Combining pharmacological therapy and vaccination in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia via model predictive control

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013:2013:3925-8. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610403.

Abstract

This paper describes a simulation study which aims at optimizing the therapy for the control of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia according to the following objectives: the reduction of the administered drug and vaccine amounts, the establishment of a auto-immune response and the long-term control of disease without reducing the effective of therapy with respect to the full treatment. A therapy optimization method is developed defining and solving a Model Predictive Control algorithm, preceded by an accurate Initial Guess search based on Monte-Carlo like approach. Simulation results show that the suggested procedure achieves the proposed goals.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / immunology
  • Models, Biological
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • Cancer Vaccines