Avigan Lab

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2024

Personalized Adoptive T-cell Therapy for AML

Abstract/Project Summary The development of strategies to expand and activate AML specific T cells is of critical importance. We have developed a personalized cancer vaccine in which patient derived tumor cells are fused with autologous dendritic cells (DCs), presenting a broad array of antigens that capture the heterogeneity of the leukemia cell population, including shared and neoantigens. We have completed a phase II clinical trial in which patients that achieve remission following chemotherapy undergo serial vaccination with DC/AML fusions. Remarkably, despite a median age of 63, 71% remained free of disease with a median follow up of 5 years. Vaccination was associated with the…

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