AffyImmune Therapeutics said Thursday its autologous CAR-T cell therapy AIC100 is the first to achieve a complete response in a patient with a solid tumour. The Phase I trial data, shared ahead of a presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, suggest the cell therapy could be a tolerable and efficacious option to treat thyroid cancer.
In six evaluable patients who received either the second or third dose levels, the cell therapy led to an overall response rate (ORR) of 33%. The figure comprises a partial response in a patient with ATC who received the medium dose, and a durable metabolic complete response in a patient with ATC who received the high CAR-T dose and was able to go off all chemotherapy.
The disease control rate, defined as ORR plus stable disease, was 67% in the six patients.
“We believe AIC100 has the potential to overcome current barriers to CAR T, and ultimately establish a new paradigm for patients with solid tumour cancers,” AffyImmune CEO Matt Britz said.
ASCO Daily Digest – your go-to-source for the key developments emerging from this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. Exclusively for PLUS subscribers – sign up here!