Table 3: Summary of Oncolytic Vectors and Clinical Trials

HSV Strain Genetic Modification Therapeutic Transgenes Stage Clinical Indications Ref.
dlsptk tk deletion none Preclinical [148, 240]
hrR3 UL39 disruption (large RR subunit) none Preclinical [155, 241, 242]
HSV1716 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 none Human clinical trials Phase I (recruitment not yet open) Glioma, melanoma, head-and-neck cancer. Non-CNS solid tumours [167, 169, 170, 243, 244]
R3616 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 none Preclinical [151, 157]
R4009 Stop codon in both copies of ICP34.5 none Preclinical [151, 157]
G207 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + disruption of UL39 none Human clinical trials phase I, IB, and II Recurrent brain cancer (glioma, astrocytoma, glioblastoma [161-165, 245, 246]
MGH-1 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + disruption of UL39 none Preclinical [149, 166]
MGH-2 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + disruption of UL39 CYP2B1 and shiCE Preclinical [190]
R7020 (NV1020) Deletion in one copy of ICP34.5 + tk under ICP4 promoter control + deletion in UL24, 55 and 56 none Human clinical trials phase I and II Liver, metastases derived from colorectal cancer. [121, 122, 176, 177]
G47Δ Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + disruption of UL39 none Preclinical [144]
Myb34.5 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + disruption of UL39 + insertion of an ICP34.5 gene under the control of the B-myc promoter none Preclinical [247, 248]
DF3γ34.5 Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + insertion of an ICP34.5 gene under the control of the DF3/MUC1 promoter none Preclinical [139, 249]
HF10 Spontaneous generation of HSC-1 variant none Human clinical trials [215, 216]
NV1042 HSV-1/HSV-2 intertypic recombinant + contains only one ICP34.5 copy Murine IL-12 Preclinical [192-195]
OncoVexGM-CSF Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + deletion of ICP47 GM-CSF Phase II/III Breast cancer, head-and-neck cancer, melanoma [160, 250]
RAMBO Deletion in both copies of ICP34.5 + UL39 disruption IE4/5 prom-Vstat120 Preclinical [214]
NP2 enkephalin expressing vector Deletions in ICP4, 27, 22 and 47 human preproenkephalin Phase I Chronic pain from terminal cancer [38, 39]