Antibody responses against NY-ESO-1 and HER2 antigens in patients vaccinated with combinations of cholesteryl pullulan (CHP)-NY-ESO-1 and CHP-HER2 with OK-432

Vaccine. 2009 Nov 16;27(49):6854-61. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.09.018. Epub 2009 Sep 15.

Abstract

Combination vaccines of the NY-ESO-1 protein complexed with cholesteryl pullulan (CHP), CHP-NY-ESO-1, and the truncated 146HER2 protein with CHP, CHP-HER2, were subcutaneously administered with the immuno-adjuvant OK-432 to eight esophageal cancer patients. Vaccination was well-tolerated. NY-ESO-1- and HER2-specific antibody responses were analyzed using the patients' sera and samples from previous single CHP-NY-ESO-1 or CHP-HER2 vaccine trial. The responses to NY-ESO-1 in the combination vaccine study were comparable to the single vaccine. For responses to HER2, there were fewer antibody responses in the combination vaccines. Although there were marked individual variations in the antibody responses to the NY-ESO-1 and HER2 antigens, the reaction patterns to these antigens were comparable within each patient. Antibodies to OK-432 were not augmented. Protein cancer vaccines targeting multiple antigens are feasible.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / blood
  • Antibody Formation*
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
  • Cancer Vaccines / immunology*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Female
  • Glucans / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins / immunology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Picibanil / immunology*
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / immunology*
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Vaccines, Combined / immunology

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • CHP-HER2 vaccine
  • CTAG1B protein, human
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Glucans
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Vaccines, Combined
  • Picibanil
  • pullulan
  • Receptor, ErbB-2