Safety and immunogenicity of neoadjuvant treatment using WT1-immunotherapeutic in combination with standard therapy in patients with WT1-positive Stage II/III breast cancer: a randomized Phase I study

Purpose This Phase I, multicenter, randomized study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01220128) evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of recombinant Wilms’ tumor 1 (WT1) protein combined with the immunostimulant AS15 (WT1-immunotherapeutic) as neoadjuvant therapy administered concurrently with standard treatments in WT1-positive breast cancer patients. Methods Patients were treated in 4 cohorts according to neoadjuvant treatment (A: post-menopausal, hormone receptor [HR]-positive patients receiving aromatase inhibitors; B: patients receiving chemotherapy; C: HER2-overexpressing patients on trastuzumab–chemotherapy combination; D: HR-positive/HER2-negative patients on chemotherapy). Patients (cohorts A–C) were randomized (2:1) to receive 6 or 8 doses of WT1-immunotherapeutic or placebo together with standard neoadjuvant treatment in a double-blind manner; cohort D patients received WT1-immunotherapeutic in an open manner. Safety was assessed throughout the study. WT1-specific antibodies were assessed pre- and post-vaccination. Results Sixty-two patients were randomized; 60 received ≥ one dose of WT1-immunotherapeutic. Two severe toxicities were reported: diarrhea (cohort C; also reported as a grade 3 serious adverse event) and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (cohort B; also reported as a grade 2 adverse event). Post-dose 4 of WT1-immunotherapeutic, 10/10 patients from cohort A, 0/8 patients from cohort B, 6/11 patients from cohort C, and 2/3 patients from cohort D were humoral responders. The sponsor elected to close the trial prematurely. Conclusions Concurrent administration of WT1-immunotherapeutic and standard neoadjuvant therapy was well tolerated and induced WT1-specific antibodies in patients receiving neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitors. In patients on neoadjuvant chemotherapy or trastuzumab–chemotherapy combination, the humoral response was impaired or blunted, likely due to either co-administration of corticosteroids and/or the chemotherapies themselves..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:162

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Breast cancer research and treatment - 162(2017), 3 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 479-488

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Englisch

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Higgins, M. [VerfasserIn]
Curigliano, G. [VerfasserIn]
Dieras, V. [VerfasserIn]
Kuemmel, S. [VerfasserIn]
Kunz, G. [VerfasserIn]
Fasching, P. A. [VerfasserIn]
Campone, M. [VerfasserIn]
Bachelot, T. [VerfasserIn]
Krivorotko, P. [VerfasserIn]
Chan, S. [VerfasserIn]
Ferro, A. [VerfasserIn]
Schwartzberg, L. [VerfasserIn]
Gillet, M. [VerfasserIn]
De Sousa Alves, P. M. [VerfasserIn]
Wascotte, V. [VerfasserIn]
Lehmann, F. F. [VerfasserIn]
Goss, P. [VerfasserIn]

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Breast cancer
Immunogenicity
Immunotherapy
Neoadjuvant therapy
Safety
WT1 antigen

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10.1007/s10549-017-4130-y

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