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. 2022 Oct 14;25(3):433–446. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac239

Table 1.

Combination of RT with Immunotherapy in Preclinical GBM Models

Immunotherapy Protocol Preclinical Model Outcome Reference
Combination of stereotactic RT protocol of 1 × 10 Gy on day 10 after tumor implantation with immune checkpoint antibodies
- mAb anti-PD1 (10 mg/kg) - Orthotopic - Increased mice survival (Zeng et al. 2013)
- Concomittant then adjuvant C57Bl/6 - Reduced tumor growth
- 4 doses, every 2 days - 1.3 × 106 GL261luc - 25% long survival
- No tumor growth after rechallenge
- mAb anti-GITR (10 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - No survival advantage (Patel et al. 2016)
- concomittant then adjuvant - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc
- 3 doses, every 3 days
- mAb anti-PD1 (10 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Kim et al. 2017)
- Concomittant then adjuvant - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc - Reduced tumor growth
- 3 doses, every 2 days - 60% long survival
- Ab anti-TIM3 (10 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Kim et al. 2017)
- 3 doses on day 7, 11, 15 - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc - Reduced tumor growth
- 50% long survival
- Combination mAb anti-PD1 & Ab anti-TIM3 (both 10 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Kim et al. 2017)
- Concomittant then adjuvant - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc - Reduced tumor growth
- 100% long-survival
- Humanized Ab anti-CD47 - Orthotopic NSG - Increased mice survival (Gholamin et al. 2020)
- Concomitant - human primary cells - Reduced tumor growth
- Doses not indicated
- mAb anti-CTLA4 (8 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Belcaid et al. 2014)
- 3 doses (i.p.), day 11, 14, 17 - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc - 20% long survival
- Ab anti-4-1BB (24 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - No survival advantage (Belcaid et al. 2014)
- 3 doses (i.p.), day 14, 17, 23 - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc
- Combination mAb anti-CTLA4 (8 mg/kg) & anti-4-1BB (24 mg/kg) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Belcaid et al. 2014)
- 3 doses each (i.p.) on day 11, 14, 17, and 14, 17, 23 respectively - 1.3 × 106 GL261-luc - 50% long survival
Combination of stereotactic RT protocol of 1 × 4 Gy on day 7 after tumor implantation with CAR T cells
- NKG2D-CAR T cells (5 × 106) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Weiss et al. 2018)
- 3 i.v. doses (day 5, 7, 10) - 20 000 GL261-luc - Decreased tumor growth
- 20% long survival
- No tumor after tumor rechallenge
Combination of stereotactic RT protocol of 2 × 5 Gy on days 9 and 16 after tumor implantation with targeted nonviral nanoparticles
- Targeted nanoparticles containing PD-L1/EGFR si-RNAs (75ug/dose) - Orthotopic C57Bl/6 - Increased mice survival (Erel-Akbaba et al. 2019)
- Retro-orbital injection - 50 000 GL261-luc
- 6 doses (day 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22)