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Potential of IMNN-001 in epithelial ovarian cancer: assessment of clinical findings

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Premal H Thaker *
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Stacy Lindborg
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Ana Limon
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Douglas V Faller
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William H. Bradley
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Khursheed Anwer *
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Ronald D Alvarez
DOI:10.1080/13543784.2026.2636926delete
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Abstract

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IMNN-001 is designed for local and durable delivery of a pluripotent anti-tumor cytokine, IL-12, using an expression plasmid and a synthetic lipopolymer delivery system. IMNN-001, delivered intraperitoneally in combination with chemotherapy, is currently in a Phase 3 trial for the front-line treatment of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. This report details IMNN-001 preclinical and clinical development, demonstrating local and durable production of IL-12, minimal systemic exposure and manageable safety profile, as well as its antitumoral effects in a total of six completed trials in ovarian cancer. In the OVATION-2 Phase 2 randomized trial, neo- and adjuvant chemotherapy combined with IMNN-001 produced a numerical 13 month increase in overall survival, with even greater benefit in tumors that lacked DNA homologous repair activity. In translational studies, IMNN-001-induced changes in the tumor microenvironment are consistent with the observed induction of IL-12 and IFN-γ levels at the tumor site and support the hypothesis that IMNN-001 treatment alters the tumor microenvironment in favor of broad immune stimulation and inhibition of immunosuppressive mechanisms. IMNN-001 gene therapy could add clinically meaningful IL-12-driven immunotherapy to newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients. IMNN-001 holds promise for synergistic combinations with immunotherapies requiring intrinsic immune activity.
Keywords:
Advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
IL-12
gene therapy
immunotherapy
tumor microenvironment

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Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
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