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Vaccine Therapy, Cyclophosphamide, and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by National Cancer Institute (NCI), October 2007

Sponsors and Collaborators: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00305760
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from gene-modified tumor cells may help the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Cetuximab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving vaccine therapy together with cyclophosphamide and cetuximab may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well vaccine therapy works when given together with cyclophosphamide and cetuximab in treating patients with metastatic or locally advanced pancreatic cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Pancreatic Cancer
Drug: cetuximab
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: sargramostim plasmid DNA pancreatic tumor cell vaccine
Procedure: biopsy
Procedure: laboratory biomarker analysis
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics:   Cancer    Pancreatic Cancer   

ChemIDplus related topics:   Cyclophosphamide    Sargramostim    Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor    Cetuximab    Pancrelipase    Ultrase   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Treatment, Open Label
Official Title:   A Safety and Efficacy Trial of Lethally Irradiated Allogeneic Pancreatic Tumor Cells Transfected With the GM-CSF Gene in Combination With Erbitux (Cetuximab) for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Event-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:   60
Study Start Date:   December 2005
Estimated Primary Completion Date:   December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the safety of sargramostim plasmid DNA pancreatic tumor cell vaccine, cyclophosphamide, and cetuximab in patients with metastatic or locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Secondary

  • Determine the overall, progression-free, and event-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Correlate specific in vivo parameters of immune response (e.g., mesothelin, prostate stem cell antigen [PSCA], mutated k-ras-specific T-cell responses) with clinical response in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Correlate downstream targets of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling (e.g., intratumor expression of Akt, Stat 3 and 5, mesothelin, mutated k-ras, and PSCA) with inhibition by cetuximab in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Correlate inhibition of EGFR signaling (e.g., Stat 3 and 5) with improved specific mesothelin, PSCA, and mutated k-ras-specific T-cell responses in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV on day 0, sargramostim plasmid DNA pancreatic tumor cell vaccine intradermally on day 1, and cetuximab IV over 1-2 hours on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo blood collection and tumor biopsies periodically during study for biomarker correlative studies.

At the completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 3 weeks and then every 4 weeks for 16 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

    • Mixed adenocarcinoma tumors eligible provided the predominant invasive component of the tumor is adenocarcinoma
  • The following histologic diagnoses are not eligible:

    • Adenosquamous
    • Squamous cell
    • Colloid
    • Islet cell
    • Serous or mucinous cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma
    • Carcinoid
    • Small or large cell carcinoma
    • Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms
    • Osteoclast-like giant cell tumors
    • Acinar cell carcinoma
    • Pancreatoblastoma
    • Solid pseudopapillary tumors
    • Undifferentiated small cell carcinoma
    • Nonepithelial tumors (sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, lymphoma)
    • Adenocarcinomas of the ampulla, distal bile duct, or duodenum
  • Metastatic or locally advanced disease that is refractory to standard therapy OR for which patient refused standard therapy
  • Measurable disease defined as ≥ 1 lesion unidimensionally measured as ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques or ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan

    • No nonmeasurable disease only including, but not limited to, the following:

      • Bone lesions
      • Leptomeningeal disease
      • Ascites
      • Pleural or pericardial effusion
      • Inflammatory breast disease
      • Lymphangitis cutis/pulmonis
      • Abdominal masses that are not confirmed and followed by imaging techniques
      • Cystic lesions
  • No known active or untreated brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • WBC ≥ 3,500/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Platelet count ≥ 90,000/mm^3
  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • Bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL
  • ALT and AST ≤ 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 times ULN
  • No active infection
  • No uncontrolled medical condition that would potentially increase the risk of toxicities or complications of study therapy
  • No gastrointestinal tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral medication or a requirement for IV alimentation
  • No active peptic ulcer disease
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 4 weeks after completion of study treatment
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except for nonmelanomatous skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • HIV negative
  • No active autoimmune disease or prior autoimmune disease requiring medical treatment with systemic immunosuppressants including any of the following:

    • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Systemic vasculitis
    • Scleroderma
    • Psoriasis
    • Multiple sclerosis
    • Hemolytic anemia or immune thrombocytopenia
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Sjögren's syndrome
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that does not require systemic corticosteroids or routine use of inhaled steroids allowed
  • No known or suspected hypersensitivity to sargramostim (GM-CSF), cyclophosphamide, pentastarch, corn, or DMSO
  • No prior severe infusion reaction (> grade 3) to a monoclonal antibody

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 1 month since prior adjuvant chemotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior surgery except for minor procedures (e.g., dental work, skin biopsy) and biliary stent placement
  • No prior surgical procedures affecting absorption
  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • More than 1 month since prior participation in an investigational new drug study
  • No unresolved chronic toxicity (except alopecia) from prior anticancer therapy
  • More than 28 days since prior systemic steroids
  • No concurrent systemic steroids or immunosuppressive drugs

    • Topical, inhaled, and intra-articular steroids allowed
  • No other concurrent anticancer vaccine therapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, gene therapy, biologic therapy, or investigational therapy
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00305760

Locations
United States, Maryland
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins     Recruiting
      Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
      Contact: Clinical Trials Office - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Ce     410-955-8804     jhcccro@jhmi.edu    

Sponsors and Collaborators
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators
Principal Investigator:     Daniel A. Laheru, MD     Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center    
  More Information


Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
 

Study ID Numbers:   CDR0000463380, JHOC-J0501, JHOC-05021103, JHOC-05042610, BMS-CA225247
First Received:   March 21, 2006
Last Updated:   July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00305760
Health Authority:   Unspecified

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage III pancreatic cancer  
recurrent pancreatic cancer  
duct cell adenocarcinoma of the pancreas  
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas  
stage IV pancreatic cancer  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Digestive System Neoplasms
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Cetuximab
Endocrine System Diseases
Cyclophosphamide
Pancrelipase
Recurrence
Carcinoma
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrinopathy
Adenocarcinoma
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Therapeutic Uses
Myeloablative Agonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Antirheumatic Agents
Alkylating Agents

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