The Kurume Medical Journal
Online ISSN : 1881-2090
Print ISSN : 0023-5679
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Case Report
Evaluation of the Immunological Response of Childhood Cancer Patients Treated with a Personalized Peptide Vaccine for Refractory Soft Tissue Tumor: A Four-Case Series
KEIKO ODAYASUHIKO ITOAKIRA YAMADASHIGERU YUTANIKYOGO ITOHSHUICHI OZONO
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2021 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 157-163

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Summary: This case series aimed to evaluate the peptide-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) response, clinical effectiveness, and the safety of a personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) in four children with refractory solid cancer. Although the pre-vaccination IgG responses were suppressed, IgG levels against the vaccinated peptides after 12 vaccinations were increased in all three cases who received at least 12 vaccinations. Vaccination-related adverse effects were grade 1 injection-site local skin lesions. One patient, whose diagnosis was relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma, remains in sustained remission after 37 months. Although the pre-vaccination immune response in this patient was low, IgG levels against 2 of the 4 peptide vaccines were increased after the sixth vaccination, followed by a strong increase at the eighteenth vaccination against all 4 peptides, with a >100-fold increase vs. 2 peptides. The remaining three patients exhibited progressive disease and eventually died of their original cancer. The results of the current case series suggest that in cases of childhood solid tumors, when the tumor is controlled at the time of entry PPV may have some consolidation effect. Therefore, PPV could be a new immunotherapy modality for refractory childhood solid tumors.

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