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Brief Title: Determining the Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) Cytotoxicity Present in Patients Undergoing Interleukin-2 Therapy
Official Title: Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) Cell Activity Against Cell Lines In-vitro of LAK Generated in Vivo by Pulse Interleukin-2 Therapy
Study ID: NCT01068470
Brief Summary: Therapy with Interleukin-2 stimulates lymphocytes in humans to become Lymphokine-activated Killer cells (LAK). This study will determine if these killer cells are able to kill certain standard cell-lines in the laboratory.
Detailed Description: Blood samples will be taken from patients undergoing outpatient Interleukin-2 therapy to measure the LAK cytotoxicity at baseline, after 1 cycle of therapy and 2 months later. The LAK cytotoxicity assay will be a standard colorimetric assay that measures lactic dehydrogenase release from lysed cells.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Loma Linda University Cancer Center, Beaumont, California, United States
Name: Walter Quan, MD
Affiliation: Loma Linda University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR