Table III.
Cancer | Antigen | Adjuvant | Positive in vitro responses | Clinical response | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extensive metastatic melanoma | gp100209-217 gp100209-217(210M) gp100209-217(210M) |
IFA IFA IFA+IL-2 |
2/8 IFNγ* 10/11 IFNγ* 3/19 IFNγ* |
1/9 CR 0/11 CR, 3/11 MR 8/19 CR, 3/19 MR, 3/19 SD |
[97] |
Stage I-III melanoma | gp100209-217(210M) | IFA +/- IFNα** |
28/29 tetramer 9/9 IFNγ* |
Not Reported | [160] |
Melanoma | gp100209-217(210M) | IFA IFA+IL-12 IFA+IL-2 |
7/7 tetramer* 4/5 tetramer* 2/11 tetramer* |
Not Reported | [161] |
Stage III/IV melanoma | gp100209-217(210M) tyrosinase368-376 (370D) |
IFA+/- IL-12 |
34/40 Skin test*‡ 33/38 IFNγ* 37/42 tetramer* |
24/48 relapsed, 10 died | [162] |
Stage IV melanoma | gp100209-217(210M) tyrosinase368-376 (370D) |
DCs | 2/16 Skin test* 11/16 IFNγ* 0/16 tetramer* |
1/16 CR 2/16 MR, 2/16 SD 10/16 died |
[163] |
Stage IIA/IIB melanoma | gp100209-217(210M) tyrosinase368-376(370D) |
IFA+/- GM-CSF |
34/39 ELISA 37/42 tetramer |
After 24 months: “favorable:” 7 relapsed, 2 died | [164] |
Recurrent small cell lung or colon cancer | CEA605-613(610D) | Flt3 | 7/12 CTL 10/12 tetramer* |
2 CR, 7 PD 2 SD, 1 MR |
[165] |
CR=Complete response, PD=progressive disease, SD=Stable disease, MR=Mixed response, IFA=Incomplete Freund’s adjuvant, DCs=dendritic cells
specific for native peptide
response measured to gp100, not tyrosinase
IFNα does not interfere with the antigen-specific response.