Decitabine Followed by a Cancer Antigen Vaccine for Patients With Neuroblastoma and Sarcoma

May 8, 2017 updated by: University of Louisville

A Phase I Trial Combining Decitabine and Vaccine Therapy for Patients With Relapsed Neuroblastoma and Sarcoma.

This treatment study for relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma, Ewings sarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma or synovial sarcoma involves an autologous cancer testis (CT) antigen specific dendritic cell (DC) vaccine preceded by decitabine as a demethylating chemotherapy.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

For vaccine production, mature DC will be pulsed with overlapping peptides mixes derived from full-length NY-ESO-1, MAGE-A1, and MAGE-A3.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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19

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Kentucky
      • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
        • University of Louisville, Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

2 years to 20 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Confirmed diagnosis of relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma,Ewings sarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma
  • Patient may have gross tumor that has been treated with multi-agent chemotherapy prior study entry, but does not need to have gross tumor prior to study entry.
  • Patients must have had a diagnosis of neuroblastoma or sarcoma either by histological verification of neuroblastoma and/or demonstration of tumor cells in the bone marrow with increased urinary catecholamines.
  • Have received standard chemotherapy and/or SCT, and are at least 6 months post-transplant.
  • Age: Patients must be 1 - < 25 years of age when registered on study.
  • Organ Function Requirements: All patients must have adequate organ function defined as:
  • Hematological Function: ANC ≥ 500; Platelet count ≥ 75.
  • Renal Function: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 OR A maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) based on age/gender as follows: 1YO M&F = 0.6, 2-5YO M&F = 0.8, 6-9YO M&F = 1, 10-12YO M&F = 1.2, 13-15YO M = 1.5, 13-15YO F = 1.4, 16+ M = 1.7, 16+ F = 1.4
  • Cardiac Function: Patient must have normal cardiac function documented by Ejection fraction (> 55%) documented by echocardiogram or radionuclide MUGA evaluation OR Fractional shortening (≥ 28%) documented by echocardiogram
  • Liver Function: Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x normal for age, AND SGPT (ALT) and SGOT (AST) ≤ 3 x normal for age.
  • Room air pulse oximetry >94%.
  • Male and female sexually active patients of reproductive age who wish to participate must agree to use acceptable contraception.
  • Lansky performance scale > 70, ECOG < 2 (Appendix I).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient is pregnant.
  • Patients with a positive result for any of the following diagnostic tests: Hep B Ag, Hep B Core Ab, Hep C Ab, HIV-1 Ab, HIV-2 Ab, HTLV-1 Ab, HTLV-2 Ab, RPR.
  • Patient has a history of autoimmune disease, specifically inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosis, or rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Patient is receiving concurrent systemic steroid therapy.
  • Patient has a known systemic hypersensitivity to DAC, Hiltonol, or any vaccine component.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Single arm study
Biological/Vaccine: Autologous dendritic cell vaccine with adjuvant
Biological: Autologous dendritic cell vaccine with adjuvant

Week 1:

Decitabine (DAC): 10 mg/m2/day IV (Mon-Fri)

Weeks 2 and 3:

Vaccine: 3-5 E6 peptide pulsed DC (Mon)

Hiltonol applied topically to vaccine site before and after vaccination

Other Names:
  • Hiltonol
  • Decitabine (trade name Dacogen or 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine/DAC

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Tolerance of study treatment
Time Frame: 2 years
Tolerance to DAC, at at least 50% dosing, and 3 of the 4 planned vaccinations during the first two cycles.
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Tumor Response
Time Frame: 2 years
Assessment of tumor responses--complete or partial remission, stable disease, and disease progression--by CT/PET/MIBG or MRI after cycles 2 and 4.
2 years
Immune Response
Time Frame: 2 years
Assessment of post-vaccination T cell responses to MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, and NY-ESO-1 by immunoassays.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
University of Louisville

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Solving Kids' Cancer

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Kenneth G Lucas, MD, University of Louisville, Kosairs Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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August 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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October 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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October 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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November 15, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 15, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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November 16, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 9, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 8, 2017

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 34183

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