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Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Fujimasa Tada
    • Masanori Abe
    • Masashi Hirooka
    • Yoshiou Ikeda
    • Yoichi Hiasa
    • Yoon  Lee
    • Nam-Chul Jung
    • Woo-Bok Lee
    • Hyun-Soo Lee
    • Yong-Soo Bae
    • Morikazu Onji
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    Affiliations: Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Ehime 791‑0925, Japan, JW Creagene Research Institute, JW Creagene Inc., Sangdaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 462‑120, Republic of Korea
    Copyright: © Tada et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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    Published online on: September 11, 2012
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1626
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Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are increasingly used as adjuvants for vaccination strategies; however, there has been very little development in DC vaccines for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we assessed the safety, feasibility and efficacy of a multiple tumor-associated antigen (TAA)-pulsed DC vaccine in 5 patients with advanced HCC. DCs were generated by culturing blood monocytes in the presence of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor and interleukin-4 for 5 days. The DC vaccine was prepared by pulsing DCs with cytoplasmic transduction peptide-attached α-fetoprotein, glypican-3 and MAGE-1 recombinant fusion proteins and cultivating them in the presence of maturation cocktail. DCs were injected subcutaneously near the inguinal lymph nodes, followed by topical application of toll-like receptor-7 agonist around the injection site. We showed that our DC vaccine was safe and well-tolerated over 6 vaccinations in 5 patients. All 5 patients showed T cell responses against TAAs. Clinical benefit was observed in one of the 5 patients. In conclusion, the feasibility, safety and immune activity of DCs pulsed with TAAs were confirmed in HCC patients. However, clinical response was detected only in one patient. Future trials may consider applying this therapy in a less advanced stage to obtain better clinical responses.
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Tada F, Abe M, Hirooka M, Ikeda Y, Hiasa Y, Lee Y, Jung N, Lee W, Lee H, Bae Y, Bae Y, et al: Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Oncol 41: 1601-1609, 2012.
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y. ... Onji, M. (2012). Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Oncology, 41, 1601-1609. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1626
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y., Jung, N., Lee, W., Lee, H., Bae, Y., Onji, M."Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 41.5 (2012): 1601-1609.
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y., Jung, N., Lee, W., Lee, H., Bae, Y., Onji, M."Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 41, no. 5 (2012): 1601-1609. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1626
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y. ... Onji, M. (2012). Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Oncology, 41, 1601-1609. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1626
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y., Jung, N., Lee, W., Lee, H., Bae, Y., Onji, M."Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 41.5 (2012): 1601-1609.
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Tada, F., Abe, M., Hirooka, M., Ikeda, Y., Hiasa, Y., Lee, Y., Jung, N., Lee, W., Lee, H., Bae, Y., Onji, M."Phase I/II study of immunotherapy using tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma". International Journal of Oncology 41, no. 5 (2012): 1601-1609. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1626
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