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Vaccination with dendritic cell/tumor fusions following autologous stem cell transplant induces immunologic and clinical responses in multiple myeloma patients.

ABSTRACT: A multiple myeloma vaccine has been developed whereby patient-derived tumor cells are fused with autologous dendritic cells, creating a hybridoma that stimulates a broad antitumor response. We report on the results of a phase II trial in which patients underwent vaccination following autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) to target minimal residual disease.Twenty-four patients received serial vaccinations with dendritic cell/myeloma fusion cells following posttransplant hematopoietic recovery. A second cohort of 12 patients received a pretransplant vaccine followed by posttransplant vaccinations. Dendritic cells generated from adherent mononuclear cells cultured with granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-4, and TNF-? were fused with autologous bone marrow-derived myeloma fusion cells using polyethylene glycol. Fusion cells were quantified by determining the percentage of cells that coexpress dendritic cell and myeloma fusion antigens.The posttransplant period was associated with reduction in general measures of cellular immunity; however, an increase in CD4 and CD8(+) myeloma-specific T cells was observed after ASCT that was significantly expanded following posttransplant vaccination. Seventy-eight percent of patients achieved a best response of complete response (CR)+very good partial response (VGPR) and 47% achieved a CR/near CR (nCR). Remarkably, 24% of patients who achieved a partial response following transplant were converted to CR/nCR after vaccination and at more than 3 months posttransplant, consistent with a vaccine-mediated effect on residual disease.The posttransplant period for patients with multiple myeloma provides a unique platform for cellular immunotherapy in which vaccination with dendritic cell/myeloma fusion fusions resulted in the marked expansion of myeloma-specific T cells and cytoreduction of minimal residual disease.

SUBMITTER: Rosenblatt J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3755905 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vaccination with dendritic cell/tumor fusions following autologous stem cell transplant induces immunologic and clinical responses in multiple myeloma patients.

Rosenblatt Jacalyn J Avivi Irit I Vasir Baldev B Uhl Lynne L Munshi Nikhil C NC Katz Tami T Dey Bimalangshu R BR Somaiya Poorvi P Mills Heidi H Campigotto Federico F Weller Edie E Joyce Robin R Levine James D JD Tzachanis Dimitrios D Richardson Paul P Laubach Jacob J Raje Noopur N Boussiotis Vassiliki V Yuan Yan Emily YE Bisharat Lina L Held Viki V Rowe Jacob J Anderson Kenneth K Kufe Donald D Avigan David D

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20130517 13

<h4>Purpose</h4>A multiple myeloma vaccine has been developed whereby patient-derived tumor cells are fused with autologous dendritic cells, creating a hybridoma that stimulates a broad antitumor response. We report on the results of a phase II trial in which patients underwent vaccination following autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) to target minimal residual disease.<h4>Experimental design</h4>Twenty-four patients received serial vaccinations with dendritic cell/myeloma fusion cells f ...[more]

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Vaccination with dendritic cell/tumor fusions following autologous stem cell transplant induces immunologic and clinical responses in multiple myeloma patients.

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Vaccination with dendritic cell/tumor fusions following autologous stem cell transplant induces immunologic and clinical responses in multiple myeloma patients.

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