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INTERLEUKIN-2 GENE-THERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH GLIOBLASTOMA GENE THERAPY SOBOL, R. E., Fakhrai, H., Shawler, D., GJERSET, R., Dorigo, O., Carson, C., KHALEGHI, T., KOZIOL, J., Shiftan, T. A., Royston, I. 1995; 2 (2): 164-167

Abstract

A patient with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) who had failed conventional therapy was treated with IL-2 gene therapy. The patient received 10 subcutaneous immunizations with autologous tumor cells and fibroblasts genetically modified to secrete IL-2 by retroviral gene transfer. An antitumor immune response mediated in part by CD8+ cytotoxic T cells was demonstrated with the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan performed 4 weeks after the highest treatment dose revealed marked tumor necrosis. These results support the evaluation of this form of IL-2 gene therapy in additional patients with glioblastoma.

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