Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29260582›Full record

ReviewFuture oncology (London, England)2018

Sipuleucel-T for the treatment of prostate cancer: novel insights and future directions.

Catherine E Handy, Emmanuel S Antonarakis

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Review in Future oncology (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Catherine E HandyJohns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Emmanuel S AntonarakisJohns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sipuleucel-T, an autologous cellular immunotherapy manufactured from antigen-presenting cells primed to recognize prostatic acid phosphatase, was the first immunotherapy product approved by the US FDA. It was approved for men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after it was shown to provide a survival advantage. Additional studies have examined its use in other clinical settings and in combination with other approved and investigational immunotherapy agents. This review will discuss the pivotal trials leading to approval, will outline some of the biomarkers associated with its efficacy and will review some of the ongoing combination strategies. Maximizing the efficacy of sipuleucel-T through better patient selection or through combination approaches remains the challenge of the future.

Indexed as

Acid PhosphataseAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorCancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMaleProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantTissue ExtractsAcid PhosphataseAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorCancer Vaccinesprostatic acid phosphatasesipuleucel-TTissue Extractsbiomarkerscancer vaccinecastration-resistant prostate cancerimmunotherapyprostate cancersipuleucel-T

Identifiers

PMID29260582
PMCPMC5925432

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