TÜBINGEN, GERMANY and BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 28, 2024 / CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq:CVAC) ("CureVac"), a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid ("mRNA"), today announced poster presentations at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 39th Annual Meeting, taking place November 8-10 in Houston, USA.
CureVac will present, among other data, extended preliminary immunogenicity results from Part A of the dose escalation phase of its ongoing Phase 1 CVGBM cancer vaccine study in patients with resected glioblastoma. The presentation will expand on safety, tolerability and immunogenicity results of the CVGBM trial presented last month at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, which demonstrated treatment with CVGBM monotherapy successfully induced cancer antigen-specific T-cell responses in 77% of evaluable patients, 84% of which were de novo.
Details on all poster presentations are below:
Abstract: 697
Title: Preliminary immunogenicity results from the dose escalation phase of a first-in-human study of the mRNA-based cancer vaccine CVGBM in patients with newly diagnosed MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma
Session type: Poster Presentation
Date: November 8
Presenting Author: Sven Koch, Ph.D., Director Immuno-Monitoring, CureVac SE
Abstract: 380
Title: mRNA vaccination enhances TCRtg T cell therapy efficacy in solid tumors
Session type: Poster Presentation
Date: November 9
Presenting Author: Dr. Johannes Lutz, Director Pre-Clinical Development, CureVac SE
Abstract: 370
Title: Identification and validation of a T cell receptor recognizing shared HLA-A02:01 presented epitope from TP53 frameshift
Session type: Poster Presentation
Date: November 9
Presenting Author: Katka Franke, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Director Oncology Antigen Discovery and Validation, CureVac Netherlands B.V.
About CureVac
CureVac (Nasdaq:CVAC) is a pioneering multinational biotech company founded in 2000 to advance the field of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology for application in human medicine. In more than two decades of developing, optimizing, and manufacturing this versatile biological molecule for medical purposes, CureVac has introduced and refined key underlying technologies that were essential to the production of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, and is currently laying the groundwork for application of mRNA in new therapeutic areas of major unmet need. CureVac is leveraging mRNA technology, combined with advanced omics and computational tools, to design and develop off-the-shelf and personalized cancer vaccine product candidates. It also develops programs in prophylactic vaccines and in treatments that enable the human body to produce its own therapeutic proteins. Headquartered in Tübingen, Germany, CureVac also operates sites in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and the U.S. Further information can be found at www.curevac.com.
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