Upload
howard-hall
View
214
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
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
Pfizer Confidential │ 5
Syngeneic tumor models in response to single agent 4-1BB treatment
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 220
500
1000
1500
2000
B16F10
Days Post Inoculation
Tu
mo
r v
olu
me
(m
m3
SE
M)
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
Liv
e/D
ea
d
CD3
NK
1.1
CD4
CD
8
4-1BB
PD
-1
4-1BB
PD
-1
CD4+ CD8+CD3+Live cells(A) Isotype-treated
FSC-A
Liv
e/D
ea
d
CD3
NK
1.1
CD4
CD
8
4-1BB
PD
-1
4-1BBP
D-1
CD4+ CD8+CD3+Live cells(B) Anti-4-1BB-treated
(Chen et al, in press)
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
300
600
900
1200
1500
Anti-4-1BB
Anti-PD-1
Days After Tumor Inoculation
Tu
mo
r V
olu
me
(m
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
1200
1500
Days After Tumor Inoculation
Tu
mo
r v
olu
me
(m
m3
SE
M)
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 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