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Table 4 Further applications of the rocking motion bioreactor

From: Lymphocyte expansion in bioreactors: upgrading adoptive cell therapy

Author - Year

Type

Cell

Disease

Target

Expansion

Functional highlights

Hami [98] - 2004

Pre-clinical

T cell

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

T cells from Chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

400 fold in 13 days

High in vitro activity and T cell receptor repertoire restored after expansion.

Hollyman [99] - 2009

Pre-clinical

T cell

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

T cells from Chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

87–668 fold in 13–18 days

Transduced and expanded T cells were able to eradicate the tumors in 90% of a mice population; release criteria were met

Andersen [109] - 2016

Clinical

TIL

Metastatic Melanoma

Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes from Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

2856–9975 fold in 13–36 days

Tumor regression was achieved and associated with a higher absolute number of infused tumor-reactive T cells

Vavrova [101] - 2016

Pre-clinical

T cell

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer reactive T cell effectors

6 fold in

8 days

Significantly greater cytotoxicity against LNCaP cells after expansion.

Bjoern [110] - 2017

Pre-clinical

TIL

Metastatic Melanoma

Effect of Ipilimumab in metastatic melanoma derived T cells

–

Ipilimumab induced marked changes in T cell infiltrates, which can still be detected despite heavy in vitro expansion.

O’hanlon [102] - 2017

Research

T cell

Non-specific

19F labeling for T cells

–

Cellular viability was maintained; ∼90% of the T cell preparation was labeled with reagent