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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 10,464,990


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Summary for Patent: 10,464,990
Title:Peptides, combination of peptides as targets and for use in immunotherapy against gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma and other cancers
Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
Inventor(s): Mahr; Andrea (Tuebingen, DE), Weinschenk; Toni (Aichwald, DE), Wiebe; Anita (Ruebgarten, DE), Schoor; Oliver (Tuebingen, DE), Fritsche; Jens (Dusslingen, DE), Singh; Harpreet (Houston, TX)
Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Tuebingen, DE)
Application Number:15/602,746
Patent Claims:1. A method for killing target cells in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a population of activated T cells that kill a target cell that presents a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence SLSPDLSQV (SEQ ID NO: 18) on the cell surface.

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 is 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 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 patient has cancer selected from the group consisting of gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, melanoma, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, urinary bladder cancer, breast cancer, and kidney cancer.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient has gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient has liver cancer.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient has non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient has acute myeloid leukemia.

20. A method of treating a patient who has cancer, comprising administering to the patient a composition comprising a population of activated T cells, wherein the activated T cells kill the cancer cells in the patient, wherein the cancer cells present a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence SLSPDLSQV (SEQ ID NO: 18), wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, melanoma, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, urinary bladder cancer, breast cancer, and kidney cancer.

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