The Use of Dendritic Cell/Tumor Hybridomas as a Novel Tumor Vaccine in Patients With Advance Melanoma

January 21, 2026 updated by: David Avigan, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
This study aims to determine if the vacccine can be used safely in patients with advanced melanoma (cancer of the pigment cells) and whether the cells in this vaccine are capabale of producing immune responses against your own cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To assess the toxicity associated with vaccination of melanoma patients with dendritic cell (DC)/tumor fusions. To determine if cellular and humoral immunity can be induced by serial vaccination with DC/tumor fusions cells. To determine if vaccination DC/tumor fusions results in a tumor response.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

20

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • 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
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • BIDMC

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients with confirmed diagnoses of disseminated melanoma, with measurable and clearly progressive metastatic involevment
  • Patients must be at least 18 years old
  • Patients must have ECOG performance status 0-1 with greater than 9 week life expectancy
  • Those patients with the following accessible tumor will be eligible: soft tissue, bone marrow or visceral lesions; Skin or superficial soft tissue, or lymph nodes amenable to resection under local anesthesia; Patients who require surgical procedures that are not considered significantly invasive but may require general anesthesia, such as thorascopic biopsy, laparascopic biopsy or mediastinal node biopsy may potentially be eligible; Malignant ascites or pleural effusion; Patients requiring major surgical intervention will be considered ineligible. Patients scheduled to undergo tumor resection for independent diagnostic or therapeutic indications may have tumor collected for the purposes of this study.
  • Labs: WBC >_ 2.0 x 10x3/uL, Bilirubin <_2.0 mg/dL, Creatine <_ 2.0mg/dL
  • Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test and adequate contraception method(s) must be documented
  • All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must not have received other immunotherapy treatment in the past four weeks prior to study entry
  • Patients must not have received chemotherapy for three weeks prior to the first vaccination
  • Patients must be without evidence of active CNS disease
  • Patients must not have clinically significant autoimmune disease
  • Patients must be HIV negative
  • Patients must not have serious intercurrent illness such as infection requiring IV antibiotics, or significant cardiac disease characterized by significant arrhythmia, ischemic coronary disease or congestive heart failure
  • Patients requiring corticosteroids for either melanoma related or co-morbid illness

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
Time Frame
To assess the toxicity, cellular and humoral immunity and tumor response in patient with melanoma receiving the DC/tumor fusion vaccine
Time Frame: screening/baseline, treatment period and follow-up
screening/baseline, treatment period and follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Collaborators

Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: David Avigan, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical 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)

January 1, 2002

Study Completion (Actual)

September 10, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 21, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 21, 2008

First Posted (Estimated)

February 29, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 23, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 21, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2001P001112
  • DCMEL-003-00

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