Complete molecular remissions induced by patient-specific vaccination plus granulocyte–monocyte colony-stimulating factor against lymphoma
Autor: | Thelma M. Watson, Elaine S. Jaffe, Barry L. Gause, Craig W. Reynolds, Robin Pennington, Carol B. Kobrin, Lars Sternas, P L Duffey, Dan L. Longo, Floyd A. Benko, Christopher D. Gocke, Maurizio Bendandi, Larry W. Kwak, Stephen P. Creekmore |
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Rok vydání: | 1999 |
Předmět: |
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Male Antibodies Neoplasm Antineoplastic Agents Cancer Vaccines Polymerase Chain Reaction Translocation Genetic General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunoglobulin Idiotypes Antigen Antigens Neoplasm Humans Cytotoxic T cell Medicine Lymphoma Follicular Aged Chromosomes Human Pair 14 biology business.industry Remission Induction Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor DNA Neoplasm General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Minimal residual disease Lymphoma Immunology biology.protein Drug Therapy Combination Female Cancer vaccine Antibody Chromosomes Human Pair 18 Clone (B-cell biology) business CD8 |
Zdroj: | Nature Medicine. 5:1171-1177 |
ISSN: | 1546-170X 1078-8956 |
Popis: | Lymphomas express a tumor-specific antigen which can be targeted by cancer vaccination. We evaluated the ability of a new idiotype protein vaccine formulation to eradicate residual t(14;18)+ lymphoma cells in 20 patients in a homogeneous, chemotherapy-induced first clinical complete remission. All 11 patients with detectable translocations in their primary tumors had cells from the malignant clone detectable in their blood by PCR both at diagnosis and after chemotherapy, despite being in complete remission. However, 8 of 11 patients converted to lacking cells in their blood from the malignant clone detectable by PCR after vaccination and sustained their molecular remissions. Tumor-specific cytotoxic CD8+ and CD4+ T cells were uniformly found (19 of 20 patients), whereas antibodies were detected, but apparently were not required for molecular remission. Vaccination was thus associated with clearance of residual tumor cells from blood and long-term disease-free survival. The demonstration of molecular remissions, analysis of cytotoxic T lymphocytes against autologous tumor targets, and addition of granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor to the vaccine formulation provide principles relevant to the design of future clinical trials of other cancer vaccines administered in a minimal residual disease setting. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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