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Dendritic cell-based vaccination in metastatic melanoma patients: Phase II clinical trial

  • Authors:
    • Chie Oshita
    • Masako Takikawa
    • Akiko Kume
    • Haruo Miyata
    • Tadashi Ashizawa
    • Akira Iizuka
    • Yoshio Kiyohara
    • Shusuke Yoshikawa
    • Ryuji Tanosaki
    • Naoya Yamazaki
    • Akifumi Yamamoto
    • Kazutoh Takesako
    • Ken Yamaguchi
    • Yasuto Akiyama
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  • Published online on: August 7, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1956
  • Pages: 1131-1138
  • Copyright: © Oshita 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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Abstract

Metastatic and chemoresistant melanoma can be a good target of immunotherapy because it is an intractable cancer with a very poor prognosis. Previously, we tested a dendritic cell (DC)-based phase I vaccine, and confirmed that it was safe. In the present study, we performed a phase II trial of a DC vaccine for metastatic melanoma patients with mainly the HLA-A24 genotype, and investigated the efficacy of the vaccine. Twenty-four patients with metastatic melanoma were enrolled into a phase II study of DC-based immunotherapy. The group included 19 HLA-A24-positive (A*2402) patients and 3 HLA-A2-positive (A*0201) patients. The protocol for DC production was similar to that in the phase I trial. Briefly, a cocktail of 5 melanoma-associated synthetic peptides (gp100, tyrosinase, MAGE-A2, MAGE-A3 and MART-1 or MAGE‑A1) restricted to HLA-A2 or A24 and KLH were used for DC pulsing. Finally, DCs were injected subcutaneously (s.c.) into the inguinal region in the dose range of 1-5x107 per shot. The DC ratio (lin-HLA-DR+) of the vaccine was 38.1±13.3% and the frequency of CD83+ DCs was 25.7±20.8%. Other parameters regarding DC processing were not different from phase I. Immune response-related parameters including the ELISPOT assay, DTH reaction to peptide or KLH, DC injection numbers were shown to be related to a good prognosis. The ELISPOT reaction was positive in 75% of the patients vaccinated. The increase of anti-melanoma antigen antibody titer before vaccination was also shown to be a prognosis factor, but that post-vaccination was not. Based on immunohistochemical analysis, CD8 and IL-17 were not involved in the prognosis. Adverse effects of more than grade III were not seen. Overall survival analysis revealed a significant survival prolongation effect in DC-given melanoma patients. These results suggest that peptide cocktail-treated DC vaccines may be a safe and effective therapy against metastatic melanoma in terms of prolongation of overall survival time.
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Oshita C, Takikawa M, Kume A, Miyata H, Ashizawa T, Iizuka A, Kiyohara Y, Yoshikawa S, Tanosaki R, Yamazaki N, Yamazaki N, et al: Dendritic cell-based vaccination in metastatic melanoma patients: Phase II clinical trial. Oncol Rep 28: 1131-1138, 2012
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Oshita, C., Takikawa, M., Kume, A., Miyata, H., Ashizawa, T., Iizuka, A. ... Akiyama, Y. (2012). Dendritic cell-based vaccination in metastatic melanoma patients: Phase II clinical trial. Oncology Reports, 28, 1131-1138. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1956
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Oshita, C., Takikawa, M., Kume, A., Miyata, H., Ashizawa, T., Iizuka, A., Kiyohara, Y., Yoshikawa, S., Tanosaki, R., Yamazaki, N., Yamamoto, A., Takesako, K., Yamaguchi, K., Akiyama, Y."Dendritic cell-based vaccination in metastatic melanoma patients: Phase II clinical trial". Oncology Reports 28.4 (2012): 1131-1138.
Chicago
Oshita, C., Takikawa, M., Kume, A., Miyata, H., Ashizawa, T., Iizuka, A., Kiyohara, Y., Yoshikawa, S., Tanosaki, R., Yamazaki, N., Yamamoto, A., Takesako, K., Yamaguchi, K., Akiyama, Y."Dendritic cell-based vaccination in metastatic melanoma patients: Phase II clinical trial". Oncology Reports 28, no. 4 (2012): 1131-1138. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1956