Autologous Dendritic Cell-Cytokine Induced Killer Cell Immunotherapy Combined with S-1 Plus Cisplatin in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Study

PMID: 30514775
Journal: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (volume: 25, issue: 5, Clin. Cancer Res. 2019 Mar;25(5):1494-1504)
Published: 2018-12-04

Authors:
Qiao G, Wang X, Zhou L, Zhou X, Song Y, Wang S, Zhao L, Morse MA, Hobeika A, Song J, Yi X, Xia X, Ren J, Lyerly HK

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: We have assessed the combination of DC-CIK with S-1 plus cisplatin chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and the role of mutational analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in predicting clinical outcomes.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Consecutive patients ( = 63) with AGC were allocated to treatment with S-1 alone, S-1 plus cisplatin, DC-CIK combined with S-1 or DC-CIK combined with S-1 plus cisplatin. The primary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) at 1 year; the secondary endpoints were disease control rate and analysis of ctDNA and TCR repertoire.

RESULTS: The DC-CIK infusions were well tolerated with no serious adverse events. The disease control rates (CRPRSD) were 5.6%, 33.3%, 47.1%, and 76.9% in the S-1 alone, the S-1 plus cisplatin, DC-CIK combined with S-1 and DC-CIK combined with the S-1 plus cisplatin groups, respectively ( = 0.001). After adjusting for competing risk factors, treatment with DC-CIK combined with S-1 plus cisplatin was confirmed to be an independent predictor of PFS and OS ( = 0.001). A decrease in the frequency and number of mutations in ctDNA was observed in 19 patients (63.3%) following the DC-CIK infusions. Decreased ctDNA mutational frequency and restored TCR repertoire were associated with improved PFS and OS ( = 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: DC-CIK combined with S-1 plus cisplatin provided a favorable PFS and OS in patients with AGC and the combination therapy was safe with tolerable toxicities. Clinical efficacy correlated with decreases in ctDNA mutational profiles and restored TCR repertoire.