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Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019

A Phase II Study of Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Human Papillomavirus-associated Epithelial Cancers.

Sanja Stevanović, Sarah R Helman, John R Wunderlich, Michelle M Langhan, Stacey L Doran, Mei Li M Kwong, Robert P T Somerville, Christopher A Klebanoff, Udai S Kammula, Richard M Sherry and 3 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 182 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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182citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

182 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 280 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Adoptive cell therapy in lung cancer: progress, challenges, and prospects.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanja StevanovićExperimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bethesda, Maryland.
Sarah R HelmanExperimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bethesda, Maryland.
John R WunderlichSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Michelle M LanghanSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Stacey L DoranExperimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bethesda, Maryland.
Mei Li M KwongSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Robert P T SomervilleSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Christopher A KlebanoffSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Udai S KammulaSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Richard M SherrySurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
James C YangSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Steven A RosenbergSurgery Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.
Christian S HinrichsExperimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bethesda, Maryland. hinrichs@nih.gov.
Center for Cancer Research · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Cell Production Core FacilityZICBC011569 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HALAS, HYUNMI · 2014 to 2025
$17.4M
Adoptive Cell Transfer Immunotherapy of CancerZ01BC010984 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2008 to 2008
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCellular therapy is an emerging cancer treatment modality, but its application to epithelial cancers has been limited. This clinical trial evaluated tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy for the treatment of patients with metastatic human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated carcinomas. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe trial was a phase II design with two cohorts, cervical cancers and noncervical cancers. Cell infusion was preceded by a lymphocyte-depleting conditioning regimen and followed by systemic high-dose aldesleukin.

resultsObjective tumor responses occurred in 5 of 18 (28%) patients in the cervical cancer cohort and 2 of 11 (18%) patients in the noncervical cancer cohort. Two of the responses in cervical cancer were complete and are ongoing 67 and 53 months after treatment. Responses in the noncervical cancer cohort were in anal cancer and oropharyngeal cancer. The HPV reactivity of the infused T cells correlated with clinical response. Peripheral blood repopulation with HPV-reactive T cells also correlated with clinical response.

conclusionsThese findings support the concept that cellular therapy can mediate the regression of epithelial cancers, and they suggest the importance of predictive biomarkers and novel treatment platforms for more effective therapies.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptivePapillomaviridaeAdultCarcinomaFemaleHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedPapillomavirus InfectionsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID30518633
PMCPMC6397671
OpenAlexW2902963806

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