HER-2/Neu Vaccine Plus GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Breast, Ovarian, or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

February 25, 2019 updated by: University of Washington

A Phase I Study of a HER-2/Neu Peptide Based Vaccine With GM-CSF as an Adjuvant in Patients With Advanced Stage HER-2/Neu Expressing Cancers

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from the HER2/neu antigen may make the body build an immune response and kill tumor cells. Colony-stimulating factors such as GM-CSF increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of HER-2/neu vaccine plus GM-CSF in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV breast cancer, stage III or stage IV ovarian cancer, or stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety of serial intradermal vaccinations of HER-2/neu derived peptides with sargramostim (GM-CSF) as an adjuvant in patients with stage III or IV HER-2/neu expressing breast, ovarian, or nonsmall cell lung cancer. II. Determine whether immunity can be elicited with peptides derived from the intracellular domain of the HER-2/neu protein. III. Determine whether immunity can be elicited with peptides derived from the extracellular domain of the HER-2/neu protein. IV. Determine whether cytotoxic T cells specific for the HER-2/neu protein can be elicited in patients with HLA-A2 by immunization with peptides derived from the HER-2/neu protein.

OUTLINE: Patients receive one of three HER-2/neu peptide vaccine formulations that also contain sargramostim (GM-CSF) as the vaccine adjuvant. Each vaccine is studied in 20 patients. A maximum of 3 patients receive a vaccine each month for 6 months to monitor the potential toxicity associated with sequential immunizations. Patients receive a follow-up evaluation 1 month after the last vaccination. Those patients who have an immune response related to the vaccine will continue to have immunologic evaluations performed every 2 months while immune responses can still be detected.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 60 patients will be accrued.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
        • University of Washington School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 120 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven stage III or IV breast, ovarian, or nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Adenocarcinoma No progressive disease May have comlpeted at least 1 standard chemotherapy regimen Confirmed HER-2/neu protein overexpression in tumor (either primary tumor or metastasis)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Pre or postmenopausal Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: At least 12 months Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min Other: No anergy (positive delayed type hypersensitivity response required to two or more common recall antigens) Female patients must be nonfertile Male patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 1 month since cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 1 month since corticosteroid therapy Concurrent hormone therapy allowed Radiotherapy: Concurrent radiation therapy for local control of disease allowed (except as initial therapy for NSCLC) Surgery: Not specified

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Washington

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Mary (Nora) L. Disis, MD, University of Washington

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 1996

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

July 30, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 27, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 25, 2019

Last Verified

February 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 14798
  • UW-100.1
  • NCI-V97-1259

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