Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II Melanoma That Can Be Removed by Surgery

May 20, 2014 updated by: University of Southern California

A Randomized Phase II Trial of a Vaccine Combining Tyrosinase /gp100 Peptides Emulsified With Montanide ISA 51 Alone or With a Block Co-Polymer CRL 1005 or With GM-CSF for Patients With Resected Stages IIA and IIB Melanoma Grant Application Title: MART-1/gp100 Immune Responses to a Melanoma Vaccine

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known what preparation of vaccine therapy is most effective for treating melanoma.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of tyrosinase/gp100 peptide vaccine in treating patients who have stage II melanoma that can be removed by surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine immune reactivity in HLA-A2 positive patients with resectable stage IIA or IIB melanoma treated with vaccine comprising tyrosinase peptide and gp100 antigen emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 (ISA-51) alone or in combination with sargramostim (GM-CSF).

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to stage (IIA vs IIB). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms: Arm I: Patients receive vaccine comprising tyrosinase peptide and gp100 antigen emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 (ISA-51) alone subcutaneously (SQ) once a week on weeks 0, 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 18, and 26. Arm II: Patients receive treatment as in arm I followed by sargramostim (GM-CSF) SQ for 5 days after each vaccination. Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients (25 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

48

Phase

  • Phase 2

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
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804
        • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0752
        • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

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

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 stage IIA or stage IIB resectable cutaneous melanoma rendered disease free Clinically uninvolved lymph nodes by physical examination OR Pathologically uninvolved lymph nodes or sentinel lymph nodes after either complete node dissection or selective lymphadenectomy, respectively No evidence of metastatic disease within 28 days prior to definitive surgery HLA-A2 positive

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Hematopoietic: No coagulation disorders No significant hematologic abnormality Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL No significant liver abnormality Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL No significant kidney abnormality Cardiovascular: No major medical illness of the cardiovascular system Pulmonary: No major medical illness of the respiratory system Other: No known allergic reaction to Montanide ISA-51 or sargramostim (GM-CSF) No major systemic infections Not pregnant or nursing HIV negative Hepatitis B surface antigen negative Hepatitis C antibody negative No prior uveitis or autoimmune inflammatory eye disease No active autoimmune disease No other malignancy within past 5 years

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: At least 1 month since prior adjuvant therapy or any other therapy for cancer Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: No concurrent steroid therapy Radiotherapy: At least 1 month since prior radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics

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: Randomized

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Southern California

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, University of Southern California

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

March 1, 1998

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2001

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2002

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

March 22, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 22, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 20, 2014

Last Verified

May 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000066176 (10M-97-1)
  • LAC-USC-10M971
  • LAC-USC-FDR001101
  • NCI-T97-0100

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 Melanoma (Skin)

Clinical Trials on gp100 antigen

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Liberia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe