Who needs who?18 Apr 2022 10:32
Does AMPLIVANT enhance MODI-1 or is it the other way round?…I wonder how the partnership will be weighted commercially.
“ Oegstgeest, The Netherlands, 14 April 2022 – ISA Pharmaceuticals today announces that a clinical trial using ISA’s novel AMPLIVANT® adjuvant technology has started. The trial, run by partner Scancell Holdings plc (AIM: SCLP, “Scancell”) is a multicentre clinical trial, testing the Moditope® vaccine Modi1. This first-in-human clinical trial brings Modi-1 to patients with triple negative breast cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, and renal cancer using the AMPLIVANT® adjuvant technology to boost immune response to the therapy.
The main study is an open label clinical trial. The initial part of the trial will assess the safety and immunogenicity of Modi-1. In addition, the effect of Modi-1 in promoting T-cell infiltration into the tumour will be assessed in a neoadjuvant cohort of patients with head and neck cancer treated with Modi-1, randomised to treatment with or without a checkpoint inhibitor, prior to the first surgical resection.
The Modi-1 peptides are linked to AMPLIVANT®, a potent adjuvant and toll-like receptor (TLR) 1/2 agonist, which enhances the immune response 10-100 fold, resulting in highly efficient tumour clearance, including protection against tumour recurrence, in preclinical models. AMPLIVANT® is the subject of a worldwide non-exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Scancell for the manufacturing, development, and commercialisation of Modi-1.”