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Trial reportBlood advances2026

WT1 peptide vaccines of post-allogeneic HSCT maintenance immunotherapy for pediatric acute leukemias: a phase 2 study.

Yoshiko Hashii, Yoshihiro Oka, Naoki Sakata, Masashi Hirayama, Yusuke Oji, Naoki Hosen, Satoshi Hattori, Hiroko Nakajima, Jun Nakata, Fumihiro Fujiki and 11 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Yoshiko HashiiDepartment of Pediatrics, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1668-274X
Yoshihiro OkaDepartment of Cancer Stem Cell Biology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0009-0005-9171-6585
Naoki SakataDepartment of Pediatrics, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3522-3995
Masashi HirayamaDepartment of Pediatrics, Nakadori General Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Yusuke OjiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2935-1184
Naoki HosenDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9570-0947
Satoshi HattoriDepartment of Biomedical Statistics, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5446-2305
Hiroko NakajimaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1686-8819
Jun NakataDepartment of Clinical Laboratory and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7494-1204
Fumihiro FujikiDepartment of Cancer Immunology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2433-510X
Soyoko MorimotoDepartment of Cancer Stem Cell Biology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4939-0455
Shigeo FujiDepartment of Hematology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5118-7950
Sumiyuki NishidaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0137-8649
Maiko NoguchiDepartment of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Moeko HinoDepartment of Pediatrics, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7056-1020
Atsushi SatoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
Ken TabuchiJapanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Nagakute, Japan.
Yoshiko AtsutaJapanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Nagakute, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4404-2870
Keiichi OzonoDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6517-8825
Akihiro TsuboiDepartment of Cancer Immunotherapy, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3182-2456
Haruo SugiyamaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0844-2175

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractThis phase 2 clinical study evaluated the efficacy and safety of post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation maintenance cancer immunotherapy using 2 Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) peptide vaccines, MCI, for pediatric refractory acute leukemias. Each of 17 patients (median age, 8.3 years [range, 2-18]) was intradermally injected with either of the vaccines. The 3-year overall survival (OS) rate (primary end point) was 70.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 43.1-86.6); this rate was >30%, a historical control benchmark, and was attributable to the fact that 12 clinical responders, who sustained complete remission at year 1 after the initiation of vaccination, had a high 3-year OS rate of 91.7% (95% CI, 53.9-98.7). WT1-specific cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) frequency in peripheral blood (PB) from all 12 clinical responders increased significantly after vaccination, reaching the maximum by week 12 of vaccination (before, 0.25% ± 0.08%; after, 1.07% ± 0.24%; P< .001), whereas WT1-specific CTL frequency in PB from clinical nonresponders remained unchanged after vaccination (before, 0.12% ± 0.2%; after, 0.20% ± 0.25%; P = .424). The estimated 3-year OS rate was significantly higher for 11 immune responders (who showed a ≥1.455-fold increase from the baseline value: 90.9%) than for 5 immune nonresponders (40.0%; P = .027). Elevated WT1-specific CTL frequency in the PB before vaccination predicted the subsequent favorable patient prognosis. No patient discontinued treatment because of MCI. Adverse events including graft-versus-host disease were manageable. MCI was suggested to be very effective and safe for pediatric patients with refractory acute leukemias, indicating its potential to improve their survival through relapse prevention. This trial was registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry as #UMIN000005319.

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Cancer VaccinesHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationImmunotherapyLeukemiaVaccines, SubunitWT1 ProteinsAcute DiseaseAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleProtein Subunit VaccinesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransplantation, HomologousCancer VaccinesProtein Subunit VaccinesVaccines, SubunitWT1 protein, humanWT1 Proteins

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PMID42308229
PMCPMC13486803

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