Clinical Study of a Personalized Neoantigen Cancer Vaccine Combined With Anti-PD-1 and RFA in Patients With Solid Tumors

Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of a Personalized Neoantigen Cancer Vaccine Combined With Anti-PD-1 and Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

This research study is evaluating a new type of personalized neoantigen cancer vaccine（iNeo-Vac-P01）combined with anti-PD-1 antibody and radiofrequency ablation as a possible treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors. The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of iNeo-Vac-P01 in combination with anti-PD-1 and radiofrequency ablation, so as to provide a new personalized therapeutic strategy for patients.

It is known that cancer patients have mutations (changes in genetic material) that are specific to an individual patient and tumor. These mutations can cause the tumor cells to produce proteins that appear very different from the body's own cells. It is possible that these proteins used in a vaccine may induce strong immune responses, which may help the participant's body fight any tumor cells that could cause the cancer to come back in the future. The study will examine the safety of the vaccine when given at several different time points and will examine the participant's blood cells for signs that the vaccine induced an immune response.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Advanced Malignant Solid Tumor
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: iNeo-Vac-P01; Other: GM-CSF; Drug: PD-1; Procedure: RFA

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Fang Yong, MD, PhD; Phone Number: +86-571-87887821; Email: 307480770@qq.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310000
      • Recruiting
      • Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine
      • Contact: Fang Yong, MD, PhD; Phone Number: +86-571-87887821; Email: 307480770@qq.com
      • Principal Investigator: Fang Yong, MD, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Must freely sign informed consent;
2. Aged 18 to 75 years old;
3. Life expectancy of greater than 3 months.
4. At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria(Radiofrequency ablation of lesions was excluded).
5. histologically confirmed Advanced solid tumors,
6. have failed standard treatment, or unsuitable to receive standard treatment
7. Liver metastases are present and are suitable for radiofrequency ablation；
8. agreeable to allow tumor and normal samples to be submitted for complete exome and transcription sequencing.
9. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1;
10. Good hematopoietic function ， defined as absolute neutrophils count ≥1.5×109 /L, platelet count ≥100 ×109 /L, and hemoglobin ≥90g/L；
11. Good liver function, defined as total bilirubin levels ≤1.5 times the upper normal limit (ULN), and glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (AST) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (ALT) levels ≤5 times ULN;
12. Good renal function, defined as serum creatinine ≤1.5 times ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL /min (Cockcroft-Gault formula); Routine urine examination urine protein less than 2+, or 24 hours urine protein quantitative <1g;
13. Good coagulation function, defined as INR or prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5 times ULN; If the subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy, PT is acceptable as long as it is within the range of anticoagulant drug use；
14. Pregnant, lactating women and women of child-bearing age must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days before entering the group, and short-term have no fertility plan, and are willing to take protective measures (contraception or other birth control methods) before and during the clinical trial;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Currently participating in an interventional clinical study treatment or has received other investigational drugs or used investigational devices within 4 weeks prior to the first administration;
2. Major surgical treatment within 3 weeks prior to first administration;
3. Completed palliative radiotherapy within 7 days prior to first administration;
4. Clinical active diverticulitis, abdominal abscess, and gastrointestinal obstruction;
5. Have none suitable neoantigen;
6. Have been bone marrow or stem cell transplants;
7. Clinically uncontrollable pleural effusion/peritoneal effusion/pericardial effusion;
8. Severe known allergic reactions (≥ grade 3) to the active ingredient and/or any excipient of PD-1 monoclonal antibody；
9. Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment occurred within 2 years prior to initial administration；
10. Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or was receiving systemic glucocorticoid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dosing of the study；
11. Full recovery from toxicity and/or complications associated with any intervention has not been achieved prior to the commencement of treatment；
12. Other tumors diagnosed within 5 years prior to initial administration, exceptions include radical basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and/or radical resection of carcinoma in situ;
13. Symptoms of central nervous metastasis
14. A history of noninfectious pneumonia requiring glucocorticoid therapy or current interstitial lung disease within 1 year prior to initial administration;
15. Active infections that require systemic treatment;
16. A known presence of mental illness or substance abuse conditions that may affect compliance with the test requirements;
17. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection；
18. Untreated active hepatitis B；
19. Active subjects with HCV infection；
20. vaccine was administered within 30 days prior to initial administration (cycle 1, day 1)；
21. Medical history or evidence of disease, abnormal values of treatment or laboratory tests, or other conditions deemed inappropriate by the Investigator to interfere with the results of the study, prevent subjects from participating fully in the study;
22. breastfeeding women. Patients with previous and current objective evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiation pneumonia, drug-related pneumonia, severe pulmonary impairment, etc.;
23. Patients whose cardiopulmonary function cannot tolerate anesthesia；
24. The investigator evaluates other circumstances that may affect the conduct of the clinical study and the judgment of the study results.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: RFA+PD-1+iNeo-Vac-P01; Patients will undergo radiofrequency ablation. At Week 3, patients will receive PD-1 at a dose of 200mg administered by intravenous infusion (IV) every 2 weeks. At Week 12,all patients,regardless of their disease status,iNeo-Vac-P01(300mcg per peptide)+ GM-CSF (40mcg) on days 1, 4, 8, 15, 22, 52, and 82 from week 12. Additional booster vaccines might be administered depending on ethics and patients' potential benefit.	Biological: iNeo-Vac-P01; iNeo-Vac-P01: 300 mcg per peptide; Other Names: Neoantigen peptides; Other: GM-CSF; GM-CSF: 40 mcg; Other Names: immune adjuvant; granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor; Drug: PD-1; PD-1: 200mg administered by intravenous infusion every 2 weeks.; Other Names: PD-1 inhibitor; Procedure: RFA; Radiofrequency ablation surgery; Other Names: Radiofrequency ablation
Experimental: RFA+iNeo-Vac-P01+PD-1; Patients will undergo radiofrequency ablation. At Week 12, patients will receive iNeo-Vac-P01(300mcg per peptide)+ GM-CSF (40mcg) on days 1, 4, 8, 15, 22, 52, and 82 from week 12. Additional booster vaccines might be administered depending on ethics and patients' potential benefit. At Week 16, patients,regard of their disease status,will receive PD-1 at a dose of 200mg administered by intravenous infusion (IV) every 2 weeks.	Biological: iNeo-Vac-P01; iNeo-Vac-P01: 300 mcg per peptide; Other Names: Neoantigen peptides; Other: GM-CSF; GM-CSF: 40 mcg; Other Names: immune adjuvant; granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor; Drug: PD-1; PD-1: 200mg administered by intravenous infusion every 2 weeks.; Other Names: PD-1 inhibitor; Procedure: RFA; Radiofrequency ablation surgery; Other Names: Radiofrequency ablation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of participants experiencing clinical and laboratory adverse events (AEs)	Adverse events will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0.	1 year
Objective Response Rate	ORR is defined as the number of patients achieving a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1) at any time during the study.	5 years
Measurement of CD4/CD8 T lymphocyte subsets.	CD4/CD8 T lymphocyte subsets were detected by flow cytometry.	3 years
The IFN-γ T cells responses induced by neoantigen	The response of IFN-γ T cells induced by neoantigen was detected by ELispot.	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival(OS)	Time from surgery to death or last follow-up.	5 years
Progression-free Survival(PFS)	Time from surgery to any progression.	3 years
Peripheral blood T cell receptor sequencing analysis	The diversity and clonability of T cells were analyzed by peripheral blood T cell receptor sequencing.	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
• Collaborators: Hangzhou Neoantigen Therapeutics Co., Ltd.

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Fang Y, Mo F, Shou J, Wang H, Luo K, Zhang S, Han N, Li H, Ye S, Zhou Z, Chen R, Chen L, Liu L, Wang H, Pan H, Chen S. A Pan-cancer Clinical Study of Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine Monotherapy in Treating Patients with Various Types of Advanced Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Sep 1;26(17):4511-4520. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2881. Epub 2020 May 21.
• Ott PA, Hu-Lieskovan S, Chmielowski B, Govindan R, Naing A, Bhardwaj N, Margolin K, Awad MM, Hellmann MD, Lin JJ, Friedlander T, Bushway ME, Balogh KN, Sciuto TE, Kohler V, Turnbull SJ, Besada R, Curran RR, Trapp B, Scherer J, Poran A, Harjanto D, Barthelme D, Ting YS, Dong JZ, Ware Y, Huang Y, Huang Z, Wanamaker A, Cleary LD, Moles MA, Manson K, Greshock J, Khondker ZS, Fritsch E, Rooney MS, DeMario M, Gaynor RB, Srinivasan L. A Phase Ib Trial of Personalized Neoantigen Therapy Plus Anti-PD-1 in Patients with Advanced Melanoma, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, or Bladder Cancer. Cell. 2020 Oct 15;183(2):347-362.e24. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.053.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 3, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 3, 2025
• Study Completion (Anticipated): August 3, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 25, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): April 28, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 25, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunologic Factors; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Sargramostim; Molgramostim
• Other Study ID Numbers: INEO-P-003

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