; Things to consider when designing and running your nonclinical safety programmes
for immune checkpoint targets; and more.
Whilst there Sabrina presented a poster showing her research work entitled: «The peripheral blood TCR repertoire might facilitate patient stratification
for immune checkpoint blockade inhibition in metastatic melanoma.»
Not exact matches
BMS's drug, ipilimumab (Yervoy), was the first
checkpoint inhibitor (a kind of cancer immunotherapy drug that essentially helps the
immune system release its brake and go after tumor cells it might normally miss) to get approved in the US in 2011
for melanoma.
Checkpoint inhibitors block that handshake, which alerts
immune cells to cancer cells and target them
for destruction.
«While
immune checkpoint blockade therapy is effective in many cancers, it has been less successful
for this particular form of prostate cancer, which has motivated a search
for targeted therapies that overcome this resistance.»
«We wanted to utilize platelets» intrinsic tendencies to accumulate at wounds and to interact with circulating tumor cells,
for targeted delivery of
immune checkpoint inhibitors» said Gu, «Interestingly, we found the antibody can be promoted to release from activated platelets in the surgical site, due to generation of small platelet - derived microparticles upon the platelet activation.
Japanese scientists have found unique genetic alterations that could indicate whether expensive
immune checkpoint inhibitors would be effective
for a particular patient.
«These impressive results have yet to be confirmed in other trials; nonetheless
immune checkpoint inhibitors will most likely become part of daily practice
for non-small-cell lung cancer in the near future.»
Commenting on the two studies, Baas says that finding a good treatment
for mesothelioma has been a challenge
for many years and has so far led to many disappointments, so there is a need
for investigation into new pathways such as the use of
immune checkpoint inhibitors that target the PD - 1 / PD - L1 pathway.
Researchers led by Van Allen and Choueiri sought an explanation
for why some patients with a form of metastatic kidney cancer called clear cell renal cell cancer (ccRCC) gain clinical benefit — sometimes durable — from treatment with
immune checkpoint inhibitors that block the PD - 1
checkpoint, while other patients don't.
«Cancer treatment
for transplant patients discovered: Letter notes combination of steroids and immunosuppressants, combined with
immune checkpoint inhibitors helps prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant patients undergoing cancer treatment.»
ALEXANDRIA, VA, FORT WASHINGTON, PA. — Immunotherapy with
immune checkpoint inhibitors is the first of a new generation of immunotherapy treatments, revolutionizing treatment
for many different types of cancer.
«We predict that
immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy will be more effective
for HPV - active tumors than HPV - inactive tumors.
Current immunotherapies
for ovarian cancer fall into six broad categories: monoclonal antibodies;
checkpoint inhibitors and
immune modulators; therapeutic vaccines; adoptive T cell transfer; oncolytic viruses; and adjuvant immunotherapies.
For their collective contributions to the pre-clinical foundation and development of
immune checkpoint blockade, a novel form of cancer therapy that has transformed the landscape of cancer treatment.
Through strategic partnerships with industry and nonprofit organizations, we gain access to a portfolio of priority drugs
for testing within our expert focus groups, including
checkpoint inhibitors, therapeutic vaccines, innate
immune stimulants, targeted therapies, and many other promising treatments and technologies with high therapeutic potential.
The designation is specifically
for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have previously been treated with
immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Activity and safety of nivolumab, an anti-PD-1
immune checkpoint inhibitor,
for patients with advanced, refractory squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 063): a phase 2, single - arm trial.
A Brief Report published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine detailed two cases of patients treated with combination
immune checkpoint blockade
for metastatic melanoma who developed myositis, early progressive and refractory cardiac electrical instability, and myocarditis.
Myocarditis is a rare and sometimes lethal complication of combination
immune checkpoint blockade
for metastatic melanoma.
In the next year, members of the Dream Team will continue to study the tumor microenvironment before and after
checkpoint blockade, to develop algorithms to identify and predict the best antigens on cancer cells that can be used
for cancer immunotherapies, to analyze tumor tissues and blood
for biomarkers that will help in selecting patients who will benefit, and identifying the best approaches to increase the strength of
immune cells
for adoptive cell therapy.
Head and neck cancer has one currently approved immunotherapy, the
checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo ®) and is one of the major cancer types
for which new
immune - based cancer treatments are in development.
Their work encompasses several strategies, including: developing FL - HCC animal models to characterize tumor -
immune interactions, exploring if a mutated protein associated with FL - HCC could be targeted by immunotherapy, identifying
immune checkpoints that could potentially serve as targets
for immunotherapy as well as biomarkers
for analyzing patients, and evaluating the effectiveness of immunotherapy strategies against FL - HCC patient samples in the lab.
The laboratory of Linda Bradley, Ph.D., professor at SBP, recently published a paper identifying PSGL - 1, a protein that limits T cell responses to viruses, as a new target
for checkpoint inhibition, an approach akin to taking the «brakes» off the
immune system.
This position, funded by Cancer Research UK, will explore whether manipulation of a novel antigen presentation
checkpoint can enhance the repertoire of tumour antigens presented
for immune recognition.
Current immunotherapies
for colorectal cancer fall into seven broad categories:
checkpoint inhibitors and
immune modulators, monoclonal antibodies, therapeutic vaccines, adoptive cell therapy, oncolytic virus therapy, adjuvant immunotherapies, and cytokines.
PD - 1, which stands
for programmed cell death 1, is the second
immune checkpoint pathway currently being targeted with immunotherapies.
Led by Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and director of thoracic medical oncology, researchers from the KEYNOTE - 021 study demonstrated
for the first time that combining an
immune checkpoint inhibitor — in this case, pembrolizumab — with a platinum - doublet chemotherapy regimen might be more effective than chemotherapy alone as first - line treatment
for advanced, non-squamous NSCLC.
In honor of James Allison, Lieping Chen, Gordon Freeman, Tasuku Honjo and Arlene Sharpe
for contributions to the pre-clinical foundation and development of
immune checkpoint blockade, a novel form of cancer therapy that has transformed the landscape of cancer treatment.
Mismatch repair (MMR)- deficient cancers have been discovered to be highly responsive to
immune therapies such as PD - 1
checkpoint blockade, making their definition in patients, where they may be relatively rare, paramount
for treatment decisions.
The combination of the attenuated oncolytic virus talimogene laherparepvec (T - VEC) and the
immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab shows activity and is well tolerated by advanced melanoma patients, according to a new study presented at the Society
for Melanoma Research 2015 International Congress, held November 18 — 21 in San Francisco.
The trial is enrolling patients who are BRAF V600 wild - type and in whom ipilimumab has failed or who are not otherwise candidates
for ipilimumab or another
immune checkpoint inhibitor.
Allison is the person responsible
for developing the
checkpoint blockade approach to cancer immunotherapy: antibodies are used to target specific molecules on
immune cells, which empowers them to find and attack cancer cells.
iTeos is focused on expanding the benefits of immunotherapy
for cancer patients by developing a proprietary pipeline targeting IDO1, A2A, TIGIT
immune checkpoint and non-immunogenic («cold») tumours.
Capacity
for substantial genetic payload supports multiple tumor antigens or a combination of tumor antigens and other
immune stimulatory molecules, such as
checkpoint inhibitors.