Toll-like receptor 7/8-matured RNA-transduced dendritic cells as post-remission therapy in acute myeloid leukaemia: results of a phase I trial.

Toll-like receptor 7/8-matured RNA-transduced dendritic cells as post-remission therapy in acute myeloid leukaemia: results of a phase I trial.

Lichtenegger, Felix S;Schnorfeil, Frauke M;Rothe, Maurine;Deiser, Katrin;Altmann, Torben;Bücklein, Veit L;Köhnke, Thomas;Augsberger, Christian;Konstandin, Nikola P;Spiekermann, Karsten;Moosmann, Andreas;Boehm, Stephan;Boxberg, Melanie;Heemskerk, Mirjam Hm;Goerlich, Dennis;Wittmann, Georg;Wagner, Beate;Hiddemann, Wolfgang;Schendel, Dolores J;Kvalheim, Gunnar;Bigalke, Iris;Subklewe, Marion;
clinical & translational immunology 2020 Vol. 9 pp. e1117
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lichtenegger2020tolllikeclinical

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Innovative post-remission therapies are needed to eliminate residual AML cells. DC vaccination is a promising strategy to induce anti-leukaemic immune responses.We conducted a first-in-human phase I study using TLR7/8-matured DCs transfected with RNA encoding the two AML-associated antigens WT1 and PRAME as well as CMVpp65. AML patients in CR at high risk of relapse were vaccinated 10× over 26 weeks.Despite heavy pretreatment, DCs of sufficient number and quality were generated from a single leukapheresis in 11/12 cases, and 10 patients were vaccinated. Administration was safe and resulted in local inflammatory responses with dense T-cell infiltration. In peripheral blood, increased antigen-specific CD8 T cells were seen for WT1 (2/10), PRAME (4/10) and CMVpp65 (9/10). For CMVpp65, increased CD4 T cells were detected in 4/7 patients, and an antibody response was induced in 3/7 initially seronegative patients. Median OS was not reached after 1057 days; median RFS was 1084 days. A positive correlation was observed between clinical benefit and younger age as well as mounting of antigen-specific immune responses.Administration of TLR7/8-matured DCs to AML patients in CR at high risk of relapse was feasible and safe and resulted in induction of antigen-specific immune responses. Clinical benefit appeared to occur more likely in patients <65 and in patients mounting an immune response. Our observations need to be validated in a larger patient cohort. We hypothesise that TLR7/8 DC vaccination strategies should be combined with hypomethylating agents or checkpoint inhibition to augment immune responses.The study was registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov on 17 October 2012 (NCT01734304) and at https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu (EudraCT-Number 2010-022446-24) on 10 October 2013.

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