Immunotherapy against melanoma and other cancers

• US 10,640,547 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH (Immatics NV)
• Original Assignee: Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH (Immatics NV)
• Inventors: Sonntag, Annika, Weinschenk, Toni, Mahr, Andrea, Schoor, Oliver, Fritsche, Jens, Singh, Harpreet
• Primary Examiner(s): Dent, Alana Harris
• Application Number:
  US16/162,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20190040112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/5158 Antigen-pulsed cells, e.g. T-cells
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/55511 Organic adjuvants
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/55516 Proteins; Peptides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/55522 Cytokines; Lymphokines; Interferons
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/55561 CpG containing adjuvants; Oligonucleotide containing adjuvants
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/55588 Adjuvants of undefined constitution
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/17 Lymphocytes; B-cells; T-cells; Natural killer cells; Interferon-activated or cytokine-activated lymphocytes when activated by a specific antigen A61K39/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/04 Peptides having up to 20 amino acids in a fully defined sequence; Derivatives thereof enzyme inhibitors A61K38/005; gastrins A61K38/2207, somatostatins A61K38/31, melanotropins A61K38/34 ; protease inhibitors A61K38/55
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/1709 from mammals
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 39/0011 Cancer antigens
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 39/4611 T-cells, e.g. tumor infiltrating lymphocytes [TIL], lymphokine-activated killer cells [LAK] or regulatory T cells [Treg]
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 39/4644 Cancer antigens
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 35/00 Antineoplastic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 37/04 Immunostimulants
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/7051 T-cell receptor (TcR)-CD3 complex
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/70539 MHC-molecules, e.g. HLA-molecules
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 16/2833 against MHC-molecules, e.g. HLA-molecules
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 7/06 having 5 to 11 amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/115 Aptamers, i.e. nucleic acids binding a target molecule specifically and with high affinity without hybridising therewith ; Nucleic acids binding to non-nucleic acids, e.g. aptamers
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/16 Aptamers
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2502/11 : blood or immune system cells
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 5/0636 : T lymphocytes
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 5/0638 : Cytotoxic T lymphocytes [CTL] or lymphokine activated killer cells [LAK]
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6886 : for cancer immunoassay for cancer G01N33/574
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2600/156 : Polymorphic or mutational markers
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2600/158 : Expression markers
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/70539 : MHC-molecules, e.g. HLA-molecules
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/574 : for cancer
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/57484 : involving compounds serving as markers for tumor, cancer, neoplasia, e.g. cellular determinants, receptors, heat shock/stress proteins, A-protein, oligosaccharides, metabolites
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 25/00 : ICT specially adapted for hybridisation; ICT specially adapted for gene or protein expression
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 25/10 : Gene or protein expression profiling; Expression-ratio estimation or normalisation

Abstract

A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.

Claims

1. A method for treating a patient who has cancer comprising administering to the patient a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cancer cells that present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of FVYGEPREL (SEQ ID NO:

45),

wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of melanoma, acute myelogenous leukemia, bile duct cancer, brain cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer, hepatocellular cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell cancer, small cell lung cancer, urinary bladder cancer, and uterine cancer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the T cells are autologous to the patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the T cells are obtained from a healthy donor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the activated T cells are produced by contacting T cells with the peptide loaded human class I or II MHC molecules expressed on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell for a period of time sufficient to activate the T cells.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the activated T cells are expanded in vitro.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the peptide is in a complex with an MHC class I molecule.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the antigen presenting cell is infected with a recombinant virus expressing the peptide.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the antigen presenting cell is a dendritic cell or a macrophage.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the expansion is in the presence of an anti-CD28 antibody and IL-12.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the population of activated T cells comprises CD8-positive cells.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the contacting is in vitro.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the population of activated T cells are administered in the form of a composition.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the composition comprises an adjuvant.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the adjuvant is selected from the group consisting of anti-CD40 antibody, imiquimod, resiquimod, GM-CSF, cyclophosphamide, Sunitinib, bevacizumab, interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, CpG oligonucleotides and derivatives, poly-(I:

C) and derivatives, RNA, sildenafil, particulate formulations with poly(lactide co-glycolide) (PLG), virosomes, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-12, IL-13, IL-15, IL-21, and IL-23.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is melanoma.

16. A method of eliciting an immune response in a patient who has cancer comprising administering to the patient a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cancer cells that present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of FVYGEPREL (SEQ ID NO:

45),

wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of melanoma, acute myelogenous leukemia, bile duct cancer, brain cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer, hepatocellular cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell cancer, small cell lung cancer, urinary bladder cancer, and uterine cancer.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the activated T cells are produced by contacting T cells with the peptide loaded human class I or II MHC molecules expressed on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell for a period of time sufficient to activate the T cells.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the immune response comprises a cytotoxic T cell response.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the immune response is capable of killing cancer cells that present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of FVYGEPREL (SEQ ID NO:

45).

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the cancer is melanoma.