-
Categories
-
Pharmaceutical Intermediates
-
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
-
Food Additives
- Industrial Coatings
- Agrochemicals
- Dyes and Pigments
- Surfactant
- Flavors and Fragrances
- Chemical Reagents
- Catalyst and Auxiliary
- Natural Products
- Inorganic Chemistry
-
Organic Chemistry
-
Biochemical Engineering
- Analytical Chemistry
-
Cosmetic Ingredient
- Water Treatment Chemical
-
Pharmaceutical Intermediates
Promotion
ECHEMI Mall
Wholesale
Weekly Price
Exhibition
News
-
Trade Service
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).