Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer
A Phase I/II Trial Testing Immunization With Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Four AFP Peptides in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's white blood cells mixed with tumor proteins may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in treating patients who have liver cancer.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose of alpha-fetoprotein peptide-pulsed autologous dendritic cells in HLA-A*0201-positive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Determine the safety and toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
- Determine the immunological effects of this regimen in these patients.
- Determine the progression-free survival and clinical responses in patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive alpha-fetoprotein peptide-pulsed autologous dendritic cells intradermally on day 1. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks for a total of 3 doses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-12 patients receive escalating doses of vaccine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 or 2 of 12 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
Patients are followed at weeks 1, 4, and 12 and then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12-18 patients will be accrued for this study.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Fase 2
- Fase 1
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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California
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Los Angeles, California, Forenede Stater, 90095-1781
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- HLA-A*0201 positive adults over the age of 18.
- Have HCC with a serum AFP determination >30ng/ml.
- Both male and female patients may be enrolled.
- Karnofsky Performance Status greater than or equal to 70 percent.
- No previous evidence of class 3 or greater New York Heart Association cardiac insufficiency or coronary artery disease.
- No previous evidence of opportunistic infection.
Adequate baseline hematological function as assessed by the following laboratory values with 30 days prior to study entry:
- Hemoglobin >9.0g/dl
- Platelets >50000/mm3
- Absolute Neutrophil Count >1,000/mm3
- Child-Pugh Class A or B for chronic liver disease.
- Ability to give informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any congenital or acquired condition leading to inability to generate an immune response, including concomitant immune suppressive therapy.
- Concomitant steroid therapy or chemotherapy, or any of these other treatments < 30 days before the first vaccination.
- Females of child-bearing potential must have negative serum beta-HCG pregnancy test (within Day -14 to Day 0).
- Acute infection: any acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection, which requires specific therapy. Acute therapy must have been completed within 14 days prior to study treatment.
- HIV-infected patients.
- Patients with any underlying conditions which would contraindicate therapy with study treatment.
- Patients with organ allografts.
- O2 sat <91% on room air; dyspnea at rest.
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
- Tildeling: N/A
- Interventionel model: Enkelt gruppeopgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: Treatment
See intervention description.
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Increasing doses of AFP will be given to groups of 3 intradermally.
Subjects will receive 3 biweekly vaccinations.
At least 2 patients at a given dose must have received their complete 3 vaccination schedule with a 30 day observation period after the last vaccination before a higher dose is initiated.
Andre navne:
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Dose limiting toxicity and maximum tolerable dose.
Tidsramme: 1 year
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1 year
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Generation of AFP specific immunity.
Tidsramme: 3 years
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3 years
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Progression-free survival.
Tidsramme: 3 years
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3 years
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clinical response in patients with measurable disease.
Tidsramme: 3 years
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3 years
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: James S. Economou, MD, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- CDR0000068806
- UCLA-0001026
- NCI-G01-1997
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