Guidelines for immunological analyses following focused ultrasound treatment

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Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a powerful emerging tool for non-invasive, non-ionizing targeted destruction of tumors. The last two decades have seen a growing body of preclinical and clinical literature supporting the capacity of FUS to increase nascent immune responses to tumors and to potentiate cancer immunotherapies (e.g. checkpoint inhibitors) through a variety of means, including immune modulation and drug delivery. With the rapid acceleration of this field and a multitude of FUS immunotherapy clinical trials having now been deployed worldwide, there is a need to streamline and standardize the methodology for immunological analyses field-wide. Recently, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Cancer Research Institute partnered to convene a group of over 85 leaders to discuss the nexus of FUS and immuno-oncology. The guidelines documented herein were assembled in response to recommendations that emerged from this discussion, emphasizing the urgent need for heightened accessibility of immune analysis methods and standardized protocols unique to the field. These guidelines are designated for existing stakeholders in the FUS immuno-oncology domain or those newly entering the field, to provide guidance on collection, storage, and immunological profiling of tissue or blood specimens in the context of FUS immunotherapy studies, and additionally offer templates for standardized deployment of these methods based on collective experience gained within the field to date. These guidelines are tumor-agnostic and provide evidence-based, consensus-based recommendations for both preclinical and clinical immune analysis of tissue and blood specimens.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 11(2023), 11 vom: 24. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Padilla, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Foley, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Timbie, Kelsie [VerfasserIn]
Bullock, Timothy N J [VerfasserIn]
Sheybani, Natasha D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Combined Modality Therapy
Guidelines as Topic
Immunomodulation
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Tumor Microenvironment

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 05.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jitc-2023-007455

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NLM364984511