Advanced or recurrent gastrointestinal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Advanced or recurrent gastrointestinal cancer confirmed adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma 2)Over clinical StageIII in UICC-TNM 3)Aged from 20 to 75 years 4)Performance status 0 or 1 5)Patient who has never had chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and endocrine therapy for cancer 6)Sufficient functions of major organ 7)Full filling the following conditions within 2 weeks before registration WBC from 4,000/mm3 to 12,000/mm3. Neutrophils over 2,000/mm3. Hemoglobin over 8.0g/dL. Plate over 100,000/mm3. AST under 100IU/L, or ALT under 100IU/L. Total bilirubin under 1.5mg/dL. Serum creatinine under 1.2mg/dL. Creatinine clearance over 60mL/min/body. 8)Having written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Active other malignancy, except lesions of "carcinoma in situ" or intramucosal location which are curatively resectable 2)Pregnant or lactating woman 3)Sever mental impairment 4)Active or uncontrolled clinically serious infection, except local infection not influencing general status 5)Judged inappropriate by the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate the capacity of the DCs derived from iPS cells in healthy donors and cancer patients to prime TAA-specific CTLs comparatively with the DCs derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in the donors and the patients | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate the morphology of the DCs derived from iPS cells in healthy donors and cancer patients comparatively with the DCs derived from PBMCs in the donors and the patients To investigate the capacity in terms of maturation and migration of the DCs derived from iPS cells in healthy donors and cancer patients comparatively with the DCs derived from PBMCs in the donors and the patients To verify the expression of tumor associated antigen in cancer cells sampled from cancer patients | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Wakayama Medical University Second Department of Surgery