drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
peptide vaccine
drug_description
Microbial-derived therapeutic peptide cancer vaccine containing two peptides that mimic CD8+ T-cell epitopes from tumor-associated antigens plus a CD4+ helper peptide (UCP2), emulsified with Montanide; primes/expands TAA-specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells with CD4+ T-cell help; HLA-A2–restricted.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C199254
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
icrobiome-derived Peptide Vaccine EO2040
nci_thesaurus_definition
An off-the-shelf (OTS), microbiome therapeutic cancer peptide vaccine composed of two onco-mimics, which are immunogenic microbiomal-derived peptides that are highly homologous to specific tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) and are obtained and selected from the human gut microbiome, combined with the helper peptide and CD4-positive T-cell epitope universal cancer peptide 2 (UCP2), and emulsified with the immunoadjuvant Montanide, with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration of microbiome-derived peptide vaccine EO2040, the peptides are taken up by and presented on dendritic cells (DCs) to T-cells. As the presented antigens display molecular mimicry with selected TAAs on colorectal cancer cells, a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immune response may be mounted against the cancer cells expressing the TAAs, thereby eradicating the cancer cells. UCP2 is able to activate the immune system to mount a T-helper 1 (TH1) CD4-positive T-lymphocyte immune response thereby further killing tumor cells.
drug_mesh_term
Cancer Vaccines
drug_category
PEPTIDE VACCINE
drug_class
Vaccine
drug_delivery_route
Subcutaneous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Off-the-shelf microbiome-derived peptide cancer vaccine containing two onco-mimic peptides homologous to tumor-associated antigens plus a CD4 helper peptide (UCP2), adjuvanted with Montanide. After uptake by dendritic cells, peptides are presented (HLA-A2 restricted) to T cells, priming and expanding TAA-specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells with CD4+ Th1 help, leading to CTL-mediated killing of TAA-expressing tumor cells.
drug_name
EO2040
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT05350501