Anti-cancer vaccines and related therapy
AssigneeThe Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
InventorsStephen Pettitt, Christopher Lord, Marco Punta, Alan Melcher
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AssigneeThe Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
InventorsStephen Pettitt, Christopher Lord, Marco Punta, Alan Melcher
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The present invention provides an anti-cancer vaccine comprising: (i) at least one peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of a neoantigen encoded by a mutant homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair gene selected from the group: BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CDK12, RAD51B, RAD51C and RAD51D, wherein the mutant gene comprises a reversion mutation; and/or (ii) at least one polynucleotide encoding the at least one peptide of (i). Also provided are engineered T cells that recognise said neoantigen. Related methods and medical uses of the vaccine and/or engineered T cell are provided, including for the treatment of cancers, such as homologous recombination (HR) deficient cancers that acquire PARP inhibitor resistance or platinum resistance by development of reversion mutations in an HR DNA repair gene selected from the group: BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CDK12, RAD51B, RAD51C and RAD51D.
An anti-cancer vaccine comprising:
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the vaccine comprises a DNA or RNA sequence encoding said neoantigen.
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims, wherein said vaccine is in the form of a plurality of dendritic cells (DCs) that have been pulsed with said at least one peptide comprising the neoantigen and which are capable of presenting said neoantigen to one or more T cells when administered to a subject.
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims, wherein said neoantigen is an MHC class I restricted peptide.
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims, wherein said neoantigen is predicted to be presented by MHC class I with a best rank (BR) score of 0.5 or less using the NetMHCpan-4.0 neural network predictor.
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the vaccine comprises 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more different neoantigens and/or polynucleotide encoding the different neoantigens.
The anti-cancer vaccine of any one of the preceding claims further comprising at least one adjuvant.
An engineered T cell that recognises a neoantigen encoded by a mutant HR DNA repair gene selected from the group:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.