Polyzoidis Stavros, Ashkan Keyoumars
a Department of Neurosurgery; King's College Hospital; King's College ; London , UK.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(11):3139-45. doi: 10.4161/hv.29276.
Dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy is emerging as a potential addition to the standard of care in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the last decade or so various research groups have conducted phase I and II trials of DC-immunotherapy on patients with newly diagnosed (ND) and recurrent GBM and other high-grade gliomas in an attempt to improve the poor prognosis. Results show an increase in overall survival (OS), while vaccination-related side effects are invariably mild. Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. (NWBT) developed the DCVax®-L vaccine as an adjunct to the treatment of GBM. It is currently under evaluation in a phase III trial in patients with ND-GBM, which is the only ongoing trial of its kind. In this review current data and perspectives of this product are examined.
树突状细胞(DC)免疫疗法正在成为多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)治疗标准方案中一种潜在的补充治疗方法。在过去十年左右的时间里,多个研究小组对新诊断(ND)和复发性GBM以及其他高级别胶质瘤患者进行了DC免疫疗法的I期和II期试验,试图改善其不良预后。结果显示总生存期(OS)有所延长,而疫苗接种相关的副作用始终较为轻微。美国马里兰州贝塞斯达的西北生物治疗公司(NWBT)研发了DCVax®-L疫苗作为GBM治疗的辅助手段。目前该疫苗正在针对ND-GBM患者进行III期试验评估,这是此类唯一正在进行的试验。在本综述中,将对该产品的当前数据和观点进行研究。