Phase I study of adjuvant immunotherapy with autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in locally advanced cervical cancer

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  • He Huang
  • Cai-Ping Nie
  • Xiu-feng Liu
  • Bin Song
  • Jian-hui Yue
  • Jing-xiao Xu
  • Jia He
  • Kui Li
  • Yan-ling Feng
  • Ting Wan
  • Min Zheng
  • Yan-Na Zhang
  • Wei-Jun Ye
  • Jun-Dong Li
  • Yan-Fang Li
  • Jun-yun Li
  • Xin-Ping Cao
  • Zhi-min Liu
  • Xiao-shi Zhang
  • Qing Liu
  • And 3 others
  • Xi Zhang
  • Ji-Hong Liu
  • Jiang Li

BACKGROUND. Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) has achieved remarkable clinical efficacy in metastatic cancers such as melanoma and cervical cancer (CC). Here, we explored the safety, feasibility, and preliminary tumor response and performed translational investigations of adjuvant immunotherapy using infusion of autogenous TILs (auto-TILs) following concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in patients with CC who had locally advanced disease. METHODS. Twenty-seven patients with CC with stage III-IV disease were recruited in this single-center, phase I study. TILs were isolated from lesions in the uterine cervix and generated under good manufacturing practice (GMP) conditions and then infused after CCRT plus i.m. IL-2 injections. RESULTS. TILs from 20 of the 27 patients were successfully expanded, with a feasibility of 74.1%. Twelve patients received TILs following CCRT. Adverse events (AEs) were primarily attributable to CCRT. Only 1 (8.3%) patient experienced severe toxicity with a grade 3 hypersensitivity reaction after TIL infusion. No autoimmune AEs, such as pneumonitis, hepatitis, or myocarditis, occurred, and there were no treatment-related mortalities. Nine of 12 patients (75.0%) attained a complete response, with a disease control duration of 9-22 months. Translational investigation showed that the transcriptomic characteristics of the infused TIL products and some immune biomarkers in the tumor microenvironment and serum of patients with CC at baseline were correlated with the clinical response. CONCLUSION. TIL-based ACT following CCRT was safe in an academic center setting, with potentially effective responses in patients with locally advanced CC. "Hot" inflammatory immune environments were beneficial to the clinical efficacy of TILbased ACT as adjuvant therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere157726
JournalJournal of Clinical Investigation
Volume132
Issue number15
Number of pages15
ISSN0021-9738
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Publication statusPublished - 2022

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