Pooled Mutant KRAS-Targeted Long Peptide Vaccine Combined With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Patients With Resected MMR-p Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04117087 |
Recruitment Status :
Not yet recruiting
First Posted : October 7, 2019
Last Update Posted : October 7, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Colorectal Cancer Pancreatic Cancer | Drug: KRAS peptide vaccine Drug: Nivolumab Drug: Ipilimumab | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 30 participants |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Pooled Mutant KRAS-Targeted Long Peptide Vaccine Combined With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Patients With Resected MMR-p Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer |
Estimated Study Start Date : | January 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: KRAS peptide vaccine, Nivolumab, and Ipilimumab |
Drug: KRAS peptide vaccine
Other Name: Hiltonol® (Poly-ICLC) Drug: Nivolumab
Other Name: OPDIVO Drug: Ipilimumab
Other Name: YERVOY® |
- Number of participants experiencing study drug-related toxicities [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Number of participants experiencing study drug-related adverse events Grade 3 or higher as defined by CTCAE v5.0
- Fold change in interferon-producing mutant-KRAS-specific CD8 and CD4 T cells at 16 weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline, 16 weeks ]Evaluated by the fold change in interferon-producing mutant-KRAS-specific cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8) and cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) T cells after vaccination at 16 weeks compare to pre-vaccination baseline.
- Number of months from the date of first treatment until first documented disease recurrence or death [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Number of months from the date of first treatment until first documented disease recurrence or death. This will be used to assess Disease-free Survival (DFS).
- Percentage change of interferon (IFN)-γ-producing mutant-KRAS-specific CD8 and CD4 T cells [ Time Frame: Baseline, 4 years ]Percent change pre-vaccination baseline compared to end of study.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years.
- Have histologically or cytologically - proven cancer of the pancreas or microsatellite stable (MSS)-colon.
- Does not have measurable disease by imaging.
- Have sufficient archival tumor tissue for next-generation sequencing (NGS) and immune-phenotyping.
- Have one of the six KRAS mutations (KRASG12C, KRASG12V, KRASG12D, KRASG12A, KRASG13D or KRASG12R) in vaccine expressed in tumor.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Life expectancy of greater than 6 months.
- Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function defined by study-specified laboratory tests prior to initial study drug.
- Woman of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and follow contraceptive guidelines as defined per protocol.
- Men must use acceptable form of birth control while on study.
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- Last dose of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy administered within 6 months of screening tests.
Exclusion Criteria
- If expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study.
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Within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drug.
- Any systemic or topical corticosteroids at immunosuppressive agents.
- Any palliative or adjuvant radiation or gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Any chemotherapy.
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Within 4 weeks prior to first dose of study drug.
- Any investigational cytotoxic drug.
- Any investigational device.
- Has received a live vaccine.
- Received any allergen hyposensitization therapy.
- Received any growth factors, e.g. granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), erythropoietin.
- Any major surgery.
- Prior treatment with immunotherapy agents (including, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4), etc.).
- Hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.
- Known history or evidence of brain metastases.
- Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years, or a documented history of clinically severe autoimmune disease, or a syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents.
- Known history or concurrent interstitial lung disease.
- Has a pulse oximetry < 92% on room air.
- Requires the use of home oxygen.
- Infection with HIV or hepatitis B or C.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina, cardiac arrhythmia, metastatic cancer, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- Has been diagnosed with another cancer or myeloproliferative disorder within the past 5 year.
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency.
- Presence of any tissue or organ allograft, regardless of need for immunosuppression, including corneal allograft. Patients with a history of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant will be excluded.
- Any other sound medical, psychiatric, and/or social reason as determined by the Investigator.
- Unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason.
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding.

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): NCT04117087
Contact: Susan Sartorius-Mergenthaler, RN | 410-614-3644 | Sartosu@jhmi.edu | |
Contact: Ellen Lilly-Forman, RN | 443-287-4961 | lillyel@jhmi.edu |
United States, Maryland | |
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231 |
Principal Investigator: | Nilofer Azad, MD | Johns Hopkins Medical Institution |
Responsible Party: | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04117087 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
J1994 IRB00210915 ( Other Identifier: Johns Hopkins Medical Institution ) |
First Posted: | October 7, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 7, 2019 |
Last Verified: | October 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 |
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