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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Applicant:
David Kirn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Kirn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sillajen Biotherapeutics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61P 35/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/768 (2013.01); A61K 38/193 (2013.01); C12N 2710/24132 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed methods that include a thymidine kinase deficient vaccinia virus. The methods include administering the vaccinia virus at increased viral concentrations. Further aspects of the invention include methods for inducing oncolysis or collapse of tumor vasculature in a subject having a tumor comprising administering to a subject at least 1×10infectious viral particles of a TK-deficient, GM-CSF-expressing, replication-competent vaccinia virus vector sufficient to induce oncolysis of cells in the tumor.