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ArticleCancer research communications2024

Race-Related Differences in Sipuleucel-T Response among Men with Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Elisabeth I Heath, Archana Thakur, Wei Chen, Clara Hwang, Channing J Paller, Frank C Cackowski, Julie L Boerner, Lance Heilbrun, Melanie P Smith, Dana L Schalk and 7 more

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Article in Cancer research communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Elisabeth I HeathDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-1381-2713
Archana ThakurDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0003-3876-9555
Wei ChenDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-6048-1860
Clara HwangHenry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-0998-323X
Channing J PallerJohns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Frank C CackowskiDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Julie L BoernerDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Lance HeilbrunDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Melanie P SmithDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Dana L SchalkDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-3895-1907
Amy SchienschangDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-8709-8762
Sarah A WhitakerDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0003-4058-2845
Amanda PolendDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-7640-5122
Daryn SmithDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Ulka N VaishampayanDepartment of Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-4571
Brenda DickowDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-7010-5359
Lawrence G LumDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Jay William FOX · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (Program 1)P30CA022453 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Julie Lynn Boerner · 1985 to 2026
$68.4M
Targeting Neuroblastoma with armed T cellsR01CA182526 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEUNG, NAI-KONG V, LUM, LAWRENCE G · 2014 to 2019
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA022453NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NCI NIH HHS R01 CA182526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sipuleucel-T is an autologous cellular immunotherapy that targets prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and is available for treatment of men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). In this single-arm, two-cohort, multicenter clinical study, potential racial differences in immune responses to sipuleucel-T in men with mCRPC were explored. Patients' blood samples were obtained to assess serum cytokines, humoral responses, and cellular immunity markers before and after treatment. Baseline cumulative product parameters (total nucleated and CD54+ cell counts and CD54 upregulation) were evaluated. IgM titers against the immunogen PA2024, the target antigen PAP, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) were quantified by ELISA. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity was determined by ELISpots, and cytokine and chemokine concentrations were determined by Luminex.Twenty-nine African American (AA) men and 28 non-African American (non-AA) men with mCRPC received sipuleucel-T. Baseline total nucleated cell count, CD54+ cell count, CD54 expression, and cumulative product parameters were higher in non-AA men. Although PSA baseline levels were higher in AA men, there were no racial differences in IgM antibody and IFNγ ELISpots responses against PA2024, PAP, PSA, and PSMA before and after treatment. Expression of co-stimulatory receptor ICOS on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and the levels of Th1 cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and chemokines CCL4 and CCL5, were significantly higher in AA men before and/or after treatment. Despite no difference in the overall survival, PSA changes from baseline were significantly different between the two races. The data suggest that immune correlates in blood differ in AA and non-AA men with mCRPC pre- and post-sipuleucel-T. SIGNIFICANCE: Our novel findings of higher expression of co-stimulatory receptor ICOS on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in African American patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) prior and post-sipuleucel-T suggest activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The data indicate that racial differences observed in these and other immune correlates before and after sipuleucel-T warrant additional investigation to further our understanding of the immune system in African American men and other men with mCRPC.

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Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantTissue ExtractsAgedBlack or African AmericanCancer VaccinesCytokinesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisProstate-Specific AntigenCancer VaccinesCytokinesProstate-Specific Antigensipuleucel-TTissue Extracts

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PMID38856749
PMCPMC11240276

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