A Pilot Study Assessing Intra-Metastasis Administration of Autologous KLH-pulsed Dendritic Cells With Tumoral Radiation Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Carcinoma
This study is being done to determine whether it is possible to use an investigational vaccine that consists of dendritic cells in patients with pancreas cancer. Dendritic cells are immune cells that are obtained from your blood that are important in the body's immune response to foreign substances. The vaccine would be injected directly into a tumor that has spread to the liver after a short course of radiation therapy has been given to that tumor. The study will try to determine if this treatment would be safe and effective in treating this cancer.
This is a phase 1 pilot study of this treatment. Phase 1 trials test the best way to give a treatment where little is known about its possible risks or benefits. Phase 2 studies then test the possible benefits of a treatment and may show the specific situations where they are seen. Promising treatments are then tested in Phase 3 trials which compare the new treatment to standard treatment in a larger group of patients. Phase 4 trials are those conducted on a treatment after it has been approved for general use outside of research. A pilot study tests a treatment in a small number of patients to learn if and how the treatment could be tested in a larger group. Pilot studies can be performed at any phase but are commonly performed in the earliest phases of research on a treatment.
Panoramica dello studio
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Intervento / Trattamento
Tipo di studio
Iscrizione (Effettivo)
Fase
- Fase 1
Contatti e Sedi
Luoghi di studio
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stati Uniti, 48109
- Universtiy of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Criteri di partecipazione
Criteri di ammissibilità
Età idonea allo studio
Accetta volontari sani
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Descrizione
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pathologic diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma
- Radiologic evidence of hepatic metastasis with at least one lesion > 2.0 cm that is amenable to ultrasound or CT guided intra-tumoral DC injection
- Age > 18
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- Karnofsky Performance Status > 70%
- Patients must not have received any anti-neoplastic chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiotherapy for the four weeks preceding entry onto the study (six weeks for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C).
- Adequate baseline hematopoietic function defined as WBC (white blood cell) > 3000/mm3, hemoglobin > 9g/dl, and platelet count > 100,000/mm3.
- Adequate baseline organ function defined as creatinine < 2.0, total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dl
- Patients taking warfarin are not eligible. Adequate coagulation function defined as PT (prothrombin time) < 15, INR < 1.5 and PTT (partial thromboplastin time) < 35.
- Ability to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous anti-tumor vaccine therapy
- Prior hepatic irradiation
- Known brain metastases
- History of prior autoimmune diseases (e.g. SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis)
- Regular corticosteroid use within the past one year or any corticosteroid use in the four weeks preceding study entry
- Evidence of HIV infection, AIDS, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection
- Active bacterial, fungal or viral infection
- Pregnancy or lactation; women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use effective contraception during the course of this clinical trial
- Uncontrolled or unstable medical conditions including angina, arrhythmias, bleeding, or thromboembolic conditions,
- Any medical or psychiatric illness that might compromise the patients ability to tolerate treatment
Piano di studio
Come è strutturato lo studio?
Dettagli di progettazione
- Scopo principale: Trattamento
- Assegnazione: N / A
- Modello interventistico: Assegnazione di gruppo singolo
- Mascheramento: Nessuno (etichetta aperta)
Armi e interventi
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Sperimentale: Treatment Arm
Participants will receive tumoral irradiation and dendritic cell vaccination.
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On day 1 of the study treatment, patients will begin tumoral irradiation, which will be given daily for 4 days in 6Gy fractions (days 1 through 4)
Three intra-tumoral injections of 1 ml cell suspensions of KLH (keyhole limpet hemocyanin)- pulsed DC (dendritic cells) will be delivered percutaneously under ultrasound into a selected hepatic metastasis in the outpatient setting.
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Cosa sta misurando lo studio?
Misure di risultato primarie
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Misura Descrizione |
Lasso di tempo |
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The Percentage of Participants That Patients Complete Radiation Therapy, All Three Vaccinations, and Evaluation for Tumor Response Four Weeks After the Third Vaccination.
Lasso di tempo: 10 weeks
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The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of this combined modality protocol in patients with metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.
The treatment will be deemed feasible if 80% or more patients complete radiation therapy, all three vaccinations, and evaluation for tumor response four weeks after the third vaccination.
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10 weeks
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Misure di risultato secondarie
Misura del risultato |
Misura Descrizione |
Lasso di tempo |
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Number of Patients That Respond to Treatment
Lasso di tempo: 10 weeks
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To evaluate the anti-tumor response as determined by RECIST criteria
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10 weeks
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Collaboratori e investigatori
Investigatori
- Investigatore principale: Mark M. Zalupski, M.D., Universtiy of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC
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Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio
- UMCC 2005.135
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