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Melan-A-specific CD8+ T cells + MELOE-1-specific CD8+ T cells

Development stage
Phase 2
Lead developer
Nantes University Hospital
Modality
CAR-T Cells → Engineered T Cells → Adoptive Cell Transfer → Cell Therapies, TCR-Engineered T Cells → Engineered T Cells → Adoptive Cell Transfer → Cell Therapies, Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) → Native Immune Cells → Adoptive Cell Transfer → Cell Therapies
Administration
Intravenous
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Overview

This investigational adoptive cell therapy (ACT) consists of a combination of autologous CD8+ T cell clones specific for two distinct melanoma-associated antigens: Melan-A (also known as MART-1) and MELOE-1. Developed primarily by researchers at the University of Nantes and Inserm, this approach aims to enhance the anti-tumor immune response in patients with metastatic melanoma. Melan-A is a well-characterized melanocytic differentiation antigen, while MELOE-1 is a melanoma-overexpressed antigen encoded by a polycistronic transcript (MELOE). By co-infusing T cells targeting both antigens, the therapy seeks to minimize the risk of tumor immune escape through antigen loss or heterogeneity. The process involves isolating specific T-cell clones from the patient's peripheral blood or tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, expanding them ex vivo, and re-infusing them following a lymphodepleting conditioning regimen.

Other names
MART-1-specific CD8+ T cells + MELOE-1-specific CD8+ T cellsMelan-A and MELOE-1 specific T cell clonesMelan-A/MELOE-1 specific CD8+ T cells
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Targets

MELOE1 (Melanoma-expressed antigen 1 peptide presented by HLA-A*02:01)MART-1/HLA-A*02:01 (Melanoma-associated antigen (Melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1, Melanocyte protein PMEL, Tyrosinase) peptide-HLA-A*02:01 complex)

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