NOVEL NEOADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY REGIMEN SAFETY AND SURVIVAL IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER

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作者
Wolf, Gregory T. [1 ]
Fee, Willard E., Jr. [2 ]
Dolan, Robert W. [3 ]
Moyer, Jeffrey S. [1 ]
Kaplan, Michael J. [2 ]
Spring, Paul M. [4 ]
Suen, James [4 ]
Kenady, Daniel E. [5 ]
Newman, Jason G. [6 ]
Carroll, William R. [7 ]
Gillespie, M. Boyd [8 ]
Freeman, Scott M. [9 ]
Baltzer, Lorraine [10 ]
Kirkley, Terry D. [10 ]
Brandwein, Harvey J. [11 ]
Hadden, John W. [9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Med Ctr, Stanford Canc Ctr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Lahey Clin Fdn, Med Ctr, Burlington, MA USA
[4] Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA
[5] Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA
[6] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[7] Univ Alabama Hosp & Clin, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Birmingham, AL USA
[8] Med Univ S Carolina, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
[9] IRX Therapeut, Dept Med Affairs, New York, NY USA
[10] IRX Therapeut, Dept Clin Operat, New York, NY USA
[11] IRX Therapeut, Dept Sci Affairs, New York, NY USA
来源
HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK | 2011年 / 33卷 / 12期
关键词
cytokine; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; immune response; IRX-2; phase; 2; T-CELLS; CARCINOMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; STATISTICS; IMMUNITY; IRX-2;
D O I
10.1002/hed.21660
中图分类号
R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100213 ;
摘要
Background. Cellular immune suppression is observed in head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) and contributes to poor prognosis. Restoration of immune homeostasis may require primary cell-derived cytokines at physiologic doses. An immunotherapy regimen containing a biologic, with multiple-active cytokine components, and administered with cytoxan, zinc, and indomethacin was developed to modulate cellular immunity. Methods. Study methods were designed to determine the safety and efficacy of a 21-day neoadjuvant immunotherapy regimen in a phase 2 trial that enrolled 27 therapy-naive patients with stage II to IVa HNSCC. Methods included safety, clinical and radiologic tumor response, disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and tumor lymphocytic infiltrate (LI) data collection. Results. Acute toxicity was minimal. Patients completed neoadjuvant treatment without surgical delay. By independent radiographic review, 83% had stable disease during treatment. OS was 92%, 73%, and 69% at 12, 24, and 36 months, respectively. Histologic analysis suggested correlation between survival and tumor LI. Conclusion. Immunotherapy regimen was tolerated. Survival results are encouraging. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 33: 1666-1674, 2011
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页码:1666 / 1674
页数:9
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