Sequential administration of trastuzumab and a CD8 T-cell-eliciting HER2/neu peptide vaccine in patients with breast cancer compared to trastuzumab alone

Autor: Ritesh Patil, Jarrod P. Holmes, Sathibalan Ponniah, M. G. Carmichael, George E. Peoples, Guy T. Clifton, Nathan M. Shumway, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Alan K. Sears, D. C. Van Echo
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29:564-564
ISSN: 1527-7755
0732-183X
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.564
Popis: 564 Background: We are conducting multiple, prospective, phase II trials evaluating different HER-2/neu(HER2) peptide vaccines in the adjuvant setting to prevent breast cancer (BrCa) recurrence. E75 (HER2: 369-377) and another vaccine (X) are HLA-A2/3+-restricted peptides capable of stimulating CD8+ cytotoxic T cells with anti-HER2 tumor activity. Trastuzumab (Tz), a recombinant monoclonal anti-HER2 antibody, has been shown to reduce BrCa recurrence by 50%. We examined the sequential use of Tz and a CD8 T cell-eliciting vaccine to compare the efficacy of sequential passive and active immunization to passive immunotherapy alone. Methods: We examined patients from our E75 and vaccine X clinical trials. HLA-A2/3+ node positive or high-risk node negative BrCa patients with any level of HER2 expression, disease-free after standard treatments were vaccinated with E75 or X+GM-CSF (immunoadjuvant) vs. nothing (E75 trial) or GM-CSF alone (X trial). Vaccinations were given as 6 monthly intradermal inoculations. Pat...
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