Efficacy of Activated Lymphocytes in Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Summary

Renal cell carcinoma represents today 3% of the solid tumors of the adult. Their bad prognosis is due to the frequency of metastasis and the resistance to chemotherapy. Immunotherapy (interferon-α, interleukin-2) has shown some good results but an important toxicity. In our study, we evaluate the response to a new therapeutic strategy which combines an injection of patient's own activated lymphocytes to a classic immunotherapy with interferon-α and interleukin-2.

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Start

2003-12

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-07

Publications

• Background Belldegrun A, Pierce W, Kaboo R, Tso CL, Shau H, Turcillo P, Moldawer N, Golub S, deKernion J, Figlin R. Interferon-alpha primed tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes combined with interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha as therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Urol. 1993 Nov;150(5 Pt 1):1384-90. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)35785-3.
• Background Figlin RA, Pierce WC, Kaboo R, Tso CL, Moldawer N, Gitlitz B, deKernion J, Belldegrun A. Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with nephrectomy, interleukin-2 and cytokine-primed or CD8(+) selected tumor infiltrating lymphocytes from primary tumor. J Urol. 1997 Sep;158(3 Pt 1):740-5. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199709000-00012.
• Background Hayakawa M, Hatano T, Ogawa Y, Gakiya M, Ogura H, Osawa A. Treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma using regional arterial administration of lymphokine-activated killer cells in combination with low doses of rIL-2. Urol Int. 1994;53(3):117-24. doi: 10.1159/000282651.
• Background Mathiot C, Thiounn N, Tartour E, Flam T, Peyret C, Joyeux I, Zerbib M, Brandely M, Debre B, Fridman WH. Non-cytotoxic CD4 tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes induce responses in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma previously treated with interleukin-2. Eur J Cancer. 1995;31A(9):1551-2. doi: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00235-b. No abstract available.

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