Evaluation of Objective Clinical Response (CR/PR/SD) Weeks 0-6,12; Months 6,12 and 24 [clinicaltrials_resource:a1a63284ce2ca961fc33aebd0913bed0]

The primary end point for this trial was clinical response. This was assessed by measurement of assessable metastatic deposits by CT, MRI, or direct measure of cutaneous deposits. Baseline tumor measurements used for assessment of clinical response were those obtained most immediately before the first vaccine administration and within 6 weeks of protocol entry. Measurements were made and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team. The original protocol defined tumor response on the basis of changes in cross-sectional area calculated as the product of two perpendicular measures. However, since the initiation of this study, the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Group (RECIST) system was employed as the current standard for clinical trials, in which response is based on changes in maximum cross-sectional dimensions. Computed tomography scans of clinical responders were reviewed again by a senior faculty radiologist not otherwise involved in the study.

Evaluation of Objective Clinical Response (CR/PR/SD) Weeks 0-6,12; Months 6,12 and 24 [clinicaltrials_resource:a1a63284ce2ca961fc33aebd0913bed0]

The primary end point for this trial was clinical response. This was assessed by measurement of assessable metastatic deposits by CT, MRI, or direct measure of cutaneous deposits. Baseline tumor measurements used for assessment of clinical response were those obtained most immediately before the first vaccine administration and within 6 weeks of protocol entry. Measurements were made and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team. The original protocol defined tumor response on the basis of changes in cross-sectional area calculated as the product of two perpendicular measures. However, since the initiation of this study, the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Group (RECIST) system was employed as the current standard for clinical trials, in which response is based on changes in maximum cross-sectional dimensions. Computed tomography scans of clinical responders were reviewed again by a senior faculty radiologist not otherwise involved in the study.