A phase 1/2a study of GEN-009, a neoantigen vaccine based on autologous peptide immune responses.

Authors

Roger Cohen

Roger B. Cohen

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Roger B. Cohen , Melissa Lynne Johnson , Przemyslaw Twardowski , Mark N. Stein , Ulka N. Vaishampayan , Jason R. Dobson , James Foti , Parul Agnihotri , Louisa Dowal , Wendy Broom , Lisa McNeil , Thomas A. Davis , Jessica Flechtner

Organizations

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Genocea, Cambridge, MA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: Tumor-specific neoantigens provide individualized targets for immunotherapy. In silico selection methods are sub-optimal at predicting immunogenic targets, missing up to 70% of true neoantigens. ATLAS is a powerful tool that screens all candidate neoantigens for pre-existing patient-specific CD4 or CD8 responses in an HLA agnostic assessment. ATLAS also identifies inhibitory peptides that may suppress tumor immunity and accelerate tumor progression. The GEN-009 vaccine contains stimulatory but no inhibitory peptide antigens. Methods: GEN-009-101 is a first-in-human phase 1/2a study testing platform feasibility, safety, immunogenicity and clinical activity in selected solid tumors. After next-generation tumor sequencing and cytokine-based ATLAS assessment using autologous T cells and APCs, up to 20 stimulatory synthetic long peptides are used in each personalized vaccine. GEN-009 is administered with poly-ICLC on weeks 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24. Part A, a safety and immunogenicity pilot, has completed target enrollment of patients without evidence of disease to receive GEN-009; Part B has 5 tumor-specific cohorts of up to 15 pts naïve to PD-1 blockade who will receive GEN-009 with a SOC immunotherapy; Part C: up to 15 pts refractory to PD-1 inhibitors will receive GEN-009 monotherapy. Results: GEN-009 has been successfully generated for patients. Repeated dosing has been well tolerated with mild local discomfort and no DLT. ATLAS screening results below show notable interpatient variability; one subject had only CD4 neoantigens, one had only CD8, another had a strong CD8 bias, and one patient had prominent inhibitory peptides. Conclusions: GEN-009 is a neoantigen vaccine that personalizes tumor specific targets and the individual patient’s capacity to respond. Immunogenicity data will assess CD4 and CD8 T cell responses to each vaccine neoantigen. Clinical trial information: NCT03633110

PtTumor typeSomatic mutations/MbStimulatory neoantigensInhibitory antigensCD4CD8
1NSCLC1.2560
2Bladder3.15164
3Melanoma28.6919941
4Bladder3.53181
5NSCLC3.56169

Disclaimer

This material on this page is ©2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology, all rights reserved. Licensing available upon request. For more information, please contact licensing@asco.org

Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Developmental Immunotherapy and Tumor Immunobiology

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Sub Track

New Targets and New Technologies (IO)

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03633110

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 2611)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.2611

Abstract #

2611

Poster Bd #

255

Abstract Disclosures

Similar Abstracts

Abstract

2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Atezolizumab plus personalized neoantigen vaccination (PGV001) in patients with urothelial cancer.

First Author: Jonathan Forrest Anker

First Author: Maura L. Gillison