In this study the investigators will include patients with high risk of PSA relapse scheduled to receive curative surgical treatment. This include patients with high Gleason score (9-10) or micrometastatic disease (tumor cells detected in specimens obtained from bone marrow). They are scheduled for regular follow-ups with PSA measurements. We have previously published that some patients with metastatic prostate cancer may respond to DC-vaccination with tumor mRNA, with a decrease in PSA. PSA response is related to immunological response. Patients receiving DC-vaccination may have a reduced risk of PSA relapse or increased time to PSA relapse. Previous experience with different DC-vaccine protocols in our hospital has resulted in only minor side-effects (grade 1-2 fever, rubor, fatigue, local swelling or pain).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Autologous Dendritic Cells Loaded With mRNA From Primary Prostate Cancer Tissue, hTERT and Survivin
The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Department of Clinical Cancer Research
Oslo, Norway
Time to treatment failure defined by two different measurement of PSA levels >0.5 µg/L with minimum of 4 weeks interval in patients receiving treatment
Time frame: From date of vaccination until the date of first documented treatment failure, assessed up to 8 years
Safety and toxicity of vaccination. Evaluation of immunological response.
Time frame: Up to 8 years after vaccination
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