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Project Number: | IK2CX001771-01A2 |
| Title: | Novel Use of Malignant Pleural Effusion Resident T cells for Systemic Adoptive Cell Transfer in Veterans with Lung Cancer |
| Principal Investigator: | Rajeev Dhupar |
| Location: | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Congressional District Code: | 18 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2020 - September 2024 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $384,016 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,442,249 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Systemic immune checkpoint blockade and adoptive cell transfer (ACT) therapies have been used successfully in high mutational burden tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma, resulting in objective response and longer survival. For ACT, surgery is often required to obtain solid tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), which must then be isolated and expanded due to their small quantities. Alternatively, malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) that occur in advanced NSCLC have abund... |