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Table 2 Clinical trials using γδ T cell based cancer immunotherapies

From: Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells: friend or foe in cancer development?

Cell types

Diseases

Cell sources

Number of patients

Phase of clinical trail

Outcome

References

Response (n)

RR (%)

CBR (%)

Vγ9 Vδ2 T

Prostate cancer

PBMC

18

I

SD:5; PR:3; PD:3; NE:7

27

73

Dieli et al. [50]

γδ T

NSCLC

PBMC

10

I

SD:3; PD:5; NE:2

0

38

Nakajima et al. [91]

Vγ9 Vδ2 T

NSCLC

PBMC

15

I

SD:6; PD:6; NE:3

0

50

Sakamoto et al. [92]

LAK:αβT, γδT, NK

Breast cancer

PBMC

20

I

PR:3; SD:1; PD:6; NE:10

30

40

Noguchi et al. [93]

Vγ9 Vδ2 T

Lung cancer, stomach cancer, others

PBMC

5

I

PD:2; SD:2; NE:1

0

50

Noguchi et al. [93]

Vγ9 Vδ2 T

RCC

PBMC

12

I

SD:7; PD:1; NE:4

0

88

Lang et al. [94]

γδ T

RCC

PBMC

11

I/II

CR:1; SD:5; PD:5

9

55

Kobayashi et al. [95]

Vγ9Vδ2 T

CRC

PBMC

6

I

CR:1; PR:4; NE:1

100

100

Izumi et al. [96]

γδ T

NSCLC

PBMC

15

I

SD:6; PD:6; NE:3

0

50

Kakimi et al. [97]

Vγ9Vδ2 T

RCC

In vivo expansion

10

I

PR:1; SD:6; NE:3

14

100

Bennouna et al. [98]

LAK:αβT, γδT, NK

RCC, MM, AML

In vivo expansion

21

I/II

CR:6; PR:2; PD:12; NE:1

40

40

Kunzmann et al. [103]

LAK:αβT, γδT, NK

Advanced hematological malignancies

In vivo expansion

4

I

CR:3; PD:1

75

75

Wilhelm et al. [99]

Total

  

147

 

SD:41; CR:11; PR:13; PD:47; NE:33

21

57

 
  1. PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cell, LAK lymphokine activated killer cell, NSCLC non-small cell lung carcinoma, RCC renal cell carcinoma, MM multiple myeloma, AML acute myelocytic leukemia, CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progressive disease, NE not evaluable, RR response rate, RR = (CR + PR)/number of evaluable patients, CBR clinical benefit rate, CBR = (CR + PR + SD)/number of evaluable patients, CRC colorectal cancer