Мультипептидная вакцинация с адъювантом XS15 у пациентов с острым миелоидным лейкозом (AML-VAC-XS15)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males or females aged ≥18 years of age

• Existence of a written informed consent

• Documented diagnosis of AML according to WHO guidelines

  • morphological complete remission (CR) or complete remission with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi)
  • positive MRD is permitted
  • completion of previous intensive therapy (first vaccination 4-28 weeks after last application of chemotherapy) or
  • ongoing low intensity treatment with e.g. hypomethylating agents (HMA), venetoclax, etc.
  • ongoing maintenance treatment with e.g. oral azacytidine or midostaurin is permitted.
  • not eligible for allogeneic stem cell transplantation

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of ≤ 2

• Adequate organ function laboratory values.

  • bilirubin ≤ 3 times upper limit range (exception isolated indirect hyperbilirubinemia (Morbus Gilbert-Meulengracht)).
  • alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aminotransferase (AST), ≤ 5 times upper limit range
  • creatinine clearance GFR > 30 ml/min (CKD-EPI)
  • platelets > 50.000/μl
  • absolute CD3+ T cell count ≥ 200/μl

• negative serological hepatitis B test or negative PCR in case of positive serological test without evidence of an active infection, negative testing of hepatitis C RNA, negative HIV test within 6 weeks prior to study inclusion

• Female patients of child bearing potential (FCBP) and male patients with partners of child bearing potential, who are sexually active, must agree to the use of two effective forms (at least one highly effective method) of contraception (for more detailed information see chapter 5.7 Contraception, pregnancy, sperm donation and nursing). This should be started from the signing of the informed consent and be continued until 3 months (both female and male patients) after last vaccination).

• For FCBP two negative pregnancy tests (sensitivity of at least 25 mlU/mL) prior to first application of first vaccination, one at screening and the other prior (< 24 h) to first vaccination

• Postmenopausal or evidence of non-child-bearing status

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breastfeeding.

• Unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason.

• Chemotherapy or other systemic therapy or radiotherapy, up to 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug (ongoing maintenance treatment or low intensity treatment is permitted).

• Concurrent or previous treatment within 28 days in another interventional clinical trial with an investigational anticancer therapy or any other investigational therapy, which would interfere with the study's primary and secondary endpoints.

• Major surgery within 28 days of dosing of study drug.

• Treatment with immunotherapy agents within 28 days of dosing of study drug.

• Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)

• Autoimmune disease that requires or has required treatment with systemic immunosuppressive treatments, except low dose corticosteroids (< 10 mg/ day), in the past 1 year.

• Prior history of malignancies, other than AML/myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), unless the subject has been free of the disease for

  ≥ 2 years. Exceptions include the following: basal cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, carcinoma in situ of the breast, histological finding of prostate cancer of TNM stage T1

• Prior stem cell allograft or organ transplantation

• Ongoing or active infection (including SARS-CoV-2)

• Have received any live vaccination within 28 days prior to the first dose of AML-VAC-XS15.