Personalized vaccines for cancer immunotherapy

[Ina3]

Hi everyone.

Has anyone done Personalized vaccines for cancer immunotherapy?

The doctor suggested to my dad to try it next.

I see that it a a very new experiment and wantes to find out what are the results of it and if there are any risks. Thanks.

Ina

[SusieJo1948]

I have never heard of it. But your right to check it out. Good luck. Love susiejo1948

[Ncpoet]

Haven’t heard of this. Can you give us more info?

Judy

[Denzie Moderator Volunteer]

It’s called Car-T cell therapy and it’s very exciting that they are now wanting to use it in lung cancer research. It has been used with good success in blood cancers. It’s super wonderful your dad qualifies and has been invited to participate. No type of treatment is without it’s dangers. This description is in plain English, perhaps it will help the decision making process cancer.gov/about-cancer/tre...

Please let us know what your dad decides

[Ina3 in reply to Denzie]

What is interesting, according to the article they are using patients’ own immune cells to treat their cancer. But my dad was told to find a donor with the same blood type (children, siblings) and use their blood for the vaccine.

Thanks

[JeanE41 in reply to Denzie]

This is truly exciting. I understand that Stanford is injecting these T cells directly into solid tumors with good results. Very intriguing. All still experimental.

[alman]

The vaccine may be heat biologics. Initial results of phase 1/2 were announced this week at an ASCO meeting from a small trial group. Look It up. My wife’s onc has suggested it for her if and when her current quite toxic treatment stops working. But the results are early. And the lame progression free survival is hard to measure unless you talk to an infield onc, and that does not mean a community onc of some second tier system. CAR T is a different approach but MSK is having some initial positive findings. It is all nascent but hopeful.

[Ina3 in reply to alman]

alman thanks. You said that CAR T is a different approach, what is the other approach?

[Denzie Moderator Volunteer in reply to alman]

Do you have a link or know the study number?

[alman]

No I do not. Sorry I missed this. Traveling.

Look up news for CAR T at memorial Sloane Kettering. You’ll find it. It’s phase 1.

Heat biologics is an actual company and they released new data at an ASCO meeting a few weeks back.