Peptide-based Glioma Vaccine IMA950 in Patients With Glioblastoma

May 16, 2014 updated by: Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH

A Phase 1 Trial of Peptide-Based Glioma Vaccine IMA950 in Patients With Glioblastoma (GBM)

BACKGROUND: Active immunotherapy of cancer is based on the premise that the vaccine raises a cytotoxic immune response to tumor-associated antigens, thereby destroying malignant cells without harming normal cells.

IMA950 is a therapeutic multi-peptide vaccine containing 11 tumor-associated peptides (TUMAPs) found in a majority of glioblastomas, and is designed to activate TUMAP-specific T cells. The use of 11 TUMAPs increases the likelihood of a multi-clonal, highly specific T-cell response against tumor cells leading to decreased likelihood of immune evasion of the tumor by down-regulation of target antigens.

PURPOSE: The primary objective of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of IMA950 when given with cyclophosphamide, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and imiquimod in patients with glioblastoma and to determine if IMA950 shows sufficient immunogenicity in these patients.

ELIGIBILITY: Patients with histologically proven GBMs who have completed radiotherapy, and have stable disease following at least 4 cycles of adjuvant temozolomide.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
6

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • 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
    • Maryland
      • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
        • Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven glioblastoma
  • Stable disease following ≥ 4 cycles of adjuvant temozolomide
  • No progression or recurrence of disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • HLA-A*02 positive
  • ≥ 18 years old
  • Life expectancy > 8 weeks
  • Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60
  • WBC >3,500/µL
  • ALC >350/mm3
  • ANC >1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count >100,000/mm3
  • Hemoglobin >10gm/dL
  • AST, ALT and alkaline phosphatase <2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin <1.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine <1.5 mg/dL and/or creatinine clearance >60cc/min
  • Serum potassium, magnesium and calcium within normals levels (supplementation is allowed)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Practice birth control during and for 2 months after treatment with IMA950 (both genders)
  • Women of childbearing age must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods
  • No significant active hepatic, renal, infectious or psychiatric disease
  • No HIV, active hepatitis infection, or any other active severe infectious disease
  • No history of autoimmune disease or immunosuppression
  • No clinically significant cardiovascular event within 3 months before study entry or an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmia
  • No malignancy other than glioblastoma that required treatment during the last 12 months

PRIOR and/or CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Completed radiotherapy and at least 4 cycles of adjuvant temozolomide
  • Not be receiving steroids OR be on stable dose of steroids for ≥ 5 days prior to registration
  • No other prior immunotherapy for glioblastoma
  • No major surgery within 4 weeks prior to treatment start
  • At least 4 weeks from cytotoxic therapies (incl. temozolomide)
  • At least 2 weeks from non-cytotoxic therapies (e.g. interferon, tamoxifen)
  • At least 3 weeks from bevacizumab
  • No current treatment with imiquimod; prior use of imiquimod is allowed

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)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety and tolerability of IMA950 administered with granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and topical imiquimod together following a single low-dose application of cyclophosphamide.
Time Frame: Continuously for up to 1 year plus follow-up
Number of AEs and percentage of patients with AEs (listed per grade and MedDRA preferred terms) will be reported.
Continuously for up to 1 year plus follow-up
Immunogenicity of IMA950
Time Frame: 6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months (pre- and post-vaccination)
Vaccine-induced immune responses to peptides contained in IMA950 will be measured by multimer assay using peripheral blood. Percentage of immune responders (patients with at least one vaccine-induced immune response to IMA950 peptides) and percentage of multi-TUMAP responders (patients with vaccine-induced immune responses to ≥2 peptides in IMA950) will be reported.
6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months (pre- and post-vaccination)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Immune status parameters
Time Frame: 6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months on study (pre-vaccination and during vaccination period)
Relative frequencies and absolute numbers per µl blood of regulatory T-cells and (if sufficient cells are available) other immune cell populations will be measured from peripheral blood. Focus is on analysis of pre-vaccination frequencies.
6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months on study (pre-vaccination and during vaccination period)
Biomarker assessment and correlation to clinical and immunological response
Time Frame: Analysis time points are before the first vaccination and 15 weeks thereafter
Serum levels of proteins and other factors that are indicative of the immune status of the patients will be measured (e.g TGF-beta) and will be correlated with immune response rates and clinical outcome.
Analysis time points are before the first vaccination and 15 weeks thereafter
Clinical anti-tumor activity (response rate, 6-month progression-free survival)
Time Frame: Will be followed for 1 year (until end of study visit), overall survival will also be followed thereafter
Clinical response rates, survival and progression-free survival (PFS) will be followed. PFS at 6 month will be reported.
Will be followed for 1 year (until end of study visit), overall survival will also be followed thereafter
Influence of corticosteroids on immunogenicity of IMA950
Time Frame: 6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months (pre- and post-vaccination)
Corticosteroid levels are not limited in this trial. It will descriptively reported whether the known immunosuppressive effects of corticosteroids are reflected in different immune response rates for patients treated or not treated with corticosteroids.
6 time points (blood drawings) during the first 3 months (pre- and post-vaccination)
Health-related quality of life
Time Frame: Monthly for 1 year
FACT-Br(4.0) questionnaire will be used to assess HRQL. HRQL scores (total, Trial Outcome Index, subscales) will be reported at baseline. Changes from baseline will also be evaluated.
Monthly for 1 year

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.
Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH

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.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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: Teri Kreisl, MD, Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
August 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
April 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
April 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
July 21, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
July 26, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
July 27, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
May 19, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
May 16, 2014

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
May 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • IMA950-102
  • 11C0192 (Other Identifier: National Cancer Institute)

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Glioblastoma

Clinical Trials on Cyclophosphamide

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Cookie Settings

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. For more details carefully read our Privacy and Cookies Policy. ...>>>You can change your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies from your website or computer as described in the policy. Please accept it and choose your preferences by ticking the corresponding boxes in the "Manage Settings" section below. Please carefully read our Terms of Service before you proceed with using any part of this website.
«Manage Settings