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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
We previously reported that personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) therapy in combination with leutenizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analog and estramustine phosphate in certain cases is safe and capable of inducing both immune responses and clinical responses for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. In the present study, PPV monotherapy was given to CRPC patients. Twenty-three patients with metastatic CRPC were treated with PPV without any additional treatment modalities, including LH-RH analogs. Samples were analyzed for peptide-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) precursor analysis and peptide-reactive IgG. Toxicity and immunological and clinical responses were assessed on a three-monthly basis. Seventeen patients were available for immunological and clinical evaluation. The vaccines were well tolerated, with grade 3 erythema at injection sites in only one patient. Augmentation of CTL or IgG responses to at least one of the peptides was observed in six of 17 (35%) and 15 of 17 (88%) patients tested, respectively. Among 57 peptides used, 9 and 36 peptides induced CTL and IgG responses, respectively. Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction was observed in eight of 17 patients. More than 30% prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline was observed in four of 17 patients. Of these, one patient achieved a complete PSA response and another patient showed a partial PSA response with profound shrinking of lymph node metastases and prostate. The overall median survival time was 24 months (range, 5-37 months). These results suggest that PPV monotherapy appears to be safe and capable of inducing peptide-specific immune responses and clinical responses in CRPC patients. This trial was registered with University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN) number R000003339.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1349-7006
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
601-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunological evaluation of personalized peptide vaccination monotherapy in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan. huemura@med.kindai.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't