BiovaxID: a personalized therapeutic cancer vaccine for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 Jan;7(1):113-22. doi: 10.1517/14712598.7.1.113.

Abstract

The clonal immunoglobulin molecule, idiotype (ID), expressed on the surface of B-cell malignancies can function as a tumor-specific antigen. BiovaxID is a patient-specific therapeutic cancer vaccine composed of the tumor idiotype conjugated to a carrier protein, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). In a Phase II clinical trial, administration of ID-KLH vaccine together with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to follicular lymphoma patients in complete remission induced tumor-specific cellular and humoral immunity and molecular remissions, and was associated with prolonged disease-free survival. A randomized, double-blind, Phase III clinical trial is ongoing to definitively determine the clinical benefit of BiovaxID plus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor vaccination in patients with follicular lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cancer Vaccines / immunology
  • Cancer Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Clone Cells
  • Drugs, Investigational / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / therapeutic use*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / immunology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Drugs, Investigational
  • Immunoglobulin Idiotypes