Vaccination of malignant glioma patients with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells elicits systemic cytotoxicity and intracranial T-cell infiltration

JS Yu, CJ Wheeler, PM Zeltzer, H Ying, DN Finger… - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
JS Yu, CJ Wheeler, PM Zeltzer, H Ying, DN Finger, PK Lee, WH Yong, F Incardona…
Cancer research, 2001AACR
In this Phase I trial, patients' peripheral blood dendritic cells were pulsed with peptides
eluted from the surface of autologous glioma cells. Three biweekly intradermal vaccinations
of peptide-pulsed dendritic cells were administered to seven patients with glioblastoma
multiforme and two patients with anaplastic astrocytoma. Dendritic cell vaccination elicited
systemic cytotoxicity in four of seven tested patients. Robust intratumoral cytotoxic and
memory T-cell infiltration was detected in two of four patients who underwent reoperation …
Abstract
In this Phase I trial, patients’ peripheral blood dendritic cells were pulsed with peptides eluted from the surface of autologous glioma cells. Three biweekly intradermal vaccinations of peptide-pulsed dendritic cells were administered to seven patients with glioblastoma multiforme and two patients with anaplastic astrocytoma. Dendritic cell vaccination elicited systemic cytotoxicity in four of seven tested patients. Robust intratumoral cytotoxic and memory T-cell infiltration was detected in two of four patients who underwent reoperation after vaccination. This Phase I study demonstrated the feasibility, safety,and bioactivity of an autologous peptide-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine for patients with malignant glioma.
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