Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18779741›Full record

ArticleJournal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)2008

Immunization with analog peptide in combination with CpG and montanide expands tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in melanoma patients.

Julien Fourcade, Pavol Kudela, Pedro A Andrade Filho, Bratislav Janjic, Stephanie R Land, Cindy Sander, Arthur Krieg, Albert Donnenberg, Hongmei Shen, John M Kirkwood and 1 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Julien FourcadeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA.
Pavol Kudela
Pedro A Andrade Filho
Bratislav Janjic
Stephanie R Land
Cindy Sander
Arthur Krieg
Albert Donnenberg
Hongmei Shen
John M Kirkwood
Hassane M Zarour
Cancer Research And Biostatistics · USPfizer (United States) · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE: BPCAUL1RR024153 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2006 to 2011
$73.9M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
WITHIN SUBJ VARIABILITY IN MEASUREMENTS DRUG METABOL ENZYMES IN HLTY SUBJM01RR000056 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEVINE, ARTHUR S · 1985 to 2006
$29.2M
Therapuetic Immune Targeting of EphA2 Expressed by Melanoma & Its Tumor-AssociateP50CA121973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KIRKWOOD, JOHN MUNN · 2008 to 2018
$22.9M
Optimization of Melanoma Vaccine with T Helper EpitopeR01CA090360 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZAROUR, HASSANE M · 2002 to 2013
$2.7M
Melanoma Vaccines with Peptides, Protein and AdjuvantR01CA112198 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZAROUR, HASSANE M · 2005 to 2009
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCI NIH HHS CA112198NCI NIH HHS CA90360NCI NIH HHS P50 CA121973NCI NIH HHS R01 CA090360NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112198NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000056NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analog peptides represent a promising tool to further optimize peptide-based vaccines in promoting the expansion of tumor antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Here, we report the results of a pilot trial designed to study the immunogenicity of the analog peptide NY-ESO-1 157-165V in combination with CpG 7909/PF3512676 and Montanide ISA 720 in patients with stage III/IV NY-ESO-1-expressing melanoma. Eight patients were immunized either with Montanide and CpG (arm 1, 3 patients); Montanide and peptide NY-ESO-1 157-165V (arm 2, 2 patients); or with Montanide, CpG, and peptide NY-ESO-1 157-165V (arm 3, 3 patients). Only the 3 patients immunized with Montanide, CpG, and peptide NY-ESO-1 157-165V in arm 3 developed a rapid increase of effector-memory NY-ESO-1-specific CD8+ T cells, detectable ex vivo. The majority of these cells exhibited an intermediate/late-stage differentiated phenotype (CD28-). Our study further demonstrated that our vaccine approach stimulated spontaneous tumor-reactive NY-ESO-1-specific CD8+ T cells in 2 patients with advanced disease, but failed to prime tumor-reactive NY-ESO-1-specific T cells in 1 patient with no spontaneously tumor-induced CD8+ T-cell responses to NY-ESO-1. Collectively, our data support the capability of the analog peptide NY-ESO-1 157-165V in combination with CpG and Montanide to promote the expansion of NY-ESO-1-specific CD8+ T cells in patients with advanced cancer. They also suggest that the presence of tumor-induced NY-ESO-1-specific T cells of well-defined clonotypes is critical for the expansion of tumor-reactive NY-ESO-1-specific CD8+ T cells after peptide-based vaccine strategies.

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AgedAged, 80 and overCancer VaccinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansImmunizationMaleMannitolMelanomaMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsOleic AcidsOligodeoxyribonucleotidesPeptide FragmentsPilot ProjectsCancer Vaccinesmannide monooleateMannitolNeoplasm ProteinsOleic AcidsOligodeoxyribonucleotidesPeptide Fragmentspeptide NY-ESO-1 157-165ProMune

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PMID18779741
PMCPMC3901357
OpenAlexW1974079625

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