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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2012

First-in-man application of a novel therapeutic cancer vaccine formulation with the capacity to induce multi-functional T cell responses in ovarian, breast and prostate cancer patients.

Neil L Berinstein, Mohan Karkada, Michael A Morse, John J Nemunaitis, Gurkamal Chatta, Howard Kaufman, Kunle Odunsi, Rita Nigam, Leeladhar Sammatur, Lisa D MacDonald and 3 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01095848 (A Phase I Study of Two Different Doses of the Subcutaneous Administration of an Immunotherapeutic Vaccine, DPX-0907 in Advanced Stage Patients With Ovarian, Breast or Prostate Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT01095848 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase I Study of Two Different Doses of the Subcutaneous Administration of an Immunotherapeutic Vaccine, DPX-0907 in Advanced Stage Patients With Ovarian, Breast or Prostate Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorImmunoVaccine Technologies, Inc. (IMV Inc.)Ran2010 to 2011Enrolled23ConditionsOvarian Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Prostatic NeoplasmsArmsDPX-0907 consists of 7 tumor-specific HLA-A2-restricted peptides, a universal T Helper peptide, a polynucleotide adjuvant, a liposome and Montanide ISA51 VG
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Antigen-specific active immunotherapy for ovarian cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  7. Nanotechnology Meets Immunotherapy: Crosstalks Against Cancer.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2026
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  14. Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy: Nanoformulation Engineering and Clinical Translation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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  16. Co-delivery systems: hope for clinical application?Drug delivery and translational research · 2022
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  17. Nanodrugs Targeting T Cells in Tumor Therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Neil L BerinsteinSunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mohan Karkada
Michael A Morse
John J Nemunaitis
Gurkamal Chatta
Howard Kaufman
Kunle Odunsi
Rita Nigam
Leeladhar Sammatur
Lisa D MacDonald
Genevieve M Weir
Marianne M Stanford
Marc Mansour

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepoVax is a novel non-emulsion depot-forming vaccine platform with the capacity to significantly enhance the immunogenicity of peptide cancer antigens. Naturally processed HLA-A2 restricted peptides presented by breast, ovarian and prostate cancer cells were used as antigens to create a therapeutic cancer vaccine, DPX-0907.

methodsA phase I clinical study was designed to examine the safety and immune activating potential of DPX-0907 in advanced stage breast, ovarian and prostate cancer patients. A total of 23 late stage cancer patients were recruited and were divided into two dose/volume cohorts in a three immunization protocol.

resultsDPX-0907 was shown to be safe with injection site reactions being the most commonly reported adverse event. All breast cancer patients (3/3), most of ovarian (5/6) and one third of prostate (3/9) cancer patients exhibited detectable immune responses, resulting in a 61% immunological response rate. Immune responses were generally observed in patients with better disease control after their last prior treatment. Antigen-specific responses were detected in 73% of immune responders (44% of evaluable patients) after the first vaccination. In 83% of immune responders (50% of evaluable patients), peptide-specific T cell responses were detected at ≥2 time points post vaccination with 64% of the responders (39% of evaluable patients) showing evidence of immune persistence. Immune monitoring also demonstrated the generation of antigen-specific T cell memory with the ability to secrete multiple Type 1 cytokines.

conclusionsThe novel DepoVax formulation promotes multifunctional effector memory responses to peptide-based tumor associated antigens. The data supports the capacity of DPX-0907 to elicit Type-1 biased immune responses, warranting further clinical development of the vaccine. This study underscores the importance of applying vaccines in clinical settings in which patients are more likely to be immune competent.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01095848.

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AdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesCohort StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOvarian NeoplasmsProstatic NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesCancer Vaccines

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PMID22862954
PMCPMC3479010

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