Vaccine Therapy Following Therapeutic Autologous Lymphocytes and Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01339663 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 21, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 21, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Recurrent Melanoma Stage IV Melanoma | Drug: cyclophosphamide Biological: aldesleukin Biological: autologous tumor cell vaccine Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: immunologic technique Other: immunohistochemistry staining method Genetic: polymerase chain reaction Biological: therapeutic autologous lymphocytes | Phase 1 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Assess the safety and toxicity of T-APC vaccination following adoptive T cell therapy.
II. Evaluate the functional and numeric in vivo persistence of adoptively transferred cytotoxic t lymphocytes (CTL) followed by T-APC vaccination.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the antitumor effect of adoptive T cell therapy followed by T-APC vaccination.
OUTLINE : This is a dose-escalation study of T-APC vaccine.
INFUSION I: Patients receive high-dose cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) on days -4 and -3 and low-dose aldesleukin (IL-2) subcutaneously (SC) twice daily (BID) on days 0-14. Patients also receive CTL IV on day 0.
INFUSION II: Beginning 6-48 hours later, patients receive high-dose cyclophosphamide, low-dose IL-2, and CTL as in Infusion I. Patients also receive T-APC vaccine IV within 18-36 hours following CTL infusion and in week 4, and IL-2 SC BID on days 0-14 following second T-APC vaccination.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 8 weeks.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 12 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I Study To Evaluate The Use Of Autologous T- Antigen-Presenting Cells (T-APC) To Enhance The Persistence Of Adoptively Transferred CD8+ Antigen-Specific T Cells (CTL) Following Cyclophosphamide Conditioning For Patients With Metastatic Melanoma |
Study Start Date : | March 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (dose-escalation, T-APC boost, CTL)
INFUSION I: Patients receive high-dose cyclophosphamide IV on day days -4 and -3 and low-dose IL-2 SC BID on days 0-14. Patients also receive CTL IV on day 0. INFUSION II: Beginning 6-48 hours later, patients receive high-dose cyclophosphamide, low-dose IL-2, and CTL as in Infusion I. Patients also receive T-APC vaccine IV within 18-36 hours following CTL infusion and in week 4, and IL-2 SC BID on days 0-14 following second T-APC vaccination. |
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Given IV
Other Names:
Biological: aldesleukin Given SC
Other Names:
Biological: autologous tumor cell vaccine Receive T-APC via IV
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies Other: immunologic technique Correlative studies
Other Names:
Other: immunohistochemistry staining method Correlative studies
Other Name: immunohistochemistry Genetic: polymerase chain reaction Correlative studies
Other Name: PCR Biological: therapeutic autologous lymphocytes Receive adoptively transferred CD8+ antigen-specific T cell clones via IV
Other Names:
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- Treatment-related dose limiting toxicity (DLT) as defined by Grade 3 or greater unexpected toxicity by the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) v4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 8 weeks after the T cell infusion ]Assessed at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or dose level immediately below the dose level for which the incidence of DLT was less than 35%.
- In vivo persistence of adoptively transferred T cells [ Time Frame: At 4 weeks ]Assessed by intrapatient comparison between the first (without T-APC) and second (with T-APC) CTL infusion. Descriptive statistics will be applied and t-tests of intrapatient in vivo T cell persistence between the two Infusions will be determined.
- Clinical response [ Time Frame: Up to 8 weeks after second dose ]

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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:
- Histopathological documentation of melanoma concurrent with the diagnosis of metastatic disease
- Tumor expression of melanocyte differentiation antigen (MDA: MART-1 = 2+ staining or > 25%) by immunohistochemistry (IHC)
- Expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A201
- Zubrod performance status of '0-1' at the time of treatment
- Bi-dimensionally measurable disease by palpation on clinical exam, or radiographic imaging (X-ray, computed tomography [CT] scan)
- Normal cardiac stress test will be required for all patients with any history of cardiac disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women, nursing mothers, men or women of reproductive ability who are unwilling to use effective contraception or abstinence; women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within two weeks prior to entry
- Serum creatinine > 1.6 mg/dL or Creatinine clearance < 75 ml/min
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) > 150 IU or > 3x upper limit of normal
- Bilirubin > 1.6 mg/dL
- Prothrombin time > 1.5 x control
- Clinically significant pulmonary dysfunction, as determined by medical history and physical exam; patients so identified will undergo pulmonary functions testing and those with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) < 2.0 L or carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLco) (corr for hemoglobin [Hgb]) < 75% will be excluded
- Congestive heart failure
- Clinically significant hypotension
- Symptoms of coronary artery disease
- Presence of cardiac arrhythmias on electrocardiograph (EKG) requiring drug therapy
- Ejection fraction < 50 % (echocardiogram or multi gated acquisition scan [MUGA])
- Symptomatic central nervous system metastases greater than 1 cm at time of therapy; patients with 1-2 asymptomatic, less than 1 cm brain/central nervous system (CNS) metastases without significant edema may be considered for treatment
- Patients with active infections or oral temperature > 38.2 C within 72 hours of study entry or systemic infection requiring chronic maintenance or suppressive therapy
- Chemotherapeutic agents (standard or experimental), radiation therapy, or other immunosuppressive therapies less than 3 weeks prior to T cell therapy; (patients with bulky disease may undergo cytoreductive chemotherapy but treatment will be discontinued at least 3 weeks prior to T cell therapy)
- Clinically significant autoimmune disorders or conditions of immunosuppression; patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 associated complex or known to HIV antibody seropositive or known to be recently polymerase chain reaction (PCR)+ for hepatitis are not eligible for this study; virology testing will be done within 6 months of T cell infusion; the severely depressed immune system found in these infected patients and the possibility of premature death would compromise study objectives
- Chemotherapeutic agents (standard or experimental), radiation therapy, or other immunosuppressive therapies less than 3 weeks prior to T cell therapy
- Current treatment with steroids
- Patients must not be receiving any other experimental drugs within 3 weeks of the initiation of the protocol and must have recovered from all side effects of such therapy
- Patients for whom we are unable to generate MART-1 specific T cells

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01339663
United States, Washington | |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 |
Principal Investigator: | Sylvia Lee | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium |
Responsible Party: | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01339663 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2481.00 NCI-2011-00383 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) K12CA076930 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | April 21, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 21, 2014 |
Last Verified: | April 2014 |
Melanoma Neuroendocrine Tumors Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Nevi and Melanomas Aldesleukin Cyclophosphamide Interleukin-2 Vaccines Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Immunosuppressive Agents |
Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Myeloablative Agonists Analgesics, Non-Narcotic Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Anti-HIV Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents |