Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

April 14, 2016 updated by: Robert Ferris

Adjuvant p53 Peptide Loaded DC-Based Therapy for Subjects With Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck (A Phase I Safety and Immunogenicity Trial)

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's dendritic cells mixed with peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial is studying the side effects of vaccine therapy in treating patients with head and neck cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the toxicity of intranodally injected autologous dendritic cells (DC) loaded with wild-type p53 peptides with or without T-helper peptide epitope in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Secondary

  • Determine the local and systemic immunomodulatory effects of this vaccine in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, pilot study.

Patients undergo leukapheresis. The resulting dendritic cells (DC) are pulsed with wild-type (wt) p53 peptides with or without T-helper (Th) peptides. Individual autologous vaccines are prepared for each patient. Patients who are HLA-A2-DR4-negative are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms (arm I or arm II). Patients who are HLA-A2-DR4-positive are assigned to arm III.

  • Arm I: Patients receive autologous DC loaded with HLA-A2.1-restricted wt p53 peptides only.
  • Arm II: Patients receive autologous DC loaded with HLA-A2.1-restricted wt p53 peptides and Th tetanus toxoid peptide.
  • Arm III (HLA-A2-DR4-positive patients only): Patients receive autologous DC loaded with HLA-A2.1-restricted wt p53 peptides and Th wt p53 peptide.

In all arms, each vaccine is administered by ultrasonography-guided inguinal intranodal injection over 30 minutes on days 0, 14, and 28.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

17

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
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
        • UPMC Cancer Centers

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 to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

    • Resectable disease
    • Any stage allowed
  • Successfully treated with curative intent

  • Recurrent disease allowed provided the following criteria are met:

    • No evidence of disease
    • At least 6 weeks since prior antitumor therapy

  • Positive for HLA-A2.1

    • HLA-DR4 allele status known
  • Tumor tissue must be available
  • No active brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status 0 or 1
  • Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
  • Granulocyte count > 2,500/mm^3
  • Lymphocyte count > 700/mm^3
  • Platelet count > 100,000/mm^3
  • Bilirubin < 0.2 mg/dL
  • Creatinine < 0.2 mg/dL
  • Hemoglobin > 8 g/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception for ≥ 1 week before, during, and for ≥ 2 weeks after study completion
  • No systemic infection or coagulation disorders
  • No psychiatric disturbances that would preclude obtaining informed consent or safe conduct of protocol
  • HIV negative
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C antibody negative
  • No other active malignancies

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

  • At least 6 weeks since prior adjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

    • No time restriction for prior curative therapy
  • No concurrent pharmacological doses of steroids in any form (topical or systemic)

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Toxicity profile and overall toxicity rates
Immunologic response rate as measured by ELISPOT assay prevaccination and at days 14 and 18
Biologic response rate

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Robert Ferris

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

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

September 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 27, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 27, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

November 28, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 18, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2016

Last Verified

April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PCI-03-156
  • CDR0000515081 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • PCI-0507062

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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