SynthesisMedicine2021
Cytokine-induced killer cells/dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells immunotherapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05955157 (Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial Of Dendritic Cell + Cytokine-Induced Killer Cell Immunotherapy With S-1 Versus S-1 Alone As Maintenance Therapy For Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial Of Dendritic Cell + Cytokine-Induced Killer Cell Immunotherapy With S-1 Versus S-1 Alone As Maintenance Therapy For Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Combined immunotherapy with dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells for solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Therapeutic potential of cytokine-induced killer cell therapy for renal cell carcinoma and prostate cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Multidisciplinary treatment incorporating autologous DC-CIK cell therapy induces long-term survival in advanced pancreatic cancer: a case report.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Cytokine-induced killer cell treatment is superior to chemotherapy alone in esophageal cancer.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2023Article
- Case report: Dendritic cell-cytokine induced killer cell therapy in subjects with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and peritoneal cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Advances in Human Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy Against Gastrointestinal Cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- The Advantages and Challenges of Anticancer Dendritic Cell Vaccines and NK Cells in Adoptive Cell Immunotherapy.Vaccines · 2021Review
- The expression and clinical value of tumor infiltrating dendritic cells in tumor tissues of patients with esophageal cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Article
- Blood microbiota diversity determines response of advanced colorectal cancer to chemotherapy combined with adoptive T cell immunotherapy.Oncoimmunology · 2021Article
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesThis meta-analysis was designed to systematically evaluate whether autologous cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) or dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells (DC-CIK) immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy can improve the therapeutic effect and safety of chemotherapy in esophageal cancer (EC). MATERIALS AND
methodsRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) were electronically searched databases including CNKI, WanFang, WeiPu, CBMDisc, PubMed, Web of Science, EMbase, the Cochrane Library, and Clinical Trials. The databases were searched for articles published until June 2019. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of the included literature. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan5.3.
resultsSeventeen studies (1416 participants) were included. The differences between CIK/DC-CIK combination chemotherapy and chemotherapy alone were significant. The results displayed that the number of CD3+, CD4+, CD4+/CD8+, and NK cells was significantly increased after 1 to 2 weeks of treatment with CIK/DC-CIK cells in the treatment group (all P < .05). In addition, the results shown that 1-year overall survival was significantly prolonged (P < .0001) and quality of life was improved (P = .001) in EC chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy groups compared with conventional treatment. Furthermore, cytokine expression levels of interleukin 2 (IL-2), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and interleukin 12 (IL-12) were significantly increased (P = .0003) as well as the levels of immunoglobulins were elevated (P < .00001). Serum levels of tumor marker molecules, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA)-199, and CA-125 were lower in treatment groups than that of control groups (P < .00001). No fatal adverse reactions were noted (P = .04).
conclusionsIt is safe and effective for patients to use chemotherapy combined with CIK/DC-CIK immunotherapy. Immunotherapy can simultaneously improve the antitumor immune response. Specifically, DC-CIK cells can increase T lymphocyte subsets, CIK cells, NK cells, and immunoglobulins in peripheral blood to enhance antitumor immunity. Therefore, combination therapy enhances the immune function and improves the therapeutic efficacy of patients with EC.
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