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. 2015 May 13;6:230. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00230

Table 3.

Completed and ongoing clinical trials with CIK cells for hematological malignancies are listed.

Pts. Diagnosis CIK cell preparation Status Clinical site Reference(s)/NCI Identifier
11 AML, HL, CML, ALL, MDS LK or PB; 1,000 U/ml IFN-γ + OKT3 + IL-2 for 20–26 d; median number of total allogeneic CIK cells 2.4 × 106/kg (7.2–87.4); phase I Published Italy (157)
5 AL UCB washout after UCB transplantation Published Italy (162)
9 DLBCL Autologous PB; 2,000 U/ml IFN-γ + OKT3 + IL-2 Published China (163)
10 Lymphoma (n = 2) 1,000 U/ml IFN-γ + OKT3 + IL-2; CIK cells then transfected with pCEP-IL-2-plasmid Published Germany (164)
1 Plasmocytoma Autologous CIK cells; monthly for 21 courses Published China (165)
12 Lymphoma (n = 6) LK or PB; median 28 × 109 (range, 6–61) CIK cells per patient Published Italy (166)
41 MDS/MPD Post-transplantation infusion of allogeneic CIK cells as consolidation therapy; phase II Recruiting Stanford University, USA NCT01392989
17 AML/MDS Autologous CIK cells after HSCT or in patients unfit for standard curative chemotherapy; phase I/II Completed Singapore General Hospital NCT00394381
11 CML Adoptive immunotherapy in patients receiving standard drug therapy; phase II Completed Singapore General Hospital NCT00815321
20 Hematological malignancies Allogeneic CIK cells as post-HSCT immunotherapy; phase I Active, not recruiting NIH, US NCT00185757
20 Hematological malignancies Allogeneic CIK cells for relapse after allogeneic HSCT; phase I/II Recruiting Singapore General Hospital NCT00460694

PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; AL, acute leukemia; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; LK, leukapheresis; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; MDS, Myelodysplastic syndromes; MPD, myeloproliferative disorders; d, day; UCB, umbilical cord blood; SCGM, stem cell growth medium; MM, multiple myeloma. www.clinicaltrials.gov website last accessed March 2015.