Cytomegalovirus peptide vaccine (PepVax) - Helocyte
Alternative Names: CMV fusion peptide vaccines - Helocyte; CMVPepVax; CMVpp65-A*0201 peptide vaccine - Helocyte; Tet-CMVLatest Information Update: 27 Jan 2022
At a glance
- Originator City of Hope National Medical Center
- Developer City of Hope National Medical Center; Helocyte; National Cancer Institute (USA); University of Minnesota
- Class Cytomegalovirus vaccines; Immunotherapies; Peptide vaccines; Recombinant fusion proteins; T lymphocyte cell therapies; Viral vaccines
- Mechanism of Action Immunostimulants
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Discontinued Cytomegalovirus infections
Most Recent Events
- 11 Dec 2021 Efficacy data from a phase II trial in Cytomegalovirus infections was presented at the 63rd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition (ASH-2021)
- 23 Aug 2017 Phase-II development is ongoing in USA (NCT02396134)
- 04 May 2015 City of Hope and National Cancer Institute plans a phase II trial in Cytomegalovirus infections (Prevention, in HLA A*0201 cytomegalovirus-seropositive with haematological malignancies undergoing donor stem cell transplant) in USA (SC) (NCT02396134; 9178335)