CALGARY, AB, --- August 12, 2008 - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (“Oncolytics”) (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) announced today that the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has started enrolment in a Phase 2 clinical trial for patients with metastatic melanoma using systemic administration of REOLYSIN®, Oncolytics’ proprietary formulation of the human reovirus. The trial is being carried out by the Mayo Phase 2 Consortium under the NCI’s Clinical Trials Agreement with Oncolytics, while Oncolytics will provide clinical supplies of Reolysin®. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Evanthia Galanis of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
The primary objectives of the study are to assess the antitumour effects of Reolysin® in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma, as well as the safety profile of Reolysin®. Secondary objectives include assessment of progression free survival and overall survival.
Patients will receive systemic administration of REOLYSIN® at a dose of 3x10(10) TCID(50) per day on days 1-5 of each 28 day cycle, and patients may receive up to 12 cycles of treatment. The trial is expected to enroll up to 47 patients with metastatic melanoma.
Approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma in the U.S. every year.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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