A Screening Study Targeting Tumor-specific Antigens

The purpose of this study is to identify patients who may be eligible to participate in a separate Phase 2/3 treatment study evaluating an individualized neoantigen vaccine GRANITE for first line (1L) maintenance treatment of metastatic, microsatellite-sable colorectal cancer (MSS-CRC) sponsored by Gritstone bio. This may include the manufacturing of an individualized vaccine, which involves neoantigen prediction and generating a vaccine targeting neoantigens.

The screening study can enroll multiple tumor types in multiple treatment settings for the potential inclusion in a treatment study. Patient's tumors are analyzed to determine if the patient's tumor contains sufficient mutations. This screening study is currently enrolling patients with localized colon cancer or metastatic colorectal cancer for the development of an individualized neoantigen-based cancer vaccine that requires a manufacturing period for each patient.

The process of generating an individualized neoantigen cancer vaccine involves multiple steps, including collection of patient tumor and blood specimens, performing next-generation sequencing (NGS), predicting the neoantigens to be included in the individualized vaccine, and the manufacture and release of the individualized vaccine.

Study participants will not receive any investigational treatment as part of this trial. Patients screened in this study may be able to enroll in a separate investigational treatment study sponsored by Gritstone bio, provided that the patient meets the specified eligibility criteria for that treatment study.

Eligibility Criteria:
ADVANCED/METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER

Inclusion Criteria:

* signed and dated ICF prior to initiation of study-specific procedures
* histologically confirmed metastatic CRC who are planned for or who have received no more than one cycle of first-line treatment in the advanced/metastatic setting with a fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin in combination with bevacizumab
* measurable and unresectable disease according to RECIST v1.1
* known KRAS status
* availability of FFPE tumor specimens from biopsy within the previous 12 months for sequencing and neoantigen prediction
* ≥ 12 years of age
* ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 or equivalent for patients of 12-17 years of age
* adequate organ function (further defined in protocol)

Exclusion Criteria:

* known microsatellite instability (MSI)hi disease based on institutional standard
* known tumor mutation burden \<1 nonsynonymous mutations/MB
* patients with BRAF V600E mutations

LOCALIZED COLON CANCER

Inclusion Criteria:

* signed and dated ICF prior to initiation of study-specific procedures
* high-risk stage II or stage III colon cancer planned for or have completed surgical resection and have not initiated or received more than 4 weeks of adjuvant chemotherapy and be known ctDNA-positive via the Signatera assay
* availability of FFPE tumor specimens for sequencing, determination of mutations for detecting and monitoring ctDNA to identify patients with minimal residual disease, and neoantigen prediction
* ≥ 12 years of age
* ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 or equivalent for patients of 12-17 years of age
* adequate organ function (further defined in protocol)

Exclusion Criteria:

* known microsatellite instability (MSI)hi disease based on institutional standard
* known tumor mutation burden \<1 nonsynonymous mutations/MB

Complete list of inclusion and exclusion criteria are listed in the clinical study protocol