integrative treatments at hope4cancer institute - spdt, hyperthermia & rigvir
DESCRIPTION
Hope4Cancer Institute is a cancer clinic that offers integrative and alternative treatments for cancer at its beach front location in Baja California Mexico. These slides are from Dr. Antonio Jimenez's talk at the Cancer Control Society Convention in 2014, the largest conference of its kind in the United States. Dr. Jimenez discusses three key modalities offered at Hope4Cancer: Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy, Hyperthermia and Rigvir Virotherapy. As the Medical Director and Founder of Hope4Cancer Institute, Dr. Jimenez has over 25 years of experience treating cancer patients with great success. To contact the clinic, please visit: www.hope4cancer.com or call toll-free in the USA 1-888-544-5993 (International: +1 619 669 6511)TRANSCRIPT
SONO-PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
HYPERTHERMIA
&
ANTONIO JIMENEZ
M.D.
42nd ANNUAL CANCER CONVENTION 2014, CANCER CONTROL SOCIETYHope4Cancer Institute | Baja California | Mexico
OTHER TREATMENTS
Why Is It Important to Integrate Multiple Therapies Against Cancer?
• Multiple functional characteristics and an inherent survival instinct gives cancer cells a distinct ability to evade and develop resistance against targeted treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation.
• In most cases, cancer grows as a result of multiple influences over a period of time. Integrative medicine goes beyond treating the manifestation (symptoms), and focuses on treating the causes.
The Seven Hallmarks of Cancer
Eighth Hallmark: Inflammation
Our Multidimensional Approach
to Cancer Treatment
The Seven Key Principles of Cancer Therapy
Non-Toxic Cytolytic
& Cytostatic Therapies
Enhance & Optimize
the Immune System
Full Spectrum Nutrition
Detoxification (Heavy Metals & Toxins)
Eliminate Microbes
& Pathogens
Oxygenation
Spiritual & Emotional Integrity
Non-Toxic Cytolytic
& Cytostatic Therapies
OUR SELECTION CRITERIA FORNON-TOXIC CANCER
THERAPIES Non-toxic therapies, safer to normal cells and
that do not harm vital, healthy organs
None or very few side effects
Clinically demonstrated to target cancer cells, including metastatic ones
Avoids stimulating existing cancer stem cells
Stimulates (does not suppress) immune system
Improve quality of life and prolonged health
Enhance & Optimize
the Immune System
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Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy(SPDT)
How Does SPDT Work?
Cancerous tumor cells are illuminated (orange). This picture was taken 24 hours
after treatment with our Sensitizer.
Cancerous Tumor cells (orange)72 hours after treatment with our Sensitizer,
showing massive cell death.
Tissue Culture
Photoluminiscence Studies
d2 d2
d8 d8
d8 d8
SDT treated (T) Control (C)
T C
On d8, the tumor in control mouse was very huge. The tumor invaded into muscle and sternum, and resulted in malignant ascites.
On d8, the tumor in SDT treated mouse was confined in the original site without ascites.
Animal Study
Sono Dynamic Therapy
Portable Ultrasound Device for
Sono Dynamic TherapyPortable Pulsed LED Pad for
Photo Dynamic Therapy
Intranasal Light
Photo Dynamic Therapy
Aspects to the Effects of Photo Dynamic Therapy (PDT) on the Immune
Response against Cancer
• PDT Induces production of anti-tumor inflammatory immune system cells.
• PDT generates long-term anti-tumor immune response.
• Phototoxic damage (to cancer cells) creates the inflammatory stimulus.
Agarwal et al., 1993 Yamamoto et al., 1991
Hyperthermia(Local & Whole
Body)
What Is Hyperthermia?• In hyperthermia, body tissue is exposed to high
temperatures (as high as 105 oF). Research has shown that high temperatures can damage and kill cancer cells, with minimal injury to normal tissues.1
• There are two types of hyperthermia: local, which treats small areas of tissue and whole body, that treats the entire body.
• In the non-toxic cancer therapy protocols at Hope4Cancer, we have found that hyperthermia helps to synergize the effect of other cancer treatments while having powerful anti-cancer effect of its own.
• Hyperthermia has also shown the ability to stimulate the immune system into action.
1. Hildebrandt B, Wust P, Ahlers O, et al. The cellular and molecular basis of hyperthermia. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2002; 43(1):33–56.
How Does Hyperthermia Work?
Healthy cells have a large negative potential – meaning that cells have a larger net negative charge inside them relative to the outside environment.
Cancer cells have a smaller negative potential, which means that the extracellular fluid around it resonates and hence experiences greater heating effect at a ~10 MHz radiofrequency.
How Does Hyperthermia Work?
This vibration is strong enough to destroy the cell. The destruction of the cancer cells awakens of immune system and stimulates it into
action.
How Does“INDIBA”
Hyperthermia Work?
The cell temperatures are raised by passing radiofrequency through electrodes
placed above and below the area to be treated waves at a particular frequency tuned to the radiofrequency at which the intracellular fluid
in cancer cells vibrate.
Clinical Outcome Studies at
Hope4Cancer Institute
(SPDT + HT)
CLINICAL PARAMETERSWhat Do We Observe to Measure Short-Term Success
Providing short-term successes is an important step towards securing long term gains for cancer patients, especially in highly advanced cases. These are some parameters that we observe to measure improvement:
TUMOR HYPERVASCULARITY. Tumors form small blood microvessels that grow and connect to the body’s nutrient supply (angiogenesis). Reversing tumor blood supply can starve the tumors and eventually kill them. Tumor blood flow can be measured using Color Doppler Ultrasound techniques.
CHANGES IN THE TUMOR. As the patient’s prognosis improves, they start showing changes in their tumors. These changes could include development of necrosis (caused by cell death), reduction in tumor size, changes in consistency (typically becoming softer and less dense).
QUALITY OF LIFE. Maintaining a high quality of life is a signature of our therapies since they are designed to selectively attack the cancer, while we improve the conditions in the body improving the feeling of “well being”. Quality of life can include a range of parameters, the most important being energy level, appetite and reduction in specific symptoms.
ANGIOGENESIS IN TUMORS
Demographics of Study: • 100 random patients (admitted between Jan ‘12 – Jun ‘14)• Age Range: 36 – 80 years• Main Therapy: Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy+ Hyperthermia• Duration of stay at clinic: 3-4 weeks• Average reduction in hypervascularity: 48% observed within 3-
4 weeks of treatment at Hope4Cancer.
Male Female0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
36.3
63.4
% of Each Gender in Study
Series1
RETROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY I REDUCTION IN HYPERVASCULARITY (SPDT + HT)
Breast Cancer (38)
Prostate Cancer (11)
Colorectal Cancer (18)
Ovarian Cancer (8)
Other (25)
Cancer Distribution
RETROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY II REDUCTION IN HYPERVASCULARITY
FOR BREAST, PROSTATE & COLORECTAL CANCERS
Demographics of Study: 51 random patients (admitted between Jan ‘13 – Jul ’14)Duration of Stay at Clinic: 3 to 4 Weeks
Main Therapies: Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy + Hyperthermia
19
15
17
Cancer Distribution(# of patients)
Colorectal Breast
Prostate
• Average reduction in hypervascularity after initial 3 weeks was 43%.
Data by cancer type:• Breast cancer patients showed a decrease of 48%.• Prostate cancer patients showed a decrease of 41%.• Colorectal cancer patients showed a decrease of 38%
RETROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY IIREDUCTION IN VASCULARITY
• Hope4Cancer offers a free once every quarter 2-day 1-night return visit to patients for an evaluation and treatments. This data reviews hypervascularity changes in these patients.
• Number of patients studied = 14.
• Average reduction in hypervascularity after their 3 weeks’ stay at Hope4Cancer was 61%.
• All 14 patients showed decreased hyper-vascularity after initial treatment.
RETURNING PATIENTS STUDYREDUCTION IN HYPER VASCULARITY
RETURNING PATIENTS STUDYREDUCTION IN HYPER VASCULARITY
3 Months Later at their 1st Quarterly Visit
78.5% (11/14) Patients sustained or improved on their baseline reduction in hypervascularity, while continuing their SPDT therapy at home.
RIGVIR®
CANCER VIROTHERAPY
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WHAT IS ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY?Using a Virus As a Cancer Treatment
An oncolytic virus can tell the difference
between a normal cell and a cancer cell. This
biological radar like quality is known as
oncotropism.
The virus replicates in the cancer cell.
The virus breaks down the cell in a
step called oncolysis.
Virus makes immune system
aware of the malignant cells
and infects neighboring cells.
NORMAL CELL
CANCERCELL
UNIQUE FEATURES OF VIROTHERAPY• Selectively targets tumor
cells over healthy cells.
• Chances of any side effects are largely diminished.
• No toxic residues from harmful chemotherapy drugs or residual radiation.
• While other treatments usually suppress it, virotherapy activates the immune system and helps it recognize the cancer cells by uncloaking them.
VIROTHERAPY –IN THE NEWS• Mayo Clinic used the
measles virus to successfully treat a patient with multiple myeloma in 2013.
• Pharmaceutical giant Amgen is in Phase III clinical trials for its herpes simplex virus based product, T-VEC obtained from the acquisition of BioVex.
• University of Texas has an oncolytic virus based on the common cold virus (adenovirus) with which they are targeting brain cancer (glioblastoma).
RIGVIR® – WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE?• All current oncolytic viruses
are based on the genetic modification of pathogenic viruses (measles, common cold, HIV, etc). Rigvir® is based on a genetically unaltered virus, found in the intestines of young children. The virus is non-pathogenic, even in its native state.
• Extensively clinically tested for efficacy and safety in almost 2000 cancer patients. No reported side effects.
RIGVIR® – 40+ YEARS OF RESEARCH• Discovered in the 1960s by
a group of virologists led by Dr. Aina Muceniece who were previously engaged in finding a cure for smallpox.
• After over 40 years of clinical research, Rigvir® was approved as a cancer “drug” in Latvia for the treatment of melanoma in 2004.
• No genetic modification to remove pathogenic properties has been necessary to develop this product as an effective treatment.
MECHANISM OF ACTIONRigvir® Unmasks Tumors From the Complement System
Cancer cells inhibit a global immune system called the complement system that gets triggered by an infection or foreign presence. These cancer cells have cell surface receptors(such as CD-55/DAF-3) that mask them from immune surveillance.
Rigvir® binds to these receptors and disable their masking function, making the cancer cells vulnerable to complement attack.
RIGVIR® IN ACTIONThis is How Rigvir® Affects Melanoma Cells
I. Melanoma cells before application of Rigvir® II. Cells from the same patient after several courses of Rigvir® start
showing apoptotic tumor cells, lymphocytes, and plasma cells.III. This image shows a melanoma cell surrounded by recruited
lymphocytes after Rigvir® application.
Muceniece A, Venskus D. How to assess immunity- the melanoma model. 2007. p. 116-117
III III
Latima Confidential Material
RIGVIR® IN MELANOMAViability of Melanoma Cells in Culture
Latima Confidential Material
FM9
FM55
FM94
SK-Me126
Control0 h
Control 24 h
Rigvir® 24 h
Scale Bar: 100 μm
RIGVIR® IN OTHER CANCERSViability of A Variety of Cancer Cells in Culture
Latima Confidential Material
Control0 h
Control 24 h
Rigvir® 48 h
MCF7
HPAF II
THP-1
Breast Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Monocytic Leukemia
Scale Bar: 100 μm
RIGVIR® IN OTHER CANCERSViability of A Variety of Cancer Cells in Culture
Latima Confidential Material
Control0 h
Control 24 h
Rigvir® 24 h
AGS
A549
SSC-25
Stomach Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Tongue Cancer
Scale Bar: 100 μm
RIGVIR® SURVIVAL STUDIES
Latima Confidential Material
Stomach Cancer
Non-Melanoma Percent Cancer Survival With Rigvir®
Rigvir®
Rectal Cancer
Rigvir®
Control48
24
71
58
71
41Control
Stages II-IV Only
N = 21N = 60
780
196
Safety &Efficacy
Efficacy Only
Types of Cancer in Safety & Efficacy Study
(N = 196) Stomach Cancer
Rectal CancerColorectal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Gastronintestinal Cancers Percent Survival with
Rigvir(5-Year Study)
RIGVIR® SURVIVAL STUDIES
Latima Confidential Material
Melanoma
Melanoma Percent Cancer Survival With Rigvir®
Rigvir®
Control80
55
N = 919 patients
819
100Eye Melanoma Efficacy
MelanomaEfficacy
Melanoma Percent Survival
with Rigvir (5-Year Study)
Melanoma pT1-3
RIGVIR® 5-YR % SURVIVAL DATA
Latima Confidential Material
Rigvir® vs. Standard Immunotherapy*
Melanoma pT4-5
Rigvir®
Rigvir®
Other
81
7053
29
Other
*Immunotherapy treatment included C. parvum, Levamisol, Splenin.
Melanoma(based on depth of invasion)
Less Invasive More Invasive
No Metastasis With Metastasis
Rigvir®
Other
60
21
Rigvir®
73 76
Other
Localized Spread to Lymph Nodes
Melanoma(based on degree of metastasis)
N = 67
N = 29N = 35
N = 19
N = 111N = 53
N = 20
N = 14
RIGVIR® 5-YR SURVIVAL DATA
Latima Confidential Material
Stomach Cancer
Gastrointestinal Percent Cancer Survival With Rigvir®
Rigvir®
Rectal Cancer
Rigvir®
Control48
24
71
58
71
41Control
Stages II-IV Only
N = 21N = 60
RIGVIR® CLINICAL STUDIES
Latima Confidential Material
Melanoma Patient Case Study
Patient was tracked for 3 years following the start of Rigvir® therapy in 2008
February 2008Before start of Rigvir®
April 2010During Rigvir® Treatment
CANCERS TREATEDCancers Known to Be Sensitive to Rigvir®
Initial Clinical Experience with
Rigvir® at Hope4Cancer
Institute
RIGVIR® AT HOPE4CANCERPATIENT DISTRIBUTION
Rigvir® introduced at Hope4Cancer
® in March
2014
MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST
14 8 11 6 8 8
55
2014
# Patients on Rigvir®Breast (12)
Colorectal (9)
Prostate (8)
Ovarian (4)
Lung (3)
Endometrial (2)
Pancreatic (2)
Kidney (1)
Osteosarcoma (1)
Angiosarcoma (1)
Glioblastoma (1)
Esophageal (1)
Stomach (1)
Bladder (1)
Melanoma (1)
Non-Hodgkin's (1)
Unknown (1)
Non-Cancer (5)
RIGVIR® AT HOPE4CANCERPATIENT DISTRIBUTION
• A total of 39 patients were reviewed whose primary therapy was Rigvir® Cancer Virotherapy, after eliminating patients who were given Rigvir for non-cancer indications, and patients who passed away because of extremely poor initial health condition.
• Parameters observed during study:• Overall health condition• Quality of life• Changes in tumor
INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION STUDY
RIGVIR® VIROTHERAPY
INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION STUDY
RIGVIR® VIROTHERAPY
Most people who come to Hope4Cancer are already at advanced stage of disease. In this case, about 37% of admitted patients were in poor or very poor
overall health condition and 78% were in Stage 4, which is representative of the overall statistics of patient admission at the clinic (~ 80% Stage 4).
22
15
1526
22
Overall Health Condition on Ad-mission (%)
Very Poor (22%)Poor (15%)Stable (15%)Good (26%)Very Good (22%)
INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION STUDY
RIGVIR VIROTHERAPY
91% of patients reported that their quality of either improved or did not worsen during the initial course of the treatment.
91
9
Quality of Life Improvement (%)
Improved or Stayed SteadyWorsened
INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION STUDY
RIGVIR VIROTHERAPY
71% of patients were reported to show an improvement or no worsening in their health condition during the initial course of the treatment
71
29
Improvement in Overall Health Condition (%)
Improved or Stayed SteadyWorsened
• 11 patients had tumors that were palpable or visible.
• 7 out of 11 patients reported changes in tumors• 2 reported tumor tissues becoming necrotic• 2 reported tumors becoming smaller• 3 reported tumors becoming softer
INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION STUDY
RIGVIR VIROTHERAPY
Tumor changes and signs of tumor lysis are very evident in patients with exteriorized and palpable tumors.
CONCLUDINGREMARKS
• The Seven Principles provide a holistic framework within which we use potent anticancer therapies with clinically established effectiveness. We target the “cause”, not the “symptoms”.
• The foundational principle of all our treatments is “do no harm”. Our treatments are non-toxic and do not cause side effects.
• Our treatments are focused on improving quality of life rather than tearing it down.
THE HOPE4CANCER PHILOSOPHY
SEVEN PRINCIPLES TO SUCCESS
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