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Thanks for reposting your views about the P3 again…
More importantly, thank you for highlighting the FDA and the NIH and the SPORE at UCLA! We are now in the era of RWD and immunotherapy!
Exciting times … Combo is King!
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
Professor Ashkan is a careful and precise brain surgeon—listen to his words.
Skip to timestamp 13:00 of the ASCO video to hear about the SAP.
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/kings-team-wins-professional-excellence-award/
https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/researchers/spores/ucla-spore-brain-cancer/research-projects
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding. In this combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-announce-global-development-and-commercialization-collaboration-for-three-daiichi-sankyo-dxd-adcs/
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-received-590-million-in-nih-funding-second-highest-total-for-academic-medical-centers-in-2020
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/fda-nih-joint-leadership-council-charter
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/50-years-progress-treating-patients-cancer
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
learningcurve2020,
Please post full-context links so that everyone can verify your vague citations for themselves.
Here is the PR that you cited:
https://nwbio.com/northwest-biotherapeutics-provides-update-on-near-term-plans-for-submission-of-marketing-authorization-application-2/
Please post the article that you mentioned.
You linked us to the JCI article recently, and that one was actually worth reading, so maybe you have another good article to recommend…hope springs eternal!
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
Combo is King!
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Thanks for the reply and for the compliments, but I believe that you are misinformed.
The P3 data were peer reviewed by independent physicians and qualified statisticians—please refer to JAMA Oncology. You might consider researching credible full-context sources to gather reliable information.
The DCVax-L cell-based technology has been under clinical investigation for a significant period of time, and the overall clinical data in total include three trials spanning many years. Safety and efficacy data have been gathered from trials with external controls and trials with placebo controls. The data include DCVax-L as a monotherapy and in combination with other agents.
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
https://www.fda.gov/media/120721/download
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not proven its efficacy.
The NIH is the most significant player in this game—If they had any doubt about the P3, the NIH would not continue their support and the FDA would not have permitted the combo trial to commence or continue.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
Mr. Newirth is another DCVax-L survivor well surpassing 10 years following a 2012 diagnosis! Congratulations!
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/03/30/newirth-laker-for-a-day/
June 13, 2023 Interview:
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
Grip,
It sounds like you’re suggesting that there have not been any regulatory developments which is extremely misleading…
There has been a vast amount of work being done to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines globally, and regulators have already weighed in meaningfully in advance of the commercial marketing application(s)…
The MIA was approved recently and is evidence of a regulatory filing plan that has begun to unfold. Further RA applications have been under construction for a significant period of time and include a voluminous catalog of clinical data and analyses. The announcements of regulatory filings are forthcoming.
The recent MIA approval is an important step in the regulatory process, and this commercial manufacturing license will allow DCVax-L to be exported globally from Sawston. The MIA is a prerequisite of the MAA application.
“Companies applying for a marketing authorisation (also known as a product licence) need to have a manufacturer licence first. The manufacturer licence will be granted first providing the product is in the process of being approved.” —MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-manufacturer-or-wholesaler-of-medicines-licences
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10143
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
Furthermore, there are brilliant compassionate use results. The compassionate use cases generated some astonishing data, and those data could be included in the regulatory filings!
https://t.co/082urSTQ0s
https://www.braintumourresearch.org/media/news/news-item/2022/11/18/astonishing-results-for-brain-tumour-vaccine-trial
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=173286107
learningcurve2020, This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
And what maneuver are you performing exactly? Pray tell …
On this Thanksgiving Day, we are grateful for another series of insightful and substantive posts from LC…
Perhaps consider looking beyond social media to seek trustworthy full-context sources…
For a reliable appraisal of the trial, its design, and the significance of the resulting survival data, it is advisable to refer to the analyses of qualified physicians. One such analysis can be found on the JAMA Oncology website where the link to the independent peer review and supplementary materials are published.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
learningcurve2020, This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
Thanks for posting your prediction, but I think that you’re misinformed and misguided by baseless innuendo posted on social media.
Consider following the regulatory developments and the evolving regulatory environment globally. aesop1 needs better sources too, but he did post an interesting article from Imperial College London News…great excerpt:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-project-orbis
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
learningcurve2020,
Thanks for asking. Yes, a peer-reviewed report is available:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
aesop1, Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will officially join #ProjectOrbis on January 1 and work with regulators in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland on assessing new treatments. https://t.co/JjaXoq6yfh #CancerResearch #Cancers #cancermoonshot #GBM #Immunotherapy #oncology $nwbo #murcidencel #DCVax #CellTherapy https://t.co/BnJHM3myP9
Thank you for highlighting the MHRA!
The forthcoming NICE appraisal of the DCVax-L cell-based technology will be significant as well. Stay tuned!
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10143
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/keyoumars-ashkan
The MIA was approved recently and is evidence of a regulatory filing plan that has begun to unfold. Further RA applications have been under construction for a significant period of time and include a voluminous catalog of clinical data and analyses. The announcements of regulatory filings are forthcoming.
The recent MIA approval is an important step in the regulatory process, and this commercial manufacturing license will allow DCVax-L to be exported globally from Sawston. The MIA is a prerequisite of the MAA application.
“Companies applying for a marketing authorisation (also known as a product licence) need to have a manufacturer licence first. The manufacturer licence will be granted first providing the product is in the process of being approved.” —MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-manufacturer-or-wholesaler-of-medicines-licences
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-approval-pediatric-133900403.html
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172639755%5B/color%5D
leaningcurve2020, This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
Yes, the Nobel Prize-winning science is there.
https://www.livescience.com/16354-nobel-prize-medicine-2011-immune-research.html
Dr. Steinman’s work lives on at UCLA!
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33789235/
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/kings-team-wins-professional-excellence-award/
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
Thank you for the recognition, but you are mixed up. Try to look beyond social media and baseless innuendo—seek full-context credible sources.
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
Here is the NCI link from the previous post. It might not work on this platform.
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https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
learningcurve2020,
Most of your posts reflect extraneous distractions. Your comments are shortsighted and misguided in reference to the company, or you veer off track completely. Let us stay focused…
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
It is worthwhile to discuss the published developments offered by the independent peer reviewers selected by the medical journal and the developments unfolding from regulators. For a small pre-commercial biotech such as NWBO, regulatory developments will be the most determinative factor of prospective value for their novel cell-based platform technology.
Seek trustworthy full-context sources and independently verify facts. Consider statements published online from those who disclose their conflicts, and weigh opinions critically.
I cannot discern any meaning from your contributions to this message board today, but you did link us to JCI recently and we all appreciated the article immensely—the JCI publication was substantive and insightful!
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
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https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
HyGro, Explore Professor Keyoumars Ashkan's passion for neurosurgery and his love for @KingsCollegeNHS below as part of their #BrilliantPeople series🧠👇@KingsNeuro @KingsIoPPN https://t.co/yGKt2681Ie
Thanks for reposting your views about the ECA again, but you are mixed up and need better sources of credible information.
You are never going to see the FDA or MHRA allow trial participants to be used as lab rats.
The crossover design was required to recruit and retain participants. Who would want to join a GBM study without crossover or remain in a placebo group after developing progressive disease without having the option of receiving an efficacious treatment?
Conclusion: The P3 was exemplary—clinically appropriate and compassionate.
Skip to timestamp 8:01. Dr. Liau again confirms that the crossover was mandated by the FDA.
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18738384
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
Professor Ashkan is a careful and precise brain surgeon—listen to his words.
Skip to timestamp 13:00 of the ASCO video to hear about the ECA and the SAP.
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/kings-team-wins-professional-excellence-award/
The clinical data in total supporting the DCVax-L platform technology include data beyond the trial with the ECA, and the ECA included over a thousand well-matched contemporaneous patients.
The P3 data were peer reviewed by independent physicians and qualified statisticians—refer to JAMA Oncology.
Safety and efficacy data have been gathered from various clinical settings that include both external controls and placebo controls. DCVax-L has been studied as a monotherapy and in combination with other agents.
If you prefer a randomized placebo design, then you’ll love the pembrolizumab PD1 blockade combo study that is ongoing at UCLA today. The study has a placebo design and the placebo participants are receiving DCVax-L as the best available therapy for rGBM.
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not produced reliable evidence of efficacy.
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-received-590-million-in-nih-funding-second-highest-total-for-academic-medical-centers-in-2020
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/fda-nih-joint-leadership-council-charter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
ex, Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will officially join #ProjectOrbis on January 1 and work with regulators in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland on assessing new treatments. https://t.co/JjaXoq6yfh This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
I hear you. I have read all of your posts today and I think that you’re misinformed and need more reliable information. Look beyond social media and seek trustworthy full-context sources …
For a reliable appraisal of the trial, its design, and the significance of the resulting survival data, it is advisable to refer to the analyses of qualified physicians. One such analysis can be found on the JAMA Oncology website where the independent peer review was published.
The forthcoming regulatory advisory from MHRA will further enlighten the significance the clinical data, and an assessment from MHRA may be available in advance of advisory decisions from FDA and regulators in other nations.
Additionally, I recommend that you review the forthcoming NICE appraisal of the DCVax-L cell-based technology when it is published.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10143
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/keyoumars-ashkan
The MIA was approved recently and is evidence of a regulatory filing plan that has begun to unfold. Further RA applications have been under construction for a significant period of time and include a voluminous catalog of clinical data and analyses. The announcements of regulatory filings are forthcoming.
The recent MIA approval is an important step in the regulatory process, and this commercial manufacturing license will allow DCVax-L to be exported globally from Sawston. The MIA is a prerequisite of the MAA application.
“Companies applying for a marketing authorisation (also known as a product licence) need to have a manufacturer licence first. The manufacturer licence will be granted first providing the product is in the process of being approved.” —MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-manufacturer-or-wholesaler-of-medicines-licences
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-approval-pediatric-133900403.html
HyGro, Explore Professor Keyoumars Ashkan's passion for neurosurgery and his love for @KingsCollegeNHS below as part of their #BrilliantPeople series🧠👇@KingsNeuro @KingsIoPPN https://t.co/yGKt2681Ie
Thanks for reposting your views about the ECA again, but you are mixed up and need better sources of credible information.
You are never going to see the FDA or MHRA allow trial participants to be used as lab rats.
The crossover design was required to recruit and retain participants. Who would want to join a GBM study without crossover or remain in a placebo group after developing progressive disease without having the option of receiving an efficacious treatment?
Conclusion: The P3 was exemplary—clinically appropriate and compassionate.
Skip to timestamp 8:01. Dr. Liau again confirms that the crossover was mandated by the FDA.
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18738384
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
Professor Ashkan is a careful and precise brain surgeon—listen to his words.
Skip to timestamp 13:00 of the ASCO video to hear about the ECA and the SAP.
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/kings-team-wins-professional-excellence-award/
The clinical data in total supporting the DCVax-L platform technology include data beyond the trial with the ECA, and the ECA included over a thousand well-matched contemporaneous patients.
The P3 data were peer reviewed by independent physicians and qualified statisticians—refer to JAMA Oncology.
Safety and efficacy data have been gathered from various clinical settings that include both external controls and placebo controls. DCVax-L has been studied as a monotherapy and in combination with other agents.
If you prefer a randomized placebo design, then you’ll love the pembrolizumab PD1 blockade combo study that is ongoing at UCLA today. The study has a placebo design and the placebo participants are receiving DCVax-L as the best available therapy for rGBM.
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not produced reliable evidence of efficacy.
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-received-590-million-in-nih-funding-second-highest-total-for-academic-medical-centers-in-2020
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/fda-nih-joint-leadership-council-charter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
HyGro, Explore Professor Keyoumars Ashkan's passion for neurosurgery and his love for @KingsCollegeNHS below as part of their #BrilliantPeople series🧠👇@KingsNeuro @KingsIoPPN https://t.co/yGKt2681Ie
Thanks for reposting your views about the ECA again, but you are mixed up and need better sources of credible information.
You are never going to see the FDA or MHRA allow trial participants to be used as lab rats.
The crossover design was required to recruit and retain participants. Who would want to join a GBM study without crossover or remain in a placebo group after developing progressive disease without having the option of receiving an efficacious treatment?
Conclusion: The P3 was exemplary—clinically appropriate and compassionate.
Skip to timestamp 8:01. Dr. Liau again confirms that the crossover was mandated by the FDA.
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18738384
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
Professor Ashkan is a careful and precise brain surgeon—listen to his words.
Skip to timestamp 13:00 of the ASCO video to hear about the ECA and the SAP.
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/kings-team-wins-professional-excellence-award/
The clinical data in total supporting the DCVax-L platform technology include data beyond the trial with the ECA, and the ECA included over a thousand well-matched contemporaneous patients.
The P3 data were peer reviewed by independent physicians and qualified statisticians—refer to JAMA Oncology.
Safety and efficacy data have been gathered from various clinical settings that include both external controls and placebo controls. DCVax-L has been studied as a monotherapy and in combination with other agents.
If you prefer a randomized placebo design, then you’ll love the pembrolizumab PD1 blockade combo study that is ongoing at UCLA today. The study has a placebo design and the placebo participants are receiving DCVax-L as the best available therapy for rGBM.
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not produced reliable evidence of efficacy.
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-received-590-million-in-nih-funding-second-highest-total-for-academic-medical-centers-in-2020
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/fda-nih-joint-leadership-council-charter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
That’s awesome! I lived in Buffalo—I actually grew up there—there is some beautiful research going on in New York! I’ve been to the Roswell Park hospital and they provided invaluable medical care to my family!
Thank you for posting!
The DCVax-L cell-based platform technology is awesome too!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/17/im-just-carrying-on-vaccine-gives-brain-cancer-patient-years-of-extra-life
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
LC,
We will add that to the list of great article recommendations from LC—thank you for highlighting the beauty and potentially limitless value of the DCVax-L platform technology—cooperation and combination are key features of how this novel technology might be implemented in a clinical setting during this emerging era of targeted cell-based combination therapy. The JCI article link that you posted a couple weeks ago was very much appreciated too!
https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ajhp/zxad251/7289179
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04201873
Combo is King!
LC,
https://x.com/mc17595091/status/1722795659546304877?s=46&t=BbaVVAHSNyBEm-BUTWiU6w
The publisher has a lot precious and significant data to prepare…
Thanks again for the JCI link BTW…
Exciting times … Combo is King!
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/researchers/spores/ucla-spore-brain-cancer/research-projects
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-announce-global-development-and-commercialization-collaboration-for-three-daiichi-sankyo-dxd-adcs/
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/50-years-progress-treating-patients-cancer
LC, This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
https://x.com/mc17595091/status/1722786151629480429?s=46&t=BbaVVAHSNyBEm-BUTWiU6w
I’ve been reading your posts and it sounds like you’re misinformed and need more reliable information. Perhaps consider looking beyond social media to seek trustworthy full-context sources…
For a reliable appraisal of the trial, its design, and the significance of the resulting survival data, it is advisable to refer to the analyses of qualified physicians. One such analysis can be found on the JAMA Oncology website where the link to the independent peer review and supplementary materials were published.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
learningcurve2020,
Your frequently posted “guesses” are baseless innuendo, but I would be concerned if you ceased to spread rumors—your desire to muddy the waters only reaffirms the existence of a treasure—there would exist no reason to spend time obstructing the view if there were nothing to see on the horizon…
Surprisingly, it was your post of the JCI link that really reaffirmed my strong belief in the possibility of a sky-high price tag … The implications of the JCI article really enlighten the invaluable impact that the DCVax-L platform could have in combination with other technologies for a number of cancers well into the future…
A picture is worth 100 billion words.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04201873
You have painted a very captivating picture with the investment of your time and energy … insightful inferences can be drawn from statements that were perhaps intended to obstruct clear understanding—there are hidden precious gems interwoven into your 30 daily posts.
Like the morning sunlight that we perceive vividly because its rays are not darkness, the relentless attempt to deceive with darkness might define the truth sharply in light of the persistent contrast to what it is not.
Combo is King!
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
learningcurve2020,
Thank you for reposting your speculation about other DC therapies again and for challenging us to identify the differentiating features of the DCVax-L novel technology.
From the perspectives of patients and investors worldwide, we all would love to hear more about those other DC technologies—please post links from regulatory agencies and independently-reviewed clinical studies so that we can all perform further research.
In the U.S. and the U.K., the DCVax-L platform technology has years of combo data, NWBO has built the capacity to scale production to serve a global market, the NIH is continuing their support, and the clinical evidence-supported implications beyond GBM are promising …
Yesterday, ex highlighted the NIH which is a highly relevant topic to raise—The vast significance of Liau’s work and the further development of the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology in combination with other technologies was/is funded in large part by public dollars awarded through NIH peer-reviewed grants. DCVax-L is already supported by peer-reviewed clinical evidence, but there is much more to the story that is yet to unfold.
If you do some research into the NIH and the FDA, you will discover that not every investigational technology receives the same level of support and not every researcher’s work is recognized by consistent support spanning many consecutive years.
The NCI division of the NIH develops oncology drugs, and FDA approves drugs. There is some connection, and their historical and continuing support is not insignificant …
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
Targeted individualized combo therapies are emerging as the defining feature of a new era of oncology. Just look at the impact that PD1 blockade technology has had on the field of oncology in recent years!
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/researchers/spores/ucla-spore-brain-cancer/research-projects
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-announce-global-development-and-commercialization-collaboration-for-three-daiichi-sankyo-dxd-adcs/
Mr. Newirth is another DCVax-L survivor well surpassing 10 years following a 2012 diagnosis! Congratulations!
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/03/30/newirth-laker-for-a-day/
2023 Interview:
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
ex,
Those excerpts that you posted are all accurate:
1. FDA does not allow trial participants to be used as lab rats.
2. Patients demanded crossover option.
3. Crossover was required to recruit and retain participants because nobody would join otherwise.
Number 1 aligns with common sense—FDA’s job includes protecting trial participants.
Number 2 also reflects common sense—wouldn’t you want to have the crossover option after becoming aware of progression?
Number 3 is obviously common sense too—who would want to be included in a placebo group after developing progressive disease without having the option to receive an efficacious treatment?
Conclusion: the P3 was exemplary—clinically appropriate and compassionate.
Interestingly, the PD1 combo study does have a placebo group—the reason why the pembrolizumab combo study that is currently underway at UCLA does not require a crossover is because the placebo group participants have access to an efficacious rGBM treatment.
Skip to timestamp 8:01. Dr. Liau again confirms that the crossover was mandated by the FDA.
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18738384
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2798847
HyGro,
Thanks for the reply.
The externally controlled P3 was exemplary, but if you prefer placebo trials, I would recommend that you look at the small but mighty pembrolizumab combo study that is currently underway at UCLA with the support of NCI and Merck…
The interim PD1 combo data are brilliant, and the trial is significant for a number of reasons relating to FDA guidelines and NIH peer-reviewed grant funding.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
https://www.fda.gov/media/120721/download
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not proven its efficacy.
HyGo,
Thanks for reposting your opinions again, but I believe that you need better sources of credible and verifiable information…
The clinical data in total include data beyond the trial with the ECA, and the ECA included over a thousand well-matched contemporaneous patients.
Regarding the ECA/crossover design and the SAP, please review the video recording of Dr. Ashkan at ASCO 2022 and the JAMA Oncology podcast recording of Dr. Liau. Both recordings are included at the links below.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=171254048;
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=171254756;
The P3 data were peer reviewed by independent physicians and qualified statisticians—please refer to JAMA Oncology. You might consider researching credible full-context sources to gather reliable information.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=173154324
learningcurve2020,
Great point! Thank you for reminding us about the brilliant compassionate use results. The compassionate use cases generated some astonishing data, and those data could be included in the regulatory filings!
https://t.co/082urSTQ0s
https://www.braintumourresearch.org/media/news/news-item/2022/11/18/astonishing-results-for-brain-tumour-vaccine-trial
learningcurve2020,
Reading your recent posts and ex’s recent posts remind us of some of the differentiating features of the DCVax-L novel technology and NWBO—years of combo data, capacity to scale production to serve a global market, continuing NIH support, and the implications for other cancers/diseases beyond GBM…
Earlier this evening, ex highlighted the NIH which is a highly relevant topic to raise—The vast significance of Liau’s work and the further development of the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology in combination with other technologies was/is funded in large part by public dollars awarded through NIH peer-reviewed grants. DCVax-L is already supported by peer-reviewed clinical evidence, but there is much more to the story that is yet to unfold.
If you do some research into the NIH and the FDA, you will discover that not every investigational technology receives the same level of support and not every researcher’s work is recognized by consistent support spanning many consecutive years.
The NCI division of the NIH develops oncology drugs, and FDA approves drugs. There is some connection, and their historical and continuing support of DCVax-L is not insignificant …
https://www.bentley.edu/news/new-study-shows-nih-investment-new-drug-approvals-comparable-investment-pharmaceutical
https://www.bentley.edu/news/nih-funded-research-related-every-new-cancer-drug-approved-2010-2016
https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/3819/NIH-Funding-Tied-to-FDA-Approval-of-210-Drugs
Targeted individualized combo therapies are emerging as the defining feature of a new era of oncology. Just look at the impact that PD1 blockade technology has had on the field of oncology in recent years!
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/researchers/spores/ucla-spore-brain-cancer/research-projects
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-announce-global-development-and-commercialization-collaboration-for-three-daiichi-sankyo-dxd-adcs/
Mr. Newirth is another DCVax-L survivor well surpassing 10 years following a 2012 diagnosis! Congratulations!
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/03/30/newirth-laker-for-a-day/
2023 Interview:
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
iclight, Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will officially join #ProjectOrbis on January 1 and work with regulators in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland on assessing new treatments. https://t.co/JjaXoq6yfh
Thanks for reposting that comment again—I hear you. It sounds like you’re misinformed and need more reliable information. Look beyond social media and seek trustworthy full-context sources…
For a reliable appraisal of the trial, its design, and the significance of the resulting survival data, it is advisable to refer to the analyses of qualified physicians. One such analysis can be found on the JAMA Oncology website where the independent peer review was published.
The forthcoming regulatory advisory from MHRA will further enlighten the significance the clinical data, and an assessment from MHRA may be available in advance of advisory decisions from FDA and regulators in other nations.
Additionally, I recommend that you review the forthcoming NICE appraisal of the DCVax-L cell-based technology when it is published.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10143
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/keyoumars-ashkan
The MIA was approved recently and is evidence of a regulatory filing plan that has begun to unfold. Further RA applications have been under construction for a significant period of time and include a voluminous catalog of clinical data and analyses. The announcements of regulatory filings are forthcoming.
The recent MIA approval is an important step in the regulatory process, and this commercial manufacturing license will allow DCVax-L to be exported globally from Sawston. The MIA is a prerequisite of the MAA application.
“Companies applying for a marketing authorisation (also known as a product licence) need to have a manufacturer licence first. The manufacturer licence will be granted first providing the product is in the process of being approved.” —MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-manufacturer-or-wholesaler-of-medicines-licences
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-approval-pediatric-133900403.html
Another great article recommendation from LC—this time on the expanding universe of cell-based technologies … the JCI article link that you posted a couple weeks ago was very much appreciated too!
https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ajhp/zxad251/7289179
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04201873
Combo is King!
Grip, This study found that autologous tumor lystate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination plus standard of care (SOC) was associated with improved survival in both newly diagnosed & recurrent glioblastoma compared with matched controls who received SOC treatment. https://t.co/Uso7Pkh1Kt
I think that the Dane has some real foresight … let’s watch as more unfolds throughout the forthcoming regulatory phase of the process!
Three years ago was before this happened:
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/mhra-revamps-uk-clinical-trial-regulation-with-the-promise-of-faster-timelines/
https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
HyGro,
Thank you for highlighting FDA guidance. We are now in the era of RWD and immunotherapy!
Exciting times … Combo is King!
https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/8/fda-finalizes-guidance-on-real-world-evidence-in-d
https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2023/9/FDA%E2%80%99s-Califf-Expect-to-see-more-RWE-based-regulato
https://www.fda.gov/media/171667/download
https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/researchers/spores/ucla-spore-brain-cancer/research-projects
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-announce-global-development-and-commercialization-collaboration-for-three-daiichi-sankyo-dxd-adcs/
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/50-years-progress-treating-patients-cancer
HyGro,
Thanks for the reply. That’s an interesting new study! UCLA is doing invaluable work and the NIH is wise to have supported their research for so many consecutive years.
UCLA developed the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology, and it will be exciting to see their further research involving other cancers beyond GBM and with other combination therapies!
The Nobel Prize-winning work of Dr. Steinman lives on at UCLA!
https://www.livescience.com/16354-nobel-prize-medicine-2011-immune-research.html
“I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.”
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172987533
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03546361
HyGro,
Thanks for posting! UCLA is doing invaluable work and the NIH is wise to have supported their research for so many consecutive years.
UCLA developed the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology, and it will be exciting to see their further research!
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172987533
“I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.”
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03546361
ex, Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will officially join #ProjectOrbis on January 1 and work with regulators in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Switzerland on assessing new treatments. https://t.co/JjaXoq6yfh
For a reliable appraisal of the trial, its design, and the significance of the resulting survival data, it is advisable to refer to the analyses of qualified physicians. Such an analysis can be found on the JAMA Oncology website where the independent peer review was published.
The forthcoming regulatory advisory from MHRA will further enlighten the significance the clinical data, and an assessment from MHRA may be available in advance of advisory decisions from FDA and regulators in other nations.
Additionally, I recommend that you review the forthcoming NICE appraisal of the DCVax-L cell-based technology when it is published.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10143
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/oncology-center-excellence/project-orbis
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/keyoumars-ashkan
The MIA was approved recently and is evidence of a regulatory filing plan that has begun to unfold. Further RA applications have been under construction for a significant period of time and include a voluminous catalog of clinical data and analyses. The announcements of regulatory filings are forthcoming.
The recent MIA approval is an important step in the regulatory process, and this commercial manufacturing license will allow DCVax-L to be exported globally from Sawston. The MIA is a prerequisite of the MAA application.
“Companies applying for a marketing authorisation (also known as a product licence) need to have a manufacturer licence first. The manufacturer licence will be granted first providing the product is in the process of being approved.” —MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-manufacturer-or-wholesaler-of-medicines-licences
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-advent-bioservices-announce-234600744.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-approval-pediatric-133900403.html
ex,
I hear you—controls are an interesting topic with regard to DCVax-L. Safety and efficacy data have been gathered for DCVax-L from the P3 clinical study that had external controls and from clinical studies having placebo controls. The data record that exists in total reflects DCVax-L as a monotherapy and DCVax-L in combination with other agents…
The placebo-controlled pembrolizumab combo study has significant interim survival data.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04201873
In the combo trial, patients who receive DCVax-L + placebo are being compared to patients who receive DCVax-L + pembrolizumab.
The control arm is receiving DCVax-L. While DCVax-L is not the current SOC, it is highly significant and notable that DCVax-L is being permitted to fill the role of SOC as the best available therapy within this combo study for rGBM. The combo trial also follows the P3 in sequence which in itself validates the findings of the P3 study—the placebo group in the PD1 study would not be receiving DCVax-L today if the preceding P3 trial had not proven its efficacy.
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
LC, #CancerResearch #Cancers #cancermoonshot #GBM #Immunotherapy #oncology $nwbo #murcidencel #DCVax #CellTherapy Explore Professor Keyoumars Ashkan's passion for neurosurgery and his love for @KingsCollegeNHS below as part of their #BrilliantPeople series🧠👇@KingsNeuro @KingsIoPPN https://t.co/yGKt2681Ie
I hear you—exciting times! I agree that UCLA deserves a lot of recognition for their role, but the NIH and King’s College deserve recognition too—the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology was developed with the support of public dollars and with the scientific contributions of many physicians.
Dr. Steinman’s invaluable work is also part of the DCVax-L story!
The Nobel Prize was a harbinger of the DCVax-L cell-based platform technology! https://t.co/YW8un0Kujq pic.twitter.com/W4R8rcXVOS
https://www.livescience.com/16354-nobel-prize-medicine-2011-immune-research.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
The U.S. NIH has supported the DCVax-L platform for years, and the NIH renewed its support in 2022 to continue to fund the development of this technology and to fund research into combination therapies.
NIH-funded DCVax-L research is ongoing at UCLA today.
NIH grants are peer-reviewed and the research that NIH funds is highly scrutinized in advance of the award and also intermittently for the term of the various research projects.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-received-590-million-in-nih-funding-second-highest-total-for-academic-medical-centers-in-2020
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/fda-nih-joint-leadership-council-charter
LC,
Yes, the independent peer review of the P3 was published in JAMA Oncology!
https://brownneurosurgery.com/breakthrough-brain-cancer-vaccine/
https://ceoworld.biz/2022/04/05/top-5-medical-journals-in-the-world-everyone-should-know-about/
HyGro,
Dr. Liau has joined the SAB at NWBO! UCLA has reported the further development of the platform technology in combination with other technologies and for indications beyond GBM!
Combo is King!
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/169314
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fda-approval-brain-cancer-alzheimers
https://hotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/spore-article-for-donors-4.18.22.pdf
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/brain-cancer-discovery-clinical-trials
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-biotherapeutics-announces-dr-linda-140000962.html
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