Rationale for adjuvant idiotypic vaccination after high-dose therapy for multiple myeloma

Volker L. Reichardt; Craig Y. Okada; Keith E. Stockerl-Goldstein; Bjarne Bogen; Ronald Levy

Rationale for adjuvant idiotypic vaccination after high-dose therapy for multiple myeloma

Volker L. Reichardt, Craig Y. Okada, Keith E. Stockerl-Goldstein, Bjarne Bogen, Ronald Levy

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Abstract

With conventional therapy, multiple myeloma (MM) has a poor prognosis. During the last few years, it has become clear that high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support can increase overall survival of MM patients, but further improvement in outcome is desperately needed. The monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) produced by the MM cells called idiotypes (Id) is a tumor-specific antigen due to unique antigenic determinants that are localized in the variable regions of the Ig molecule. Conceivably, Id immunization of MM patients in complete remission could further increase survival. Here we renew the scientific basis for such Id immunization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	157-163
Number of pages	7
Journal	Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume	3
Issue number	3
State	Published - Aug 1997

Keywords

High-dose therapy
Idiotypic vaccination
Multiple myeloma

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Rationale for adjuvant idiotypic vaccination after high-dose therapy for multiple myeloma

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