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An RNA vaccine drives immunity in checkpoint-inhibitor-treated melanoma

Abstract

Treating patients who have cancer with vaccines that stimulate a targeted immune response is conceptually appealing, but cancer vaccine trials have not been successful in late-stage patients with treatment-refractory tumours 1,2. We are testing melanoma FixVac (BNT111)-an intravenously administered liposomal RNA (RNA-LPX) vaccine, which targets four non-mutated, tumour-associated antigens that are prevalent in melanoma-in an ongoing, first-in-human, dose-escalation phase I trial in patients with advanced melanoma (Lipo-MERIT trial, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02410733). We report here data from an exploratory interim analysis that show that melanoma FixVac, alone or in combination with blockade of the checkpoint inhibitor PD1, mediates durable objective responses in checkpoint-inhibitor (CPI)-experienced patients with unresectable melanoma. Clinical responses are accompanied by the induction of strong CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immunity against the vaccine antigens. The antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cell responses in some responders reach magnitudes typically reported for adoptive T-cell therapy, and are durable. Our findings indicate that RNA-LPX vaccination is a potent immunotherapy in patients with CPI-experienced melanoma, and suggest the general utility of non-mutant shared tumour antigens as targets for cancer vaccination.

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Authors
Sahin, U., Oehm, P., Derhovanessian, E., Jabulowsky, R. A., Vormehr, M., Gold, M., Maurus, D., Schwarck-Kokarakis, D., Kuhn, A. N., Omokoko, T., Kranz, L. M., Diken, M., Kreiter, S., Haas, H., Attig, S., Rae, R., Cuk, K., Kemmer-Brück, A., Breitkreuz, A., Tolliver, C., Caspar, J., Quinkhardt, J., Hebich, L., Stein, M., Hohberger, A., Vogler, I., Liebig, I., Renken, S., Sikorski, J., Leierer, M., Müller, V., Mitzel-Rink, H., Miederer, M., Huber, C., Grabbe, S., Utikal, J., Pinter, A., Kaufmann, R., Hassel, J. C., Loquai, C., & Türeci, Ö.
Affiliations
  • BioNTech (Germany) (DE)
  • University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
  • University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
Venue
Nature
Published
2020-07-29
Volume
585
Issue
7823
Pages
107-112
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W3046115489
Cited by
1,052
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 140 · 2025: 204 · 2024: 191 · 2023: 190 · 2022: 174 · 2021: 131 · 2020: 21
FWCI
44.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
Keywords
RNA vaccines, melanoma, anti-PD-1 therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors, tumor-associated antigens, cancer immunotherapy, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, cytotoxic T lymphocyte response
MeSH terms
Antigens, Neoplasm, Antineoplastic Agents, Combined Modality Therapy, Humans, Melanoma, Neoplasm Staging, RNA, Neoplasm, T-Lymphocytes, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Vaccination, Cancer Vaccines, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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