Melanoma patients

Small cohorts of patients (3-9) were vaccinated with differently composed DC-vaccines: DC loaded with a single MAA-derived peptide (MAGE-3.A1 or -A2 or Na17.A2) or pulsed with 2 to 3 MAA-derived peptides (combinations of MAGE-3.A2, MAGE-C2.A2 or Na17.A2) or G4-DC loaded with 8 different peptides.

An important conclusion that can be made from these pilot-observations is that the potential therapeutic effect of our DC-based MAA-vaccination approach does not occur instantly but is delayed by 8-12w following the first vaccination (i.e.12-16w after the isolation of PBMC by leukapheresis given the 4w that are necessary for preparation of the DC-vaccine and the extensive quality control). All patients in whom a benefit was seen in our study had a normal LDH and all but one patient, were chemo-naïve.

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