REVEAL 1 (Evaluation of VGX-3100 and Electroporation for the Treatment of Cervical HSIL) (REVEAL 1)

A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of VGX-3100 Delivered Intramuscularly Followed by Electroporation With CELLECTRA™-5PSP for the Treatment of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 Related High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL) of the Cervix

HPV-301 is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 3 study to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of VGX-3100 administered by intramuscular (IM) injection followed by electroporation (EP) delivered with CELLECTRA™ 5PSP in adult women with histologically confirmed cervical high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 [CIN2] or grade 3 [CIN3]) associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and/or HPV-18.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cervical Dysplasia; Cervical High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion; HSIL
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Placebo; Device: Electroporation (EP); Biological: VGX-3100

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 201
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Argentina
  • Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1181ACH
    • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
  • Ramos Mejía, Argentina, B1704ETD
    • DIM Clínica Privada
  • Santa Fe
    • Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, S2000PBB
      • Instituto de Ginecología
• Belgium
  • Hainaut
    • Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, 7000
      • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Pare
  • Limburg
    • Genk, Limburg, Belgium, 3600
      • Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
• Estonia
  • Tallin, Estonia, 10119
    • East Tallinn Central Hospital Womens Clinic
  • Tartu, Estonia, 51014
    • Tartu University Hospital
  • Pärnumaa
    • Pärnu, Pärnumaa, Estonia, EE-80010
      • Parnu Hospital
• Finland
  • Helsinki, Finland, 290
    • Kätilöopiston sairaala
  • Kuopio, Finland, FI-70110
    • Lääkäriasema Cantti Oy
• Germany
  • Essen, Germany, 45138
    • Elisabeth Krankenhaus Essen GmbH
  • Hamburg, Germany, 20246
    • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf
• Italy
  • Milan, Italy, 20141
    • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
  • Milano, Italy, 20133
    • Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
  • Lazio
    • Roma, Lazio, Italy, 00168
      • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli
• Lithuania
  • Vilnius, Lithuania, LT- 08661
    • Vilnius University hospital Santaros klinikos
  • Vilnius, Lithuania, LT-01117
    • Vilnius District Central Outpatient Clinic
• Mexico
  • Jalisco
    • Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 44340
      • Nuevo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca
• Peru
  • Lima, Peru, 15083
    • Unidad de Ensayos Clinicos (UNIDEC) del Policlinico Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  • Lima, Peru, 15084
    • Liga Peruana De Lucha Contra El Cancer
• Philippines
  • Cebu, Philippines, 6000
    • Perpetual Succour Hospital
• Poland
  • Katowice, Poland, 40-611
    • Centrum Medyczne Angelius Provita
  • Lubelskie
    • Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland, 20-880
      • Niepubliczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej Profimed
    • Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland, 20-880
      • Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 1 w Lublinie
• Portugal
  • Coimbra, Portugal, 3000-075
    • Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE
  • Lisboa, Portugal, 1649-035
    • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, EPE - Hospital de Santa Maria
• Puerto Rico
  • Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 00935
    • Puerto Rico Translational Research Center (PRTRC)
• Slovakia
  • Dubnica Nad Váhom, Slovakia, 018 41
    • MCM GYNPED, s.r.o.
  • Martin, Slovakia, 036 59
    • Univerzitna nemocnica Martin
• South Africa
  • Cape Town, South Africa, 7925
    • University of Cape Town
  • Gauteng
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, 157
      • Lynette Reynders Private Practice
• Spain
  • Madrid, Spain, 28040
    • Hospital Clinico San Carlos
  • Madrid, Spain, 28041
    • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
  • Barcelona
    • Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 8907
      • Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge
• Thailand
  • Bangkok, Thailand, 10700
    • Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University
  • Bangkok, Thailand, 10700
    • Chulalongkorn University
• United Kingdom
  • Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 7ZD
    • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - PPDS
  • London, United Kingdom, W2 1NY
    • St Marys Hospital
• United States
  • Arizona
    • Mesa, Arizona, United States, 85209
      • Mesa Obstetricians and Gynecologist
    • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85251
      • Women's Health Research
    • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85712
      • Visions Clinical Research-Tucson
  • Florida
    • Clearwater, Florida, United States, 33759
      • Women's Medical Research Group
    • Lake Worth, Florida, United States, 33461
      • Altus Research
    • Miramar, Florida, United States, 33461
      • Salom and Tangir LLC
    • West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33409
      • Comprehensive Clinical Trials LLC
  • Georgia
    • Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912
      • Augusta University
  • Louisiana
    • Marrero, Louisiana, United States, 70072
      • Praetorian Pharmaceutical Research, LLC
  • Michigan
    • Saginaw, Michigan, United States, 48604
      • Saginaw Valley Medical Research Group LLC
  • Nebraska
    • Norfolk, Nebraska, United States, 68701
      • Meridian Clinical Research Norfolk
  • New Jersey
    • Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07103
      • New Jersey Medical School
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10032
      • Columbia University Medical Center
    • Port Jefferson, New York, United States, 11777
      • Suffolk Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • North Carolina
    • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103
      • Lyndhurst Clinical Research
  • South Carolina
    • Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29615
      • Greenville Pharmaceutical Research, Inc.
    • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, 29572
      • Magnolia Ob/Gyn Research Center, LLC
  • Tennessee
    • Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 37404
      • Chattanooga Medical Research Inc
    • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104
      • Women's Physician Group
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77074
      • UAG Innovation Women Research, LLC
  • Virginia
    • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
      • Eastern Virginia Medical School
    • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23502
      • Group For Women

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women aged 18 years and above
• Confirmed cervical infection with HPV types 16 and/or 18 at screening
• Cervical tissue specimen/slides provided to Study Pathology Adjudication Committee for diagnosis scheduled to be collected within 10 weeks prior to anticipated date of first dose of study drug
• Confirmed histologic evidence of cervical HSIL at screening
• Must be judged by Investigator to be an appropriate candidate for the protocol-specified procedure required at Week 36
• With respect to their reproductive capacity must be post-menopausal or surgically sterile or willing to use a contraceptive method with failure rate of less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly from screening until Week 36
• Normal screening electrocardiogram (ECG)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Microscopic or gross evidence of adenocarcinoma-in-situ (AIS), high grade vulvar, vaginal, or anal intraepithelial neoplasia or invasive cancer in any histopathologic specimen at screening
• Cervical lesion(s) that cannot be fully visualized on colposcopy
• History of endocervical curettage (ECC) which showed cervical HSIL indeterminate, or insufficient for diagnosis
• Treatment for cervical HSIL within 4 weeks prior to screening
• Pregnant, breastfeeding or considering becoming pregnant during the study
• History of previous therapeutic HPV vaccination
• Immunosuppression as a result of underlying illness or treatment
• Receipt of any non-study, non-live vaccine within 2 weeks of Day 0
• Receipt of any non-study, live vaccine within 4 weeks of Day 0
• Current or history of clinically significant, medically unstable disease or condition which, in the judgment of the investigator, would jeopardize the safety of the participant, interfere with study assessments or endpoint evaluation, or otherwise impact the validity of the study results
• Presence of acute or chronic bleeding or clotting disorder that would contraindicate IM injections, or use of blood thinners within 2 weeks of Day 0
• Participation in an interventional study with an investigational compound or device within 30 days of signing informed consent
• Less than two acceptable sites available for IM injection

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: VGX-3100 + EP; Participants received three IM injections of 6 milligram (mg) (in 1 milliliter [mL]) VGX-3100 followed by EP using the CELLECTRA™-5PSP device on Day 0, Week 4, and Week 12.	Device: Electroporation (EP); Intramuscular injection followed by EP with the CELLECTRA™ 5PSP device.; Biological: VGX-3100; 1 mL VGX-3100 will be injected IM and delivered by EP using CELLECTRA™-5PSP on Day 0, Week 4 and Week 12.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo + EP; Participants received three IM injections of 1 mL VGX-3100 matching placebo followed by EP using the CELLECTRA™-5PSP device on Day 0, Week 4, and Week 12.	Biological: Placebo; 1 mL of Placebo will be injected IM and delivered by EP using CELLECTRA™-5PSP on Day 0, Week 4 and Week 12.; Device: Electroporation (EP); Intramuscular injection followed by EP with the CELLECTRA™ 5PSP device.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With No Evidence of Cervical HSIL on Histology and No Evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 in Cervical Samples	Participants with no histologic (i.e., biopsies or excisional treatment) evidence of cervical HSIL, no evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 at the Week 36 time frame, and participants in which excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between the initial dose up to Week 36 were considered to be responders. No evidence of HSIL was defined by histology as negative, squamous atypia, or low-grade intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Cervical samples for HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 were collected using the ThinPrep®.	Week 36

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Any Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Following Investigational Treatment for the Duration of the Study	An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product. Preexisting conditions which worsen during a study are also considered as AEs. An SAE is any experience that suggested a significant hazard, contraindication, side effect, or precaution, and fulfilled any of the following criteria: fatal (resulted in death), life-threatening, required in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect, was medically significant or required intervention to prevent any of the other outcomes listed here.	From baseline up to Week 88
Percentage of Participants With No Evidence of Cervical HSIL on Histology	Participants with no histologic (i.e., biopsies or excisional treatment) evidence of cervical HSIL at Week 36 and participants in which an excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between the initial dose up to Week 36 were considered to be responders. No evidence of HSIL was defined by histology as negative, squamous atypia, or LSIL.	Week 36
Percentage of Participants With No Evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 in Cervical Samples by Type Specific HPV Testing	Participants with no evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 at the Week 36 time frame and participants in which an excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between the initial dose up to Week 36 were considered to be responders. Cervical samples for HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 were collected using the ThinPrep®.	Week 36
Percentage of Participants With No Evidence of LSIL or HSIL on Histology	Participants with no histologic evidence of cervical HSIL, squamous atypia, or LSIL at the Week 36 time frame and participants in which an excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between the initial dose up to Week 36 were considered to be responders. No evidence of HSIL was defined as no evidence of cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 1 (CIN1), CIN2, or CIN3 on biopsies or excisional treatment.	Week 36
Percentage of Participants With No Evidence of LSIL or HSIL and No Evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18	Participants with no histologic evidence of cervical HSIL, squamous atypia, and LSIL, no evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 by type specific HPV testing at the Week 36 time, and participants in which an excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between initial dose up to Week 36 were considered to be responders. No evidence of HSIL was defined as no evidence of CIN1, CIN2, or CIN3 on biopsies or excisional treatment.	Week 36
Percentage of Participants With No Progression of Cervical HSIL to Cervical Carcinoma	Participants with no histologic evidence of cervical Adenocarcinoma in situ or cervical carcinoma at the Week 36 timeframe relative to baseline and participants in which an excision or biopsy sample was not obtained between initial dose up to Week 36 were considered as responders.	Week 36
Percentage of Participants Who Have Cleared HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 in Non-cervical Anatomic Locations	Participants with no evidence of HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 on specimens from noncervical anatomic locations (oropharynx, vagina and intra-anal) at the Week 36 time frame were considered as responder.	Week 36
Levels of Serum Anti-HPV-16 and Anti-HPV-18 Antibody Concentrations	A standardized binding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed to measure the anti-HPV-16/18 antibody response induced by VGX-3100.	Week 15 and Week 36
Change From Baseline in Interferon-Gamma Response Magnitude	Assessment of cellular immune activity occurred via the application of the Interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (IFN-γ ELISpot). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from whole blood sample were used for analysis.	Baseline; Week 15 and Week 36
Change From Baseline in Flow Cytometry Response Magnitude	Assessment of cellular immune activity was measured using the application flow cytometry for the purposes of performing a Lytic Granule Loading Assay. The Lytic Granule Loading assay examines the following external cellular markers: CD3, CD4, CD8 (T cell identification), CD137, CD38 and CD69 (T cell activation markers) as well as PD-1 (exhaustion/activation marker). Here change from baseline in CD8+CD137+Perforin+, CD8+CD38+Perforin+ and CD8+CD69+Perforin+ are reported.	Baseline, Week 15

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Inovio Pharmaceuticals
• Investigators: Study Director: Jeffrey Skolnik, MD, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 28, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 8, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): April 6, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 9, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 9, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): June 14, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 27, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 24, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: papillomavirus; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); CIN 2; CIN 3; Human papillomavirus (HPV); High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Uterine Cervical Diseases; Uterine Diseases; Precancerous Conditions; Neoplasms, Squamous Cell; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Genital Diseases, Female; Carcinoma in Situ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Uterine Cervical Dysplasia; Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix
• Other Study ID Numbers: HPV-301; 2016-002761-63 (EudraCT Number)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes