Adoptive T cell therapy using antigen-specific CD8+ T cell clones for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma: In vivo persistence, migration, and antitumor …

C Yee, JA Thompson, D Byrd… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
C Yee, JA Thompson, D Byrd, SR Riddell, P Roche, E Celis, PD Greenberg
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002National Acad Sciences
Adoptive T cell therapy, involving the ex vivo selection and expansion of antigen-specific T
cell clones, provides a means of augmenting antigen-specific immunity without the in vivo
constraints that can accompany vaccine-based strategies. A phase I study was performed to
evaluate the safety, in vivo persistence, and efficacy of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cell
clones targeting the tumor-associated antigens, MART1/MelanA and gp100 for the treatment
of patients with metastatic melanoma. Four infusions of autologous T cell clones were …
Adoptive T cell therapy, involving the ex vivo selection and expansion of antigen-specific T cell clones, provides a means of augmenting antigen-specific immunity without the in vivo constraints that can accompany vaccine-based strategies. A phase I study was performed to evaluate the safety, in vivo persistence, and efficacy of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cell clones targeting the tumor-associated antigens, MART1/MelanA and gp100 for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma. Four infusions of autologous T cell clones were administered, the first without IL-2 and subsequent infusions with low-dose IL-2 (at 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0 × 106 units/m2 twice daily for the second, third, and fourth infusions, respectively). Forty-three infusions of MART1/MelanA-specific or gp100-specific CD8+ T cell clones were administered to 10 patients. No serious toxicity was observed. We demonstrate that the adoptively transferred T cell clones persist in vivo in response to low-dose IL-2, preferentially localize to tumor sites and mediate an antigen-specific immune response characterized by the elimination of antigen-positive tumor cells, regression of individual metastases, and minor, mixed or stable responses in 8 of 10 patients with refractory, metastatic disease for up to 21 mo.
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