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. 2020 Mar 22;12(3):751. doi: 10.3390/cancers12030751

Table 3.

Phase II/III clinical trials with dendritic cells (DC) vaccines in glioblastoma.

Clinical Trial Phase Loading Material for DCs Treatment Control Indication # Patients Endpoint Outcome
NCT01567202
30159779
II GSC antigens P: SOC, DC
R: SS, RT/CT, DC
P: SOC, placebo
R: SS, RT/CT, placebo
P GB
R GB
Treatment: 22
Control: 21
PFS 7.7 mo vs. 6.9 mo
NCT02772094
21715171
I/II Irradiated tumor cells SOC/SS, DC None P GB 16 OS 17 mo
ICT-107
NCT01280552
31320597
II Multiple TAA SOC, DC SOC, placebo P GB
HLA-A1+ and/or -A2+
Treatment: 81
Control: 43
OS 17.0 vs. 15.0 mo
DCVax-L
NCT00045968
29843811
III Tumor lysate SOC, DC SOC, placebo P GB 331 (OS) 23.1 mo
GBM-Vax
NCT01213407
30301187
II Tumor lysate SOC, DC SOC P GB 34 PFS12 No impact
NCT03879512
30054667
I/II Tumor lysate SS, Cyclophosphamide, DC None R GB pediatric
R GB adult
Pediatric: 6
Adult: 5
OS6 100%
DEND/GM
NCT01006044
28499389
II Tumor lysate SOC, DC None P GB 31 PFS 12.7 mo
NCT00576537
18632651
I/II Tumor lysate SOC/SS, DC None P GB
R GB
P: 11
R: 23
(OS) Vaccine responders: 21 mo
Nonresponders 14 mo
NCT00323115
21499132
II Tumor lysate SOC, DC None P GB 10 (OS) 28 mo
DENDR2
NCT02820584
I/II Tumor lysate (1) SS, TMZ, DC
(2) SS, TTX, DC
None R GB (1) 12
(2) 8
(OS) (1) 7.4 mo
(2) 9.2 mo
DENDR1
29632727
I/II Tumor lysate SOC, TMZ, DC None P GB 24 PFS12 41%
DC-CAST-GBM
NCT00846456
23817721
I/II Tumor stem cell mRNA SOC, DC None P GB 7 (OS) 25 mo

Abbreviations: GSC, glioma stem cell; TAA, tumor-associated antigen; P, primary; R, recurrent; GB, glioblastoma; #, number of; SS, second surgical procedure; RT, radiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy; TTX, tetanus toxoid; OS6, 6-mo OS; PFS12, 12-mo PFS. The ‘Endpoint’ column indicates which primary survival endpoint was assessed in each clinical trial. If a study only used a secondary survival endpoint, the outcome measure was placed between parentheses.