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Five-year data show one-time T-cell therapy extends survival in advanced melanoma

Presented at ASCO, trial data highlight sustained tumour reduction with lifileucel, paving the way for pembrolizumab combination studies.

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Overview

  • Nineteen point seven percent of patients in the C-144-01 trial were alive at five years with no new or delayed side effects.
  • Tumours shrank in 79.3 percent of participants and 5.9 percent showed no evidence of cancer after a single infusion of lifileucel.
  • Lifileucel leverages a patient's tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes by isolating, expanding and reinfusing them to target melanoma cells.
  • The US FDA approved lifileucel for advanced melanoma in February 2024, while UK regulators have yet to grant authorization.
  • Ongoing studies are exploring lifileucel in combination with pembrolizumab to enhance response rates in advanced melanoma.