CTIM-26. PATIENT-SPECIFIC DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE (DC-ATA) PULSED WITH ANTIGENS FROM SELF-RENEWING AUTOLOGOUS TUMOR CELLS IN THE TREATMENT OF NEWLY-DIAGNOSED GLIOBLASTOMA: A PHASE II TRIAL

ABSTRACT: Abstract GBM standard treatment is associated with poor survival. Adjunctive therapy with patient-specific vaccines may improve outcomes by enhancing anti-GBM immune responses. A multi-institutional phase II clinical trial was designed with a primary objective of 75% survival 15 months after intent-to-treat enrollment. IL-4 and GM-CSF were used to generate dendritic cells (DC) from monocytes. DC were incubated with autologous tumor antigens (ATA) from the lysate of cultured GBM cells to produce each patient-specific DC-ATA vaccine. Each dose was admixed with 500 mcg GM-CSF at the time of subcutaneous injections at weeks 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24. Enrollment has been completed in April 2020 (n=60). Three patients withdrew from the study prior to starting treatment leaving 57 patients fo

SUBMITTER: Bota D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7650380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature