Development of immunotoxins for potential clinical use in Hodgkin's disease

Ann Oncol. 1996:7 Suppl 4:135-41. doi: 10.1093/annonc/7.suppl_4.s135.

Abstract

During the last decade, immunotoxins (ITs) consisting of a cell-binding moiety and a potent toxin were developed as a new class of biological anti-tumor agents. Hodgkin's disease has shown to be one of the best targets for immunotoxins, as lymphocyte activation markers such as CD25 and CD30 are expressed on Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (H-RS)-cells in large numbers. Several immunotoxins against these antigens, which are expressed physiologically only on a small subset of activated hematopoietic cells have demonstrated potent anti-tumor effects both, in vitro and in animal models. Here we summarize the experimental and recent clinical data of using ITs in Hodgkin's disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunotoxins / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Immunotoxins