No Tumor Recurrence for Nearly 3 Years, China’s National Research #TIL Therapy #GC101 Targets Various Solid Tumors!
No Tumor Recurrence for Nearly 3 Years, China’s National Research #TIL Therapy #GC101 Targets Various Solid Tumors!
TIL Therapy
In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a pivotal direction in the future of cancer treatment. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (#TILs) are hailed as the “natural enemies” of cancer cells. TIL therapy developed based on patients’ own tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes boasts advantages such as rich tumor-specific targets, excellent tumor homing capabilities, strong infiltration abilities, and a high safety profile.
On February 16, 2024, #Iovance Biotherapeutics announced the #FDA approval of Lifileucel (LN-144) for the treatment of advanced melanoma progressing after PD-1 antibody therapy, marketed as #AMTAGVIâ„¢. This marks the global first approval of a TIL therapy and the first approval worldwide for T-cell therapy for solid tumors, marking a significant milestone! #LN144
On the domestic front in China, several companies have announced good news regarding the clinical approval of TIL pipelines. Overall, the enthusiasm for TIL therapies is on the rise and increasingly intense. Today, let me introduce to you the first independently developed TIL cell therapy #GC101 from Juncell Therapeutics.
With no tumor recurrence for nearly 3 years, GC01TIL is the first autologous natural tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte injection developed by Juncell Therapeutics, which officially obtained clinical trial implicit approval from the National Medical Products Administration (#NMPA) on April 24, 2022.
Distinguished from Iovance’s approved AMTAGVIâ„¢ (#Lifileucel), innovative GC101TIL therapy requires patients to be treated in ordinary wards without the need for high-intensity pre-conditioning before TIL cell infusion or any IL-2 dosage post-infusion. This simplified clinical protocol ensures effective TIL cell proliferation within patients, greatly avoiding the risks associated with AMTAGVIâ„¢’s black box warnings (such as treatment-related deaths, persistent severe cytopenia, severe infections, cardiopulmonary and renal function damage), substantially improving the safety, convenience, and accessibility of TIL therapy.
Currently, according to the latest revelations from Juncell Therapeutics, the Phase I clinical trial of Juncell Therapeutics’ autologous natural TIL cell injection GC101 is underway in eight authoritative tertiary hospitals in China, achieving significant efficacy.
GC101, targeting various types of advanced solid tumors including malignant melanoma, cervical cancer, and lung cancer, has demonstrated an objective response rate of over 35%. Four patients have achieved complete tumor remission (#CR), with the longest no-recurrence survival period approaching 3 years, without experiencing any severe adverse reactions related to treatment, significantly improving the safety, applicability, and accessibility of #TILtherapy. Let us look forward to more surprises that GC101 will bring in the future!
