytic HSV and cancer drug interactions: Current clinical status and future directions.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Review
- Telomere-metabolism-immunity axis in sarcoma: Immune evasion mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025Review
- Oncolytic viruses as cancer therapeutics: From mechanistic insights to clinical translation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Review
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Abstract
Most soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) exhibit an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), leading to resistance against immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and limited therapeutic response. Preclinical data suggest that oncolytic viral therapy can remodel the TME, facilitating T cell accumulation and enhancing the immunogenicity of these tumors.We conducted the METROMAJX, a phase II clinical trial, to investigate the combination of JX-594, an oncolytic vaccinia virus engineered for selective tumor cell replication, with metronomic cyclophosphamide and the PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab in patients with advanced, 'cold' STS, characterized by an absence of tertiary lymphoid structures. The trial employed a two-stage Simon design. JX-594 was administered intratumorally at a dose of 1.10
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