Ablative radiation alone in stage I lung cancer produces an adaptive systemic immune response : insights from a prospective stud

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Stereotactic ablative body radiation (SABR) delivers high rates of local control in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, systemic immune effects are poorly understood. Here, we evaluate the early pathologic and immunologic effects of SABR. Blood/core-needle tumor biopsies were collected from six patients with stage I NSCLC before and 5-7 days after SABR (48 Gy/4 or 50 Gy/5 fractions). Serial blood was collected up to 1-year post-SABR. We used immunohistochemistry to evaluate pathological changes, immune-cell populations (CD8, FoxP3), and PD-L1/PD-1 expression within the tumor. We evaluated T-cell receptor (TCR) profile changes in the tumor using TCR sequencing. We used the MANAFEST (Mutation-Associated Neoantigen Functional Expansion of Specific T-cells) assay to detect peripheral neoantigen-specific T-cell responses and dynamics. At a median follow-up of 40 months, 83% of patients (n=5) were alive without tumor progression. Early post-SABR biopsies showed viable tumor and similar distribution of immune-cell populations as compared with baseline samples. Core-needle samples proved insufficient to detect population-level TCR-repertoire changes. Functionally, neoantigen-specific T-cells were detected in the blood prior to SABR. A subset of these patients had a transient increase in the frequency of neoantigen-specific T-cells between 1 week and 3-6 months after SABR. SABR alone could induce a delayed, transient neoantigen-specific T-cell immunologic response in patients with stage I NSCLC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 11(2023), 10 vom: 05. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Voong, Khinh Ranh [VerfasserIn]
Illei, Peter B [VerfasserIn]
Presson, Bradley [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Dipika [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Lanis, Mara [VerfasserIn]
Hales, Russell K [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Phuoc T [VerfasserIn]
Georgiades, Christos [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Cheng Ting [VerfasserIn]
Thiboutout, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Brahmer, Julie R [VerfasserIn]
Forde, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]
Naidoo, Jarushka [VerfasserIn]
Anagnostou, Valsamo [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Kellie N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive immunity
CD8-positive T-lymphocytes
Journal Article
Non-small cell lung cancer
Radiotherapy
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 01.11.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jitc-2023-007188

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362875766