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TroVax + docetaxel

Development stage
Discontinued
Lead developer
Oxford BioMedica
Modality
Small Molecules, Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Administration
Intravenous
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Overview

TroVax + docetaxel is a combination therapy composed of **TroVax**, a cancer vaccine based on modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) engineered to express the tumor-associated antigen **5T4**, and **docetaxel**, a cytotoxic chemotherapy agent. TroVax is designed to provoke an immune response, especially stimulating antibody and cytotoxic T cell responses against tumor cells expressing 5T4. Docetaxel is a well-established taxane chemotherapeutic that inhibits microtubule depolymerization, arresting the cell cycle and promoting apoptosis. This combination has been studied in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), with the rationale that docetaxel provides rapid tumor burden reduction while TroVax induces immunological memory and durable tumor control. Early-phase clinical studies report the combination is well tolerated, with evidence of enhanced immune responses and possible improvement in progression-free survival compared to docetaxel alone[1][3][5].

Other names
TroVax + docetaxel
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Targets

TPBG (Trophoblast glycoprotein)TUBB (Tubulin (alpha and beta subunits))

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