Novel Peptide Vaccination for Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and CTL reaction of novel peptide vaccination for advanced renal cell carcinoma

Inclusion Criteria:

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS advanced renal cell carcinoma which already showed resistance to standard treatments

PATIENTS CHARACTERISTICS

1. Patients who showed resistance to hormonal therapy and chemotherapy
2. Histological diagnosis is adenocarcinoma
3. HLA-A*0201/0206
4. ECOG performance status of 0 to 2
5. Age ≥ 20 years, ≤80 years
6. WBC≥ 2,000/mm³, ≤12000/mm³ hemoglobin≥ 8.0g/dl Platelet count ≥ 70000/mm³ AST, ALT ≤100 IU/l Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dl Creatinine ≤ 1.0 mg/dl PaO2≥ 70mmHg
7. life expectancy ≥ 3months
8. Able and willing to give valid written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnancy (women of childbearing potential: Refusal or inability to use effective means of contraception)
2. Breastfeeding
3. Patients willing to childbearing ( Refusal or inability to use effective means of contraception)
4. Serious infections requiring antibiotics
5. Concomitant treatment with steroids or immunosuppressing agent
6. Other malignancy difficult to control.
7. Decision of unsuitableness by principal investigator or physician-in-charge