TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Interleukin-2 in the Immunotherapy of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
AU - Rosenberg, Steven A.
AU - Packard, Beverly S.
AU - Aebersold, Paul M.
AU - Solomon, Diane
AU - Topalian, Suzanne L.
AU - Toy, Stephen T.
AU - Simon, Paul
AU - Lotze, Michael T.
AU - Yang, James C.
AU - Seipp, Claudia A.
AU - Simpson, Colleen
AU - Carter, Charles
AU - Bock, Steven
AU - Schwartzentruber, Douglas
AU - Wei, John P.
AU - White, Donald E.
PY - 1988/12/22
Y1 - 1988/12/22
N2 - Lymphocytes extracted from freshly resected melanomas can be expanded in vitro and can often mediate specific lysis of autologous tumor cells but not allogeneic tumor or autologous normal cells. We treated 20 patients with metastatic melanoma by means of adoptive transfer of these tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and interleukin-2, after the patients had received a single intravenous dose of cyclophosphamide. Objective regression of the cancer was observed in 9 of 15 patients (60 percent) who had not previously been treated with interleukin-2 and in 2 of 5 patients (40 percent) in whom previous therapy with interleukin-2 had failed. Regression of cancer occurred in the lungs, liver, bone, skin, and subcutaneous sites and lasted from 2 to more than 13 months. Toxic effects of interleukin-2 occurred, although the treatment course was short (five days); these side effects were reversible. It appears that in patients with metastatic melanoma, this experimental treatment regimen can produce higher response rates than those achieved with interleukin-2 administered alone or with lymphokine-activated killer cells. It is too early to determine whether this new form of immunotherapy can improve survival, but further trials seem warranted.
AB - Lymphocytes extracted from freshly resected melanomas can be expanded in vitro and can often mediate specific lysis of autologous tumor cells but not allogeneic tumor or autologous normal cells. We treated 20 patients with metastatic melanoma by means of adoptive transfer of these tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and interleukin-2, after the patients had received a single intravenous dose of cyclophosphamide. Objective regression of the cancer was observed in 9 of 15 patients (60 percent) who had not previously been treated with interleukin-2 and in 2 of 5 patients (40 percent) in whom previous therapy with interleukin-2 had failed. Regression of cancer occurred in the lungs, liver, bone, skin, and subcutaneous sites and lasted from 2 to more than 13 months. Toxic effects of interleukin-2 occurred, although the treatment course was short (five days); these side effects were reversible. It appears that in patients with metastatic melanoma, this experimental treatment regimen can produce higher response rates than those achieved with interleukin-2 administered alone or with lymphokine-activated killer cells. It is too early to determine whether this new form of immunotherapy can improve survival, but further trials seem warranted.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198812223192527
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198812223192527
M3 - Article
C2 - 3264384
AN - SCOPUS:0024166189
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 319
SP - 1676
EP - 1680
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 25
ER -