Abstract 1049: Personalized neoantigen/cancer testis antigen nanovaccine (PVAC) in combination with PD-1 monoclonal antibody and/or antiangiogenic treatment in patients with metastatic solid tumors

Background: T-cell targeting of mutation-derived epitopes (neoantigens) has been demonstrated to drive anti-tumor responses. Nanotechnology has been reported to enhance immune responses of vaccines. Moreover, immunizing patients against such neoantigens, in combination with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) and/or antiangiogenic drugs may elicit greater anti-tumor responses. Methods: Patient-specific mutation-containing neoantigens were selected on the basis of tumour-specific mutations whole-exome sequencing (WES) and RNA sequencing. Cancer testis antigens were obtained according to immunohistochemical staining and HLA-binding affinity prediction. Personalized neoantigen/cancer testis antigen nanovaccine (PVAC) is an amphiphiles nanovaccine loaded with personalized vaccine encoding multiple neoantigens designed to induce neoantigen specific T cells responses. Patients will receive PVAC in combination with PD-1 monoclonal antibody and/or antiangiogenic drugs. Primary end points include safety and tolerability. Results: 9 microsatellite stability (MSS) patients, which had relapsed from standard treatments, are enrolled in this study. 4 patients (1 gastric cancer, 1 liver cancer, 1 cervical carcinoma, 1 soft tissue sarcoma) received PVAC in combination with PD-1 mAb, and another 5 patients (2 gastric cancer, 1 colon cancer, 1 NSCLC, 1 renal carcinoma) received PVAC in combination with PD-1 mAb and antiangiogenic therapy. No DLTs were reported. Five patients developed grade 1 subcutaneous indurations in the injection sites,which collected with nanovaccine. One patient had grade 2 rash caused by antiangiogenic drug. No drug related SAEs have been observed. There are 1 CR, 4 PR, 3 SD and 1 PD. Neoantigen specific T cell responses have been detected by IFN-γ Elispot from PBMCs. Conclusions: PVAC is safe and well tolerated. Clinical responses have been observed in combination with PD-1 mAb and antiangiogenic drugs and neoantigen-specific T cell response have been observed after vaccination. Clinical trial information: ChiCTR1900022986. Citation Format: Jia Wei, Qin Liu, Hanqing Qian, Jie Shao, Lijing Zhu, Lifeng Wang, Lixia Yu, Huizi Sha, Baorui Liu. Personalized neoantigen/cancer testis antigen nanovaccine (PVAC) in combination with PD-1 monoclonal antibody and/or antiangiogenic treatment in patients with metastatic solid tumors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 1049.