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Intratumoral Injection of Autologous CD1c (BDCA-1)+ Myeloid Dendritic Cells Plus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC)

NCT03747744 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2020-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Over the past few years it has become evident that cancer cells can be recognized by the patient's own immune system. The immunological mechanisms at play are often referred to as the "cancer immune cycle" (Chen and Mellman 2013; Mellman 2013; Chen and Mellman 2017).In immune-evasive tumors a pivotal role has been attributed to myeloid dendritic cells (myDC) in regulating the activity of anti-tumor CTL activity within the TME (Broz, Binnewies et al. 2014). In animal models, myDC have been demonstrated to play an essential role in "licensing" anti-tumor CTLs to eradicate tumor cells. These myDC also migrate to tumor-draining lymph nodes and present tumor antigens to T-cells in these secondary lymphoid organs (Roberts, Broz et al. 2016). Human myDCs exist in two subsets that are differentiated by expression of either the BDCA-1 or BDCA-3 surface marker. The CD1c (BDCA-1)+ antigen is specifically expressed on human dendritic cells, which are CD11chighCD123low and represent the major subset of myDCs in human blood (about 0.6 % of all peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)). CD1c (BDCA-1)+ myDC play an important role in the cross-presentation of tumor antigens following immunogenic cell death (Di Blasio, Wortel et al. 2016). Under conditions of tumor growth, myDC will be poorly recruited to the tumor microenvironment, do not get activated and thereby fail to efficiently coordinate anti-tumor immunity within the tumor micro-environment and present tumor associated antigens within tumor-draining lymph nodes. Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) is a first-in-class oncolytic virus based on a modified herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 designed to selectively replicate in and lyse tumor cells while promoting regional and systemic antitumor immunity. In this phase I clinical trial we propose to investigate the safety of intratumoral injection of autologous CD1c (BDCA-1)+ myDC in non-visceral metastases of melanoma plus intratumoral injection of T-VEC (at its approved dose and regimen for the treatment of melanoma). We hypothesize that CD1c (BDCA-1)+ myDC in the T-VEC inflamed tumor microenvironment of the metastasis will capture tumor antigens in vivo and through cross-presentation of these antigens coordinate an effective anti-tumor T-cell response.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CD1c (BDCA-1)+ myDC

Intratumoral injection in subcutaneous, cutaneous, soft tissue metastases

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bart Neyns, MD,PhD · Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-28
Primary Completion
2023-10-01
Completion
2023-10-01

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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