On June 1, 2017 Takara Bio Inc. (Takara Bio) reported that the Clinical Trial Notification was submitted to PMDA (Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency; Japanese regulatory agency) to conduct phase I clinical trial of oncolytic virus HF10 (Development code: TBI-1401) as regenerative medicine product in Japan on May 31 (Press release, Takara Bio, JUN 1, 2017, View Source [SID1234519334]). Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo! This clinical trial will be conducted in patients with unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer to evaluate safety of HF10 in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drug.
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After the clearance, the protocol will be reviewed by each IRB (Institutional Review Board) and the study will be initiated. In this clinical trial, the HF10 manufactured at Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, Takara Bio’s facility, will be used.
Takara Bio is currently conducting clinical trials in patient with unresctable and metastatic melanoma in Japan and US. Based on the results which were obtained so far, the intratumoral injections of HF10 are safe and well-tolerated, and encouraging tumor response was demonstrated. And also, the investigator-initiated clinical research for pancreatic cancer was completed, and the good results were reported*.