Safety and efficacy of administration of EBV specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in chemotherapy responding EBV positive NK/T cell lymphoma patients.
- Conditions
- Diseases of the blood and blood -forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11
Patients matching all of the following were included:
1)Histologically verified extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification
2)Achieved complete response (CR) following induction or salvage therapy.
3)Patients who are at least 14 years old up to 74 years old
4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance rating of 0, 1, 2
5) Patients with adequate kidney function (serum creatinine less than 1.5 times the normal upper limit)
6) Patients with adequate liver function (bilirubin less than 1.5 times the normal upper limit in the serum)
7) Patients with adequate heart function (there should be no specific electrocardiographic findings according to the principal investigator's judgment)
8) No evidence of secondary tumor, heart failure, infection chronic lung disease ultimately according to the principal investigator's judgment.
9) Voluntarily signed the informed patient consent
Patients with any of the following were excluded from the study:
1) Pregnancy, lactation or potential of pregnancy
2) Bacterial or fungal infection of unknown cause or patients with fever (=38?) or active infection in progress
3) Patients under 14 years old or over 75 years old
4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance rating of 3, 4
5) Previously demonstrated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, hypertension (diastolic blood pressure >115mmHg), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (NY class II or higher), severe diabetes that is not well controlled, coronary angioplasty within the last 6 months, patients with acute myocardial infarction or non-malignant diseases including atrial ventricular arrhythima within the past six months
6)Patients with a mental disorder or substance abuse that is considered to affect the results of the research
7) Patients participating in another clinical trial
8) Patients with other serious medical conditions.
9) Patients who did not achieve complete response following inital therapy, including chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, salvage therapy, or high-dose therapy and stem cell transplantation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We determined the efficacy of administered EBV-specific CTLs following treatment for two years to determine the disease-free survival.;We determined the safety of administered EBV-specific CTLs following treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method