TY - JOUR
T1 - Lung adenocarcinoma may be a more susceptive subtype to a dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine than other subtypes of non-small cell lung cancers
T2 - a multicenter retrospective analysis
AU - Takahashi, Hidenori
AU - Shimodaira, Shigetaka
AU - Ogasawara, Masahiro
AU - Ota, Shuichi
AU - Kobayashi, Masanori
AU - Abe, Hirofumi
AU - Morita, Yuji
AU - Nagai, Kazuhiro
AU - Tsujitani, Shunichi
AU - Okamoto, Masato
AU - Suzuki, Yukio
AU - Nakanishi, Yoichi
AU - Yonemitsu, Yoshikazu
AU - for the DC Vaccine Study Group at the Japanese Society of Immunotherapy, the DC Vaccine Study Group at the Japanese Society of Immunotherapy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Objective: The J-SICT DC Vaccine Study Group provides dendritic cell (DC) vaccines for compassionate use under unified cell production and patient treatment regimens. We previously reported beneficial effects of DC vaccines on the overall survival of 62 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a single-center analysis. Here, we extended analysis to 260 patients with NSCLC who were treated at six centers. Methods: Of the 337 patients who met the inclusion criteria, we analyzed 260 patients who received ≥5 peptide-pulsed DC vaccinations once every 2 weeks. Results: The mean survival time (MST) from diagnosis was 33.0 months (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 27.9–39.2), and that from time of first vaccination was 13.8 months (95 % CI 11.4–16.8). An erythema reaction at the injection site that was ≥30 mm in diameter was correlated most strongly with overall survival from the first vaccine (≥30 vs. < 30 mm: MST 20.4 vs. 8.8 months, P < 0.001). We reported a similar finding in our previous analysis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Interestingly, although such findings were common between patients with adenocarcinoma and those with other subtypes, the former group experienced significantly prolonged overall survival and a higher response rate for erythema (56.3 vs. 37.3 %, respectively, P = 0.014). Conclusions: This is the first multicenter study that suggests a possible clinical benefit of DC vaccines for patients with advanced NSCLC, especially those with adenocarcinoma. These findings suggest a specific potential responder population for DC vaccines and warrant further investigation in well-controlled prospective randomized trials.
AB - Objective: The J-SICT DC Vaccine Study Group provides dendritic cell (DC) vaccines for compassionate use under unified cell production and patient treatment regimens. We previously reported beneficial effects of DC vaccines on the overall survival of 62 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a single-center analysis. Here, we extended analysis to 260 patients with NSCLC who were treated at six centers. Methods: Of the 337 patients who met the inclusion criteria, we analyzed 260 patients who received ≥5 peptide-pulsed DC vaccinations once every 2 weeks. Results: The mean survival time (MST) from diagnosis was 33.0 months (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 27.9–39.2), and that from time of first vaccination was 13.8 months (95 % CI 11.4–16.8). An erythema reaction at the injection site that was ≥30 mm in diameter was correlated most strongly with overall survival from the first vaccine (≥30 vs. < 30 mm: MST 20.4 vs. 8.8 months, P < 0.001). We reported a similar finding in our previous analysis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Interestingly, although such findings were common between patients with adenocarcinoma and those with other subtypes, the former group experienced significantly prolonged overall survival and a higher response rate for erythema (56.3 vs. 37.3 %, respectively, P = 0.014). Conclusions: This is the first multicenter study that suggests a possible clinical benefit of DC vaccines for patients with advanced NSCLC, especially those with adenocarcinoma. These findings suggest a specific potential responder population for DC vaccines and warrant further investigation in well-controlled prospective randomized trials.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00262-016-1872-z
DO - 10.1007/s00262-016-1872-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 27448677
AN - SCOPUS:84979287775
VL - 65
SP - 1099
EP - 1111
JO - Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
JF - Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
SN - 0340-7004
IS - 9
ER -