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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
Despite resection, radiochemotherapy, and maintenance temozolomide chemotherapy (TMZm), the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains poor. We integrated immunotherapy in the primary standard treatment for eight pilot adult patients (median age 50 years) with GBM, to assess clinical and immunological feasibility and toxicity in preparation of a phase I/II protocol HGG-2006. After maximum, safe resection, leukapheresis was performed before radiochemotherapy, and four weekly vaccinations with autologous GBM lysate-loaded monocyte-derived dendritic cells were given after radiochemotherapy. Boost vaccines with lysates were given during TMZm. During the course of vaccination, immunophenotyping showed a relative increase in CD8+CD25+ cells in six of the seven patients, complying with the prerequisites for implementation of immunotherapy in addition to postoperative radiochemotherapy. In five patients, a more than twofold increase in tumor antigen-reacting IFN-gamma-producing T cells on Elispot was seen at the fourth vaccination compared with before vaccination. In three of these five patients this more than twofold increase persisted after three cycles of TMZm. Quality of life during vaccination remained excellent. Progression-free survival at six months was 75%. Median overall survival for all patients was 24 months (range: 13-44 months). The only serious adverse event was an ischemic stroke eight months postoperatively. We conclude that tumor vaccination, fully integrated within the standard primary postoperative treatment for patients with newly diagnosed GBM, is feasible and well tolerated. The survival data were used to power a currently running phase I/II trial.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1573-7373
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
261-72
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Cancer Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Feasibility Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Immunotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Quality of Life, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Radiotherapy Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Transplantation, Autologous, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:20146084-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Integration of autologous dendritic cell-based immunotherapy in the primary treatment for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme: a pilot study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leuven, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. hilko.ardon@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't