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. 2021 Nov 22;160:150–174. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.10.027

Table 3.

Summary of ongoing trials on cancer vaccines enrolling patients with HR-positive BC, as of 23rd June 2021.

ID Ph Platform Setting # of pts Intervention Patient cohort Target/Moiety Outcome
NCT04270149c 1 Peptide-based eBC 18 6 ESR1 peptides vaccine injections HLA-A0201+ with at least pT3 (any N) ER+ (any HER2) BC following standard treatment ESR1 Safety (AEs)
NCT00880464a 1 Cell-based eBC 8 Irradiated, autologous BC cells engineered by adenoviral mediated gene transfer to secrete GM-CSF Stage II–III (any subtype) who have at least 2 cm of disease after neoadjuvant CT or 4 cm without neoadjuvant CTd GM-CSF release Safety (DLT)
NCT02204098c 1 Gene-based eBC 56 3 Mammaglobin-A DNA vaccine injections + CT/ET cT2-T4 (any N) ER+/HER2-negative BC undergoing neoadjuvant therapy Mammaglobin-A Safety (AEs)
NCT02780401a 1 Gene-based eBC 24 3 polyepitope plasmid–based WOKVAC vaccine injections Stage I–III HER2-negative and node-positive BC after standard treatment pUMVC3-IGFBP2-HER2-IGF1R Safety (AEs)
NCT02364492a 1 Peptide-based eBC 20 6 MAG-Tn3 vaccine injections TNBC (any T/N) or ER+/HER2- (with at least one lymph node), following standard treatment Tn carbohydrate antigen Safety (DLT)
NCT02229084c 2 Peptide-based eBC 61 3 P10s-PADRE injections + neoadjuvant CT with different schedules Stage I–III ER+/HER2-negative BC who undergo neoadjuvant CT Carbohydrate mimetic peptide P10s Safety
Immune response
Clinical response (pCR)
NCT03804944c 2 Peptide-based eBC 100 CDX-301 + pembrolizumab + radiotherapy Post-menopausal stage II–III ER+/HER2− BC before surgery Ftl-3 (binds to CD135) Safety (AEs)
Clinical response rate pCR
NCT02157051c 1 Gene-based mBC 40 3/6/9 polyepitope plasmid DNA vaccine injections followed by 1 or 2 booster vaccine injections Stage III–IV HER2-negative BC CD105/Yb-1/SOX2/CDH3/MDM2 Safety (AEs)
Immune efficacy
NCT00317603a 1 Cell-based mBC 20 Irradiated, autologous BC cells engineered by adenoviral mediated gene transfer to secrete GM-CSF Stage IV BC (any subtype) in II line of treatmentd GM-CSF Safety (DLT)
NCT04521764c 1 Viral-based mBC 33 4 MV-s-NAP administered intratumorally Stage IV BC (any subtype)e Pylori NAP Safety (DLT)
NCT03689192c 1 Peptide-based mBC 10 ARG1 vaccine injections every third week for 45 weeks Stage IV BC (any subtype) Arginase-1 Safety (AEs)
NCT04418219b 1/2 Cell-based mBC 42 SV-BR-1-GM + cyclophosphamide, pembrolizumab, interferon-alpha-2b for 2 years Stage IV BC (any subtype)e GM-CSF release Safety (AEs)
ORR (RECIST 1.1)
NCT03328026c 2 Cell-based + TME modulator mBC 60 4 SV-BR-1-GM + 24 INCMGA00012 vaccine injections ± epacadostat (twice daily) Stage IV BC (any subtype)e GM-CSF release
PD-L1
IDO
Safety (AEs)
NCT02491697a 2 Cell-based mBC 400 4 cycles of DC-CIK treatment (every 1 year) + capecitabine (2500 mg/m2 twice daily for 2 weeks followed by a 1-week rest period q21) Stage IV BC (any subtype)e Cytokine-induced killer cells agonist 1-year OS
NCT00722228c 2 Cell-based mBC 50 5 modified autologous or allogenic tumour cells vaccine injections Stage IV BC (any subtype) N/A N/A

Abbreviations: ID, identifier; ph, phase; #, number; mBC, metastatic breast cancer; eBC, early breast cancer; pCR, pathologic complete response; OS, overall survival; TNBC, triple-negative breast cancer; AE, adverse events; DLT, dose-limiting toxicity; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; CT, chemotherapy; ET, endocrine therapy; ER, oestrogen receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; SoC, standard of care; IGF1R, insulin-like growth factor receptor 1; IV, intravenous; ORR, objective response rate; XBP1, X-box–binding protein 1; SLAMF7, SLAM family member 7; SOX2, (sex determining region Y)-box 2; CDH3, cadherin-3; PD-L1, programmed-death ligand 1; IDO, indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3-dioxygenase; WT1, Wilms' tumour protein; DC, dendritic cell; CIK, cytokine-induced killer; NAP, neutrophil-activating protein; IGF1R, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor; IGFBP2, insulin-like growth factor–binding protein 2. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.

a

Active, not recruiting.

b

Not yet recruiting.

c

Recruiting.

d

This trial has already been described in the section dedicated to vaccines targeting HER2 in breast cancer.

e

This trial has been described in the section dedicated to clinical trials open to BC patients, irrespective of the biological subtype.