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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2021

In Situ Tumor Vaccination with Nanoparticle Co-Delivering CpG and STAT3 siRNA to Effectively Induce Whole-Body Antitumor Immune Response.

Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul, Moataz Reda, Molly A Nelson, Ruijie Wang, Husam Y Zaidan, Daniel S Bejan, Ngoc Ha Hoang, Ryan S Lane, Shiuh-Wen Luoh, Sancy A Leachman and 4 more

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Worapol NgamcherdtrakulPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Moataz RedaPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Molly A NelsonPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Ruijie WangPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Husam Y ZaidanPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Daniel S BejanPDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Ngoc Ha HoangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Ryan S LaneDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Shiuh-Wen LuohVA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Sancy A LeachmanKnight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Gordon B MillsDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Joe W GrayDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Amanda W LundDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Wassana YantaseePDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0989-363X
Oregon Health & Science University · USPDX Pharmaceuticals (United States) · US

Funding

Supplement grant for R44CA217534: Nanoparticle-based targeted codelivery of siRNA and taxane to treat drug-resistant HER2+ breast cancerR44CA217534 · NCI · PDX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI GRAY, JOE W., NGAMCHERDTRAKUL, WORAPOL · 2017 to 2019
$1.7M
Development of topical formulation of siRNA-nanoparticle for treating skin diseasesR43TR001906 · NCATS · PDX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI NGAMCHERDTRAKUL, WORAPOL, YANTASEE, WASSANA · 2017 to 2017
$325k
National Cancer Institute R44CA217534National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences R43TR001906NCATS NIH HHS R43 TR001906NCATS NIH HHS R43TR001906NCI NIH HHS R44 CA217534NCI NIH HHS R44CA217534OHSU Center for Women's Health Circle of GivingOHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Hillcrest Committee Pilot AwardWayne D. Kuni & Joan E. Kuni Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in a subset of individuals has been very exciting. However, in many cancers, responses to current ICIs are modest and are seen only in a small subsets of patients. Herein, a widely applicable approach that increases the benefit of ICIs is reported. Intratumoral administration of augmenting immune response and inhibiting suppressive environment of tumors-AIRISE-02 nanotherapeutic that co-delivers CpG and STAT3 siRNA-results in not only regression of the injected tumor, but also tumors at distant sites in multiple tumor model systems. In particular, three doses of AIRISE-02 in combination with systemic ICIs completely cure both treated and untreated aggressive melanoma tumors in 63% of mice, while ICIs alone do not cure any mice. A long-term memory immune effect is also reported. AIRISE-02 is effective in breast and colon tumor models as well. Lastly, AIRISE-02 is well tolerated in mice and nonhuman primates. This approach combines multiple therapeutic agents into a single nanoconstruct to create whole-body immune responses across multiple cancer types. Being a local therapeutic, AIRISE-02 circumvents regulatory challenges of systemic nanoparticle delivery, facilitating rapid translation to the clinic. AIRISE-02 is under investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies, and clinical trials will soon follow.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesNanoparticlesRNA, Small InterferingSTAT3 Transcription FactorAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyMiceCancer VaccinesRNA, Small InterferingSTAT3 Transcription Factorcancer immunotherapyintratumoral therapymelanomananotechnologytranslational research

Identifiers

PMID34118167
PMCPMC8424660
OpenAlexW3168587734

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