Vaccine Therapy Plus Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer

March 18, 2013 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Vaccination Of Prostate Cancer Patients With A Bivalent Vaccine Containing MUC-2 Glycopeptide And Globo H Conjugates: A Dose-Escalating Trial Studying The Immunogenicity And Safety Of The Immunological Adjuvant GPI-0100

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Biological therapies use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop cancer cells from growing. Combining vaccine therapy with biological therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness in combining vaccine therapy and biological therapy in treating patients who have relapsed prostate cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the optimal (in terms of antibody response) and safe dose range of glycosylated MUC-2-Globo H-KLH conjugate vaccine with adjuvant GPI-0100 in patients with biochemically relapsed prostate cancer.
  • Assess post-immunization changes in prostate-specific antigen levels and other objective parameters of disease in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of GPI-0100.

Patients receive glycosylated MUC-2-Globo H-KLH conjugate vaccine with adjuvant GPI-0100 subcutaneously weekly on weeks 0-2, 6, 14, and 26 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

Cohorts of 5 patients receive escalating doses of GPI-0100 until the optimal dose, based on antibody response, is reached.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34

Phase

  • 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
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10021
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering 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

Male

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed prostate cancer

  • Biochemically progressive disease after primary surgery or radiotherapy with or without neoadjuvant androgen ablation

    • Greater than 50% increase in PSA level above baseline value of 1.0 ng/mL post-prostatectomy or 2.0 ng/mL post-radiotherapy, based on 3 successive determinations taken at 2-week intervals
  • Patients with prior intermittent hormonal therapy and non-castrate levels of testosterone are eligible
  • Evaluable disease
  • No radiographic evidence of metastasis
  • No active CNS or epidural tumor
  • No soft tissue and/or bone disease
  • No androgen-independence with no evidence of radiographic disease
  • May not be symptomatic or anticipated to develop symptoms within 6 months of study entry
  • Concurrent registration to protocol MSKCC-90-040 required

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy:

  • At least 6 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL OR
  • SGOT less than 3 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 40 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No clinically significant cardiac disease (New York Heart Association class III or IV)

Pulmonary:

  • No severe debilitating pulmonary disease

Other:

  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No positive stool guaiac except hemorrhoids or history of documented radiation-induced proctitis
  • No narcotic-dependent pain
  • No infection requiring antibiotics
  • No requirement for immunosuppressive therapy
  • No allergy to seafood

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 2 weeks since change in hormonal therapy (except to maintain castrate levels of testosterone), including prednisone or dexamethasone
  • At least 8 weeks since prior suramin and/or documented plasma concentration
  • of suramin is less than 50 micrograms/mL (replacement hydrocortisone allowed)

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy to only measurable lesion

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent surgery of only measurable lesion

Other:

  • Recovered from prior therapy
  • No other concurrent oncolytic agents
  • No concurrent immunosuppressive therapy

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: vaccine

This is a dose-escalation study of GPI-0100.

Patients receive glycosylated MUC-2-Globo H-KLH conjugate vaccine with adjuvant GPI-0100 subcutaneously weekly on weeks 0-2, 6, 14, and 26 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

Cohorts of 5 patients receive escalating doses of GPI-0100 until the optimal dose, based on antibody response, is reached.

Patients are followed every 3 months.
Biological: MUC-2-Globo H-KLH conjugate vaccine
Biological: GPI-0100

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
safety
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
immune function
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Susan Slovin, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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

July 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 6, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 19, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 99-062
  • P30CA008748 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • MSKCC-99062
  • NCI-G01-1941

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