The two partners have revealed the first clinical data from a phase 2b trial of a personalised vaccine consisting of 34 mRNAs, each targeting mutations – identified by gene sequencing – that are thought to be driving a patient’s cancer.
The trial compared Moderna’s MRNA-4157/V940 vaccine given alongside Merck & Co’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to Keytruda alone in patients with the skin cancer melanoma.
