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Table 1 Categories of vaccines and immunotherapeutic studies in Phase 2 or Phase 3 trial

From: A quantitative analysis of therapeutic cancer vaccines in phase 2 or phase 3 trial

Immunotherapeutic and vaccine studies under investigation

Vaccine category

Phase 2

Phase 2/3

Phase 3

Totala

Ratio of Phase 3:Phase 2b

Peptide-based

93

1

18

112

1:19

Dendritic cell-based

74

3

11

88

1:15

Tumour cell-based

64

3

11

78

1:17

Virus-based

46

1

5

52

1:11

Protein-based

19

1

12

32

1:63

Anti-idiotypic antibody

18

1

9

28

1:50

Others

21

2

5

28

1:24

T cell-based

12

 

1

13

1:8

DNA-based

8

 

2

10

1:25

Bacterial-based

2

 

1

3

1:50

PBMC-based

2

  

2

NA

VLP-based

2

  

2

NA

Yeast-based

2

  

2

NA

RNA-based

1

  

1

NA

Grand Total

364

12

75

451

1:21

  1. aSorted by prevalence
  2. bratio of phase 3 trials: phase 2 trials