Review Article

Immunological and Clinical Effects of Vaccines Targeting p53-Overexpressing Malignancies

Table 2

Immune and clinical response p53-targeting vaccines.

AuthorYearHumoral response1Cellular response2Immunohistochemistry3Clinical response4ToxicityRef
ELISPOTProliferation

Kuball et al.2002no anti-p53 specific Absno p53-specific responsenot analyzed3/6 positive4/6 SD
2/6 PD
CTC I, local reaction, fever[25]
Menon et al. 2003pre 7/15
post 10/15
4/15 PR1/15 PRnot analyzed1/16 SDCTC I/II, fever[26, 27]
Antonia et al. 2006pre 10/22
post 10/22
16/28 PRp53-specific proliferation not analyzednot analyzed1/29 PR
7/29 SD
21/29 PD
CTC I/II[28]
Svane et al. 2004not analyzed4/6 PRnot analyzed3/6 positive2/6 SD
2/6 PD
2/6 MR/UR
mild/moderate local reaction/flu-like symptoms[29]
Svane et al. 2007not analyzed8/22 PRnot analyzed11/26 positive8/19 SD
11/19 PD
CTC I/II, local reaction, flu-like symptoms[30]
Lomas et al. 2004pre 0/6
post 1/6
0/6 PR2/6 VIR14/14 positiveNot analyzedCTC I/II, local reaction, nausea, arthralgia[31]
Rahma et al. 2010not analyzed10/19 PRnot analyzed21/21 positive3 NED
1 SD
16 PD
CTC III/IV[32ā€“34]
Leffers et al. 2009pre 8/20
post 9/20
18/18 PR14/17 PR9/20 positive2 SD
18 PD
CTC I/II, local reaction[35]
Speetjens et al.2009not analyzed6/9 PR7/10 VIR6/10 positive3/10 NED
7/10 PD
CTC I/II, local reaction, flu-like symptoms[36]

1Pre- and postimmunization levels of anti-p53-specific antibodies. 2p53-specific T-lymphocytes induced by immunizations, PR: positive response, VIR: vaccine-induced response. 3p53- staining of primary tumor samples. 4SD: stable disease, PD: progressive disease, MR: mixed response, UR: unconfirmed regression, PR: partial response, NED: no evidence of disease, all according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors.