Xenovaccinotherapy for melanoma.

The objectives of this phase I-II trial were to assess the toxicity, immunological and clinical responses induced in stage III/IV melanoma patients by the subcutaneous administration of xenogenic polyantigenic vaccine (XPV) prepared from disrupted murine melanoma (B16) and carcinoma (LLC) cells. An inducing course of vaccinotherapy consisted of ten immunizations (five at weekly and five at fortnight intervals). Twenty-four hours following each of the first five vaccinations, the patient was subcutaneously given a low dose of the recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2).