Vaccine for Patients With Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Low-Grade Glioma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01635283 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 9, 2012
Results First Posted : November 4, 2020
Last Update Posted : November 4, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma Adult Mixed Glioma Adult Oligodendroglioma Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor Adult Oligoastrocytoma | Biological: tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine Other: laboratory biomarker analysis | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the 5-year progression-free survival (PFS), using intradermal injections of autologous dendritic cells harvested from peripheral blood precursors and pulsed (co-cultured) with tumor lysate derived from surgical tissues in patients with low-grade gliomas.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To monitor overall survival (OS), and cellular immune responses in brain tumor patients injected with tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cells.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine intradermally (ID) on days 0, 14, and 28.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 5 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating Autologous Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Tumor Lysate Antigen for the Treatment of Low-grade Glioma |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 10, 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 13, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 13, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cells)
Patients receive autologous glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on days 0, 14, and 28.
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Biological: tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine
Given ID Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) of Low Grade Glioma Patients Treated With Autologous Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Autologous Tumor Lysate [ Time Frame: Each case was assessed from the baseline date of surgery to MRI evidence of tumor progression through study completion, up to 44 months. ]a Kaplan-Meier curve of the PFS of our trial patients was created and compared to the PFS of control patients matched for tumor grade, recurrence number, IDH1 status and 1p/19q status.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: The timeframe for OS was from the date of surgery until the date of death from any cause, up to 44 months. ]From date of enrollment until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 100 months. a Kaplan-Meier curve of the OS of our trial patients was created and compared to the OS of control patients matched for tumor grade, recurrence number, IDH1 status and 1p/19q status.
- Anti-tumor Immune Responses [ Time Frame: Tumor for analysis (CD8, Programmed Death (PD)-1, PD-L1, mutation analysis) was collected at the vaccine-related surgery shortly after enrollment. Blood for analysis (IDH1-specific antibodies) was collected at Day 0, before the first vaccine injection. ]
Tumor and peripheral blood samples were collected from each of the participants and analyzed for the following biomarkers:
IDH1-specific antibodies CD8, PD-1, and PD-L1 content, and correlations among those three biomarkers Mutation analysis/sequencing

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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:
- Patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent glioma of World Health Organization (WHO) grade II (astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, and/or oligoastrocytoma) will be eligible for this protocol
- Patients must have had surgical resection at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for which a separate informed consent was signed for the collection of their tumor prior to surgery
- After surgery, a pathological diagnosis of low-grade glioma (WHO grade II) will need to be established
- Patients must be able to read and understand the informed consent document; patients must sign the informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of this study.
- Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status (KPS) rating of >= 60 prior to initiating treatment; patients may be enrolled at a KPS of < 60 if it is felt that the patient will have adequate opportunity to recover to a KPS of >= 60 by the initiation of treatment
- Hemoglobin >= 9 gm%
- Absolute granulocyte count >= 1,500
- Platelet count >= 100,000/microliter (uL)
- Serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) =< 2.5 times institutional normals
- Bilirubin =< 1.5mg%
- Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) or creatinine =< 1.5 times institutional normals
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with an active infection
- Inability to obtain informed consent because of psychiatric or complicating medical problems
- Unstable or severe intercurrent medical or psychiatric conditions as determined by the Investigator
- Females of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or lactating or who are not using approved contraception
- History of immunodeficiency (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) or autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, polymyositis-dermatomyositis, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, or juvenile-onset insulin-dependent diabetes) that may be exacerbated by immunotherapy
- Subjects with organ allografts
- Inability or unwillingness to return for required visits and follow-up exams
- Subjects who have an uncontrolled systemic malignancy that is not in remission

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01635283
United States, California | |
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095 |
Principal Investigator: | Robert Prins | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01635283 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
11-002665 NCI-2012-00980 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) |
First Posted: | July 9, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 4, 2020 |
Last Update Posted: | November 4, 2020 |
Last Verified: | May 2016 |
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