Abstract
Despite improvements made with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy, a need for new approaches to improve outcomes for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma remains. EVX-01, a personalized neoepitope vaccine, combined with pembrolizumab treatment, holds the potential to fulfill this need. Here we present the rationale and novel design behind the KEYNOTE - D36 trial: an open label, single arm, phase II trial aiming to establish the clinical proof of concept and evaluate the safety of EVX-01 in combination with pembrolizumab in CPI naive patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. The primary objective is to evaluate if EVX-01 improves best overall response after initial stable disease or partial response to pembrolizumab treatment, in patients with advanced melanoma. The novel end points ensure a decisive readout which may prove helpful before making major investments in phase III trials with limited phase I data. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT05309421 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
RAS ID
54204
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
10-1-2022
Volume
18
Issue
31
PubMed ID
36047545
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Publisher
Future Medicine Ltd
Recommended Citation
Long, G. V., Ferrucci, P. F., Khattak, A., Meniawy, T. M., Ott, P. A., Chisamore, M., Trolle, T., Hyseni, A., & Heegaard, E. (2022). KEYNOTE - D36: Personalized immunotherapy with a neoepitope vaccine, EVX-01 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2022-0694
Comments
Long, G. V., Ferrucci, P. F., Khattak, A., Meniawy, T. M., Ott, P. A., Chisamore, M., ... & Heegaard, E. (2022). KEYNOTE–D36: Personalized immunotherapy with a neoepitope vaccine, EVX-01 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma. Future Oncology, 18(31), 3473-3480. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2022-0694