It may take up to a year to determine the level
of efficacy of immunotherapy, although patients may show improvement by 6 months.
Not exact matches
Now,
immunotherapy — a type
of treatment that harnesses the patient's immune system to combat the disease — represents the future
of cancer treatment, with its
efficacy being demonstrated in even the most aggressive types
of cancer.
Schlom,
of the National Cancer Institute, says the next challenge for researchers is to find ways to combine different
immunotherapy drugs into single treatments and measure their
efficacy in clinical trials.
In a phase 1b clinical trial with 21 patients, researchers tested the safety and
efficacy of combining the
immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab with an oncolytic virus called T - VEC.
The ultimate goal
of Dr Janji's research team is to provide the proof
of concept that targeting autophagy could improve the
efficacy of current
immunotherapies, notably those based on immune checkpoint blockades.
Dr. Gnjatic's research focuses on human antigen - specific immune responses to tumor antigens, in an attempt to define new targets for the development
of cancer
immunotherapies, assess the
efficacy of these
immunotherapies, and learn why they may fail.
«Our work has shown that overcoming brain tumor - induced immune suppression is critical for enhancing
efficacy of anti-tumor
immunotherapies,» says first author Neha Kamran, Ph.D., a U-M neurosurgery research fellow in the Castro / Lowenstein Lab.
Moreover, the researchers found that the re-educated TAMs could enhance the anti-tumoral
efficacy of certain cancer
immunotherapies, some
of which are already approved for patients.
«Potential
of manipulating gut microbiome to boost
efficacy of cancer
immunotherapies.»
«The most exciting finding was that TAM reprogramming greatly improved the
efficacy of immunotherapy,» says Michele De Palma.
«This could be a universal mechanism for enhancing
efficacy of immunotherapies in glioma,» she says.
«As we identify which bacteria have a similar effect in humans, it should be possible to develop probiotic supplements that specifically improve
efficacy of immunotherapies,» he says.
Seres is developing SER - 401, a preclinical stage oral microbiome therapy comprising a consortium
of live bacteria to improve the
efficacy and safety
of immunotherapy.
Our objective is to use our microbiome therapeutic approach to improve the
efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with life - threatening cancers.»
The full paper that this statement is in response to can be found at: Niederberger et al. 2018 Safety and
efficacy of immunotherapy with the recombinant B - cell epitope — based grass pollen vaccine BM32.
In the ensuing months, the two companies have published detailed, promising animal studies
of their
immunotherapies, including preclinical
efficacy studies in animal models
of human synucleinopathies.
However, it could dramatically improve the
efficacy of current
immunotherapy drugs, which now have a 20 to 50 percent success rate.
Demonstration
of the therapeutic
efficacy of this amyloid - reactive mAb would provide an important proof -
of - principle that this form
of immunotherapy also could benefit individuals with other types
of inherited or acquired amyloid - associated disease.
A range
of immunotherapies are currently in use, yet their
efficacy can be varied and differ from patient to patient.
Immune Design entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Genentech, a member
of the Roche Group, to evaluate the safety and
efficacy of its CMB305 cancer
immunotherapy product candidate combined with the investigational cancer
immunotherapy atezolizumab in a randomized Phase 2 trial in patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
«Immune checkpoint inhibitors, including PD - 1 and PD - L1 inhibitors, have provided meaningful clinical benefits for patients with cancer; however, novel
immunotherapy combination treatments are needed to improve
efficacy with limited additive toxicity,» said Aung Naing, MD, FACP, associate professor, Department
of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division
of Cancer Medicine, The University
of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.