Expert Interview
Discussing Adaptimmune’s SPEAR T-cell therapies targeting MAGE-A10, MAGE-A4, and AFP
Ticker(s): ADAPAn oncologist with knowledge about Adaptimmune’s SPEAR T-cell Pipeline.
Please tell us about your clinical experience. How many patients do you treat, what types of cancer exhibit the MAGE-A10, MAGE-A4, and AFP target genes respectively? What is currently the most efficient treatment for each of those?
Added By: slingshot_insightsWhat’s unique about Adaptimmune’s way of producing artificial T-cell receptors? Is the co-expression of CD8α homodimer really able to broaden the immune response against solid tumors, as the company cites?
Added By: slingshot_insightsThe MAGEA genes (incl. MAGEA 4) have been associated with hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. Could Adaptimmune’s T-cell therapy develop into a useful treatment for such disorders in the future? Is there a risk to exacerbate such hereditary diseases when trying to treat underlying cancer cases?
Added By: slingshot_insightsA confirmed decrease of 100% in target lesions in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma was seen in the third cohort of the Phase 1 ADP-A2AFP trial. How much do you attribute this success to the T-cell treatment, considering 3 other patients showed decreases of 36-42% in target lesions?
Added By: slingshot_insightsMAGE-A10 protein was identified as an intranuclear protein expressed in normal spermatogonia and spermatocytes but in no other healthy tissue vs being expressed in >50% percentages of cancer cells. Could there be any serious male-reproductory side-effects when targeting this gene to treat malignancies?
Added By: slingshot_insightsHow realistic is the 2022 milestone for market approval of ADP-A2M4 therapy in the synovial sarcoma indication, considering the company is still screening and enrolling patients with sarcoma in the Phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial?
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