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Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of peptide vaccination with oral chemotherapy following curative resection for stage III colorectal cancer

  • Authors:
    • Junichiro Kawamura
    • Fumiaki Sugiura
    • Yasushi Sukegawa
    • Yasumasa Yoshioka
    • Jin‑Ichi Hida
    • Shoichi Hazama
    • Kiyotaka Okuno
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  • Published online on: January 29, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7905
  • Pages: 4241-4247
  • Copyright: © Kawamura et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The safety and immunological responsiveness of a peptide vaccine of ring finger protein 43 and 34‑kDa translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane combined with uracil‑tegafur/leucovorin (UFT/LV) was previously demonstrated in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in a phase I clinical trial. To clarify the survival benefit of a peptide vaccine combined with UFT/LV as adjuvant treatment, a phase II clinical trial was conducted involving patients with stage III CRC. All enrolled patients, whose human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‑A status was double‑blinded, were administered the same regime of a peptide vaccine and UFT/LV chemotherapy. The primary objective of the study was to compare relapse‑free survival (RFS) in patients with HLA‑A*2402 vs. those without HLA‑A*2402. Secondary objectives included comparisons between the two groups regarding overall survival, safety, tolerability and peptide‑specific activities of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) as measured by the ELISPOT assay. Between December 2009 and December 2014, a total of 46 patients were enrolled to the present study. Three‑year RFS was not significantly different between HLA‑A*2402 matched and unmatched groups [67.8 vs. 73.6%, respectively; hazard ratio (HR)=1.254, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.48‑4.63; P=0.706]. Three‑year RFS was significantly better in patients with positive CTL responses in the HLA‑A*2402 matched group compared with those without (85.7 and 33.3%, respectively; HR=0.159, 95% CI: 0.023‑0.697; P=0.011). In conclusion, vaccination‑induced immune responses combined with UFT/LV were positively associated with survival benefit in patients with HLA‑A*2402‑positive stage III CRC. Further study is required to clarify whether vaccination‑induced immune responses shortly following the initiation of therapy can predict the therapeutic effect and help develop a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with stage III CRC.
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Kawamura J, Sugiura F, Sukegawa Y, Yoshioka Y, Hida JI, Hazama S and Okuno K: Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of peptide vaccination with oral chemotherapy following curative resection for stage III colorectal cancer. Oncol Lett 15: 4241-4247, 2018.
APA
Kawamura, J., Sugiura, F., Sukegawa, Y., Yoshioka, Y., Hida, J., Hazama, S., & Okuno, K. (2018). Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of peptide vaccination with oral chemotherapy following curative resection for stage III colorectal cancer. Oncology Letters, 15, 4241-4247. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7905
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Kawamura, J., Sugiura, F., Sukegawa, Y., Yoshioka, Y., Hida, J., Hazama, S., Okuno, K."Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of peptide vaccination with oral chemotherapy following curative resection for stage III colorectal cancer". Oncology Letters 15.4 (2018): 4241-4247.
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Kawamura, J., Sugiura, F., Sukegawa, Y., Yoshioka, Y., Hida, J., Hazama, S., Okuno, K."Multicenter, phase II clinical trial of peptide vaccination with oral chemotherapy following curative resection for stage III colorectal cancer". Oncology Letters 15, no. 4 (2018): 4241-4247. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7905