title: Cell transfer regimens in patients with highly advanced surgically unresectable non-small cell lung cancer: significantly improved overall survival in patients with lower levels of serum immunosuppressive acidic protein.
abstract: Sixty-one non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with stage II and III/IV were enrolled and 49 completed immunotherapy. Patients were grouped based on immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP). All patients received monthly intravenous infusions containing 1 x 10(10) (mean cell number per patient) ex vivo expanded and IFN-alpha-treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. No patients had grade 2 or greater adverse events. The patients with < or = 580microg/ml of serum IAP levels (n=33) had significantly longer recurrence-free survival than those with > 580microg/ml of serum IAP levels (n=16). Patients with lower IAP levels are still under immunotherapeutic control after 27 months free of recurrence. The IAP levels may be a prognostic marker for treatment efficacy in NSCLC. This immunotherapeutic regimen was feasible and well tolerated in patients with advanced NSCLC in terms of prolongation of survival.
authors.affiliation: Center for Immunotherapy against Cancer, The Sendai Research Institute for Microbiology, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takusaburo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebina
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimiya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive / Q000379:methods*; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology / Q000637:transplantation*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C030193:immunosuppressive acidic protein