Discovery of HPV T Cell Epitopes and Development of Multi-epitope Vaccines

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cervical Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07077980

YingZhou 2025-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Based on the trend that the incidence and mortality of cervical carcinoma among female cancers worldwide are increasing year by year, the investigators aim to develop a multi-epitope therapeutic vaccine capable of simultaneously activating humoral and cellular immune responses, which is achieved by fusing multiple T-cell epitope immunostimulatory proteins. To obtain information on functional T-cell epitopes to be included in the vaccine, the investigators conducted research starting from clinical cases. By collecting peripheral blood and cancerous tissues from clinical patients, the investigators isolated reactive T-cells and screened for information on T-cell epitopes of HPV antigens.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Females aged between 18 and 65 who can receive standard treatment, including those who only undergo surgery or those who receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery.
2. Cervical carcinoma caused by HPV16 or HPV18 infection.
3. The pathological stage is from IB1 to IV, and informed consent is obtained.
4. If the tumor tissue of patients with stage IB1 is not obvious, samples can be taken or not taken without affecting subsequent pathological examinations.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with other malignancies
2. Patients with any uncontrolled systemic disease, including active infection, uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes mellitus, unstable angina and congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction (1 year) before starting treatment, severe arrhythmia requiring medical treatment, coagulation abnormalities, liver or kidney or metabolic disease.