Immune responses and clinical outcomes in 8 patients

IDNo. DC injectionDTHCD4 T cell responseCD8 T cell responseMDSCs*Tregs*IL-8†Change in Target Lesions (%)Clinical Response‡PFS§(d)OS§(d)Prognosis
18026+++decreaseddecreasedlow−25.4SD173339Dead
18036-+-decreaseddecreasedlow0SD200353Dead
18066---decreasedno changehigh−18.4N.A.¶100100Dead
18086---no changeincreasedhigh−5.4SD155193Dead
18126--+no changeno changelow30.3PD#1011140||Alive
181412+++decreaseddecreasedlow−100CR3471127||Alive
18176---no changeincreasedhigh−27.8PD**88206Dead
182312+++decreasedno changehigh−35.3PR342||342||Alive

PFS, progression free survival; OS, overall survival; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease.

*Compared to the baseline.

High or low is defined as more or less than 60 pg/ml in sera.

4wks after last injection.

§From the registration (days).

Withdrawn from the study by sudden hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage.

||A censored case due to the termination of the study.

#After surgical removal of target lesion (LN metastasis), no recurrence was observed.

**Though target lesion became smaller, accumulation of pleural effusion was increased.