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Počet príspevkov : 115 Registration date : 28.11.2013
| Predmet: Canonical pathway analysis of relevant genes identified immune related Po december 30, 2013 5:56 am | |
| The study was designed to measure changes in distant metastasis free survival as the primary endpoint, and was powered to detect a 9. 75% absolute difference in DMFS at 4 years. The study results were first reported in 2007 at a median follow up of 3. 8 years and later updated in 2011 at a median follow up of 7. 6 years, Significant RFS benefit selleck from pIFN 2b was consistently seen in the study overall, while there was no overall benefit seen in DMFS or OS. Strati fying patients by stage, patients with microscopic nodal involvement derived significant benefits in RFS and DMFS as reported in 2007; these improvements were still seen in the updated report in 2011, but no longer statistically significant. Patients with clinically detectable nodal involvement showed no significant benefit in any endpoint.<br>br<> On the other hand, further subgroup analysis showed that the greatest bene fit of pIFN 2b was seen in the N1 subset with an ulcer ated primary with a median OS of 9 years versus 3. 7 years. The median duration for the induction phase was 8 weeks, while the median maintenance duration was 14. 9 months. In addition, 31% patients discontinued treatment owing Lenalidomide TNF-alpha 受容体 阻害剤 to adverse events and 23% remained on treatment in years 4 5; this proportion of treatment at trition due to toxicity is higher than the 10% reported in E1694, Predictive markers of therapeutic benefit are needed to accelerate progress in the adjuvant therapy of melanoma to treat only those who would relapse and to treat only those who have the capacity to respond.<br>br<> Biomarkers could serve to select LY2228820 分子量 patients who would benefit from treatment with IFN and to spare side effects of the treat ment for patients who are not likely to respond. Bio markers of risk benefit that have been evaluated in studies of adjuvant IFN include S100B, autoimmunity, the proinflammatory cytokine profile in serum. Auto immunity was identified to be a predictive factor for re sponse in adjuvant treatment with IFN as demonstrated by the presence of thyroid, anti cardiolipins, anti nu clear, and anti DNA autoantibodies, The HLA genotype was also found to be a factor predicting recur rence in patients treated with IFN as an adjuvant. The rate of relapse is significantly lower in patients with HLA A33, B57, Cw03 and Cw06.<br>br<> Other immunomodu latory mechanisms of high dose IFN are the increase of tumor infiltrating cells, the decrease of circulating Treg cells, the modulation of the STAT1 STAT3 balance in both tumor cells and host lymphocytes, the change in serum cytokine concentrations, and the normalization of T cell signaling defects in the peripheral blood lym phocytes, Candidate biomarkers linked to the pro inflammatory immune response and markers of im munosuppression as assessed in the tumor microenviron ment and in circulation may have therapeutic predictive roles in relation to immunotherapy. | |
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