Immunologic and therapeutic evaluation of a synthetic peptide vaccine for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma.

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Published in Nat Med on March 01, 1998

Authors

S A Rosenberg1, J C Yang, D J Schwartzentruber, P Hwu, F M Marincola, S L Topalian, N P Restifo, M E Dudley, S L Schwarz, P J Spiess, J R Wunderlich, M R Parkhurst, Y Kawakami, C A Seipp, J H Einhorn, D E White

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Dendritic Cells (White Blood Cells) Vaccination for Advanced Melanoma | NCT00683670

Gemcitabine With Peptide Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Bile Duct Cancer | NCT00624182

Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-A*2402 Restricted Peptide Vaccine Therapy in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | NCT00674258

Combination of Chemoradiation Therapy and Epitope Peptide Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer | NCT00632333

Immunization of HLA-A201 Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using a Combination of Immunodominant Peptides From Three Melanoma Antigens, MART-1, GP100 and Tyrosinase | NCT00001685

Immunization of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using the GP100 Peptide Preceded by an Endoplasmic Reticulum Insertion Signal Sequence | NCT00001705

A Phase I Study of gp100 Human Melanoma Peptide Vaccine With Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant | NCT00001439

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