Project description
Novel T cell therapies against lymphocytic leukaemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a haematological malignancy that affects B lymphocytes, which produce antibodies. CLL remains incurable, emphasising the need for effective treatments. Emerging evidence indicates a perturbation in the T cell compartment in CLL with phenotypic and functional defects as well as an active role in cancer development and evolution. As a result, T cell-based treatments such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy and poly-specific antibodies have shown poor clinical efficacy. Funded by the European Research Council, the CATCH project proposes to test the technical and commercial feasibility of a novel combinatorial approach of endogenous T cell activation in CLL patients. Researchers will combine CAR-T therapy and tri-specific antibodies to overcome T cell dysfunction and stimulate an immune response.
Objective
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukaemia globally and can rarely be cured. Despite recent advances, the efficacy of promising autologous T cell-based therapies, such as CAR-T technology and bi-/tri-specific antibodies, has been disappointing. This stems from a T cell dysfunction in this disease setting: altered T cell skewing, impaired metabolic plasticity, and disrupted T-cell functioning.
Prof. Arnon Kater's group studies alternative activation pathways to overcome T cell dysfunction and stimulate an immune response.
CATCH will explore the technical and commercial feasibility of alternative T-cell activation, through CAR-T and tri-specific antibody technologies.
To reach proof-of-concept stage, in this project we will:
1) Validate the efficacy of two applications (CAR-T, tri-specific antibody) by achieving T-cell activation and killing target cells in in-vitro CLL samples and live specimens.
2) Perform a thorough IP landscape analysis, establish Freedom-to-Operate, and define an IP strategy.
3) Engage with key stakeholders to gather feedback and advise from key perspectives (patient, clinical, industry), conduct market research to discover potential customers/industrial partners, analyse competitors and identify a feasible roadmap to commercialisation.
4) Formulate a detailed business case to guide the commercialisation of CATCH.
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands
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