Safety & Efficacy Study of EGF Cancer Vaccine to Treat Stage IV Biomarker Positive, Wild Type EGF-R NSCLC Patients (EGF)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02187367 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Sponsor decision based on slow recruitment and new emerging drug combinations)
First Posted : July 11, 2014
Last Update Posted : September 10, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung | Biological: EGF Vaccine | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 106 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase 3 Open-label, Multicentre, Randomised Trial to Establish Safety & Efficacy of an EGF Cancer Vaccine in Inoperable, Stage IV Biomarker Positive,Wild Type EGF-R NSCLC Patients Eligible to Receive Standard Treatment and Supportive Care |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 1, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 6, 2019 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: EGF Vaccine
Patients in this arm will receive a low dose of cyclophosphamide and the recombinant human rEGF-P64K/Montanide ISA 51
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Biological: EGF Vaccine
1.2mL of conjugate-adjuvant mix injection at four sites during the Post First-Line Chemotherapy. Reduced dose of injection at two sites during the Pre-Progression Phase.
Other Name: Cyclophosphamide and the recombinant human rEGF-P64K/Montanide ISA 51 |
No Intervention: Best Supportive Care
Patients in this arm will receive best supportive care
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- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess overall survival (OS) of an EGF cancer vaccine in inoperable, stage IV biomarker positive, wild type EGF-R, NSCLC patients compared to the control group receiving best treatment and supportive care. OS is defined as the time from randomisation to death due to any cause.
- Safety of EGF Cancer Vaccine as assessed by Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess the frequency and number of patients develop AEs, related AEs, serious AEs (SAEs) and AEs leading to withdrawal or death
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till objective tumour progression or death (whichever occurs first) within time frame of study of 3 years ]Progression parameters include radiological or clinical progression, withdrawal due to progression, and death due to any cause.
- Survival Rate [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed at 12 and 24 months after randomization ]To assess the percentage of patients that are alive at 12 months and 24 months in EGF cancer vaccine study group compared to control group.
- Time to Progression (TTP) [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till observed tumour progression within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess Time to Progression (TTP) from the time of randomisation to first documented disease progression of EGF cancer vaccine study group patients compared to control group.
- Response Rate (RECIST criteria) [ Time Frame: Each patients will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess the percentage of patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria Version 1.1.
- Safety of EGF Cancer Vaccine by Laboratory Assessment [ Time Frame: Each patients will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess haematology, biochemistry and urinalysis parameters
- Safety of EGF Cancer Vaccine assessed by Vital Signs [ Time Frame: Each patients will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate
- Safety of EGF Cancer Vaccine as assessed by Physical Examination [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess eyes, neurological and cardiovascular systems, lungs, abdomen, and any other areas with signs and symptoms of disease, and of the head, neck, ears, nose, mouth, throat, thyroid, lymph nodes and extremities
- Quality of Life (QoL) [ Time Frame: Each patient will be followed till death occurs within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess the general physical health of patients with a 36-item, short-form health survey until disease progression
- Pharmacodynamics (PD) of EGF Cancer Vaccine assessed by Immune Responses [ Time Frame: Each patients will be followed till death within study time frame of 3 years ]To assess the serum EGF concentration and anti-EGF antibody titers with response before and after to the study treatment
- Efficacy assessed by KRAS and ALK rearrangements [ Time Frame: At time of screening ]For the analysis of oncogenes Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) sample of the biopsy tumour tissue, ideally taken from biopsy obtained at disease diagnosis will be prepared and shipped for central analysis

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Are aged 18 or older.
- Have serum EGF concentration >250 pg/ml determined from sample taken at screening.
- Have wild type EGF-R sequence.
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
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Have adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function, as assessed by the Investigator. A sample taken at Screening should confirm that:
- White blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 3000 per µL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000 per µL
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (or ≤ 5 x ULN when liver metastases are present)
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Have histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC, corresponding to locally and regionally advanced inoperable disease (Stage IV [as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system- TNM 7th edition 2010]) excluding brain metastases.
- Are eligible to receive first-line chemotherapy (without concurrent radiotherapy to thorax measurable lesions or consolidation radiotherapy).
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Agree to use double-barrier contraception (males and females alike [if applicable]). A negative pregnancy test must be documented at Screening for females of childbearing potential.
Note: Females of childbearing potential are defined as those women with less than 2 years after last menstruation and not surgically sterile, while post-menopausal refers to those women with at least 2 years from last menstruation.
- Have signed a voluntary written informed consent form (ICF). Patients should be cooperative, willing and able to participate and adhere to the Protocol requirements, including their availability for the follow-up.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient has no measurable disease (as defined by RECIST Criteria, version 1.1).
- Patient has EGF-R mutation.
- Patient has EGF serum concentration below required threshold.
- Patient is a candidate for concurrent chemo-radiotherapy or post chemo thoracic radiotherapy.
- Patient has a history of known or suspected central nervous system (CNS) metastases.
- Patient has a history of primary malignancy (except resected non-melanoma skin cancer or curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix), unless in complete remission and off all chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for that disease for a minimum of 5 years. Any palliative radiotherapy to alleviate pain in bone metastases is permitted.
- Patient is taking immunosuppressant drugs such as azathioprine, tacrolimus, cyclosporine, etc. Use is not permitted within 1 month before Screening.
- Patient is taking any other immunotherapy.
- Patient has primary or secondary immunodeficiencies (e.g. documented Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV]).
- Patient has autoimmune disease.
- Patient has undergone splenectomy.
- Patient is taking oral, intramuscular or intravenous corticosteroids. Use is not permitted within 1 month before Screening. Inhaled corticosteroids to treat respiratory insufficiency (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]), or topical steroids are permitted.
- Patient has neurotoxicity (Grade ≥2).
- Patient has diarrhoea (Grade ≥2).
- Patient has received other vaccines (with the exception of the influenza vaccine), within 1 month before Screening.
- Patient has a history of any severe or life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction.
- Patient has an unstable systemic disease (including active infection, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within the previous year, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication, hepatic, renal and metabolic disease).
- Patient has recent history (within 6 months before Screening) of chronic alcohol or drug abuse which may compromise the patient's safety or ability to participate in study activities.
- Patient has a history of psychiatric disorder that prevents patients from providing informed consent or following Protocol instructions.
- Patient is currently enrolled in an investigational device or drug trial, or <1 month since completing an investigational device or drug trial.
- Female patients who are pregnant or lactating.
- Patient has any other factor that in the opinion of the Investigator (or designee) would make the patient unsafe or unsuitable for the study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02187367

Principal Investigator: | Libor Havel, Dr. | Thomayerova nemocnice, Czech Republic |
Responsible Party: | Bioven Europe |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02187367 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BV-NSCLC-002 2013-005335-25 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | July 11, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 10, 2019 |
Last Verified: | September 2019 |
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