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Table 6.14.

Examples of therapeutic cancer vaccines in clinical trials

Cancer type Vaccine approach Manufacturer/Developer
Bladder cancer Multi-epitope cancer vaccine to the MUC1 tumour-associated antigen Vaxil Bio Therapeutics Ltd
Brain tumours Dendritic cell vaccine Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Cervical cancer RO5217790 consists of recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara viral vector encoding mutated forms of human papillomavirus type 16 genes for the viral oncoproteins E6 and E7 and the hIL2 Roche
Melanoma DNA vaccine (tyrosinase-related protein 2) – an immunobody adjuvant approach
ASCI, MAGE-A3/AS15
Human anti-CTLA-4 antibody (MDX-010) in combination with a gp100 melanoma vaccine (MDX-1379)
Scancell Ltd

GSK Biologicals
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lung cancer Modified mRNA vaccine encoding five antigens including NY-ESO-1
ASCI, MAGE-A3/AS15
CureVac GmbH

GSK Biologicals
Colorectal cancer Modified vaccinia Ankara encoding the tumour antigen 5T4 Oxford BioMedica

MUC1, Mucin 1 cell surface; hIL2, human cytokine interleukin-2; ASCI, antigen-specific cancer immunotherapeutics; MAGE, melanoma-associated antigen; CTL, cytotoxic T lymphocyte. Every effort has been made to verify the information in this table. The information included is not meant to be exhaustive but is intended to provide an overview of the subject matter.