Expansion of effector and memory T cells is associated with increased survival in recurrent glioblastomas treated with dendritic cell immunotherapy

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press, the Society for Neuro-Oncology and the European Association of Neuro-Oncology..

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy as a single therapeutic modality for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) patients remains limited. In this study, we evaluated in patients with GBM recurrence the immune-mediated effects of DC loaded with autologous tumor lysate combined with temozolomide (TMZ) or tetanus toxoid (TT).

METHODS: In the phase I-II clinical study DENDR2, 12 patients were treated with 5 DC vaccinations combined with dose-dense TMZ. Subsequently, in eight patients, here defined as Variant (V)-DENDR2, the vaccine site was preconditioned with TT 24 hours before DC vaccination and TMZ was avoided. As a survival endpoint for these studies, we considered overall survival 9 months (OS9) after second surgery. Patients were analyzed for the generation of effector, memory, and T helper immune response.

RESULTS: Four of 12 DENDR2 patients reached OS9, but all failed to show an immunological response. Five of eight V-DENDR2 patients (62%) reached OS9, and one patient is still alive (OS >30 months). A robust CD8+ T-cell activation and memory T-cell formation were observed in V-DENDR2 OS>9. Only in these patients, the vaccine-specific CD4+ T-cell activation (CD38+/HLA-DR+) was paralleled by an increase in TT-induced CD4+/CD38low/CD127high memory T cells. Only V-DENDR2 patients showed the formation of a nodule at the DC injection site infiltrated by CCL3-expressing CD4+ T cells.

CONCLUSIONS: TT preconditioning of the vaccine site and lack of TMZ could contribute to the efficacy of DC immunotherapy by inducing an effector response, memory, and helper T-cell generation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1

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Neuro-oncology advances - 1(2019), 1 vom: 30. Mai, Seite vdz022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eoli, Marica [VerfasserIn]
Corbetta, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Anghileri, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Di Ianni, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Milani, Micaela [VerfasserIn]
Cuccarini, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Musio, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Paterra, Rosina [VerfasserIn]
Frigerio, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Nava, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Lisini, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Pessina, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Maddaloni, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Lombardi, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Tardini, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Ferroli, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
DiMeco, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bruzzone, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Antozzi, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Pollo, Bianca [VerfasserIn]
Finocchiaro, Gaetano [VerfasserIn]
Pellegatta, Serena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dendritic cells
Glioblastoma
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
T-cell memory
Tetanus toxoid

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Date Revised 15.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/noajnl/vdz022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312199449