Vigil + Irinotecan and Temozolomide in Ewing's Sarcoma (VITA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03495921 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : April 12, 2018
Last Update Posted : November 18, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ewing Sarcoma Ewing Family of Tumors Ewing's Tumor Metastatic Ewing's Sarcoma Metastatic Ewing's Tumor Recurrent Rare Diseases Sarcoma Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Sarcoma, Ewing Neoplasms | Biological: Vigil Drug: Irinotecan Drug: Temozolomide | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 114 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Group A (i) oral temozolomide 100 mg/m2 daily (Days 1 - 5, total dose 500 mg/m2/cycle), (ii) oral irinotecan 50 mg/m2 daily (Days 1 - 5, total dose 250mg/m2/cycle), and (iii) Vigil 1.0 x 10e6 cells/injection cells/injection, intradermally on Day 15. or Group B (i) (oral temozolomide 100 mg/m2 daily (Days 1 - 5, total dose 500 mg/m2/cycle), and (ii) oral irinotecan 50 mg/m2 daily (Days 1 - 5, total dose 250mg/m2/cycle). |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multi-Center Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label Trial of Vigil (Bi-shRNAfurin and GMCSF Augmented Autologous Tumor Cell Immunotherapy) in Combination With Irinotecan and Temozolomide as a Second-Line Regimen for Ewing's Sarcoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 21, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 1, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Vigil + Irinotecan and Temozolomide
Group A Schedule: Temozolomide 100 mg/m2 daily, oral, Days 1 - 5, every 21 days Irinotecan 50 mg/m2 daily, oral, Days 1 - 5, every 21 days Vigil 1.0 x 10e6 cells/injection, intradermal, Day 15, every 21 days for a minimum of 4 administrations to a maximum of 12 administrations depending on quantity of Vigil manufactured from surgical specimens and so long as the patient is clinically stable and without disease progression. Subjects may receive repeat cycles of treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or other criterion is met for discontinuation from study. |
Biological: Vigil
Vigil is composed of autologous tumor cells harvested from the patient at the time of initial de-bulking surgery which are then transfected extracorporeally, with a plasmid encoding for the gene for GM-CSF, an immune-stimulatory cytokine, and a bifunctional, short hairpin RNA which specifically knocks down the expression of furin, the critical convertase responsible for production of the two TGβ isoforms.
Other Names:
Drug: Irinotecan Irinotecan injectable formulation will be obtained. This will be drawn up into oral syringes (1 cycle of 5 doses) and dispensed to the subject with instructions to refrigerate until administration. Irinotecan may be mixed with cranberry-grape juice immediately before administration to mask the bitter flavor and administered once daily on Days 1 through 5 of each 3-week cycle.
Other Names:
Drug: Temozolomide Temozolomide capsules may be opened and mixed in apple sauce or juice if unable to swallow whole capsules. Temozolomide is administered on Days 1 through 5 of each 3-week course and given at least 1 hour before Irinotecan.
Other Name: Temodar |
Active Comparator: Irinotecan and Temozolomide
Group B Schedule: Temozolomide 100 mg/m2 daily, oral, Days 1 - 5, every 21 days Irinotecan 50 mg/m2 daily, oral, Days 1 - 5, every 21 days Subjects may receive repeat cycles of treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or other criterion is met for discontinuation from study. Within 6 weeks of second relapse or progression, subjects randomized to Group B, will be allowed to cross-over to receive single agent Vigil every 21 days following End of Treatment assessments. Subjects who cross-over may receive up to 12 doses of Vigil depending upon the quantity of Vigil manufactured. Cross-over must occur within 2 years of End of Treatment assessments of Group B enrollment. |
Drug: Irinotecan
Irinotecan injectable formulation will be obtained. This will be drawn up into oral syringes (1 cycle of 5 doses) and dispensed to the subject with instructions to refrigerate until administration. Irinotecan may be mixed with cranberry-grape juice immediately before administration to mask the bitter flavor and administered once daily on Days 1 through 5 of each 3-week cycle.
Other Names:
Drug: Temozolomide Temozolomide capsules may be opened and mixed in apple sauce or juice if unable to swallow whole capsules. Temozolomide is administered on Days 1 through 5 of each 3-week course and given at least 1 hour before Irinotecan.
Other Name: Temodar |
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years ]Progression Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from randomization to the event of disease recurrence/progression or death due to any cause. PFS of subjects dosed with Vigil immunotherapy in combination with irinotecan and temozolomide vs. irinotecan and temozolomide will be compared.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years ]OS is defined as time from randomization to death or to the date of last follow-up. The date of last follow-up confirming survival will be used as the censoring date for subjects who are alive and/or do not have a known date of death. OS of subjects with relapsed or refractory Ewing's sarcoma dosed with Vigil immunotherapy in combination with irinotecan and temozolomide will be determined and compared.
- Radiological Tumor Assessment [ Time Frame: Through study completion and then follow up, approximately 2 years ]The objective response rate (RECIST 1.1) of patients with metastatic Ewing's sarcoma refractory or intolerant to 1 prior line of systemic chemotherapy treated with Vigil immunotherapy dosed with Vigil immunotherapy in combination with irinotecan and temozolomide will be compared.
- Vigil Manufacturing Success Rate [ Time Frame: From manufacturing start date until 4 weeks post manufacturing for each tissue procurement. ]Vigil Manufacturing Success Rate will be defined as passing cell number, cell viability, efficacy, and purity tests.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 2 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Tissue Procurement Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors (ESFT).
- Age ≥ 2 years.
- Estimated survival ≥ 6 months.
- Evidence of EWS translocation by FISH or RT-PCR or Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). If available, NGS sequencing report should be submitted to Gradalis.
- Recurrence or refractory to 1 line of systemic chemotherapy, including but not limited to doxorubicin, vincristine, and ifosfamide.
- Planned standard of care surgical procedure (e.g., tumor biopsy or palliative resection or thoracentesis) and expected availability of a cumulative soft-tissue mass of ~10-30 grams tissue ("grape" to "golf-ball" size / approximately 2 cm total diameter on imaging) or pleural fluid estimated volume ≥ 500mL (from a primary or secondary thoracentesis, yielding in a high volume of tumor cells) for immunotherapy manufacture.
- Tumor intended for immunotherapy manufacture is not embedded in bone and does not contain luminal tissue (e.g. bowel, ureter, bile duct).
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written protocol specific informed consent for tissue harvest or a parental/guardian informed consent and pediatric assent when appropriate.
Tissue Procurement Exclusion Criteria:
- Medical condition requiring any form of chronic systemic immunosuppressive therapy (steroid or other) except physiologic replacement doses of hydrocortisone or equivalent (no more than 30 mg hydrocortisone or 10 mg prednisone equivalent daily) for < 30 days duration.
- Known history of other malignancy unless having undergone curative intent therapy without evidence of that disease for ≥ 3 years except cutaneous squamous cell and basal cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, in situ cervical cancer or other in situ cancers are allowed if definitively resected.
- Brain metastases unless treated with curative intent (gamma knife or surgical resection) and without evidence of progression for ≥ 2 months.
- Any documented history of autoimmune disease with exception of Type 1 diabetes on stable insulin regimen, hypothyroidism on stable dose of replacement thyroid medication, vitiligo, or asthma not requiring systemic steroids.
- Known HIV or chronic Hepatitis B or C infection.
- Known hypersensitivity to any temozolomide component or to dacarbazine (DTIC).
- Known hypersensitivity to irinotecan or its excipients.
- Known history of allergies or sensitivities to gentamicin.
- History of or current evidence of any condition (including medical, psychiatric or substance abuse disorder), therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.
Study Enrollment Inclusion Criteria:
- Completed manufacture of at least 4 vials of Vigil.
- Karnofsky performance status (KPS) / Lansky performance status (LS) ≥80%.
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Normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
Absolute granulocyte count ≥1,000/mm3, Absolute lymphocyte count ≥400/mm3, Platelets ≥75,000/mm3, Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 mg/dL, Total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal*, AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤2x institutional upper limit of normal, Creatinine <1.5 mg/dL
* documented Gilbert's syndrome may be considered after medical monitor review
- Subject has recovered to CTCAE Grade 1 (except for parameters noted in Item 3, above) or better from all adverse events associated with prior therapy or surgery. Pre-existing motor or sensory neurologic pathology or symptoms, or dermatologic must be recovered to CTCAE Grade 2 or better.
- If female of childbearing potential, has a negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a negative serum test will be required for study entry.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed protocol specific consent or a parental/guardian informed consent and pediatric assent when appropriate.
Study Enrollment Exclusion Criteria:
In addition to the procurement exclusion criteria, subjects will NOT be eligible for study registration and randomization if meeting any of the following additional criteria:
- Any anti-neoplastic therapy between tissue procurement for Vigil manufacture and start of study therapy.
- Live vaccine used for the prevention of infectious disease administered < 30 days prior to the start of study therapy.
- Post-surgery complication that in the opinion of the treating investigator would interfere with the patient's study participation or make it not in the best interest of the patient to participate.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03495921
Contact: Gladice Wallraven | 214-442-8124 | info@gradalisinc.com |
United States, Arkansas | |
Arkansas Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202 | |
Contact: Catherine Redinger, RN 501-364-4290 RedingerCatherineL@uams.edu | |
United States, California | |
Southern California Permanente Medical Group | Recruiting |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027 | |
Contact: Olga Ducker, MBA, CCRP 626-344-4547 Olga.E.Ducker@kp.org | |
UCLA Children's Health Center | Not yet recruiting |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095 | |
Contact: Rubi Arias 310-794-0345 rubiarias@mednet.ucla.edu | |
Contact: Marianne Bernardo 310-794-8086 mjbernardo@mednet.ucla.edu | |
Stanford Children's Health | Not yet recruiting |
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304 | |
Contact: Nancy K Sweeters, RN, PNP 650-721-4074 nancy.sweeters@stanford.edu | |
Contact: Shivani Reddy, CRCA (650)723-5535 shivanir@stanford.edu | |
United States, Florida | |
Mayo Clinic Florida | Recruiting |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224 | |
Contact: Steven Attia, DO 904-953-7292 Attia.Steven@mayo.edu | |
Nicklaus Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33155 | |
Contact: Fabian Castillo 786-624-2824 Fabian.Castillo@nicklaushealth.org | |
Contact: Matthew Bittle Matthew.Bittle@Nicklaushealth.org | |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders | Recruiting |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215 | |
Contact: Steven DuBois, MD 617-632-5460 Steven_Dubois@dfci.harvard.edu | |
United States, Missouri | |
Washington University Siteman Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 | |
Contact: Michele Landeau 314-747-9488 landeaum@wustl.edu | |
United States, Nebraska | |
Nebraska Methodist Hospital | Recruiting |
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114 | |
Contact: Kacey Coenen, BSN,RN,OCN 402-354-5129 kacey.coenen@nmhs.org | |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
Contact: Morgan Coleman colemanm@mskcc.org | |
Contact: Leonard H. Wexler, MD 212-639-7990 | |
Principal Investigator: Leonard H. Wexler, MD | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center; Duke Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 | |
Contact: Jessica Pennell jessica.pennell@duke.edu | |
Contact: Lars Wagner lars.wagner@duke.edu | |
United States, Ohio | |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Recruiting |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229 | |
Contact 513-636-2799 cancer@cchmc.org | |
Cleveland Clinic | Recruiting |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195 | |
Contact: Peter Anderson, MD 216-445-4044 andersp@ccf.org | |
Contact: Stacey Zahler, MD 216-445-3588 zahlers@ccf.org | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Fox Chase Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111 | |
Contact: Margaret von Mehren, MD 215-728-2814 Margaret.vonMehren@fccc.edu | |
United States, Texas | |
Texas Oncology - Pediatrics | Recruiting |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230 | |
Contact: Maurizio Ghisoli, MD 972-566-6647 Maurizio.Ghisoli@usoncology.com | |
Cook Children's Medical Center | Recruiting |
Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104 | |
Contact: Lauren Bird, RN 682-885-4874 Lauren.Bird@cookchildrens.org | |
Contact: Lucy Marmolejo (682) 885-8088 Lucy.marmolejo@cookchildrens.org | |
United States, Washington | |
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | Not yet recruiting |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 | |
Contact: Roxanne Moore 206-606-6425 romoore@seattlecca.org |
Study Director: | Luisa Manning, MD | Gradalis, Inc. |
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Responsible Party: | Gradalis, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03495921 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CL-PTL-130 |
First Posted: | April 12, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 18, 2019 |
Last Verified: | November 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
ESFT Immunotherapy Phase 3 irinotecan temozolomide First Relapse Second Line Vigil |
vaccine orphan drug soft bone pediatric FLI EWS Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |
Sarcoma Sarcoma, Ewing Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Bone Neoplasms Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Rare Diseases Neoplasms Osteosarcoma Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Neoplasms by Site Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases |
Connective Tissue Diseases Irinotecan Temozolomide Modafinil Immunologic Factors Topoisomerase I Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Central Nervous System Stimulants Wakefulness-Promoting Agents |