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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Treat Rev. 2018 Oct 25;71:88–101. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.10.012

Table 3.

Use of TLR9 agonists as adjuvant in registered clinical trials (*information taken from Clinicaltrials.gov).

Number *NCT number and tide Cancer type (number of
subjects to enroll)
Intervention(s) Trial type Status Sponsor/collaborators
1 NCT02668770
Ipilimumab (Immunotherapy) and MGN1703 (TLR
Agonist) in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies
Advanced solid cancers
including melanoma (60)
• TLR9 agonist - MGN1703
• Ipilimumab (recombinant human
  IgGl anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal
  antibody)
• Phase II, non-randomized
  and open-label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 11 th May
  2016
• Completion date:
  May 2020
• M.D. Anderson Cancer
  Center
• Mologen AG
2 NCT02452697
Ph2 NK Cell Enriched DCls vv/vvo RI.R9 Agonist,
DUKCPG-001 From Donors Following Allogeneic SCT
Myeloid and lymphoid
malignancies (100)
• TI-R9 agonist - DUK-CPG-001
• NK Cell enriched-DLI
• Phase II, randomized and
  open-label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 8th June
  2016
• Completion date:
  July 2023
• David Rizzieri, MD
• Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Duke University
3 NCT03326752
Phase lb DV281 With an AntiPD-1 Inhibitor in NSCLC
Advanced NSCLC (80) • TLR9 agonist - DV281 (synthetic,
  aerosolized C-class CpG ODN; RP2D)
• Anti-PD-1 Inhibitor
• Phase I, non-randomized
  and open-label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 20th Sept
  2017
• Completion date:
  30th Aug 2020
• Dynavax Technologies
  Corporation
4 NCT03618641
CMP-001 in Combo With Nivolumab in Stage 1IIB/C/D
Melanoma Patients With Clinically Apparent Lymph
Node Disease
Melanoma and lymph node
cancer(20)
• TLR9 agonist - CMP-001 (Virus-like
  particle-encapsulated TLR9 agonist)
• Nivolumab
• Phase II, sequential
  assignment and open-
  label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 8th Aug
  2018
• Completion date:
  15th July 2023
• Diwakar Davar
• Checkmate Pharmaceuticals
• University of Pittsburgh
5 NCT03507699
Combined Immunotherapy and Radiosurgery for
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal carcinoma and
liver metastases (19)
• TI-R9 agonist - CMP-001
• Liver radiotherapy
• Nivolumab
• Ipilimumab
• Phase I, non-randomized
  and open-label.
• Active, not yet
  recruiting
• Star date: 1st Jul
  2018
• Completion date:
  31st May 2021
• Sheba Medical Center
• Checkmate Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
6 NCT03445533
A Study of IMO-2125 in Combination With Ipilimumab
Versus Ipilimumab Alone in Subjects With Anti-PD-1
Refractory Melanoma (ILLUMINATE-301)
Metastatic melanoma (308) • TLR9 agonist - IMO-2125
• Ipilimumab
• Phase III, randomized and
  open-label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 28th Feb
  2018
• Completion date: 1st
  Jul 2020
• Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
7 NCT03410901
TLR9 Agonist SDS-101, Anti-OX40 Antibody BMS
986178, and radiotherapy in Treating Patients With Low
Grade B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
B-cell Non-Hodgkin
lymphoma (15)
• TLR9 Agonist - SDS-101
• Anti-necrosis factor receptor
  superfamily member 4 (0X40)
  antibody [BMS 986178)
• radiotherapy
• Phase I, single group
  assignment and open-
  label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: 9th April
  2018
• Completion date: 9th
  Oct 2020
• Ronald Levy
• NCI
• Stanford University
8 NCT03007732
Pembrolizumab in Combination With Intratumoral SDS-
101 Therapy
Prostate cancer (42) • TLR9 agonist - SDS-101
• Pembrolizumab
• Leuprolide acetate and abiraterone
  acetate
• Prednisone (synthetic glucocorticoid)
• Stereotactic body radiotherapy
• Phase I, randomized and
  open-label.
• Recuiting
• Start date: 27th April
  2017
• Completion date:
  April 2022
• Lawrence Fong
• University of California, San
  Francisco
9 NCT02927964
TLR9 Agonist SDS-101, Ibrutinib, and radiotherapy in
Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Grade 1-
3A Follicular Lymphoma
Follicular lymphoma
including recurrent and
recurrent forms (30)
• TLR9 agonist - SDS-101
• Ibrutinib (small-molecule inhibitor of
  Bruton’s tyrosine kinase)
• radiotherapy
• Phase I/II, single group
  assignment and open-
  label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: Nov 2016
• nov.16
• Completion date:
  Nov 2021
• Robert Lowsky
• NCI
• Stanford University