Methods of preparing lymphocytes that express interleukin-2 and their use in the treatment of cancer

Abstract

A method of preparing autologus T-lymphocytes for re-introduction into a patient having cancer, which method comprises obtaining peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a patient immunized with an antigen of the cancer, stimulating the PBMCs with the antigen of the cancer in vitro, transducing the PBMCs with a retrovial vector, which (a) comprises and expresses a human interleukin-2 (IL-2) coding sequence operably linked to a retroviral promoter, (b) does not comprise an exogenously introduced gene that enables phenotypic selection, and (c) comprises a viral envelope that efficiently transduces CD8+ T-lymphocytes; a method of preparing autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for reintroduction into a patient having cancer, which method comprises obtaining TILs from a tumor of the patient, optionally immunized with an antigen of the cancer, optionally stimulating the TILs with the antigen of the cancer in vitro, and transducing the TILs with the aforementioned retroviral vector, compositions comprising cells obtained in accordance with such methods; and methods of treating a patient having cancer by administering to the patient cells obtained in accordance with such methods or compositions comprising same.

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