Avaliação da eficácia da injeção da vacina de DNA HSP65 do Mycobacterium leprae em pacientes com estádio avançado de carcinoma epidermóide de cabeça e pescoço, em ensaio clínico de fase I/II / Effectiveness evaluation of the injection of the vaccine of DNA HSP65 of Mycobacterium leprae in patients with advanced stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a phase I/II trial

Rodney Berzoini Smith

Introduction: The squamous cell carcinoma of the head and advanced neck is an disease difficult to treat. Despite the advances in diagnosis and treatment in last the 30 years had not occurred major survival improvements. The treatment failure occurs mainly locorregionaly and recurrences frequently canot be rescued. immunotherapy has had encouraging results in the last years. Studies in animals had demonstrated the reduction of tumors with the DNA vaccine containing HSP-65 of the Mycobacterium leprae. In this study we evaluate the use of this protein in patients with avdanced head and neck carcinoma, stages II and IV without possibilities of curative treatment. Objectives: To test the viability of accomplishment of the intratumoral injection of DNA HSP65 in this group of patients, test its effectiveness through the comparative analysis of the volume, to verify transfeccion of the DNA injected and to see if the carried through treatment presented impact in the evolution of the patients. Patients and methods: 21 patients in 3 groups of doses 150,600 and 400µg of the vaccine of DNA HSP-65 of M leprae, through intratumoral applications guided by USG Doppler repeated 3 times every 21 days. CT scans before and after the treatment had been carried through, for evaluation of the tumoral response through the comparison of tumoral volume. We also did biopsis before and after the treatment, and the material was submitted the Rt-PCR in search of tranfeccion of the injected DNA. During the protocol the patients had been evalueted to rule observe adverse events that could be related to the medication. Results: Of 21 patients, seven died before the end of the protocol. In the 13 suitable for analysis, 4 partial responses and stability of the disese in 1 case had occurred. In 9 cases the tumors progressed. Two patients are still alive, with more than eight hundred days of the beginning of the protocol. The adverse events occurred mainly as an increase of local pain and edema. It was not possible to prove the transcription of the DNA injected in the Rt-PCR because of the occurrence of positive a false result. Conclusions: The application was secure in the dose of 400mcg . We saw reduction of tumoral volume in 5 of the 13 patients suitable for analysis, four partial responses and one stable disease. In the patients who had presented reduction of the tumoral volume there seems to be clinical benefit. It was not possible to prove the transfeccion of the injected DNA.

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