Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed With Surgery

February 9, 2015 updated by: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Randomized, Open Phase II Study of Immunization With the Recombinant MAGE-3 Protein Combined With Adjuvant AS02B or AS15 in Patients With Unresectable and Progressive Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying two different regimens of vaccine therapy and comparing them to see how well they work in treating patients with stage III or stage IV melanoma that cannot be removed with surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Compare the objective response rate (complete and partial response) in patients with unresectable stage III or stage IV M1a cutaneous melanoma immunized with vaccine comprising D1/3-MAGE-3-His fusion protein and SB-AS02B adjuvant vs SB-AS15 adjuvant.
  • Compare the activity of SB-AS02B adjuvant vs SB-AS15 adjuvant, in terms of maximizing the antigenicity of MAGE-3, in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the rate of grade 3/4 vaccine-related toxicity in patients treated with these regimens.

Secondary

  • Compare progression-free survival in patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open label, parallell-group, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease stage (III in transit vs other stage III vs IV), presence of lesion ≥ 20 mm (yes vs no), and participating center. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Induction therapy

    • Arm I: Patients receive immunization comprising D1/3-MAGE-3-His fusion protein and SB-AS02B adjuvant intramuscularly (IM) once weekly on weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.
    • Arm II: Patients receive immunization comprising D1/3-MAGE-3-His fusion protein SB-AS15 adjuvant IM once weekly on weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.

Patients achieving a clinical complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or slow progressive disease (SPD) proceed to maintenance therapy.

  • Maintenance therapy: Patients in both arms receive immunization (according to their randomized arm) once weekly on weeks 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 40, 46, and 52.

Patients maintaining a CR, PR, or SD proceed to long-term treatment.

  • Long-term treatment: Beginning 3 months after completion of maintenance therapy, patients in both arms receive immunization (according to their randomized arm) once every 3 months for 4 courses and then once every 6 months for 4 courses.

Treatment continues in both arms in the absence of disease progression that does not correspond to SPD status, unacceptable toxicity, or the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease.

Patients are followed every 12 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 68 patients (34 patients per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

165

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

  • Belgium
      • Brussels, Belgium, 1000
        • Institut Jules Bordet
      • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
        • Hopital Universitaire Erasme
  • France
      • Hyeres, France, 83400
        • Clinique Sainte-Marguerite
      • Lille, France, 59037
        • Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille
      • Montpellier, France, 34295
        • Hopital St. Eloi
      • Nantes, France, 44093
        • CHR Hotel Dieu
      • Paris, France, 75248
        • Institut Curie Hopital
      • Villejuif, France, F-94805
        • Institut Gustave Roussy
  • Germany
      • Berlin, Germany, D-12200
        • Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin
      • Mannheim, Germany, D-68135
        • Klinikum der Stadt Mannheim
      • Wuerzburg, Germany, D-97080
        • Universitaets - Kinderklinik Wuerzburg
  • Italy
      • Aviano, Italy, 33081
        • Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano
      • Naples, Italy, 80131
        • Istituto Nazionale Per Lo Studio E La Cura Dei Tumori
      • Padova, Italy, 35128
        • Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
      • Siena, Italy, 53100
        • Universita di SIENA
  • Netherlands
      • Leiden, Netherlands, 2300 RC
        • Leiden University Medical Center
      • Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3008 AE
        • Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center
  • Spain
      • Barcelona, Spain, 08036
        • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
      • Madrid, Spain, 28041
        • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • London, England, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE
        • Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
      • Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M20 4BX
        • Christie Hospital NHS Trust

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 confirmed cutaneous melanoma

    • Unresectable stage III OR stage IV M1a disease
  • Documented progressive disease within the past 12 weeks
  • Measurable disease
  • Skin, soft tissue, or lymph node metastasis allowed provided the disease is not amenable to curative treatment with surgery
  • Tumor must express the MAGE-3 gene by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis (more than 1% of the positive MAGE-3 control included in the assay)
  • No visceral metastases within the past 56 days by imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Hemoglobin ≥ lower limit of normal (LLN)
  • WBC ≥ LLN
  • Lymphocyte count ≥ LLN
  • Platelet count ≥ LLN
  • No bleeding disorders

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Lactic dehydrogenase ≤ ULN
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2 times ULN
  • PT and aPTT normal
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative (antibody test may be positive)
  • Hepatitis C antibody negative

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ ULN

Cardiovascular

  • No clinically significant heart disease (CTC grade III or IV)

Immunologic

  • No autoimmune disease (vitiligo allowed)
  • No anti-nuclear antibody titer ≥ 1/320 OR equal to 1/160 AND auto-antibodies directed against specific auto-antigens
  • No immunodeficiency
  • No active infection requiring antibiotic therapy
  • HIV negative

Other

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except surgically cured basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No other serious acute or chronic illness requiring concurrent medications
  • No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • More than 8 weeks since prior adjuvant vaccine therapy
  • No prior vaccine therapy containing a MAGE-3 antigen
  • No prior vaccine therapy for metastatic melanoma
  • No concurrent immunomodulating agents (e.g., BCG)

Chemotherapy

  • No prior systemic chemotherapy
  • No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • No concurrent corticosteroids

    • Concurrent prednisone or equivalent allowed provided the dose is ≤ 40 mg/day and treatment duration is for no more than 3 weeks
    • Concurrent inhaled and topical steroids are allowed

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy to the spleen

  • No concurrent radiotherapy to > 20% of all existing lesions (i.e., target lesions, non-target lesions, and nonmeasurable lesions)

    • Concurrent local low-dose (≤ 20 Grays) radiotherapy allowed

Surgery

  • Recovered from prior surgery or biopsy
  • No prior organ allograft
  • No prior splenectomy
  • Concurrent surgery to a limited number of lesions allowed for patients with a complete response, partial response, or stable disease after at least 3 courses of study therapy

Other

  • No prior systemic anticancer therapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior isolated limb perfusion therapy
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy
  • No other concurrent immunosuppressive agents

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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Response rate (complete response and partial response) as assessed by RECIST criteria
Vaccine-related toxicity as assessed by CTCAE v3

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Progression-free survival
Rate of stabilization as assessed by RECIST criteria
Rate of mixed response as assessed by RECIST criteria
Rate of immune response

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Willem H. J. Kruit, MD, PhD, Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 8, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 9, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

July 12, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 10, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 9, 2015

Last Verified

February 1, 2015

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EORTC-16032-18031
  • EORTC-18031
  • EORTC-16032
  • GSK-249553/008
  • 2004-001937-40 (EudraCT Number)

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