A recombinant vaccinia virus encoding human papillomavirus types 16 and 18, E6 and E7 proteins as immunotherapy for cervical cancer

Borysiewicz, L. K., Fiander, Alison Nina, Nimako, M., Man, Stephen Tzekwung ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9103-1686, Wilkinson, Gavin William Grahame ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5623-0126, Westmoreland, D., Evans, A. S., Stacey, S. N., Boursnell, M. E., Rutherford, E., Hickling, J. K. and Inglis, S. C. 1996. A recombinant vaccinia virus encoding human papillomavirus types 16 and 18, E6 and E7 proteins as immunotherapy for cervical cancer. The Lancet 347 (9014) , pp. 1523-1527. 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90674-1

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, especially with type 16 or 18, is associated with cervical cancer. Two HPV proteins, E6 and E7, are consistently expressed in tumour cells. The objectives of the study were to examine the clinical and environmental safety and immunogenicity in the first clinical trial of a live recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the E6 and E7 proteins of HPV 16 and 18 (TA-HPV). METHODS: The study was an open label phase I/II trial in eight patients with late stage cervical cancer. The patients were vaccinated with a single dose of TA-HPV and kept in strict isolation to monitor local and systemic side-effects, environmental spread, and anti-E6/E7 immune responses. FINDINGS: Vaccination resulted in no significant clinical side-effects and there was no environmental contamination by live TA-HPV. Each patient mounted an antivaccinia antibody response and three of the eight patients developed an HPV-specific antibody response that could be ascribed to the vaccination. HPV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, the effector mechanism most likely to be of therapeutic benefit, were detected in one of three evaluable patients. INTERPRETATION: Further studies to investigate the use ot TA-HPV for immunotherapy of cervical cancer are warranted.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0140-6736
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2024 12:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/67692

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