Phase I dose escalation trial of MVA-BN-PRO in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

193 Background: MVA-BN-PRO is an investigational prostate cancer immunotherapy comprising of a highly attenuated non-replicating vaccinia virus engineered to encode prostate specific antigen (PSA) and prostate acid phosphatase (PAP) proteins. Preclinical studies in mouse tumor models demonstrated vaccine-mediated induction of anti-PSA and PAP specific immune responses and anti-tumor activity. Results of the open-label multi-center evaluation in...