Table 1:
Class | Agent | Description | Key References |
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Therapeutic Vaccines | AdV-tk | Adenoviral vector containing the Herpes virus thymidine-kinase gene | Rojas-Martinez et al. [2] |
DCVAC/PCa | Autologous DCs pulsed with killed PSA-positive LNCaP cells | Podrazil et al. [4] | |
PROSTVAC | Poxviral-based peptide vaccine encoding the PSA gene + 3 T-cell costimulatory molecules (B7.1, ICAM-1 and LFA-3) | Kantoff et al. [7] | |
Sipuleucel-T | Autologous PBMCs activated ex vivo with PA2024 (PAP + GM-CSF) | Kantoff et al. [8] | |
BDCA-1BDC-01 | Autologous CD1c (BDCA-1+) blood derived DCs loaded with HLA-A*0201-restricted peptides | Prue et al. [9] | |
pTVG-HP | Plasmid DNA vaccine encoding PAP cDNA | McNeel et al. [10] | |
CV9103 (RNActive) | Self-adjuvanted mRNA vaccine targeting 4 antigens: PSA, PSMA, PSCA and STEAP1 | Kübler et al. [11] | |
PPV (personalized peptide vaccine) |
Personalized vaccine made with up to 4 peptides (such as PSA, PAP, PSMA and MDRP)based on a patient’s unique immunoreactivity profile | Noguchi et al. [12] | |
GVAX-PCa | Vaccine comprised of cells from the LNCaP and PC3 cell lines and genetically modified to secrete GM-CSF | Higano et al. [13] | |
Checkpoint Inhibitors | Ipilimumab | Fully human monoclonal antibody against CTLA-4 | Kwon et al. [14] |
Misc. Immuno-modulating agents | HER2Bi-aATC | Anti-CD3 ATC armed with anti-HER2 bispecific antibodies (HER2Bi) | Vaishampayan et al. [15] |
Lenalidomide | Immunomodulatory and anti-angiogenic properties | Petrylak et al. [16] | |
Tasquinimod | Immunomodulatory and anti-angiogenic properties | Armstrong et al. [17] |
PSMA= prostate-specific membrane antigen, PSCA=prostate stem cell antigen, STEAP1=six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 1