$NWBO #DCVaxForBraelyn #GBM
Siobhain, Margaretโs Trial deserves support. Your campaign could also put an urgent question to government:
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐
#๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐
-๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
Northwest Biotherapeutics has completed a phase III programme, published survival findings, documented a favourable safety record across thousands of doses, and developed a platform with a compelling rationale for combination treatment.
The company and the people behind that work deserve to be part of this conversation.
๐๐ฟ. ๐๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐
๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป.
Boynton co-founded Northwest. Bosch joined in 2000 and spearheaded development of its manufacturing and quality-control processes, alongside clinical protocols and regulatory submissions.
Their work helped turn dendritic-cell biology into a personalised product that could be manufactured, transported and administered across an international clinical programme.
That translation is an achievement in itself. Every patient supplies different cells and a different tumour. The treatment must still be prepared consistently enough to test and deliver.
Here in Britain, Professor Keyoumars Ashkan, neurosurgeon at Kingโs College Hospital, served as the trialโs European Chief Investigator. He is a coauthor of the phase III publication, alongside UCLAโs Dr. Linda Liau, Boynton, Bosch and the international clinical team.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
kch.nhs.uk/news/final-resultโฆ
The scientific argument begins with a basic requirement: the immune system needs effective instruction about what to attack.
Dendritic cells present tumour antigens, provide activating signals and shape the responding T cells. Tumours can interfere with that process.
DCVax-L makes preparation of those instructing cells part of treatment. The patientโs own dendritic cells are prepared outside the tumour environment and loaded with material from the patientโs own tumour.
Whole-tumour material supplies a broad range of potential targets through the patientโs own presentation machinery. That matters in glioblastoma, where different cancer cells can carry different targets.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
The work discussed by Lisa Butterfield and Pawel Kalinski makes preparation even more consequential. Cells can pass routine checks while retaining signalling or metabolic defects. A mature appearance does not establish effective immune instruction.
Starting-cell quality, culture conditions and maturation signals all shape function. IL-12p70 is an important part of type-1 instruction, but no single marker establishes the entire cellโs performance.
This is why Boschโs manufacturing work matters biologically. Preparing the cell creates an opportunity to assess and improve the instruction before treatment reaches the patient.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
Pembrolizumab releases inhibition on T cells. Dendritic-cell vaccination can help generate the tumour-directed response that checkpoint treatment is intended to support.
UCLAโs EANO 2026 report examined its related ATL-DC vaccine with poly-ICLC and pembrolizumab in recurrent glioblastoma.
Among the analysed IDH-wildtype patients:
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฏ: ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐.
The groups contained 16 and 19 patients. This small, amended trial also found greater T-cell infiltration and interferon/granzyme-B signals in the vaccine-first group. Earlier/concurrent treatment was associated with chronic inflammatory responses.
Elevated interferon responses before treatment tracked with shorter survival.
The distinction matters: timing, location and the state of the immune system can change what an immune signal accomplishes.
๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
EANO 2026, abstract MO03.4.A:
eano.eu/eano2026/programme/
Trial:
clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCTโฆ
The vaccine course allowed only three doses, two weeks apart. Pembrolizumab continued; vaccination ended within weeks.
A short course was followed by a survival difference measured months later.
Immune memory, recruitment of the patientโs own dendritic cells, reciprocal signalling and recognition of additional tumour targets offer biological routes to a response that outlasts the injected cells. Their contribution requires measurement, but the possibility is central to the strategy.
And 555 days is the median. Longer follow-up is needed to reveal the survival tail.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐
-๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น.
Northwestโs phase III publication reported five-year survival of 13.0% versus 5.7% in newly diagnosed glioblastoma, compared with external controls.
At recurrence, median survival was 13.2 months versus 7.8 months.
Across 2,151 doses, investigators reported five serious adverse events considered at least possibly treatment-related, with no evidence of autoimmune reactions or cytokine storm.
The recurrence finding adds another important insight: those vaccines were manufactured from the original tumour. Forty-six of the 64 crossover patients had no second surgery.
The original tumour material remained the basis of treatment after recurrence.
DCVax-Lโs phase III schedule also continued beyond initial priming, with repeat doses through month 30. That provides a rationale for studying reinforcement of the response. Comparing cell counts across different products cannot establish comparative potency; what matters is the immune response those cells generate.
doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.20โฆ
๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
In July 2026, Bosch presented updated analyses using individual patient data. Northwest reported that independent statisticians applied propensity-score matching and inverse-probability weighting.
The survival advantage persisted across methods and comparator datasets. Matching yielded median advantages of 3.4โ6.3 months.
More detailed comparisons strengthened the reported signal. Full publication will allow independent scrutiny.
nwbio.com/northwest-biotheraโฆ
The companyโs broader development programme follows the same biological logic:
Prepare effective dendritic cells.
Present a broad range of tumour targets.
Generate and, where appropriate, expand tumour-reactive cells.
Help them enter the tumour.
Address suppression and study checkpoint timing.
Investigate how to reinforce and sustain the response.
Northwest has licensed complementary technologies developed by Kalinskiโs teams. DCVax-Direct explores acquiring tumour material inside the body. Its Flaskworks/Eden programme addresses the manufacturing capacity needed to deliver personalised cell treatment more widely.
These programmes require their own validation. Their significance is the connected strategy: improving the instructor, supporting the responding cells and building the means to manufacture treatment at scale.
nwbio.com/northwest-biotheraโฆ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
The UK application was submitted in December 2023. In July 2026, Northwest reported MHRA confirmation that it remained under review and had not been refused.
sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/โฆ
Siobhain, please invite Northwest, Dr. Boynton, Dr. Bosch and Professor Ashkan to explain the evidence and the remaining steps directly to your campaign and parliamentary colleagues.
Then ask government and the company for a clear account of what remains unresolved, who must resolve it, and when a decision can be reached.
Press for a practical access plan alongside that work.
DCVax-Lโs survival findings, safety record and biological rationale make a compelling case for its potential role as a treatment foundation. The people who developed it and the clinicians who tested it can explain that case in detail.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
x.com/andrewcaravello/statusโฆ