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ArticleCancer cell international2022

Intratumoral delivery of TransCon

Luis Alejandro Zúñiga, Torben Leßmann, Karan Uppal, Nicola Bisek, Enping Hong, Caroline E Rasmussen, Jens-Jakob Karlsson, Joachim Zettler, Lars Holten-Andersen, Kathy Bang and 17 more

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04799054 (Phase 1/2, Open-label, Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

NCT04799054 phase1 / phase2terminatednot on this map

Phase 1/2, Open-label, Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies

TypeinterventionalSponsorAscendis Pharma Oncology Division A/SRan2021 to 2025Enrolled188ConditionsAdvanced Solid Tumor, Locally Advanced Solid Tumor, Metastatic Solid Tumor, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma HNSCCArmsTransCon TLR7/8 Agonist, Pembrolizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Tumor Microenvironment-Responsive Nanomedicines for Potentiating Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. Enhancing immunotherapy with tumour-responsive nanomaterials.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2025
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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

27 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis Alejandro ZúñigaAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1832-122X
Torben LeßmannAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Karan UppalAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Nicola BisekAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Enping HongAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Caroline E RasmussenAscendis Pharma A/S, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-3588
Jens-Jakob KarlssonAscendis Pharma A/S, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Joachim ZettlerAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Lars Holten-AndersenAscendis Pharma A/S, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kathy BangAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Dhruv ThakarAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-6732
Yu-Chi LeeAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0038-7869
Salomon MartinezAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Simran Singh SabharwalAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Sebastian StarkAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Frank FaltingerAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Oliver KrackerAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Samuel WeisbrodAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Robin MüllerAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tobias VoigtAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-7021
Kornelia BigottAscendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mohammad TabrizifardAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Vibeke Miller BreinholtAscendis Pharma A/S, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Amer M MirzaAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
David B RosenAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-7675
Kennett SprogøeAscendis Pharma A/S, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark. ks@ascendispharma.com.
Juha PunnonenAscendis Pharma, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.
Ascendis Pharma (Denmark) · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntratumoral (IT) delivery of toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists has shown encouraging anti-tumor benefit in preclinical and early clinical studies. However, IT delivery of TLR agonists may lead to rapid effusion from the tumor microenvironment (TME), potentially limiting the duration of local inflammation and increasing the risk of systemic adverse events.

methodsTo address these limitations, TransCon

resultsFollowing a single IT dose, TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist mediated potent tumor growth inhibition which was associated with sustained resiquimod release over several weeks with minimal induction of systemic cytokines. TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist monotherapy promoted activation of antigen-presenting cells in the TME and tumor-draining lymph nodes, with evidence of activation and expansion of CD8

conclusionsOur findings show that a single dose of TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist can mediate sustained local release of resiquimod in the TME and promote potent anti-tumor effects as monotherapy and in combination with systemic immunotherapy, supporting TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist as a novel intratumoral TLR agonist for cancer therapy. A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist, as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab, in cancer patients is currently ongoing (transcendIT-101; NCT04799054).

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Adaptive immunityInnate immunityIntratumoral injectionIntratumoral treatmentToll-like receptorTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID36123697
PMCPMC9484246
OpenAlexW4296368840

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