In vitro immune monitoring of antibody response in dogs given chemoimmunotherapy for lymphoma

Am J Vet Res. 1989 Apr;50(4):488-92.

Abstract

Clinical remission in 30 dogs with lymphoma was induced with a combination of vincristine, L-asparaginase, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin HCl, administered sequentially, and then an autochthonous tumor cell vaccine, given intralymphatically, as maintenance therapy. Humoral antibody amounts were monitored in 11 dogs, using a solid-phase bead-type radioimmunoassay. The median survival of the 30 dogs was 13 months from the start of chemotherapy (range, 7 to 25 months; mean, 13.8). The median remission duration was 16 weeks (range, 9 to 98 weeks; mean, 26.8). Correlation between increase in amount of humoral antibody was significant (P = 0.0001 to 0.012), before and after chemoimmunotherapy, in dogs responding to therapy, compared with that in dogs not responding to therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Asparaginase / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dog Diseases / immunology*
  • Dog Diseases / therapy
  • Dogs
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Immunotherapy / veterinary*
  • Lymphoma / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma / immunology
  • Lymphoma / therapy
  • Lymphoma / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Time Factors
  • Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines / immunology
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Vaccines
  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Asparaginase