Survival after intratumoral interleukin-2 treatment of 72 melanoma patients and response upon the first chemotherapy during follow-up.
Summary of "Survival after intratumoral interleukin-2 treatment of 72 melanoma patients and response upon the first chemotherapy during follow-up."
Systemic high-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) treatment achieves long-term survival in a subset of advanced patients with melanoma. As we reported previously, intratumoral IL-2 induced complete local responses in more than 60% of melanoma patients. This study aimed to analyze the long-term outcome of 72 patients treated in two prior trials. Melanoma patients (49 stage III, 23 stage IV) with injectable metastases received intratumoral IL-2 injections thrice weekly at individually escalated doses (median duration, 6.5 weeks; median total IL-2 dose, 72 MIU; median number of injected metastases, 10). The observed 2-year overall survival rates were 95.5% for stage III patients with cutaneous metastases only (stage IIIB), 72% for those with combined cutaneous and lymph node involvement (stage IIIC), 66.7% for stage IV patients with disease limited to distant soft-tissue metastases (stage IV M1a), and 9.1% for those with visceral metastases (stage IV M1b and stage IV M1c). Thirty patients who reported recurrence of unresectable distant metastases subsequently received chemotherapy in the further course of disease and showed an overall response rate of 36.7% (16.7% complete responses, 20% partial responses). A high total dose of IL-2 and a dacarbazine/temozolomide-based chemotherapy regimen were variables correlated with a clinical response. In conclusion, patients with cutaneous metastasis without lymph node involvement in stage III and with soft-tissue metastasis without visceral involvement in stage IV showed unexpected favorable survival rates after intratumoral treatment with IL-2. Furthermore, the intratumoral IL-2 treatment seemed to be associated with increased complete and partial responses in subsequent chemotherapies.
Affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Center of Dermatooncology, University of Tübingen, Liebermeisterstr. 25, 72076, Tübingen, Germany, benjamin.weide@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
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Name: Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII
ISSN: 1432-0851
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21174093
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-010-0957-3
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Melanoma, Amelanotic
An unpigmented malignant melanoma. It is an anaplastic melanoma consisting of cells derived from melanoblasts but not forming melanin. (Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)
Interleukin-1
A soluble factor produced by MONOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, and other cells which activates T-lymphocytes and potentiates their response to mitogens or antigens. Interleukin-1 is a general term refers to either of the two distinct proteins, INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA and INTERLEUKIN-1BETA. The biological effects of IL-1 include the ability to replace macrophage requirements for T-cell activation.
Cysteinyldopa
Found in large amounts in the plasma and urine of patients with malignant melanoma. It is therefore used in the diagnosis of melanoma and for the detection of postoperative metastases. Cysteinyldopa is believed to be formed by the rapid enzymatic hydrolysis of 5-S-glutathionedopa found in melanin-producing cells.
Interleukin Receptor Common Gamma Subunit
An interleukin receptor subunit that was originally discovered as a component of the INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR. It was subsequently found to be a component of several other receptors including the INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR, the INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, the INTERLEUKIN-9 RECEPTOR, the INTERLEUKIN-15 RECEPTOR, and the INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR. Mutations in the gene for the interleukin common gamma chain have been associated with X-LINKED COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES.
Melanoma, Experimental
Experimentally induced tumor that produces MELANIN in animals to provide a model for studying human MELANOMA.
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