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SUBMITTER: Dillman RO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melanoma management 20190531 2
<h4>Aim</h4>Metastatic melanoma patients were treated with patient-specific vaccines consisting of autologous dendritic cells loaded with antigens from irradiated cells from short-term autologous tumor cell lines.<h4>Patients & methods</h4>A total of 72 patients were enrolled in a single-arm Phase I/II (NCT00948480) trial or a randomized Phase II (NCT00436930).<h4>Results</h4>Toxicity was minimal. Median overall survival (OS) was 49.4 months; 5-year OS 46%. A 5-year OS was 72% for 18 recurrent s ...[more]