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    Gritstone bio's innovative cancer vaccine enters phase 2/3 clinical trial

    • Last Update: 2022-02-23
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On January 13, 2022, Gritstone bio announced that it is evaluating a personalized cancer vaccine in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor as first-line maintenance therapy for 2/2 of patients with newly diagnosed microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer (MSS-CRC).


    The cancer vaccine is designed by taking biopsies from patients, sequencing the tumors, and then using a proprietary artificial intelligence platform to screen for tumor-specific neoantigens


    Self-amplifying mRNA vectors contain mRNA encoding the selected target antigen and RNA polymerase


    Image source: Gritstone bio's official website

    The Phase 2/3 trial was designed to evaluate this neoantigen cancer vaccine in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (atezolizumab) and the CTLA-4 inhibitor Yervoy (ipilimumab) as first-line maintenance therapy in patients already receiving fluorouracil Efficacy of induction therapy with oxaliplatin, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic MSS-CRC


    In addition, the company reported updated overall survival (OS) data from a Phase 1/2 trial of the cancer vaccine, in combination with Opdivo and Yervoy, in patients with advanced solid tumors


    References:

    [1] Gritstone Announces First Patient Enrolled for Phase 2/3 Trial Evaluating Individualized Neoantigen Vaccine GRANITE for First Line (1L) Maintenance Treatment of Metastatic, Microsatellite-Stable Colorectal Cancer (MSS-CRC).


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