Table 2

Published clinical trials of personalized neoantigen vaccines

InstituteYearCancer typeVaccine typePatient numberClinical responseOther clinical response information
CRPRSDPD
Washington University School of Medicine912015MelanomaDendritic cell vaccine31020
BioNTech772017MelanomaRNA vaccine1358 recurrent-free 12–23 months2 CR, 1 PR, 1 SD for relapses in combination with ICIs
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center782017MelanomaLong peptide vaccine + Poly-ICLC624 recurrent-free 20–32 months2 CR for relapses in combination with ICIs
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center792019GlioblastomaLong peptide vaccine + Poly-ICLC80008PFS 7.6 months, OS 16.8 months
Immatics Biotechnologies, BioNTech802019GlioblastomaLong/short peptide vaccine + Poly-ICLC + GM-CSF1502211PFS 14.2 months, OS 29.0 months
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, BioNTech812020MelanomaLong peptide vaccine + Poly-ICLC2711574PFS 23.5 months
NSCLC180792PFS 8.5 months
Bladder cancer151392PFS 5.8 months

NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; Poly-ICLC, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid-poly-l-lysine carboxymethylcellulose; GM-CSF, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; ICIs, immune checkpoint inhibitors.