Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2013
A randomized phase II trial of multiepitope vaccination with melanoma peptides for cytotoxic T cells and helper T cells for patients with metastatic melanoma (E1602).
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- Systematic review of the use of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in patients with advanced melanoma.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2016Pooled it
- Safety and tolerability evaluation of the use of Montanide ISA™51 as vaccine adjuvant: A systematic review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016Pooled it
- Characterization of the immunophenotypes and antigenomes of colorectal cancers reveals distinct tumor escape mechanisms and novel targets for immunotherapy.Genome biology · 2015Pooled it
- Randomized Phase I/II Clinical Trial of a Melanoma Helper Peptide Vaccine with or without Systemic Agonistic Anti-CD27 Antibody (Varlilumab).Cancer research communications · 2026Trial
- Phase I/II clinical trial of a melanoma vaccine targeting shared non-mutated antigens and a shared mutated BRAF neoantigen with an agonistic CD40 antibody (CDX-1140) plus TLR3 agonist (poly-ICLC).Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Trial
- A Phase II Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Two Doses of a Folate Receptor Alpha Vaccine in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026Trial
- UCPVax, a CD4 helper peptide vaccine, induces polyfunctional Th1 cells, antibody response, and epitope spreading to improve antitumor immunity.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- Phase I/II clinical trial of a helper peptide vaccine plus PD-1 blockade in PD-1 antibody-naïve and PD-1 antibody-experienced patients with melanoma (MEL64).Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Trial
- Trial to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a melanoma helper peptide vaccine plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant, cyclophosphamide, and polyICLC (Mel63).Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2021Trial
- Vaccination against RhoC induces long-lasting immune responses in patients with prostate cancer: results from a phase I/II clinical trial.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2020Trial
- A VEGF receptor vaccine demonstrates preliminary efficacy in neurofibromatosis type 2.Nature communications · 2019Trial
- A multipeptide vaccine plus toll-like receptor agonists LPS or polyICLC in combination with incomplete Freund's adjuvant in melanoma patients.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2019Trial
- Long-term outcomes of helper peptide vaccination for metastatic melanoma.Annals of surgery · 2015Trial
- Predicting Durable Anti-tumor Immune Responses after Cancer Vaccines.Journal of cancer immunology · 2026Article
- Next-generation immunotherapeutic approaches for blood cancers: Exploring the efficacy of CAR-T and cancer vaccines.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2025Review
- Immuno-informatics analyses of important esophageal cancer associated viruses for multi-epitope vaccine design.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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- Roles of DEPDC1 in various types of cancer (Review).Oncology letters · 2024Review
- Multi-epitope vaccines: a promising strategy against viral diseases in swine.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
- The role of CD4MedComm · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeThis multicenter randomized trial was designed to evaluate whether melanoma helper peptides augment cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses to a melanoma vaccine and improve clinical outcome in patients with advanced melanoma. EXPERIMENTAL
designOne hundred seventy-five patients with measurable stage IV melanoma were enrolled into 4 treatment groups, vaccinated with 12 MHC class I-restricted melanoma peptides to stimulate CTL (12 MP, group A), plus a tetanus peptide (group B), or a mixture of 6 melanoma helper peptides (6 MHP, group C) to stimulate helper T lymphocytes (HTL), or with 6 melanoma helper peptide (6 MHP) alone (group D), in incomplete Freund's adjuvant plus granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor. CTL responses were assessed using an in vitro-stimulated IFN-γ ELIspot assay, and HTL responses were assessed using a proliferation assay.
resultsIn groups A to D, respectively, CTL response rates to 12 melanoma peptides were 43%, 47%, 28%, and 5%, and HTL response rates to 6 MHP were in 3%, 0%, 40%, and 41%. Best clinical response was partial response in 7 of 148 evaluable patients (4.7%) without significant difference among study arms. Median overall survival (OS) was 11.8 months. Immune response to 6 MHP was significantly associated with both clinical response (P = 0.036) and OS (P = 0.004).
conclusionEach vaccine regimen was immunogenic, but MHPs did not augment CTL responses to 12 melanoma peptides. The association of survival and immune response to 6 MHP supports further investigation of helper peptide vaccines. For patients with advanced melanoma, multipeptide vaccines should be studied in combination with other potentially synergistic active therapies.
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