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Brief Title: Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Official Title: Vaccination With Autologous Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Allogenous Melanoma Lysate (MelCancerVac) for Treatment of Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Study ID: NCT00311272
Brief Summary: Dendritic cells loaded with tumor antigens induce cytotoxic T-cells which have been proved capable of killing both melanoma and breast cancer cells. Melanoma and colorectal cancer cells express some common antigens. Hence it is possible to use melanoma lysate to load the dendritic cells with tumor antigens similar to the antigens expressed by the patients' colorectal cancer cells. The patient receives 10 vaccinations with 14 days between each. The parameters for effect are changes in tumor/metastasis size measured with computed tomography (CT), decrease in serum concentration of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), performance status measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, and Quality of Life.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 25 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Surgical Department, University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, , Denmark
Name: Anders Fischer, MD
Affiliation: University Hospital Gentofte
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR