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Abstract
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death in men worldwide. For over 30 years, growing interest has focused on the development of vaccines as treatments for prostate cancer, with the goal of using vaccines to activate immune cells capable of targeting prostate cancer to either eradicate recurrent disease or at least delay disease progression. This interest has been prompted by the prevalence and long natural history of the disease and by the fact that the prostate is an expendable organ. Thus, an immune response elicited by vaccination might not need to target the tumour uniquely but could theoretically target any prostate tissue. To date, different vaccine approaches and targets for prostate cancer have been evaluated in clinical trials. Overall, five approaches have been assessed in randomized phase III trials and sipuleucel-T was approved as a treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, being the only vaccine approved to date by the FDA as a treatment for cancer. Most vaccine approaches showed safety and some evidence of immunological activity but had poor clinical activity when used as monotherapies. However, increased activity has been observed when these vaccines were used in combination with other immune-modulating therapies. This evidence suggests that, in the future, prostate cancer vaccines might be used to activate and expand tumour-specific T cells as part of combination approaches with agents that target tumour-associated immune mechanisms of resistance.
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- Ichwaku Rastogi
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Du JJ, Su Z, Yu H, Qin S, Wang D. From design to clinic: Engineered peptide nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy. Front Chem 2023; 10:1107600. [PMID: 36733612 PMCID: PMC9887119 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1107600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Immunotherapy has revolutionized the field of cancer therapy. Nanomaterials can further improve the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy because of their tunability and multifunctionality. Owing to their natural biocompatibility, diverse designs, and dynamic self-assembly, peptide-based nanomaterials hold great potential as immunotherapeutic agents for many malignant cancers, with good immune response and safety. Over the past several decades, peptides have been developed as tumor antigens, effective antigen delivery carriers, and self-assembling adjuvants for cancer immunotherapy. In this review, we give a brief introduction to the use of peptide-based nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy as antigens, carriers, and adjuvants, and to their current clinical applications. Overall, this review can facilitate further understanding of peptide-based nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy and may pave the way for designing safe and efficient methods for future vaccines or immunotherapies.
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- Jing-Jing Du
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, College of Medicine, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, College of Medicine, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, College of Medicine, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, College of Medicine, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Province Clinical Research Center for Precision Medicine for Critical Illness, Wuhan, China,*Correspondence: Dongyuan Wang,
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Adamaki M, Zoumpourlis V. Immunotherapy as a Precision Medicine Tool for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:E173. [PMID: 33419051 PMCID: PMC7825410 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13020173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer among Caucasian males over the age of 60 and is characterized by remarkable heterogeneity and clinical behavior, ranging from decades of indolence to highly lethal disease. Despite the significant progress in PCa systemic therapy, therapeutic response is usually transient, and invasive disease is associated with high mortality rates. Immunotherapy has emerged as an efficacious and non-toxic treatment alternative that perfectly fits the rationale of precision medicine, as it aims to treat patients on the basis of patient-specific, immune-targeted molecular traits, so as to achieve the maximum clinical benefit. Antibodies acting as immune checkpoint inhibitors and vaccines entailing tumor-specific antigens seem to be the most promising immunotherapeutic strategies in offering a significant survival advantage. Even though patients with localized disease and favorable prognostic characteristics seem to be the ones that markedly benefit from such interventions, there is substantial evidence to suggest that the survival benefit may also be extended to patients with more advanced disease. The identification of biomarkers that can be immunologically targeted in patients with disease progression is potentially amenable in this process and in achieving significant advances in the decision for precision treatment of PCa.
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- Maria Adamaki
- Biomedical Applications Unit, Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece;
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Waki K, Yokomizo K, Kawano K, Tsuda N, Komatsu N, Yamada A. Integrity of plasma DNA is inversely correlated with vaccine-induced antitumor immunity in ovarian cancer patients. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2020; 69:2001-2007. [PMID: 32393999 PMCID: PMC7222063 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-020-02599-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Cancer immunotherapy including vaccine therapy is a promising modality for cancer treatment, but few patients show its clinical benefits currently. The identification of biomarkers that can identify patients who will benefit from cancer immunotherapy is thus important. Here, we investigated the potential utility of the circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) integrity—a ratio of necrotic cell-derived, longer DNA fragments versus apoptotic cell-derived shorter fragments of Alu gene—as a biomarker of vaccine therapy for patients with ovarian cancer. We analyzed plasma samples from 39 patients with advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer enrolled in clinical trials for personalized peptide vaccinations. We observed that (1) the cfDNA integrity was decreased after the first cycle of vaccination, and (2) the decreased levels of cfDNA integrity were correlated with vaccine-induced immune responses; i.e., decreased cfDNA integrity was observed in 91.7% and 59.3% of the IgG-positive and negative patients, respectively (p = 0.0445). Similarly, decreased cfDNA integrity was observed in 92.9% and 56.0% of CTL response-positive and negative patients, respectively (p = 0.0283). These results suggest that the circulating cfDNA integrity is a possible biomarker for cancer vaccine therapy.
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- Kayoko Waki
- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
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Waki K, Kawano K, Tsuda N, Komatsu N, Yamada A. CD4/CD8 ratio is a prognostic factor in IgG nonresponders among peptide vaccine-treated ovarian cancer patients. Cancer Sci 2020; 111:1124-1131. [PMID: 32058620 PMCID: PMC7156874 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The identification of useful biomarkers is an urgent issue in cancer treatment, particularly for immunotherapy, as only some patients experience benefits from this treatment. The early induction of the IgG response has been reported as a useful biomarker of favorable prognosis for cancer patients treated with a personalized peptide vaccination, but a portion of these patients (IgG nonresponders) fail to achieve an early induction of IgG response yet experience long-term survival. It is thus necessary to identify other biomarkers of favorable prognosis among these patients. Here we report the usefulness of classical T-cell markers (ie, the CD8 content and the CD4/CD8 ratio in peripheral blood) in IgG nonresponders among advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer patients treated with a personalized peptide vaccination. Among IgG nonresponders (n = 25), the overall survival (OS) of the increased-CD8 group (n = 7) was significantly longer than that of the decreased-CD8 group (n = 18; P = .018), and the OS of the patients with a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio (n = 10) was significantly longer than that of the patients with an increased ratio (n = 15; P = .0055). Thus, an increased content of CD8 and a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio are each favorable prognosis markers in IgG nonresponders treated with a personalized peptide vaccination.
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- Kayoko Waki
- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Hua X, Liu S, Liao JF, Wen W, Long ZQ, Lu ZJ, Guo L, Lin HX. When the Loss Costs Too Much: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sarcopenia in Head and Neck Cancer. Front Oncol 2020; 9:1561. [PMID: 32117787 PMCID: PMC7012991 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Purpose: Whether or not skeletal muscle mass (SMM) depletion, known as sarcopenia, has significant negative effects on the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) is both new and controversial. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to determine the prognostic significance of sarcopenia in HNC. Methods: We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science, which contain trial registries and meeting proceedings, to identify related published or unpublished studies. We used the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) to appraise the risk of bias of the included retrospective studies. Pooled hazard ratios (HR) and the I 2 statistic were estimated for the impact of sarcopenia on overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS). Results: We analyzed data from 11 studies involving 2,483 patients (39.4% on average of whom had sarcopenia). Based on the univariate analysis data, the sarcopenia group had significantly poorer OS compared to the non-sarcopenia group [HR = 1.97, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.71-2.26, I 2 = 0%]. In the cutoff value subgroup, group 1, defined as skeletal muscle index (SMI) of 38.5 cm2/m2 for women and 52.4 cm2/m2 for men (HR = 2.41, 95% CI: 1.72-3.38, I 2 = 0%), had much poorer OS. In the race subgroup, the results were consistent between the Asia (HR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.59-2.81) and non-Asia group (HR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.64-2.25). The sarcopenia group also had significantly poorer RFS (HR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.43-2.12, I 2 = 0%). Conclusions: Presence of pre-treatment sarcopenia has a significant negative impact on OS and RFS in HNC compared with its absence. Further well-conducted studies with detailed stratification are needed to complement our findings.
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- Xin Hua
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Cancer Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Boettcher AN, Usman A, Morgans A, VanderWeele DJ, Sosman J, Wu JD. Past, Current, and Future of Immunotherapies for Prostate Cancer. Front Oncol 2019; 9:884. [PMID: 31572678 PMCID: PMC6749031 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men, and the second leading cause of cancer related death in men in Western countries. The standard therapy for metastatic PCa is androgen suppression therapy (AST). Men undergoing AST eventually develop metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), of which there are limited treatment options available. Immunotherapy has presented substantial benefits for many types of cancer, but only a marginal benefit for mCRPC, at least in part, due to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Current clinical trials are investigating monotherapies or combination therapies involving adoptive cellular therapy, viral, DNA vaccines, oncolytic viruses, and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Immunotherapies are also being combined with chemotherapy, radiation, and AST. Additionally, preclinical investigations show promise with the recent description of alternative ways to circumvent the immunosuppressive nature of the prostate tumor microenvironment, including harnessing the immune stimulatory NKG2D pathway, inhibiting myeloid derived suppressor cells, and utilizing immunomodulatory oncolytic viruses. Herein we provide an overview of recent preclinical and clinical developments in cancer immunotherapies and discuss the perspectives for future immunotherapies in PCa.
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- Adeline N. Boettcher
- Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Hossain MK, Nahar K, Donkor O, Apostolopoulos V. Immune-based therapies for metastatic prostate cancer: an update. Immunotherapy 2019; 10:283-298. [PMID: 29421982 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2017-0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PC) is a common malignancy among elderly males and is noncurable once it becomes metastatic. In recent years, a number of antigen-delivery systems have emerged as viable and promising immunotherapeutic agents against PC. The approval of sipuleucel-T by the US FDA for the treatment of males with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic castrate resistant PC was a landmark in cancer immunotherapy, making this the first approved immunotherapeutic. A number of vaccines are under clinical investigation, each having its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Here, we discuss the basic technologies underlying these different delivery modes, we discuss the completed and current human clinical trials, as well as the use of vaccines in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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- Vetafarm Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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Noguchi M, Koga N, Moriya F, Suekane S, Yutani S, Yamada A, Shichijo S, Kakuma T, Itoh K. Survival analysis of multiple peptide vaccination for the selection of correlated peptides in urological cancers. Cancer Sci 2018; 109:2660-2669. [PMID: 29938870 PMCID: PMC6277968 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptide‐based cancer vaccines are able to induce strong immune responses, but their clinical results are unsatisfactory. To determine clinically correlated peptides, we analyzed survival data from urological cancer patients treated by personalized peptide vaccination (PPV), in which different multiple peptides were used for individual patients based on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type and pre‐existing immunity. Survival data were obtained from a database of 265 urological cancer patients treated in 5 clinical PPV trials comprising 154 patients with castration‐resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and 111 patients with advanced urothelial cancer (UC). Expression of tumor‐associated antigens (TAA) was evaluated in 10 prostate cancer tissues, 4 metastatic lymph nodes from prostate cancer, and 10 UC tissues using immunohistochemical staining. Clinical efficacy of individual peptides for overall survival was evaluated by the Cox proportional hazards regression model. All TAA coding candidate peptides used in PPV treatment were expressed in tumor cells from prostate cancer and UC samples except for p56Lck in both, and prostate‐specific antigen (PSA), prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and prostate‐specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in the UC samples. Patients with the following peptides had a significantly longer survival than patients without the peptides (hazard ratio <1.0, 95% confidence intervals <1.0 and P < .05): SART3‐109, PTHrP‐102, HNPRL‐140, SART3‐302 and Lck‐90 in CRPC patients, and EGF‐R‐800, Lck‐486, PSMA‐624, CypB‐129 and SART3‐734 in advanced UC patients, respectively. Correlated peptides selected using both survival data and pre‐existing immunity for PPV treatment may enhance the clinical benefits for urological cancer patients.
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- Masanori Noguchi
- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Vaccines in Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Bio-statistics Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Immunotherapy in urological cancer has made substantial progress during the last 20 years, but recent advances in immunotherapy have completely transformed the present treatment landscape. In this review, we summarize major clinical achievements of immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers, as well as address potential new directions for these therapies, including new agents, combinations, and biomarkers. RECENT FINDINGS Recently, nivolumab and atezolizumab have joined sipuleucel-T as Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies in urological malignancies. Additional checkpoint inhibitors and vaccines are being tested in clinical trials. Furthermore, significant work has been done exploring predictors of response to therapy. SUMMARY Immunotherapy has changed the treatment of urologic malignancies. New immunotherapies and novel combinations will continue to create new treatment options in urologic tumors.
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Obara W, Kanehira M, Katagiri T, Kato R, Kato Y, Takata R. Present status and future perspective of peptide-based vaccine therapy for urological cancer. Cancer Sci 2018; 109:550-559. [PMID: 29345737 PMCID: PMC5834812 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Use of peptide‐based vaccines as therapeutics aims to elicit immune responses through antigenic epitopes derived from tumor antigens. Peptide‐based vaccines are easily synthesized and lack significant side‐effects when given in vivo. Peptide‐based vaccine therapy against several cancers including urological cancers has made progress for several decades, but there is no worldwide approved peptide vaccine. Peptide vaccines were also shown to induce a high frequency of immune response in patients accompanied by clinical efficacy. These data are discussed in light of the recent progression of immunotherapy caused by the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors thus providing a general picture of the potential therapeutic efficacy of peptide‐based vaccines and their combination with other biological agents. In this review, we discuss the mechanism of the antitumor effect of peptide‐based vaccine therapy, development of our peptide vaccine, recent clinical trials using peptide vaccines for urological cancers, and perspectives of peptide‐based vaccine therapy.
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- Wataru Obara
- Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Genome Medicine, Institute for Genome Research, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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Wada S, Yada E, Ohtake J, Sasada T. Personalized peptide vaccines for cancer therapy: current progress and state of the art. EXPERT REVIEW OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/23808993.2017.1403286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Satoshi Wada
- Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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Koga N, Moriya F, Waki K, Yamada A, Itoh K, Noguchi M. Immunological efficacy of herbal medicines in prostate cancer patients treated by personalized peptide vaccine. Cancer Sci 2017; 108:2326-2332. [PMID: 28898532 PMCID: PMC5715291 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
This randomized phase II study investigated the immunological efficacy of herbal medicines (HM) using Hochu‐ekki‐to and Keishi‐bukuryo‐gan in combination with personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) for castration‐resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Seventy patients with CRPC were assigned to two arms; PPV plus HM or PPV alone. Two to four peptides were chosen from 31 peptides derived from cancer antigens for a s.c. injection of PPV given eight times according to the patient's human leukocyte antigen type and levels of antigen‐specific IgG titer before PPV treatment. Peptide‐specific CTL, IgG, regulatory T cells (Treg), monocytic myeloid‐derived suppressor cells (Mo‐MDSC), and interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) responses were measured before and at the eighth vaccination. Clinical outcomes were also analyzed. Combination therapy of PPV with HM was well tolerated without severe adverse events. There was no significant change in antigen‐specific IgG, CTL, Treg or clinical outcomes. Combination therapy of PPV with HM stabilized the frequency of Mo‐MDSC (1.91%–1.92%, P = 0.96) and serum levels of IL‐6 (19.2 pg/mL to 16.1 pg/mL, P = 0.63) during the treatment. In contrast, the frequency of Mo‐MDSC and levels of IL‐6 in the PPV‐alone group were significantly increased (0.91%–1.49% for Mo‐MDSC and 9.2 pg/mL to 19.4 pg/mL for IL‐6, respectively). These results suggest that the combined use of HM has the potential to prevent the immunosuppression induced by Mo‐MDSC or IL‐6 during immunotherapy. More research is needed to validate the findings of the present study.
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- Noriko Koga
- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Vaccines, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Vaccines, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.,Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Taborska P, Stakheev D, Strizova Z, Vavrova K, Podrazil M, Bartunkova J, Smrz D. Personalized ex vivo multiple peptide enrichment and detection of T cells reactive to multiple tumor-associated antigens in prostate cancer patients. Med Oncol 2017; 34:173. [DOI: 10.1007/s12032-017-1035-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Yutani S, Shirahama T, Muroya D, Matsueda S, Yamaguchi R, Morita M, Shichijo S, Yamada A, Sasada T, Itoh K. Feasibility study of personalized peptide vaccination for hepatocellular carcinoma patients refractory to locoregional therapies. Cancer Sci 2017. [PMID: 28622427 PMCID: PMC5581512 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Overall survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) refractory to locoregional therapy is dismal, even following treatment with sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor. To develop a more efficacious treatment, we undertook a feasibility study of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) for HCC, in which the peptides were selected from 31 peptide candidates based on the pre‐existing immunity. Twenty‐six HCC patients refractory to locoregional therapies (cohort 1) and 30 patients refractory to both locoregional and systemic therapies (cohort 2) were entered into the study. There were no severe adverse events related to PPV except for one injection site reaction. At the end of the first cycle of six vaccinations, successful CTL or IgG boosting was observed in 57% or 46% of patients in cohort 1 and in 54% or 52% of patients in cohort 2, respectively. Successful IgG boosting at the end of the second cycle was observed in the majority of patients tested. Median overall survival was 18.7 months (95% confidence interval, 12.2–22.5 months) in cohort 1, and 8.5 months (95% confidence interval, 5.9–12.2 months) in cohort 2. Based on the higher rates of immune boosting and the safety profile of PPV, further clinical studies of PPV would be warranted for patients with HCC refractory to not only locoregional therapy but also both locoregional and systemic therapies. The protocol of this study was registered with the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000001882 and UMIN000003590).
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Medical Center of Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Medical Center of Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Obara W, Kato R, Kato Y, Kanehira M, Takata R. Recent progress in immunotherapy for urological cancer. Int J Urol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/iju.13400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Wataru Obara
- Department of Urology; Iwate Medical University School of Medicine; Morioka Japan
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- Department of Urology; Iwate Medical University School of Medicine; Morioka Japan
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- Department of Urology; Iwate Medical University School of Medicine; Morioka Japan
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- Department of Urology; Iwate Medical University School of Medicine; Morioka Japan
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- Department of Urology; Iwate Medical University School of Medicine; Morioka Japan
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in Western countries. Prostate cancer-related death occurs in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Although several new drugs for castration-resistant prostate cancer have been approved, each of these has prolonged survival by just a few months. Consequently, new therapies are sorely needed. Recently, it has been recognized that immunotherapy is an effective treatment for prostate cancer patients. Several strategies, such as cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors, have been investigated in clinical studies for prostate cancer patients. In the present review, the results of the most recent clinical studies investigating immunotherapy in prostate cancer patients are reported, and the future clinical development of immunotherapy for prostate cancer is discussed.
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- Masanori Noguchi
- Clinical Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.,Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Clinical Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Personalized peptide vaccines and their relation to other therapies in urological cancer. Nat Rev Urol 2017; 14:501-510. [DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Shirahama T, Muroya D, Matsueda S, Yamada A, Shichijo S, Naito M, Yamashita T, Sakamoto S, Okuda K, Itoh K, Sasada T, Yutani S. A randomized phase II trial of personalized peptide vaccine with low dose cyclophosphamide in biliary tract cancer. Cancer Sci 2017; 108:838-845. [PMID: 28188670 PMCID: PMC5448649 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Since the prognosis of advanced biliary tract cancer (aBTC) still remains very poor, new therapeutic approaches, including immunotherapies, need to be developed. In the current study, we conducted an open‐label randomized phase II study to test whether low dose cyclophosphamide (CPA) could improve antigen‐specific immune responses and clinical efficacy of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) in 49 previously treated aBTC patients. Patients with aBTC refractory to at least one regimen of chemotherapies were randomly assigned to receive PPV with low dose CPA (100 mg/day for 7 days before vaccination) (PPV/CPA, n = 24) or PPV alone (n = 25). A maximum of four HLA‐matched peptides were selected based on the pre‐existing peptide‐specific IgG responses, followed by subcutaneous administration. T cell responses to the vaccinated peptides in the PPV/CPA arm tended to be greater than those in the PPV alone arm. The PPV/CPA arm showed significantly better progression‐free survival (median time: 6.1 vs 2.9 months; hazard ratio (HR): 0.427; P = 0.008) and overall survival (median time: 12.1 vs 5.9 months; HR: 0.376; P = 0.004), compared to the PPV alone arm. The PPV alone arm, but not the PPV/CPA arm, showed significant increase in plasma IL‐6 after vaccinations, which might be associated with inhibition of antigen‐specific T cell responses. These results suggested that combined treatment with low dose CPA could provide clinical benefits in aBTC patients under PPV, possibly through prevention of IL‐6‐mediated immune suppression. Further clinical studies would be recommended to clarify the clinical efficacy of PPV/CPA in aBTC patients.
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- Takahisa Shirahama
- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Cancer Vaccine Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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Sakamoto S, Matsueda S, Takamori S, Toh U, Noguchi M, Yutani S, Yamada A, Shichijo S, Yamada T, Suekane S, Kawano K, Naitou M, Sasada T, Hattori N, Kohno N, Itoh K. Immunological evaluation of peptide vaccination for cancer patients with the HLA -A11 + or -A33 + allele. Cancer Sci 2017; 108:598-603. [PMID: 28178396 PMCID: PMC5406587 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The HLA‐A11 or ‐A33 allele is found in approximately 18% or 10% of the Asian population, respectively, but each of which is a minor allele worldwide, and therefore no clinical trials were previously conducted. To develop a therapeutic peptide vaccine for each of them, we investigated immunological responses of advanced cancer patients with the HLA‐A11+/A11+ (n = 18) or ‐A33+/A33+ (n = 13) allele to personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) regimens. The primary sites of HLA‐A11+/A11+ or ‐A33+/A33+ patients were the colon (n = 4 or 2), stomach (2 or 3), breast (3 or 2), lung and pancreas (2 or 2), and so on. For PPV, a maximum of four peptides were selected from nine different peptides capable of binding to HLA‐A11 and ‐A33 molecules based on the pre‐existing peptide‐specific IgG responses. There were no severe adverse events related to PPV. At the end of the first cycle, peptide‐specific CTL responses were augmented in 4/12 or 2/9 of HLA‐A11+/A11+ or ‐A33+/A33+ patients, while peptide‐specific IgG responses were augmented in 6/14 or 4/10 patients, respectively. Clinical responses consisted of four stable diseases and 14 progressive diseases in HLA‐A11+/A11+patients, versus seven and six in ‐A33+/A33+patients, respectively. Further clinical study of PPV could be recommended because of the safety and positive immunological responses.
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- Shinjiro Sakamoto
- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Maia MC, Hansen AR. A comprehensive review of immunotherapies in prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2017; 113:292-303. [PMID: 28427519 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer is the second most common malignant neoplasm in men worldwide and the fifth cause of cancer-related death. Although multiple new agents have been approved for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer over the last decade, it is still an incurable disease. New strategies to improve cancer control are needed and agents targeting the immune system have shown encouraging results in many tumor types. Despite being attractive for immunotherapies due to the expression of various tumor associated antigens, the microenvironment in prostate cancer is relatively immunosuppressive and may be responsible for the failures of various agents targeting the immune system in this disease. To date, sipuleucel-T is the only immunotherapy that has shown significant clinical efficacy in this setting, although the high cost and potential trial flaws have precluded its widespread incorporation into clinical practice. Issues with patient selection and trial design may have contributed to the multiple failures of immunotherapy in prostate cancer and provides an opportunity to tailor future studies to evaluate these agents more accurately. We have reviewed all the completed immune therapy trials in prostate cancer and highlight important considerations for the next generation of clinical trials.
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- Manuel Caitano Maia
- Department of Medical Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Av. Dr Arnaldo, 251, Cerqueira César, CEP 01246-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Cir#3172, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Wada S, Yada E, Ohtake J, Fujimoto Y, Uchiyama H, Yoshida S, Sasada T. Current status and future prospects of peptide-based cancer vaccines. Immunotherapy 2016; 8:1321-1333. [PMID: 27993087 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2016-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cancer immunotherapy has attracted attention worldwide owing to the recent development of immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, these therapies have shown limited efficacy, and further advancements are needed before these modalities can progress to widespread use. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of nonspecific cancer immunotherapy, and antitumor effects are only observed when cancer-specific T cells are found within the nonspecifically activated T-cell group. In order to facilitate the development of potent immunotherapies, selective enhancement of cancer-specific T cells is essential. In this report, we discuss current and future perspectives, including the latest clinical trials of cancer-specific immunotherapies, particularly cancer peptide vaccines.
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- Satoshi Wada
- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan
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Sakamoto S, Yoshitomi M, Yutani S, Terazaki Y, Yoshiyama K, Ioji T, Matsueda S, Yamada A, Takamori S, Itoh K, Hattori N, Kohno N, Sasada T. Evaluation of prognostic significance of granulocyte-related factors in cancer patients undergoing personalized peptide vaccination. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2016; 11:2784-9. [PMID: 26325075 PMCID: PMC5054776 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1075107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Since cancer vaccines do not always elicit beneficial effects in treated patients, identification of biomarkers for predicting clinical outcomes would be highly desirable. We previously reported that abnormal granulocytes present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) may contribute to poor prognosis in advanced prostate cancer patients receiving personalized peptide vaccination (PPV). In the current study, we examined whether soluble factors derived from granulocytes, such as matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and arginase 1 (ARG1), and inhibitory cytokine TGFβ in pre-vaccination plasma were useful for predicting prognosis after PPV in advanced cancer patients. In biliary tract cancer (n=25), multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that patients with higher plasma MMP-9 levels had a significantly worse overall survival (OS) [hazard ratio (HR) = 4.637, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.670 - 12.877, P = 0.003], whereas MPO, ARG1, or TGFβ levels were not correlated with OS. Similarly, patients with higher MMP-9 levels showed worse prognosis than those with lower MMP-9 levels in other types of advanced cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer (n=32, P = 0.037 by log-rank test), and pancreatic cancer (n=41, P = 0.042 by log-rank test). Taken together, plasma MMP-9 levels before vaccination might be potentially useful as a biomarker for selecting advanced cancer patients who would benefit from PPV.
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- Shinjiro Sakamoto
- a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan.,b Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan.,c Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine ; Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences; Hiroshima University ; Hiroshima , Japan
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- d Department of Surgery ; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan
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- d Department of Surgery ; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume , Japan
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- d Department of Surgery ; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan
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- a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan
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- d Department of Surgery ; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan
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- c Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine ; Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences; Hiroshima University ; Hiroshima , Japan
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- c Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine ; Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences; Hiroshima University ; Hiroshima , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume , Japan.,e Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute ; Yokohama , Japan
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Yap TA, Smith AD, Ferraldeschi R, Al-Lazikani B, Workman P, de Bono JS. Drug discovery in advanced prostate cancer: translating biology into therapy. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2016; 15:699-718. [DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2016.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Randomized Phase II Study of Docetaxel plus Personalized Peptide Vaccination versus Docetaxel plus Placebo for Patients with Previously Treated Advanced Wild Type EGFR Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Immunol Res 2016; 2016:1745108. [PMID: 27274999 PMCID: PMC4870343 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1745108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) combined with chemotherapy for patients with previously treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients and Methods. Previously treated PS0-1 patients with IIIB/IV EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) wild genotype NSCLC were randomly assigned to docetaxel (60 mg/m(2) on Day 1) plus PPV based on preexisting host immunity or docetaxel plus placebo. Docetaxel administration was repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression. Personalized peptides or placebo was injected subcutaneously weekly in the first 8 weeks and biweekly in subsequent 16 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Results. PPV related toxicity was grade 2 or less skin reaction. The median PFS for placebo arm and PPV arm was 52 days and 59 days, respectively. There was no significant difference between two arms by log-rank test (p = 0.42). Interestingly, PFS and overall survival (OS) in humoral immunological responder were significantly longer than those in nonresponder. Conclusion. PPV did not improve the survival in combination with docetaxel for previously treated advanced NSCLC. However, PPV may be efficacious for the humoral immunological responders and a further clinical investigation is needed.
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Zhang H, Liu C, Zhang F, Geng F, Xia Q, Lu Z, Xu P, Xie Y, Wu H, Yu B, Wu J, Yu X, Kong W. MUC1 and survivin combination tumor gene vaccine generates specific immune responses and anti-tumor effects in a murine melanoma model. Vaccine 2016; 34:2648-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sakamoto S, Noguchi M, Yamada A, Itoh K, Sasada T. Prospect and progress of personalized peptide vaccinations for advanced cancers. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2016; 16:689-98. [PMID: 26938083 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2016.1161752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The field of cancer immunotherapy has made dramatic progress in the past 20 years, in part due to the identification of numerous tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). We have developed a novel immunotherapeutic approach called the personalized peptide vaccine (PPV), in which a maximum of four human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched vaccine peptides are selected based on the pre-existing host immunity before vaccination. AREAS COVERED This review describes recent progress in the use of PPV for various types of advanced cancer. EXPERT OPINION Although various approaches for therapeutic cancer immunotherapies, including peptide-based vaccines, have been developed and clinically examined, the diverse and heterogeneous characteristics of tumor cells and host immunity seem to limit their therapeutic efficacy. Selection of suitable peptide vaccines for individual patients based on the pre-existing host immunity before vaccination could resolve this limitation and could be a rational approach for developing effective cancer vaccines.
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- Shinjiro Sakamoto
- a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan.,b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan.,c Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences , Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan
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- a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan
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- b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan.,d Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute , Yokohama , Japan
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Noguchi M, Moriya F, Koga N, Matsueda S, Sasada T, Yamada A, Kakuma T, Itoh K. A randomized phase II clinical trial of personalized peptide vaccination with metronomic low-dose cyclophosphamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2016; 65:151-60. [PMID: 26728480 PMCID: PMC11028889 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-015-1781-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This study investigated the effect of metronomic cyclophosphamide (CPA) in combination with personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) on regulatory T cells (Treg) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), and whether it could improve the antitumor effect of PPV. Seventy patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive PPV plus oral low-dose CPA (50 mg/day), or PPV alone. PPV treatment used a maximum of four peptides chosen from 31 pooled peptides according to human leukocyte antigen types and antigen-specific humoral immune responses before PPV, for 8 subcutaneous weekly injections. Peptide-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and immunoglobulin G responses were measured before and after PPV. The incidence of grade 3 or 4 hematologic adverse events was higher in the PPV plus CPA arm than in the PPV alone arm. Decrease in Treg and increase in MDSC were more pronounced in PPV plus CPA treatment than in PPV alone (p = 0.036 and p = 0.048, respectively). There was no correlation between the changes in Treg or MDSC and CTL response. There was no difference in positive immune responses between the two arms, although overall survival in patients with positive immune responses was longer than in those with negative immune responses (p = 0.001). Significant differences in neither progression-free survival nor overall survival were observed between the two arms. Low-dose CPA showed no change in the antitumor effect of PPV, possibly due to the simultaneous decrease in Treg and increase in MDSC, in patients under PPV.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Metronomic
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cancer Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Cancer Vaccines/adverse effects
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Peptides/administration & dosage
- Peptides/chemistry
- Peptides/immunology
- Precision Medicine/methods
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant/immunology
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant/mortality
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant/pathology
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant/therapy
- Survival Analysis
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
- Treatment Outcome
- Vaccines, Subunit/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Subunit/adverse effects
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Masanori Noguchi
- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Vaccines, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Bio-statistics Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Yoshimura K, Minami T, Nozawa M, Kimura T, Egawa S, Fujimoto H, Yamada A, Itoh K, Uemura H. A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial of Personalized Peptide Vaccine Immunotherapy with Low-dose Dexamethasone Versus Dexamethasone Alone in Chemotherapy-naive Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol 2016; 70:35-41. [PMID: 26782346 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is well known that the prognosis of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is poor, and several immunotherapeutic strategies have been applied to the clinical trials. Research on immunotherapy has been of special interest for the treatment of CRPC for years. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety of personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) immunotherapy and its clinical outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A phase 2 randomized controlled trial of PPV immunotherapy with low-dose dexamethasone versus dexamethasone alone for chemotherapy-naive CRPC began in 2008. Eligible patients (prostate-specific antigen [PSA] <10 ng/ml) were human leukocyte antigen (HLA) A02, A24, or A03 superfamily positive and had asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic CRPC. Patients were allocated (1:1) to PPV plus dexamethasone (1mg/d) or to dexamethasone (1mg/d) alone. A maximum of four HLA-matched peptides (each 3mg) was selected based on the preexisting immunoglobulin G responses against the 24 warehouse peptides and administered every 2 wk. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS PSA, progression-free survival (PFS), time to initiation of chemotherapy, and overall survival (OS) were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, a log-rank test, and proportional hazard analysis. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Overall, 37 patients received peptide vaccinations and 35 received dexamethasone alone. The primary end point was PSA PFS, which was significantly longer in the vaccination group than in the dexamethasone group (22.0 vs 7.0 mo; p=0.0076). Median OS was also significantly longer in the vaccination group (73.9 vs 34.9 mo; p=0.00084). The relatively small number of patients enrolled is the major limitation of the study. CONCLUSIONS PPV immunotherapy was well tolerated and associated with longer PSA PFS and OS in men with chemotherapy-naive CRPC. A larger phase 3 study is needed to confirm our findings. PATIENT SUMMARY We compared clinical outcomes of the treatment with personalized peptide vaccine plus dexamethasone versus dexamethasone alone. Our data provide promising evidence of clinical benefit for peptide vaccines. TRIAL REGISTRATION UMIN-CTR: 000000959.
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- Kazuhiro Yoshimura
- Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kurume University Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kurume University Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan.
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Noguchi M, Koga N, Moriya F, Itoh K. Immunotherapy in prostate cancer: challenges and opportunities. Immunotherapy 2016; 8:69-77. [DOI: 10.2217/imt.15.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Although treatment options for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have increased over the last decade, there remains a need for strategies that can provide durable disease control and long-term benefit. Recently, immunotherapy has emerged as a viable and attractive strategy for the treatment of CRPC. To date, there are multiple strategies to target the immune system, and several approaches including therapeutic cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors have been most successful in clinical trials. With regard to this, we report the results of the most recent clinical trials investigating immunotherapy in CRPC and discuss the future development of immunotherapy for CRPC, as well as the potential importance of biomarkers in the future progress of this field.
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- Masanori Noguchi
- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Matsueda S, Shichijo S, Nagata S, Seki C, Yamada A, Noguchi M, Itoh K. Identification of novel Lck-derived T helper epitope long peptides applicable for HLA-A2(+) cancer patients as cancer vaccine. Cancer Sci 2015; 106:1493-8. [PMID: 26331453 PMCID: PMC4714684 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The present study attempted to identify T helper epitope long peptides capable of inducing cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) from Lck antigen (p56(Lck) ), the src family tyrosine kinase, which is known to be aberrantly expressed in metastatic cancers cells, in order to develop a long peptide-based cancer vaccine for HLA-A2(+) cancer patients. Based on the biding motif to the HLA-DR and HLA-A2 alleles, 94 peptides were prepared from the Lck antigen. These peptides were screened for their reactivity to immunoglobulin G (IgG) from plasma of cancer patients, followed by testing of their ability to induce both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes showing not only peptide-specific IFN-γ production but cytotoxicity against HLA-A2(+) cancer cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of HLA-A2(+) cancer patients. Among 94 peptides tested, the three T helper epitope long peptides and their inner CTL epitope short peptides with HLA-A2 binding motifs were frequently recognized by IgG of cancer patients, and efficiently induced both CD4(+) IFN-γ(+) and CD8(+) IFN-γ(+) T lymphocytes. Patients' PBMC stimulated with these long peptides showed cytotoxicity against HLA-A2(+) Lck(+) cancer cells in HLA-class I and HLA-class II dependent manners. These three peptides might be useful for long peptide-based vaccines for HLA-A2(+) cancer patients with Lck(+) tumor cells.
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Clinical Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Phase II Study of Personalized Peptide Vaccination with Both a Hepatitis C Virus-Derived Peptide and Peptides from Tumor-Associated Antigens for the Treatment of HCV-Positive Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients. J Immunol Res 2015; 2015:473909. [PMID: 26539554 PMCID: PMC4619935 DOI: 10.1155/2015/473909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Objective. To evaluate safety and immune responses of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) for hepatitis C virus- (HCV-) positive advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients and Methods. Patients diagnosed with HCV-positive advanced HCC were eligible for this study. A maximum of four HLA-matched peptides were selected based on the preexisting IgG responses specific to 32 different peptides, which consisted of a single HCV-derived peptide at core protein positions 35-44 (C-35) and 31 peptides derived from 15 different tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), followed by subcutaneous administration once per week for 8 weeks. Peptide-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and IgG responses were measured before and after vaccination. Results. Forty-two patients were enrolled. Grade 3 injection site skin reaction was observed in 2 patients, but no other PPV-related severe adverse events were noted. Peptide-specific CTL responses before vaccination were observed in only 3 of 42 patients, but they became detectable in 23 of 36 patients tested after vaccination. Peptide-specific IgG responses were also boosted in 19 of 36 patients. Peptide-specific IgG1 responses to both C-35 and TAA-derived peptides could be potentially prognostic for overall survival. Conclusion. Further clinical study of PPV would be warranted for HCV-positive advanced HCC, based on the safety and strong immune induction.
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Sakamoto S, Matsueda S, Takamori S, Toh U, Noguchi M, Yutani S, Yamada A, Shichijo S, Yamada T, Suekane S, Kawano K, Sasada T, Hattori N, Kohno N, Itoh K. Immunological evaluation of peptide vaccination for cancer patients with the HLA-A26 allele. Cancer Sci 2015. [PMID: 26212219 PMCID: PMC4638024 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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To develop a peptide vaccine for cancer patients with the HLA-A26 allele, which is a minor population worldwide, we investigated the immunological responses of HLA-A26(+) /A26(+) cancer patients to four different CTL epitope peptides under personalized peptide vaccine regimens. In personalized peptide vaccine regimens, two to four peptides showing positive peptide-specific IgG responses in pre-vaccination plasma were selected from the four peptide candidates applicable for HLA-A26(+) /A26(+) cancer patients and administered s.c. Peptide-specific CTL and IgG responses along with cytokine levels were measured before and after vaccination. Cell surface markers in PBMCs and plasma cytokine levels were also measured. In this study, 21 advanced cancer patients, including seven lung, three breast, two pancreas, and two colon cancer patients, were enrolled. Their HLA-A26 genotypes were HLA-A26:01 (n = 24), HLA-A26:03 (n = 10), and HLA-A26:02 (n = 8). One, 14, and 6 patients received two, three, and four peptides, respectively. Grade 1 or 2 skin reactions at the injection sites were observed in the majority of patients, but no severe adverse events related to the vaccination were observed. Peptide-specific CTL responses were augmented in 39% or 22% of patients after one or two cycles of vaccination, respectively. Notably, peptide-specific IgG were augmented in 63% or 100% of patients after one or two cycles of vaccination, respectively. Personalized peptide vaccines with these four CTL epitope peptides could be feasible for HLA-A26(+) advanced cancer patients because of their safety and higher rates of immunological responses.
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- Shinjiro Sakamoto
- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.,Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Kawano K, Tsuda N, Waki K, Matsueda S, Hata Y, Ushijima K, Itoh K, Yamada A, Kamura T. Personalized peptide vaccination for cervical cancer patients who have received prior platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Sci 2015; 106:1111-7. [PMID: 26122553 PMCID: PMC4582979 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A feasibility study was performed to evaluate the immunological efficacy and safety of a personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) for cervical cancer patients who have received platinum-based chemotherapy. A total of 24 patients with standard chemotherapy-resistant cervical cancer, including 18 recurrent cases, were enrolled in this study and received a maximum of 4 peptides based on HLA-A types and IgG levels to the vaccine candidate peptides in pre-vaccination plasma. The parental protein expression of most of the vaccine peptides was confirmed in the cervical cancer tissues. No vaccine-related systemic grade 3 or 4 adverse events were observed in any patients. Due to disease progression, 2 patients failed to complete the first cycle of vaccinations (sixth vaccination). Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) or IgG responses specific for the peptides used for vaccination were augmented in half of cases after the first cycle. The median overall survival was 8.3 months. The clinical responses of the evaluable 18 cases consisted of 1 case with a partial response and 17 cases with disease progression; the remaining 6 cases were not evaluable. Performance status, injection site skin reaction and circulating PD-1+CD4+ T-cells were significantly prognostic of overall survival, and multivariate analysis also indicated that the performance status and circulating PD-1+CD4+ T-cells were prognostic. Because of the safety and immunological efficacy of PPV and the possible prolongation of overall survival, further clinical trials of PPV at a larger scale in advanced or recurrent cervical cancer patients who have received prior platinum-based chemotherapy are recommended.
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- Kouichiro Kawano
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Cancer Vaccine Development Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume
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Sasada T, Kibe S, Akagi Y, Itoh K. Personalized peptide vaccination for advanced colorectal cancer. Oncoimmunology 2015; 4:e1005512. [PMID: 26155407 PMCID: PMC4485709 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1005512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have developed a novel approach in cancer immunotherapy, the personalized peptide vaccination (PPV), in which human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched peptides are selected on the basis of preexisting host immunity before vaccination. Recently, we demonstrated the feasibility of PPV in previously treated patients with advanced colorectal cancer, thus warranting further clinical development of this approach.
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- Tetsuro Sasada
- Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume, Japan ; Cancer Vaccine Center; Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute ; Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Kurume University School of Medicine ; Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center; Kurume University ; Kurume, Japan
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Immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer: Progress and new paradigms. Urol Oncol 2015; 33:245-60. [PMID: 25575714 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The approval of sipuleucel-T in conjunction with data from other immunotherapeutic trials for prostate cancer and other solid tumors demonstrates the potential of harnessing the patients' immune system for long-term survival. Thus, a range of therapeutic approaches are under evaluation. This review describes the rationale for immunotherapy for prostate cancer, summarizes the approaches under evaluation, and discusses sequencing options for immunotherapy in the current treatment paradigm. DESIGN References for this review were identified through searches of PubMed with the search terms "prostate cancer," "immune system," "vaccine," "immunotherapy," and "T cells." Articles were also identified through searches of the authors' own files. The final reference list was generated based on originality and relevance. RESULTS The immune system can recognize and respond to prostate tumor antigens, effected through tumor-associated antigens and tumor infiltration of immune effector cells. However, evidence also suggests that prostate tumors are adept at escaping immunological recognition, thus hypothesizing multiple therapeutic strategies. Therapeutic approaches could include vaccination and modulation of T-cell function via the blockade of checkpoint receptors such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 and programmed death 1. In phase III trials, sipuleucel-T improved overall survival for an M1 patient population with castration-resistant prostate cancer and ipilimumab also did so when given after radiotherapy in a subset of better risk patients. In randomized phase II trials, prostate-specific antigen-TRICOM improved overall survival and tasquinimod improved progression-free survival. CONCLUSION Although immunotherapy has the potential to affect advanced prostate cancer, additional research is needed to (1) identify predictive or surrogate markers of activity, (2) understand which agents are clinically effective alone or in combination with other therapies, and (3) define the optimal timing for an immunotherapy to achieve maximal benefit.
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Kibe S, Yutani S, Motoyama S, Nomura T, Tanaka N, Kawahara A, Yamaguchi T, Matsueda S, Komatsu N, Miura M, Hinai Y, Hattori S, Yamada A, Kage M, Itoh K, Akagi Y, Sasada T. Phase II study of personalized peptide vaccination for previously treated advanced colorectal cancer. Cancer Immunol Res 2014; 2:1154-62. [PMID: 25351849 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-14-0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The prognosis of advanced colorectal cancer (aCRC) remains poor, and development of new therapeutic approaches, including immunotherapy, is needed urgently. Herein we report on our phase II study of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) in 60 previously treated patients with aCRC, who had failed at least one regimen of standard chemotherapy and/or targeted therapy. For PPV, a maximum of four HLA-matched peptides were individually selected from a pool of 31 different peptide candidates based on preexisting host immunity, and administered subcutaneously without severe adverse events. Boosting of IgG and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses specific to the administered peptides was observed in 49% and 63%, respectively, of the patients, who completed the first cycles of six vaccinations. Median overall survival (OS) time was 498 days, with 1- and 2-year survival rates of 53% and 22%, respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis of prevaccination factors showed that plasma IL6, IP-10, and BAFF levels were significantly prognostic for OS [hazard ratio (HR), 1.508, P = 0.043; HR, 1.579, P = 0.024; HR, 0.509, P = 0.002, respectively]. In addition, increased peptide-specific CTL responses after vaccination were significantly predictive of favorable OS (HR, 0.231; P = 0.021), suggesting a causal relationship between biologic and clinical efficacy of PPV. On the basis of the safety profile and potential clinical efficacy, we believe that clinical trials of PPV would be warranted for previously treated patients with aCRC.
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- Shiro Kibe
- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Comprehensive Cancer Control, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan
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- Research Center of Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan. Research Center of Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan. Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
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Cheng ML, Fong L. Beyond sipuleucel-T: immune approaches to treating prostate cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2014; 15:115-26. [PMID: 24402184 DOI: 10.1007/s11864-013-0267-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OPINION STATEMENT At present, sipuleucel-T represents the only approved immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Sipuleucel-T is an autologous cellular therapy, which primes autologous antigen-presenting cells against the prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) antigen. For patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, sipuleucel-T monotherapy is one of the standard of care treatment options pre- or postdocetaxel. With the approval of new treatments, including abiraterone and enzatutamide, sequencing and combination of these treatments with sipuleucel-T represent unanswered questions facing the field. Whereas steroids that are coadministered with abiraterone and chemotherapy have long been thought to be immunosuppressive, early results show that concurrent abiraterone and prednisone does not significantly impact the ability to develop immune responses to this treatment. Additional clinical data are needed to elucidate optimal sequencing of therapeutic agents in CRPC. Several novel immunotherapies are currently in development, and enrollment in clinical trials should be considered. These include PROSTVAC-VF, a viral vaccine that encodes PSA and T-cell costimulatory molecules, which is currently undergoing phase III clinical trials. DNA plasmid-based vaccines targeting different antigens, including PAP, also are under investigation. Immune checkpoint blockade with ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody against CTLA-4, which is approved for metastatic melanoma, also is being evaluated. Whereas this treatment failed to show significant improvement in overall survival in CRPC patients treated with docetaxel, results from a phase III trial in the predocetaxel setting are pending. Conventional therapies for prostate cancer, such as radiation and hormonal therapy, may have immunomodulatory effects. Future areas for research include the sequencing and combination of immunotherapies as well as other conventional therapies.
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- Michael L Cheng
- University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., Box 0511, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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Yamada T, Terazaki Y, Sakamoto S, Yoshiyama K, Matsueda S, Komatsu N, Waki K, Yamada A, Kawahara A, Kage M, Sugawara S, Yamashita Y, Sasada T, Takamori S, Itoh K. Feasibility study of personalized peptide vaccination for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients who failed two or more treatment regimens. Int J Oncol 2014; 46:55-62. [PMID: 25310280 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who failed two or more treatment regimens remains very poor. We conducted a phase II study to explore the feasibility of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV), in which peptides are selected and administered based on the pre-existing host immunity before vaccination, as a third or more line treatment in advanced NSCLC patients who failed two or more regimens. Among 57 patients enrolled, 23 or 16 patients received PPV with chemotherapy or targeted therapy, respectively, whereas 18 patients received PPV alone. A maximum of four HLA-matched peptides showing higher peptide-specific IgG responses in pre-vaccination plasma were selected from 31 pooled peptide candidates applicable for patients with HLA-A2, -A24, -A3 supertypes, and/or -A26, followed by subcutaneous administration. No severe adverse events related to PPV were observed. Median survival time was 692, 468, or 226 days in the group of PPV/chemotherapy, PPV/targeted therapy, or PPV alone, respectively. CTL responses to the vaccinated peptides became detectable after vaccination in 58, 50, or 42% of patients in each of these three groups, respectively. In contrast, peptide-specific IgG responses after vaccination augmented in 55, 75, or 62% of patients in each of these groups, respectively. These results suggest the feasibility of PPV for heavily treated advanced NSCLC patients from the view of both immunological responses and safety. Therefore, further evaluation of PPV by prospective randomized trial is warranted for a third or fourth line treatment of advanced NSCLC.
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- Teppei Yamada
- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Rana A, Alex JM, Chauhan M, Joshi G, Kumar R. A review on pharmacophoric designs of antiproliferative agents. Med Chem Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-014-1196-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Westdorp H, Sköld AE, Snijer BA, Franik S, Mulder SF, Major PP, Foley R, Gerritsen WR, de Vries IJM. Immunotherapy for prostate cancer: lessons from responses to tumor-associated antigens. Front Immunol 2014; 5:191. [PMID: 24834066 PMCID: PMC4018526 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in men. In recent years, novel therapeutic options for PCa have been developed and studied extensively in clinical trials. Sipuleucel-T is the first cell-based immunotherapeutic vaccine for treatment of cancer. This vaccine consists of autologous mononuclear cells stimulated and loaded with an immunostimulatory fusion protein containing the prostate tumor antigen prostate acid posphatase. The choice of antigen might be key for the efficiency of cell-based immunotherapy. Depending on the treatment strategy, target antigens should be immunogenic, abundantly expressed by tumor cells, and preferably functionally important for the tumor to prevent loss of antigen expression. Autoimmune responses have been reported against several antigens expressed in the prostate, indicating that PCa is a suitable target for immunotherapy. In this review, we will discuss PCa antigens that exhibit immunogenic features and/or have been targeted in immunotherapeutic settings with promising results, and we highlight the hurdles and opportunities for cancer immunotherapy.
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- Harm Westdorp
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands ; Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre , Hamilton, ON , Canada
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- Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre , Hamilton, ON , Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands ; Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , Netherlands
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Kawano K, Tsuda N, Matsueda S, Sasada T, Watanabe N, Ushijima K, Yamaguchi T, Yokomine M, Itoh K, Yamada A, Kamura T. Feasibility study of personalized peptide vaccination for recurrent ovarian cancer patients. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2014; 36:224-36. [PMID: 24773550 DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2014.913617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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CONTEXT To develop a personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) for recurrent ovarian cancer patients and evaluate its efficacy from the point of view of overall survival (OS), Phase II study of PPV was performed. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-two patients, 17 with platinum-sensitive and 25 with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, were enrolled in this study and received a maximum of four peptides based on HLA-A types and IgG responses to the peptides in pre-vaccination plasma. RESULTS Expression of 13 of the 15 parental tumor-associated antigens encoding the vaccine peptides, with the two prostate-related antigens being the exceptions, was confirmed in the ovarian cancer tissues. No vaccine-related systemic severe adverse events were observed in any patients. Boosting of cytotoxic T lymphocytes or IgG responses specific for the peptides used for vaccination was observed in 18 or 13 of 42 cases at 6th vaccination, and 19 or 29 of 30 cases at 12th vaccination, respectively. The median survival time (MST) values of the platinum-sensitive- and platinum-resistant recurrent cases were 39.3 and 16.2 months, respectively. The MST of PPV monotherapy or PPV in combination with any chemotherapy during the 1st to 12th vaccination of platinum-sensitive cases was 39.3 or 32.2 months, and that of platinum-resistant cases was 16.8 or 16.1 months, respectively. Importantly, lymphocyte frequency and epitope spreading were significantly prognostic of OS. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Because of the safety and possible prolongation of OS, a clinical trial of PPV without chemotherapy during the 1st to 12th vaccination in recurrent ovarian cancer patients is merited.
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Aruga A, Takeshita N, Kotera Y, Okuyama R, Matsushita N, Ohta T, Takeda K, Yamamoto M. Phase I clinical trial of multiple-peptide vaccination for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. J Transl Med 2014; 12:61. [PMID: 24606884 PMCID: PMC4015445 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background The prognosis of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) is extremely poor and only a few standard treatments are available for this condition. We performed a phase I trial to investigate the safety, immune response and anti-tumor effect of vaccination with three peptides derived from cancer-testis antigens. Methods This study was conducted as a phase I trial. Nine patients with advanced BTC who had unresectable tumors and were refractory to standard chemotherapy were enrolled. Three HLA-A*2402 restricted epitope peptides-cell division cycle associated 1 (CDCA1), cadherin 3 (CDH3) and kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A)-were administered subcutaneously, and the adverse events and immune response were assessed. The clinical effects observed were the tumor response, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results The three-peptide vaccination was well-tolerated up to a dose of 3 mg per peptide (9 mg total). No grade 3 or 4 adverse events were observed after vaccination. Peptide-specific T cell immune responses were observed in all patients and stable disease was observed in 5 of 9 patients. The median PFS and OS were 3.4 and 9.7 months. The Grade 2 injection site reaction and continuous vaccination after PD judgment appeared to be prognostic of OS. Conclusions Multiple-peptide vaccination was well tolerated and induced peptide-specific T-cell responses. Trial registration This study was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR000003229).
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- Atsushi Aruga
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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Azuma K, Komatsu N, Hattori S, Matsueda S, Kawahara A, Sasada T, Itoh K, Hoshino T. Humoral immune responses to EGFR-derived peptides predict progression-free and overall survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving gefitinib. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86667. [PMID: 24497964 PMCID: PMC3909003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are associated with clinical response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as gefitinib, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, humoral immune responses to EGFR in NSCLC patients have not been well studied. In this study, we investigated the clinical significance of immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to EGFR-derived peptides in NSCLC patients receiving gefitinib. Plasma IgG titers to each of 60 different EGFR-derived 20-mer peptides were measured by the Luminex system in 42 NSCLC patients receiving gefitinib therapy. The relationships between the peptide-specific IgG titers and presence of EGFR mutations or patient survival were evaluated statistically. IgG titers against the egfr_481–500, egfr_721–740, and egfr_741–760 peptides were significantly higher in patients with exon 21 mutation than in those without it. On the other hand, IgG titers against the egfr_841–860 and egfr_1001–1020 peptides were significantly lower and higher, respectively, in patients with deletion in exon 19. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that IgG responses to egfr_41_ 60, egfr_61_80 and egfr_481_500 were significantly prognostic for progression-free survival independent of other clinicopathological characteristics, whereas those to the egfr_41_60 and egfr_481_500 peptides were significantly prognostic for overall survival. Detection of IgG responses to EGFR-derived peptides may be a promising method for prognostication of NSCLC patients receiving gefitinib. Our results may provide new insight for better understanding of humoral responses to EGFR in NSCLC patients.
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- Koichi Azuma
- Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Noguchi M, Moriya F, Suekane S, Ohnishi R, Matsueda S, Sasada T, Yamada A, Itoh K. A phase II trial of personalized peptide vaccination in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients: prolongation of prostate-specific antigen doubling time. BMC Cancer 2013; 13:613. [PMID: 24373380 PMCID: PMC3882108 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Cancer vaccine is one of the attractive treatment modalities for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, because of delayed immune responses, its clinical benefits, besides for overall survival (OS), are not well captured by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. Several surrogate markers for evaluation of cancer vaccine, including prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSADT), are currently sought. The purpose of this study was to assess prospectively the PSA kinetics and immune responses, as well as the efficacy, safety, and biomarkers of personalized peptide vaccination (PPV) in progressive CRPC. Methods One hundred patients with progressive CRPC were treated with PPV using 2–4 positive peptides from 31 candidate peptides determined by both human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class IA types and the levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) against each peptide. The association between immune responses and PSADT as well as overall survival (OS) was studied. Results PPV was safe and well tolerated in all patients with a median survival time of 18.8 months. Peptide-specific IgG and T-cell responses strongly correlated with PSADT (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0007, respectively), which in turn showed correlation with OS (p = 0.018). Positive IgG responses and prolongation of PSADT during PPV were also significantly associated with OS (p = 0.001 and p = 0.004) by multivariate analysis. Conclusions PSADT could be an appropriate surrogate marker for evaluation of the clinical benefit of cancer vaccine. Further randomized trials are needed to confirm these results. Trial registration UMIN000001850
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- Masanori Noguchi
- Clinical Research Division of the Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
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Okuyama R, Aruga A, Hatori T, Takeda K, Yamamoto M. Immunological responses to a multi-peptide vaccine targeting cancer-testis antigens and VEGFRs in advanced pancreatic cancer patients. Oncoimmunology 2013; 2:e27010. [PMID: 24498547 PMCID: PMC3906430 DOI: 10.4161/onci.27010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer is extremely poor and there are only a few standard treatments. Here, we report the results of a Phase I clinical trial to investigate the safety, immunostimulatory effects, and antineoplastic activity of a multi-target vaccine composed of four distinct peptides derived from cancer-testis (CT) antigens and vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs). Nine patients with unresectable, advanced pancreatic cancer who were refractory to standard chemotherapy were enrolled. Each patient was vaccinated with HLA-A*2402-restricted peptides derived from the CT antigens kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A) and cell division cycle-associated 1 (CDCA1) as well as from VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 subcutaneously once a week, and disease progression was evaluated up to 6 mo later. Adverse events were assessed using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v. 3.0. Immunological responses were monitored by ELISPOT assays and flow cytometry based on peptide-specific dextramers. The clinical outcomes that were measured were tumor response, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). In general, the multi-peptide vaccine was well-tolerated, and no grade 3 or 4 adverse events were observed upon vaccination. Peptide-specific T-cell responses were detected in all 9 patients, and clinical benefits were observed in four of them. Median PFS and OS were 90 and 207 d, respectively. The elicitation of multiple and robust peptide-specific T-cell responses as well as the status of host lymphocytes may be useful prognostic factors among patients with advanced pancreatic cancer treated with peptide-based anticancer vaccines.
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- Ryuji Okuyama
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan ; Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology; Juntendo School of Medicine; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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Efficacy of estramustine phosphate sodium hydrate (EMP) monotherapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients: report of 102 cases and review of literature. Med Oncol 2013; 30:717. [PMID: 24005812 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0717-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Matsueda S, Komatsu N, Kusumoto K, Koga S, Yamada A, Kuromatsu R, Yamada S, Seki R, Yutani S, Shichijo S, Mine T, Fukuda T, Okamura T, Okuda S, Sata M, Honda J, Kaji M, Itoh K, Sasada T. Humoral immune responses to CTL epitope peptides from tumor-associated antigens are widely detectable in humans: a new biomarker for overall survival of patients with malignant diseases. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 41:68-76. [PMID: 23583523 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Both cellular and humoral immune responses are crucial to induce potent anti-tumor immunity, but most of currently conducted peptide-based cancer vaccines paid attention to cellular responses alone, and none of them are yet approved as a therapeutic modality against cancer patients. We investigated humoral immune responses to CTL epitope peptides derived from tumor-associated antigens in healthy donors and patients with various diseases to facilitate better understanding of their distribution patterns and potential roles. Bead-based multiplex assay, ELISA, and Western blotting were used to measure immunoglobulins reactive to each of 31 different CTL epitope peptides. Importantly, the sums of anti-peptide IgG levels specific to 31 CTL epitope peptides were well correlated with better overall survival (OS) in patients with malignant diseases. Our results suggested that humoral immune responses to CTL epitope peptides were widely detectable in humans. Measurement of immunoglobulins specific to CTL epitope peptides may provide a new biomarker for OS of patients with malignant diseases, although it still remains to be determined whether the correlations between humoral immune responses to epitope peptides and OS are observed only for the CTL epitopes used, or also for other panels of peptides. Quantity of circulating IgG reactive to these peptides was also discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/genetics
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/mortality
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Female
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA/genetics
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA/immunology
- Humans
- Immunity, Humoral
- Immunoglobulin G/genetics
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/mortality
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptides/genetics
- Peptides/immunology
- Survival Analysis
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/pathology
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- Satoko Matsueda
- Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
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