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| Sponsor: | Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota |
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| Information provided by (Responsible Party): | Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01400672 |
Purpose
This is a pilot/feasibility study. The study design represents a modification of current standard of care for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) (5580 cGY involved field radiation), with the final two doses of radiation given at intervals during the vaccination phase of treatment.
Patients between the ages of 3 years and 25 years diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) will be allowed to participate in the trial. Study enrollment will occur after the completion of conformal radiation therapy to a dose of 5580 cGy and the post radiation therapy (RT) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows no disease progression.
Three patients with glioblastoma multiforme, aged 16 years and older, will be entered first to confirm vaccine safety before enrolling DIPG patients.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Glioblastoma Multiforme |
Biological: Tumor Lysate Vaccine Drug: Imiquimod Radiation: Radiation therapy |
Phase 1 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Imiquimod/BTIC Lysate-Based Vaccine Immunotherapy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma in Children and Young Adults |
Imaging will include MRI, SPECT/MRI and perfusion MRI. FDG-PET imaging may be also be used Response criteria: Complete responses (CR) are those in which there is a disappearance of all enhancing tumor or tumor mass on consecutive MRI scans. Patients must be off steroids, and neurologically stable or improved.
Partial responses (PR) are those in which there is a ≥ 50% reduction in the size of the enhancing tumor or tumor mass on consecutive MRI scans. In addition, the patient must be neurologically stable.
| Estimated Enrollment: | 20 |
| Study Start Date: | May 2012 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2014 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: DIPG Patients Receiving Vaccine
Patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) receiving brain tumor initiating cell (BTIC) vaccination (dose of 4 x 10^6 cells divided into 2 doses) and Imiquimod (5% Aldara cream at a total dose of 12.5 mg) topically at each site prior to and 24 hours after vaccination.
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Biological: Tumor Lysate Vaccine
Vaccination is injected intradermally every 2 weeks for 4 doses, then every 4 weeks for up to 1 year. Patients will receive 1 mg protein divided into 2 doses at two separate subinguinal sites.
Drug: Imiquimod
Marketed as 5% Aldara cream topically applied; total of 12.5 mg divided between the two vaccination sites and reapplied at the vaccination sites 24 hours later.
Other Name: Aldara cream
Radiation: Radiation therapy
Initial course of radiation therapy is given over 6-7 weeks, 5580 cGy. Additional 180 cGy fractions will be delivered as a single dose on days of 1st and 3rd vaccinations and given according to standard of care at University of Minnesota Medical Center. Total radiation dose will be 5940 cGy.
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Vaccine will be produced by the University Of Minnesota Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics Facility using the established brain tumor initiating cell (BTIC) cell line GBM-6 as the antigen source. Vaccine administration will begin at four weeks (week 10) following completion of radiation therapy and will be given every two weeks for four doses. At the time of the 1st and 3rd vaccinations, additional 180 cGy fractions will be delivered in single doses in a novel effort to induce NKG2D ligand upregulation (thereby "sensitizing" residual tumor to lymphocyte attack). The total radiation dose for each patient will be 5940 cGy. Subsequent vaccinations will be given every four weeks and will continue to a maximum of one year from study enrollment, by which time median survival will have passed based on historical data. Imaging will be obtained at study entry (post radiation therapy) and every eight weeks thereafter to eighteen months, after which time the interval between imaging follow-up episodes will be determined by the patient's clinical status. Imaging will include MRI of the brain using our current institutional brain tumor imaging protocol. Imaging will also include SPECT/MRI and perfusion MRI. FDG-PET imaging may be used in certain cases to differentiate tumor necrosis from progression.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years to 25 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria - GBM patients only (enrollment plan 1):
Inclusion Criteria - DIPG patients only (enrollment plan 2 and 3):
Adequate organ function within 14 days of study registration including the following:
Exclusion Criteria - all patients:
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Christopher Moertel, MD | 612-626-2778 | moert001@umn.edu |
| Contact: Tambra Dahlheimer, RN | 612-625-2994 | tdahlheimer@umphysicians.umn.edu |
| United States, Minnesota | |
| Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota | Not yet recruiting |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455 | |
| Contact: Christopher Moertel, M.D. 612-626-2778 moert001@umn.edu | |
| Principal Investigator: Christopher Moertel, M.D. | |
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher Moertel, M.D. | Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota |
More Information
| Responsible Party: | Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01400672 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 2009LS136, 1004M81213 |
| Study First Received: | July 19, 2011 |
| Last Updated: | May 22, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma glioblastoma multiforme |
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Glioblastoma Glioma Pontine Glioma Astrocytoma Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Imiquimod Adjuvants, Immunologic Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses Interferon Inducers |