ProscaVax - A Novel Prostate Cancer Vaccine
The Company has developed a therapeutic cancer vaccine for prostate cancer patients using similar techniques developed for breast cancer patients. It is tested and laboratory proven and could become the standard of care for prostate cancer treatment. The Company incorporates scientifically proven and clinically validated treatments for cancer. We utilize patented technology developed and or acquired by OncBioMune. The intellectual property consists of multiple technologies combined with laboratory and clinical procedures that provide new insight into the treatment of cancer. The Company’s proprietary technology provides the necessary tools for the successful treatment of patient’s with a therapeutic vaccine. It is marketable and would be very profitable upon FDA approval.
The Company has data from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of their therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine. Patients with prostate cancer confirmed by biopsy and with an elevated PSA received the vaccine. We enrolled 12 patients in this study. All patients received their initial course of six vaccinations containing prostate specific antigen and biological adjuvant. Serum PSA concentrations were determined before initiating vaccination and 3-4 weeks after the 6th vaccination. Two-thirds of the prostate cancer patients’ PSAs decreased after vaccinaÂtion. During the trial the prostate cancer patients received no other concurrent therapy (surgery, hormone, radiation, radioactive seeds, chemotherapy), and have additionally received three further vaccinations alternated with low dose IL-2 for the 6 months following the initial vaccinations. The Company developed the protocol for the vaccination of prostate cancer patients using techniques developed for vaccination of breast cancer patients. We are currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial at UCSD Medical School under an IND from the FDA with funding from the US Navy Cancer Vaccine Program. If proven effective clinically, it could become the standard of care for prostate cancer.
Information on the current clinical trial of ProscaVax can be found on the clinictrials.gov at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02058680?term=oncbiomune&rank=1.