Safety and efficacy of autologous whole cell vaccines in hematologic malignancies : A systematic review and meta-analysis

© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

Autologous cell vaccines use a patient's tumor cells to stimulate a broad antitumor response in vivo. This approach shows promise for treating hematologic cancers in early phase clinical trials, but overall safety and efficacy remain poorly described. We conducted a systematic review assessing the use of autologous cell vaccination in treating hematologic cancers. Primary outcomes of interest were safety and clinical response, with secondary outcomes including survival, relapse rate, correlative immune assays and health-quality related metrics. We performed a search of MEDLINE, Embase and the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials including any interventional trial employing an autologous, whole cell product in any hematologic malignancy. Risk of bias was assessed using a modified Institute of Health Economics tool. Across 20 single arm studies, only 341 of 592 enrolled participants received one or more vaccinations. Primary reasons for not receiving vaccination included rapid disease progression/death and manufacturing challenges. Overall, few high-grade adverse events were observed. One death was reported and attributed to a GM-CSF producing allogeneic cell line co-administered with the autologous vaccine. Of 58 evaluable patients, the complete response rate was 21.0% [95% CI, 10.4%-37.8%)] and overall response rate was 35.8% (95% CI, 24.4%-49.0%). Of 97 evaluable patients for survival, the 5-years overall survival rate was 64.9% (95% CI, 52.6%-77.2%) and disease-free survival was 59.7% (95% CI, 47.7%-71.7%). We conclude that, in hematologic malignancies, based on limited available data, autologous cell vaccines are safe and display a trend towards efficacy but that challenges exist in vaccine manufacture and administration.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Hematological oncology - 39(2021), 4 vom: 05. Okt., Seite 448-464

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bastin, Donald J [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Sarwat T [VerfasserIn]
Montroy, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Kennedy, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Forbes, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Martel, Andre B [VerfasserIn]
Baker, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Gresham, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Boucher, Dominique M [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Boaz [VerfasserIn]
Shorr, Risa [VerfasserIn]
Diallo, Jean-Simon [VerfasserIn]
Fergusson, Dean A [VerfasserIn]
Lalu, Manoj M [VerfasserIn]
Auer, Rebecca C [VerfasserIn]
Kekre, Natasha [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Active specific immunotherapy
Autologous cancer vaccines
Cancer immunotherapy
Hematologic cancers
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Vaccines
Whole cell cancer vaccines

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Date Completed 12.10.2021

Date Revised 12.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hon.2875

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32515466X