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Simple Summary
The treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma patients with anti-GD2 antibodies has improved survival, and it is an established treatment strategy; however, many patients still experience a late relapse. One disadvantage of passive immunotherapy is the absence of a memory response. Therefore, developing an active immunotherapy leading to a sustained immune response may provide a solution and prevent the occurrence of late relapses following anti-GD2 antibody therapy. Here, we describe the first-in-man compassionate use of the ganglidiomab vaccine following passive immunotherapy with an anti-GD2 antibody (dinutuximab beta) in seven neuroblastoma patients. The vaccine was well-tolerated, and all patients not pre-treated by haploidentical transplantation developed vaccine-specific immune responses.
Abstract
(1) Background: High-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) is associated with a poor prognosis despite a multimodal high-intensity treatment regimen, including immunotherapy with anti-GD2 monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Here, we investigated the effects of an anti-idiotypic vaccine based on the mAb ganglidiomab that structurally mimics GD2. (2) Methods: Patients with HR-NB treated with anti-GD2 mAb dinutuximab beta and who achieved complete remission after frontline or salvage therapy were offered the vaccine (0.5 mg ganglidiomab adsorbed to Alhydrogel®). Side effects (CTCAE v4.03) and immune responses were determined on each visit. We also evaluated the time to relapse or progression until the last follow-up. (3) Results: Seven HR-NB patients (five frontlines, two relapsed) received 6–22 subcutaneous injections every two weeks. Six of the seven patients showed an immune response. The non-responding patient had a haploidentical stem cell transplantation as part of the previous treatment. No fever, pain, neuropathy, or toxicities ≥ grade 3 occurred during or post-treatment. All immunized patients did not experience relapses or progressions of their neuroblastoma. (4) Conclusions: This is the first-in-man use of the ganglidiomab vaccine, which was well-tolerated, and all patients not pre-treated by haploidentical transplantation developed vaccine-specific immune responses. These findings provide an important basis for the design of prospective clinical trials.
Für frühgeborene Kinder ist Muttermilch die empfohlene enterale Ernährung mit vielen bereits gut untersuchten positiven Effekten. Jedoch ist der Gehalt an Makronährstoffen zu niedrig, um die Bedürfnisse von Frühgeborenen zu decken. Zusätzlich zeigt native Muttermilch eine hohe inter- und intraindividuelle Variabilität der Makronährstoffe. Die Effizienz der allgemein verbreiteten Standardfortifizierung mit kommerziell erhältlichen Fortifiern ist durch diese Variabilität beeinträchtigt und kann so in einem Großteil der Muttermilchproben zu einer inadäquaten Nährstoffzufuhr führen, die zu niedrig, jedoch auch zu hoch ausfallen kann. Unzureichende Ernährung kann einen negativen Einfluss auf das Wachstum und die Körperzusammensetzung sowie Folgeerkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter haben.
Diese Studie zeigt anhand eines Datensatzes mit realen Messwerten zur Zusammensetzung der Muttermilch in über 3300 Proben, dass die Messung der Makronährstoffe in nativer Muttermilch und die anschließende, darauf basierende Targetfortifizierung mit der individuellen Ergänzung der fehlenden Makronährstoffen zu adäquaten Nährstoffeinträgen führt. Mit diesem Ansatz kann auf die Variabilität der nativen Muttermilch reagiert und die Variation der Makronährstoffeinfuhr signifikant verringert werden. In dieser Arbeit wurden drei verschiedene optimierte Standardfortifier entwickelt. Deren Zusammensetzung erhöht den Makronährstoffeintrag bereits unter Standardfortifizierung, aber noch mehr bei ein oder zwei Muttermilchanalysen pro Woche.
Weiterhin wurde in dieser Arbeit der Einfluss der durch die verschiedenen Fortifizierungsstrategien erzeugten Nährstoffzufuhren auf die Wachstumsraten berechnet, die für Standardfortifizierung ungenügende und für Targetfortifizierung hauptsächlich zufriedenstelle Ergebnisse zeigt.
Verschiedene Kombinationen von Pooling mit bis zu drei Proben oder von Pooling einer größeren Anzahl wie in einer Milchbank zu Verfügung stehenden Proben verringerten nicht die Variabilität der Nährstoffzufuhr. Ebenso zeigte die Gefriertrocknung keine zufriedenstellenden Ergebnisse für alle Makronährstoffkonzentrationen.
Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit verdeutlichen, dass standardfortifizierte Muttermilch trotz verschiedener Poolingstrategien keine adäquate Makronährstoffzufuhr für frühgeborene Kinder sicherstellt. Für den klinischen Alltag wird die Bedeutung der Targetfortifizierung deutlich, die mit regelmäßiger Muttermilchanalyse und unter Anwendung optimierter Standardfortifier zufriedenstellend gelingen kann und so zu physiologischen Wachstumsraten führen kann.
Immunotherapies against high-risk neuroblastoma (NB), using the anti-GD2 antibody (Ab) dinutuximab beta (DB), significantly improved patient survival. Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is one of the main mechanisms of action and it is primarily mediated by NK cells. To further improve antitumor efficacy, we investigated here a combinatorial immunotherapy with DB and the double immune checkpoint blockade of T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1). The effects of ADCC, mediated by DB against NB cells on NK-cell activity, and the expression of TIGIT and CD226 and their ligands CD112 and CD155, as well as of PD-1 and PD-L1 on NB and effector cells, were investigated using flow cytometry. ADCC was assessed with a calcein-AM-based cytotoxicity assay. The efficacy of a combinatorial immunotherapy with DB, given as a long-term treatment, and the double immune checkpoint blockade of TIGIT and PD-L1 was shown using a resistant murine model of NB, followed by an analysis of the tumor tissue. We detected both TIGIT ligands, CD112 and CD155, on all NB cell lines analyzed. Although ADCC by DB resulted in a strong activation of NK cells leading to an effective tumor cell lysis, a remarkable induction of PD-L1 expression on NB cells, and of TIGIT and PD-1 on effector cells, especially on NK cells, was observed. Additional anti-TIGIT or anti-PD-L1 treatments effectively inhibited tumor growth and improved survival of the mice treated with DB. The superior antitumor effects were observed in the “DB + double immune checkpoint blockade” group, showing an almost complete eradication of the tumors and the highest OS, even under resistant conditions. An analysis of tumor tissue revealed both TIGIT and TIGIT ligand expression on myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), suggesting additional mechanisms of protumoral effects in NB. Our data show that the targeting of TIGIT and PD-L1 significantly improves the antitumor efficacy of anti-GD2 immunotherapy, with DB presenting a new effective combinatorial treatment strategy against high-risk tumors.
Treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma (NB) patients with the anti-GD2 antibody (Ab) dinutuximab beta (DB) improves survival by 15%. Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is the major mechanism of action and is primarily mediated by NK cells. Since IL-2 co-treatment did not show a therapeutic benefit but strongly induced Treg, we investigated here a DB-based immunotherapy combined with the immunocytokine FAP-IL-2v, which comprises a fibroblast activation protein α (FAP)-specific Ab linked to a mutated IL-2 variant (IL-2v) with abolished binding to the high-affinity IL-2 receptor, thus stimulating NK cells without induction of Treg. Effects of FAP-IL-2v on NK cells, Treg and ADCC mediated by DB, as well as FAP expression in NB, were investigated by flow cytometry, calcein-AM-based cytotoxicity assay and RT-PCR analysis. Moreover, the impact of soluble factors released from tumor cells on FAP expression by primary fibroblasts was assessed. Finally, a combined immunotherapy with DB and FAP-IL-2v was evaluated using a resistant syngeneic murine NB model. Incubation of leukocytes with FAP-IL-2v enhanced DB-specific ADCC without induction of Treg. FAP expression on NB cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDCS) in tumor tissue was identified. A tumor-cell-dependent enhancement in FAP expression by primary fibroblasts was demonstrated. Combination with DB and FAP-IL-2v resulted in reduced tumor growth and improved survival. Analysis of tumor tissue revealed increased NK and cytotoxic T cell numbers and reduced Treg compared to controls. Our data show that FAP-IL-2v is a potent immunocytokine that augments the efficacy of DB against NB, providing a promising alternative to IL-2.
Background
Short-term infusions of dinutuximab beta plus isotretinoin and cytokines administered in previous immunotherapy studies in neuroblastoma were associated with severe pain. Here, long-term, continuous infusion of single-agent dinutuximab beta was evaluated in patients with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.
Methods
In this open-label, single-arm, Phase 2 study, patients with either refractory or relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma received dinutuximab beta by continuous infusion over 10 days of each cycle, for up to five cycles. The primary endpoint was objective response rate 24 weeks after the end of cycle 5. Secondary endpoints included adverse events, intravenous morphine use, best response, duration of response, and three-year progression-free and overall survival.
Results
Of the 40 patients included, 38 had evaluable response. Objective response rate was 26% and best response rate 37%. Median duration of response was 238 days (IQR 108–290). Three-year progression-free and overall survival rates were 31% (95% CI 17–47) and 66% (95% CI 47–79), respectively. Prophylactic intravenous morphine use and duration of use decreased with increasing cycles. The most common grade 3 treatment-related adverse events were pain, diarrhea, and hypokalemia.
Conclusion
Long-term continuous infusion of single-agent dinutuximab beta is tolerable and associated with clinically meaningful responses in patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma.
Clinical trial registration
The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02743429) and EudraCT (2014-000588-42).
Objective
Maternal pre-pregnancy underweight, overweight and obesity might increase the risk for worse short- and long-term outcome in the offspring. There is a need for further study into the relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and the combined outcome of physical development, state of health and social behavior in children. Question: Is maternal pre-pregnancy BMI associated with the child outcome in terms of physical development, state of health and social behavior (school and leisure time behavior) at the age of 9 to 15 years?
Methods
In the population-based birth cohort study Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SNIP) children at the age 9–15 years and their families were re-examined by questionnaire-based follow-up. 5725 mother–child pairs were invited to SNiP-follow-up. This analysis is based on the recall fraction of 24.1% (n = 1379). Based on the maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (ppBMI), 4 groups were formed: underweight (ppBMI < 19 kg/m2, n = 117), normal weight (ppBMI 19–24.99 kg/m2, n = 913, reference), overweight (ppBMI 25–30 kg). /m2, n = 237) and obesity (ppBMI > 30 kg/m2, n = 109).
Results
In the multiple regression model, the BMI-z-score for children of mothers in the underweight group was −0.50 lower, and 0.50/1.07 higher in the overweight/obese group (p < 0.001) compared to reference at median age of 12 years. No differences were found in children of underweight mothers with regard to social behavior (interaction with friends and family), school and sports performance (coded from “very good” to “poor”), other leisure activities (watching television, using mobile phones, gaming), and health (occurrence of illnesses) compared to children of normal weight mothers. In contrast, maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity were associated with lower school and sports performance, and higher screen time (smart phone, gaming, television) compared to children of normal weight mothers.
Conclusion
Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity but not underweight was negatively associated with school performance and leisure time behavior in the offspring at 9–15 years of age.
Predicting complications in pediatric Crohn's disease patients followed in CEDATA-GPGE registry
(2023)
Background
Complications of Crohn's disease (CD) often impair patients' quality of life. It is necessary to predict and prevent these complications (surgery, stricturing [B2]/penetrating [B3] disease behavior, perianal disease, growth retardation and hospitalization). Our study investigated previously suggested and additional predictors by analyzing data of the CEDATA-GPGE registry.
Methods
Pediatric patients (< 18 years) diagnosed with CD with follow up data in the registry were included in the study. Potential risk factors for the selected complications were evaluated by performing Kaplan-Meier survival curves and cox regression models.
Results
For the complication surgery, the potential risk factors older age, B3 disease, severe perianal disease and initial therapy with corticosteroids at the time of diagnosis were identified. Older age, initial therapy with corticosteroids, low weight-for-age, anemia and emesis predict B2 disease. Low weight-for-age and severe perianal disease were risk factors for B3 disease. Low weight-for-age, growth retardation, older age, nutritional therapy, and extraintestinal manifestations (EIM) of the skin were identified as risk factors for growth retardation during the disease course. High disease activity and treatment with biologicals were predictors for hospitalization. As risk factors for perianal disease, the factors male sex, corticosteroids, B3 disease, a positive family history and EIM of liver and skin were identified.
Conclusion
We confirmed previously suggested predictors of CD course and identified new ones in one of the largest registries of pediatric CD patients. This may help to better stratify patients’ according to their individual risk profile and choose appropriate treatment strategies.
Objectives: Several clinical disease activity indices (DAIs) have been developed to noninvasively assess mucosal healing in pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD). However, their clinical application can be complex. Therefore, we present a new way to identify the most informative biomarkers for mucosal inflammation from current markers in use and, based on this, how to obtain an easy-to-use DAI for clinical practice. A further aim of our proof-of-concept study is to demonstrate how the performance of such a new DAI can be compared to that of existing DAIs.
Methods: The data of two independent study cohorts, with 167 visits from 109 children and adolescents with CD, were evaluated retrospectively. A variable selection based on a Bayesian ordinal regression model was applied to select clinical or standard laboratory parameters as predictors, using an endoscopic outcome. The predictive performance of the resulting model was compared to that of existing pediatric DAIs.
Results: With our proof-of-concept dataset, the resulting model included C-reactive protein (CRP) and fecal calprotectin (FC) as predictors. In general, our model performed better than the existing DAIs. To show how our Bayesian approach can be applied in practice, we developed a web application for predicting disease activity for a new CD patient or visit.
Conclusions: Our work serves as a proof-of-concept, showing that the statistical methods used here can identify biomarkers relevant for the prediction of a clinical outcome. In our case, a small number of biomarkers is sufficient, which, together with the web interface, facilitates the clinical application. However, the retrospective nature of our study, the rather small amount of data, and the lack of an external validation cohort do not allow us to consider our results as the establishment of a novel DAI for pediatric CD. This needs to be done with the help of a prospective study with more data and an external validation cohort in the future.
This article reports on the development, implementation and management of a German–Polish telemedicine network in the field of pediatric oncology and hematology in the Euroregion Pomerania. The achievements and challenges of joint medical case reviews involving patients and their care givers, as well as cross-border education activities for physicians, students and nursing staff, are presented. In addition to a progress report, the results of an evaluation of the participants and teachers, likewise the measurement of knowledge growth, are given.
Background. The German maternity guidelines require regular medical checkup (MC) during pregnancy as a measure of prevention. Socioeconomic factors such as education, profession, income and origin, but also age and parity may influence the preventive and health behavior of pregnant women. The aim was to investigate the influence of these factors on the participation rate in MC of pregnant women. Method. The current analysis is based on the prospective population-based birth cohort study Survey of Neonates in Pomerania, which was conducted in Western Pomerania, Germany. The data of 4092 pregnant women from 2004 to 2008 were analyzed regarding the antenatal care and health behavior. Up to 12 MC were regularly offered; participation in 10 MC is defined as standard screening according to maternity guidelines. Results. Women participated in the first preventive MC on average in the 10th (±3.8 SD) week of pregnancy. 1343 (34.2%) women participated in standard screening and 2039 (51.9%) took a screening above standard. 547 (13.92%) women participated in less than the 10 standard MCs. In addition, about one-third of the pregnancies investigated in this study were unplanned. Bivariate analyses showed an association between better antenatal care behavior and higher maternal age, stabile partnerships and mother born in Germany, p < 0.05. On the contrary antenatal care below standard were more often found by women with unplanned pregnancies, less educational women and women with lower equivalent income, p < 0.001. Health behaviors also influenced antenatal care. Whereas the risk of antenatal care below standard increased by smoking during pregnancy (RRR 1.64; 95% CI 1.25, 2.14) and alcohol consumption (RRR 1.31; 95% CI 1.01, 1.69), supplementation intake was associated with decreased risk (iodine—RRR 0.66; 95% CI 0.53, 0.81; folic acid—RRR 0.56; 95% CI 0.44, 0.72). The health behavior of pregnant women also differs according to their social status. Higher maternal income was negatively correlated with smoking during pregnancy (OR 0.2; 95% CI 0.15, 0.24), but positively associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.15, 1.48) and lower pre-pregnancy BMI (Coef. = 0.083, p < 0.001). Lower maternal education was positively correlated with smoking during pregnancy (OR 59.0; 95% CI 28.68, 121.23). Conclusions. Prenatal care according to maternity guidelines is well established with a high participation rate in MC during pregnancy of more than 85%. However, targeted preventive measures may address younger age, socioeconomic status and health-damaging behaviors (smoking, drinking) of the pregnant women because these factors were associated with antenatal care below standard.