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Radiofrequency Combined with Intratumoral Immunotherapy: Preclinical Results and Safety in Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of cancer induces an anti-tumor immunity, which is insufficient to prevent recurrences. In mice, RFAu2013intratumoral immunotherapy by granulocyteu2013macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin resulted in complete metastases regression. Infectious risk in human needs replacement of live vaccines. Intratumoral purified protein derivatives (PPD) have never been tested in digestive cancers, and the safety of intratumoral immunotherapy after RFA has not yet been validated in human models. We investigated the therapeutic efficacy of combined radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and intratumoral immunotherapy (ITI) using an immune-muco-adherent thermogel (IMT) in a mouse model of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) and the safety of this approach in a pig model. Intratumoral stability of the immunogel was assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bioluminescent imaging. Seventy-four CT26 tumor-bearing female BALB/c mice were treated with RFA either alone or in combination with intratumoral IMT. Regression of distant metastasis and survival were monitored for 60 days. Six pigs that received liver radiofrequency and intralesional IMT injections were followed for 15 days. Experimental gel embolisms were treated using an intravascular approach. Pertinent rheology of IMT was confirmed in tumors, by the signal stability during 3 days in MRI and 7 days in bioluminescence imaging. In mice, the abscopal effect of RFAu2013intratumoral immunotherapy resulted in regression of distant lesions completed at day 16 vs. a volume of 350 ± 99.3 mm3 in the RFA group at day 25 and a 10-fold survival rate at 60 days. In pigs, injection of immunogel in the liver RFA area was safe after volume adjustment without clinical, hematological, and liver biology disorder. Flow cytometry showed an early increase in CD3 TCRγδ+T cells at D7 (p < 0.05) and a late decrease in CD29+-CD8 T cells at D15 (p < 0.05), reflecting the inflammation status changes. Systemic GM-CSF release was not detectable. Experimental caval and pulmonary thermogel embolisms were treated by percutaneous catheterism and cold serum infusion. RFAu2013intratumoral immunotherapy as efficient and safe mini-invasive interventional oncology is able to improve ablative treatment of colorectal liver metastases.
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hal-04626840 , version 1 (17-07-2024)

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Johanne Seguin, Mostafa El Hajjam, Josette Legagneux, Sarah Diakhaby, Nathalie Mignet, et al.. Radiofrequency Combined with Intratumoral Immunotherapy: Preclinical Results and Safety in Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma. Pharmaceutics, 2024, 16 (3), pp.315. ⟨10.3390/pharmaceutics16030315⟩. ⟨hal-04626840⟩
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