Phase I Trial of an ICAM-1-Targeted Immunotherapeutic-Coxsackievirus A21 (CVA21) as an Oncolytic Agent Against Non Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Purpose: The CANON [CAVATAK in NON–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)] study evaluated a novel ICAM-1–targeted immunotherapeutic-coxsackievirus A21 as a novel oncolytic agent against bladder cancer. Patients and Methods: Fifteen patients enrolled in this “window of opportunity” phase I study, exposing primary bladder cancers to CAVATAK prior to surgery. The first 9 patients received intravesical administration of monotherapy CAVATAK; in the...