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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 4.

Use of TLR3 agonists as adjuvant in a selection of active clinical trials (*www.clinicaltrials.gov).

Number *NCT number and title Cancer type(number of subjects to enroll) Intervention(s) Trial type Status Sponsor/collaborators
1 NCT02643303
A Phase 1/2 Study of In Situ Vaccination With
Tremelimumab and IV Durvalumab Plus Poly-ICLC
in Subjects With Advanced, Measurable, Biopsy-
accessibleCancers
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,
Breast, prostate, renal and bladder
carcinomas, melanoma sarcoma, Merkel cell
and cutaneous T cell lymphoma (102)
• TLR3 agonist-Poly-ICLC
• Durvalumab
• Tremelimumab (human IgG2 anti-
  cytotoxic T-lymphocyte - associated
  antigen 4 [CTLA-4] monoclonal
  antibody)
• Phase I/II, non-
  randomized and open-
  label.
• Recruiting.
• Start date: 28th
  Dec 2016
• Completion date:
  Aug 2022
• Ludwig Institute for
  Cancer Research
• MedImmune LLC
• Cancer Research Institute,
  New York City
2 NCT03162562
The Safety and Antitumor Activity of the
Combination of Oregovomab and Hiltonol in
Recurrent Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Stage III-IV and recurrent ovarian carcinoma
(10)
• TLR3 agonist-Poly-ICLC
• Oregovomab (murineanti-CA125
  monoclonal antibody)
• Phase I, single group and
  open-label
• Recruiting.
• Start date: 30th
  May 2017
• Completion date:
  Sept 2021
• OncoQuest Inc.
3 NCT02834052
Pembrolizumab + Poly-ICLC in MRP Colon Cancer
Metastatic colorectal carcinoma (42) • TLR3 agonist-Poly-ICLC
• Pembrolizumab
• Phase I/II, non-
  randomized single group
  assignment and open-
  label.
• Recruiting.
• Start date: 10th
  Jan 2018
• Completion date:
  Jan 2021
• Asha Nayak
• Oncovir, Inc.
• Merck Sharp & Dohme
  Corp.
• Augusta University
4 NCT02126579
Phase I/II Trial of a Long Peptide Vaccine (LPV7)
Plus TLR Agonists
Melanoma (58) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC and
  TLR7/8 agonist - Resiquimod
• Peptide vaccine (LPV7) + Tetanus
  peptide
• Incomplete Freund’s adjuvant (IFA)
• Phase I/II, randomized
  and open-label
• Recruiting.
• Study Start: April
  2014
• Completion date:
  Dec 2018
• Craig L Slingluff, Jr
• University of Virginia
5 NCT01976585
In Situ Vaccine for Low-Grade Lymphoma:
Combination of Intratumoral Flt3L and Poly-ICLC
With Low-Dose Radiotherapy
Low-Grade B-cell Lymphoma (30) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
• Recombinant human (rhu) Flt3
  ligand (CDX-301)
• Phase I/II, single group
  assignment and open-
  label.
• Recruiting.
• Start date: Dec
  2013
• Completion date:
  Nov 2018
• Joshua Brody
• Icahn School of Medicine
  at Mount Sinai
6 NCT01720836
Study of the Immune Response of MUC1 (Mucin1)
Peptide Vaccine for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (30) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
  (Hiltonol®)
• Mucin 1 (MUC1) peptide
• Phase I/II, non-
  randomized and open-
  label
• Recruiting
• Start date: Nov
  2012
• Completion date:
  Sept 2020
• Olivera Finn
• University of Pittsburgh
7 NCT03262103
Neoadjuvant Hiltonol® (PolyICLC) for Prostate
Cancer
Prostate cancer (24) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
  (Hiltonol®)given intratumorally
  (0.5 mg or 1.0 mg) or
  intramuscularly
• Radical prostatectomy
• Phase I, non-randomized
  and open-label
• Recruiting
• Start date: May
  2017
• Completion date:
  May 2020
• Ashutosh Kumar Tewari
• Oncovir, Inc.
• Icahn School of Medicine
  at Mount Sinai
8 NCT02721043
Safety and Immunogenicity of Personalized
Genomic Vaccine to Treat Malignancies
Solid tumors (20) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
  (Hiltolon®)
• Synthetic peptides
• Lenalidomide (a thalidomide
  analog)
• Phase I, single
• group assignment and
  open-label.
• Recruiting
• Start date: April
  2016
• Completion date:
   July 2020
• Nina Bhardwaj
• Icahn School of Medicine
  at Mount Sinai
9 NCT02061449
PolyICLC, Radiation, and Romidepsin for Advanced
Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (3) • TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
  (Hiltonol®)
• Romidepsin (antibiotic)
• Focal lesional radiation
• Phase I/II, non-
  randomized and open-
  labeled
• Active, not
  recruiting.
• Start date: Mar
  2014
• Completion date:
  June 2018
• New York University,
  School of Medicine
• Ludwig Institute for
  Cancer Research
10 NCT01204684
Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Patients With Brain
Tumors
Glioma, glioblastoma, anaplastic astrocytoma
and Astrooligodendro-glioma (60)
• Autologous tumor lysate-pulsed DC
  vaccination in combination with
  either
• TLR3 agonist - Poly-ICLC
  (Hiltonol®), or
• 0.2% Resiquimod
• Phase II, randomized
  and open-labeled
• Active, not
  recruiting.
• Start date:8th
  Oct 2010
• Completion date:
  Oct 2019
• Jonsson Comprehensive
  Cancer Center