Vaccine Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

June 19, 2013 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Immunization of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using a Recombinant Fowlpox Virus Encoding a GP100 Peptide Preceded by an Endoplasmic Reticulum Insertion Signal Sequence

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combining melanoma vaccine with interleukin-2 is more effective than vaccine therapy alone in treating metastatic melanoma.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of melanoma vaccine and interleukin-2 with that of melanoma vaccine alone in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma that has not responded to previous treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the clinical response in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immunization with recombinant fowlpox vaccine administered either intravenously or intramuscularly, with or without interleukin-2 (IL-2).
  • Compare the immune response in patients before and after treatment with these regimens.
  • Compare the toxicity profile of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a partially randomized study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment cohorts.

  • Cohort 1: Patients receive recombinant fowlpox virus encoding gp100 peptide (fowlpox vaccine) IV once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. (Closed to accrual as of 6/21/02.)
  • Cohort 2: Patients receive fowlpox vaccine intramuscularly (IM) once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. (Closed to accrual as of 6/21/04.)
  • Cohort 3 (for patients in need of immediate interleukin-2 [IL-2] and those with disease progression after treatment in cohorts 1 or 2): Patients receive fowlpox vaccine either IV or IM* once every 4 weeks for 4 doses and IL-2 IV every 8 hours for a maximum of 12 doses beginning 24 hours after fowlpox vaccine.

NOTE: *The IM route of administration was selected as the preferred route of administration from cohorts 1 and 2

  • Expanded cohort 2 (open to accrual 7/19/02): Patients receive fowlpox vaccine IM once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. Upon disease progression, patients receive fowlpox vaccine as above and IL-2 IV every 8 hours for a maximum of 12 doses beginning 24 hours after fowlpox vaccine. (Closed to accrual 12/4/03.) In all cohorts, 3-4 weeks after the last injection, patients achieving a complete remission may receive a maximum of an additional 2 courses of therapy. Patients with responding disease may receive repeat vaccinations for up to 8 courses. Patients with no response or progressive disease in cohorts not receiving IL-2 may be treated with fowlpox vaccine and IL-2 as in cohort 3. Patients who are randomized to receive IL-2 may not receive additional IL-2 therapy.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 84 patients (24 in cohorts 1 and 2, 19-33 in cohort 3, and 27 in expanded cohort 2) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182
        • Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven metastatic melanoma that has failed standard treatment
  • Measurable disease
  • HLA-A-201 positive

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 16 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC ≥ 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 90,000/mm^3
  • No coagulation disorders

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.6 mg/dL (less than 3.0 mg/dL for patients with Gilbert's syndrome)
  • AST/ALT < 2 times normal
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative

Renal:

  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No major cardiovascular disease
  • No cardiac ischemia by a stress thallium test or other comparable test*
  • No myocardial infarction*
  • No cardiac arrhythmias* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive interleukin-2 (IL-2)

Pulmonary:

  • No major respiratory disease
  • No obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive IL-2

Immunologic:

  • No autoimmune disease
  • No known immunodeficiency disease
  • No primary or secondary immunodeficiency
  • No allergy to eggs
  • No active systemic infections
  • HIV negative

Other:

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other active major medical illness* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive IL-2

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior gp100 vaccination

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent steroids

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Prior surgery for the malignancy allowed

Other:

  • At least 3 weeks since other prior therapy for the malignancy

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 1999

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 20, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 19, 2013

Last Verified

August 1, 2004

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000066961
  • NCI-99-C-0044
  • NCI-T98-0088

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