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docetaxel plus dendritic cell vaccine

Development stage
Unknown
Lead developer
Sanofi
Modality
Dendritic Cell Vaccines → Immune Effector Cells → Other Cell Types → Cell Therapies, Small Molecules, Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Administration
Intravenous, Subcutaneous, Intradermal
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Overview

Docetaxel plus dendritic cell vaccine is a combination therapy used primarily in oncology clinical trials. Docetaxel is a taxane-class small molecule chemotherapeutic agent that promotes the assembly of microtubules and stabilizes them by preventing depolymerization, thereby inhibiting mitosis and leading to cancer cell death[1][2][5]. Dendritic cell vaccines are a form of personalized immunotherapy where autologous monocytes are harvested from the patient, differentiated into dendritic cells ex vivo, loaded with tumor-associated antigens (often via mRNA transfection), matured to enhance immune activation properties, and then administered back to the patient[3][6]. The goal is to stimulate an antigen-specific T-cell response against tumor cells. This combination has been studied in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) among other cancers; early-phase studies show it can induce immune responses with manageable toxicity profiles[3].

Brand names
Taxotere
Other names
DCvacautologous dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine
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Targets

pMHC-II (Peptide-major histocompatibility complex class II complex)TUBB (Tubulin (alpha and beta subunits))

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