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ArticleESMO open2016

Safety and immunogenicity of the PRAME cancer immunotherapeutic in metastatic melanoma: results of a phase I dose escalation study.

R Gutzmer, L Rivoltini, E Levchenko, A Testori, J Utikal, P A Ascierto, L Demidov, J J Grob, R Ridolfi, D Schadendorf and 15 more

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Article in ESMO open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01149343 (Study of GSK2302025A Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01149343 phase1completednot on this map

Study of GSK2302025A Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorGlaxoSmithKlineRan2010 to 2016Enrolled107ConditionsMelanomaArmsImmunotherapeutic GSK2302025A, different formulations
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. PRAME Expression in Melanoma is Negatively Regulated by TET2-Mediated DNA Hydroxymethylation.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2025
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  9. Individualized Neoantigen-Directed Melanoma Therapy.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2025
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  10. TLR9: A Double-Dealing Toll-Like Receptor.ImmunoTargets and therapy · 2025
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  16. Immunohistochemical expression of PRAME in 485 cases of epithelial tubo-ovarian tumors.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 17 institutions in 5 countries.

R GutzmerSkin Cancer Center Hannover , Hannover Medical School , Hannover , Germany.
L RivoltiniUnit of Immunotherapy of Human Tumors , Fondazione RCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori , Milan , Italy.
E LevchenkoPetrov Research Institute of Oncology , St. Petersburg , Russia.
A TestoriIstituto Europeo Di Oncologia , Milano , Italy.
J UtikalSkin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
P A AsciertoMelanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapies Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale , Naples , Italy.
L DemidovCancer Research Center , Moscow , Russia.
J J GrobAix Marseille University Hôpital de la Timone, Service de Dermatologie , Marseille , France.
R RidolfiImmunotherapy Unit , Romagna Cancer Institute IRST- IRCCS , Meldola , Italy.
D SchadendorfDepartment of Dermatology , University Hospital Essen , Essen , Germany.
P QueiroloIstituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro Oncologia Medica , Genova , Italy.
A SantoroHumanitas Cancer Center, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS , Rozzano , Italy.
C LoquaiDepartment of Dermatology , University of Mainz , Mainz , Germany.
B DrenoDermatology Clinic , Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, CHU Nantes , Nantes , France.
A HauschildDepartment of Dermatology , Skin Cancer Center, Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital , Kiel , Germany.
E SchultzDepartment of Dermatology , Paracelsus Medical University, Klinikum Nuremberg , Nuremberg , Germany.
T P LesimpleDépartement d'Oncologie Médicale , Centre Eugène Marquis , Rennes , France.
N VanhoutteGSK Vaccines , Rixensart , Belgium.
B SalaunGSK Vaccines , Rixensart , Belgium.
M GilletGSK Vaccines , Rixensart , Belgium.
S JarnjakGSK Vaccines , Rixensart , Belgium.
P M De Sousa AlvesGSK Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium; Celyad, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Rixensart, Belgium.
J LouahedGSK Vaccines , Rixensart , Belgium.
V G BrichardGSK Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium; Vianova-Biosciences, Lasne, Belgium.
F F LehmannGSK Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium; Celyad, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Rixensart, Belgium.
GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) · BECentre Eugène Marquis · FREssen University Hospital · DEEuropean Institute of Oncology · ITFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITHôpital de la Timone · FRInstitute of Oncology NN Petrov · RUIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DENuremberg Hospital · DEPromethera Biosciences (Belgium) · BERussian Cancer Research Center NN Blokhin · RUUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe PRAME tumour antigen is expressed in several tumour types but in few normal adult tissues. A dose-escalation phase I/II study (NCT01149343) assessed the safety, immunogenicity and clinical activity of the PRAME immunotherapeutic (recombinant PRAME protein (recPRAME) with the AS15 immunostimulant) in patients with advanced melanoma. Here, we report the phase I dose-escalation study segment. PATIENTS AND

methodsPatients with stage IV PRAME-positive melanoma were enrolled to 3 consecutive cohorts to receive up to 24 intramuscular injections of the PRAME immunotherapeutic. The RecPRAME dose was 20, 100 or 500 µg in cohorts 1, 2 and 3, respectively, with a fixed dose of AS15. Adverse events (AEs), including predefined dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and the anti-PRAME humoral response (ELISA), were coprimary end points. Cellular immune responses were evaluated using in vitro assays.

results66 patients were treated (20, 24 and 22 in the respective cohorts). AEs considered by the investigator to be causally related were mostly grade 1 or 2 injection site symptoms, fatigue, chills, fever and headache. Two DLTs (grade 3 brain oedema and proteinuria) were recorded in two patients in two cohorts (cohorts 2 and 3). All patients had detectable anti-PRAME antibodies after four immunisations. Percentages of patients with predefined PRAME-specific-CD4+T-cell responses after four immunisations were similar in each cohort. No CD8+ T-cell responses were detected.

conclusionsThe PRAME immunotherapeutic had an acceptable safety profile and induced similar anti-PRAME-specific humoral and cellular immune responses in all cohorts. As per protocol, the phase II study segment was initiated to further evaluate the 500 µg PRAME immunotherapeutic dose. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01149343, Results.

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cancer immunotherapyimmunogenicitymetastatic melanomaPRAME antigensafety

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