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October 23, 2014 John C. Lin, M.D. Ph.D. Vice President, Experimental Medicine Rational Combination of Immunotherapies in Preclinical Cancer Models

October 23, 2014 John C. Lin, M.D. Ph.D. Vice President, Experimental Medicine Rational Combination of Immunotherapies in Preclinical Cancer Models

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October 23, 2014

John C. Lin, M.D. Ph.D.

Vice President, Experimental Medicine

Rational Combination of Immunotherapies in Preclinical Cancer Models

Combination PD-1 and CTLA-4 Abs Leads to A Superior Anti-tumor Activity

1 mg/kg nivolumab + 3mg/kg ipilimumab 5 × 104 B16-BL6 cells Vaccinated on days 3, 6, and 9 with 1 × 106 Fvax

Mouse melanoma Human melanoma

Wolchok et al. NEJM (June 2013)ORR=9/17Curran et al PNAS 2010

Pfizer Confidential │ 3

Combination Therapy of -PD-1 and -Lag-3 Shows Synergy in MC38 but not in B16

Tumor Model

The combined anti-PD-1 and anti-Lag-3 had no effect against established B16 tumors

Combination of Immune Modulators

Melero I et al. Clin Cancer Res 2013;19:997-1008

Pfizer Confidential │ 5

Syngeneic tumor models in response to single agent 4-1BB treatment

8 10 12 14 16 18 20 220

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1000

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B16F10

Days Post Inoculation

Tu

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Isotype (rat IgG2a, 1 mg/kg)

4-1BB (1 mg/kg)

4-1BB (3 mg/kg)

4-1BB (10 mg/kg)

4-1BB dosing

4-1BB resistant models

4-1BB sensitive models

(ORU, La Jolla)

Tumor Response in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient Treated with 0.6 mg/kg of PF-05082566 (4-1BB)

Baseline PET Scan Week 16 PET Scan

ASCO (2014)Pfizer Confidential │ 6

• 34 treated, up to 5 mg/kg (as of ASCO 2014)

• 24 evaluable for response

• 1 patient - PR (0.6 mg/kg)

• 1 patient - Mixed response (0.06 mg/kg)

• 7 patients –Stable disease across multiple doses

Adverse Events-Related

• No Grade 2 or higher treatment related adverse events were observed up to the current dose level of 5.0 mg/kg

• AE possibly related to single agent PF-566 up to 1.2 mg/kg are listed below (all Grade 1)

Adverse event N (%)

Rash 3 (9)Fever 2 (6) Nausea/vomiting 2 (6)Weight loss 1 (3)Headache 1 (3)Fatigue 1 (3)Thrombocytopenia 1 (3)

Adapted from ASCO, 2014

Pfizer Confidential │ 8

Vaccination Is Required for Tumor Suppression by anti-4-1BB / anti-CTLA-4

Combination

Curran et al.  PLoS ONE 2011

Pfizer Confidential │ 9

Induction of PD-1+ 4-1BB+ CD8 T cells by 4-1BB antibody in B16 melanoma bearing mice

FSC-A

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4-1BB

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CD4+ CD8+CD3+Live cells(A) Isotype-treated

FSC-A

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CD4+ CD8+CD3+Live cells(B) Anti-4-1BB-treated

(Chen et al, in press)

Anti-4-1BB and anti-PD1 Combo Therapy Showed Synergistic Anti-tumor Effect in

B16 Tumor

Pfizer Confidential │ 11

Strategies to enhance 4-1BB agonism - Combine with immune checkpoint PD-1 inhibitor

B16F10 Melanoma

4-1BB/PD-1 combination is superior to 4-1BB/LAG-3 in suppressing B16F10 tumor growth

8 10 12 14 16 18 20 220

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600

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Anti-4-1BB

Anti-PD-1

Days After Tumor Inoculation

Tu

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m3)

Rat IgG2a

Anti-LAG-3

Anti-4-1BB/Anti-PD-1

Anti-PD-1/Anti-LAG-3

12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 280

300

600

900

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Days After Tumor Inoculation

Tu

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Rat IgG2a4-1BBPD-1

4-1BB/PD-1

MC38 Colon Carcinoma(starting vol ~ 100 mm3)

Chen et al. (in press)

Anti-4-1BB and anti-PD1 Combo Therapy Showed Synergistic Anti-tumor Effect in

Large TumorsTumor size between 64-209 mm3

Chen et al. (in press)

Pfizer Confidential │ 13

The anti-tumor activity of 4-1BB/PD-1 combination requires CD8+ T cells and INF-g

CD8+ T cell depletion abrogates anti-tumor activity

Loss of anti-tumor activity in IFN-g-deficient mice

Chen et al. (in press)

Anti-4-1BB and anti-PD1 Combo Therapy Increased the Availability of Target

Molecules

Chen et al. (in press)

Anti-4-1BB and anti-PD1 Treatment Promoted Anti-Tumor Immune

Response

Chen et al. (in press)

Anti-4-1BB and Anti-PD1 Combo Therapy Induced T Cell Effector/Memory

Differentiation

Chen et al. (in press)

Anti-4-1BB and Anti-PD1 Combo Therapy Enhanced Antigen-Specific T Cell

Response

Chen et al. (in press)

KSTPFTTL MC38 CD8 dominant epitope

Pfizer Confidential │ 18

• Anti-tumor efficacy demonstrated in two murine models

– MC38 colon cancer and B16 melanoma

– Anti-4-1BB induces PD-1 expression

– Increase in memory-phenotype T cells

– Tcm and Tem

– Eomes up-regulation

– Antigen-specific response

Summary of Anti-4-1BB / anti-PD-1 combination

Pfizer Confidential │ 19

Acknowledgements

• Shihao Chen

• Li-Fen Lee

• Guang Huan Tu

• Kathryn Logronio

• Tim Fisher

• Mark Elliott

• Clinical Team

• Bart Jessen, other Drug Safety R&D members

• Oncology Business Unit

• Patients and their family members

Rinat and Oncology Research Unit