A randomized phase II study to assess the effect of adjuvant immunotherapy using α-GalCer-pulsed dendritic cells in the patients with completely resected stage II–IIIA non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

A randomized phase II study to assess the effect of adjuvant immunotherapy using α-GalCer-pulsed dendritic cells in the patients with completely resected stage II–IIIA non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background As the toxicity associated with the α-GalCer-pulsed dendritic cell (DC) therapy could be considered to be negligible, its addition to postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy would be expected to greatly improve the therapeutic effect, and could result in prolonged survival. The aim o...

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Main Authors: Hideo Saka, Chiyoe Kitagawa, Yukito Ichinose, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Hidenori Ibata, Tatsuo Kato, Koji Takami, Motohiro Yamashita, Tadashi Maeda, Sadanori Takeo, Hitoshi Ueda, Kan Okabayashi, Seiji Nagashima, Tadayuki Oka, Hidenori Kouso, Seiichi Fukuyama, Kentaro Yoshimoto, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Akiko M. Saito, Suminobu Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Non-small cell lung cancer
Immunotherapy
Phase II
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2103-4

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