Immunotherapy With Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cells In Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

"Right after the surgical resection of the tumor, leukapheresis will be performed.~At least 5x109 PBMC must be collected by leukapheresis, so as to make the whole immunotherapy schedule workable.~Immunotherapy will follow radiochemotherapy and will comprise 4 vaccinations every second week (injections I, II, III, IV), 2 further monthly vaccinations (injections V, VI) and a final vaccination (injection VII) 2 months after the sixth one. Injections I, V, VI and VII will contain 10 million tumor lysate-loaded DC, while the others will be of 5 million cells only. In correspondence to the third vaccine injection (week 13), mTMZ will start.~Vaccine doses will be injected in the forearm of the patient."