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B Cell LymphomaPhase 1NCT00001572

Vaccination of Follicular Lymphomas With Tumor-Derived Immunoglobulin Idiotype

A Phase 1 study testing Id-KLH Vaccine and QS-21 (Stimulation-QS-21) Drug in people with B Cell Lymphoma and Follicular Lymphoma, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Patients undergo chemotherapy until remission is obtained, or disease has been stable for two cycles of chemotherapy, or progressive disease develops. Three to six months after completion of chemotherapy, patients who have achieved complete clinical remission or minimal disease status receive a series of 5 injections… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
B Cell Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, Neoplasm
What is being tested?
Id-KLH Vaccine and QS-21 (Stimulation-QS-21) Drug
Type of treatment
Vaccines
How many people
21 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
30 Jan 1997to 2 Nov 2010
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Sample size: up to 30 patients.
  • Sex distribution: Male and female.
  • Age: Patients must be greater than or equal to 18 years old.
  • Patients must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
  • Tissue diagnosis of: follicular small cleaved cell or follicular mixed lymphoma with surface IgM, IgA, or IgG phenotype with a monoclonal heavy and light chain. Pathology slides must be submitted to the NIH Pathology Department for review.
  • Stage III or IV lymphoma.
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  • A single peripheral lymph node of at least 2x2 to 3x3 cm size and accessible for biopsy/harvest.
  • Karnofsky status greater than or equal to 70%.
  • Life expectancy of greater than 1 year.
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl unless felt to be secondary to lymphoma.
  • Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl unless felt to be secondary to lymphoma or Gilbert's disease. SGOT/SGPT less than or equal to 3.5 x upper limit of normal.
  • Ability to give informed consent. Ability to return to clinic for adequate follow-up for the period that the protocol requires.
  • There are no gender or racial / ethnic restrictions on patient selection. This protocol is open to all genders and racial / ethnic groups.

Who cannot join

  • The presence of any exclusion criteria (listed below) will prohibit entry onto study:
  • Prior total body irradiation.
  • Presence of antibodies to HIV or hepatitis B surface antigen or other active infectious process.
  • Pregnant or lactation. Fertile men and women must plan to use an effective contraception. A beta-HCG level will be obtained in women of child-bearing potential.
  • Patients with previous or concomitant malignancy, regardless of site, except curatively treated squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or effectively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
  • Patient unwilling to give informed consent.
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  • Failure to meet any of the eligibility criteria in Section 3.2.
  • Any medical or psychiatric condition that in the opinion of the protocol chairman would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this treatment.
  • Patients with CNS lymphoma (current or previously treated) will not be eligible.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Patients undergo chemotherapy until remission is obtained, or disease has been stable for two cycles of chemotherapy, or progressive disease develops.

Three to six months after completion of chemotherapy, patients who have achieved complete clinical remission or minimal disease status receive a series of 5 injections (given 1-2 months apart) of a vaccine consisting of 0.5 mg autologous tumor-derived immunoglobulin (Id) conjugated to KLH. The vaccine is administered with subcutaneous QS-21 as an immunological adjuvant....

Read the detailed description

The idiotype of the immunoglobulin on a given B cell malignancy (Id) can serve as a clonal marker, and a previous pilot study in lymphoma patients has demonstrated that autologous Id protein can be formulated into an immunogenic, tumor specific antigen by conjugation to a carrier protein (KLH) and administration with an emulsion-based adjuvant.

The objectives of this study are: 1) to evaluate feasibility and toxicity of new vaccine formulations, and 2) to evaluate cellular and humoral immune responses against the unique idiotype of the patient's lymphoma.

The goal of this study is to treat patients with follicular lymphomas to complete remission or minimal residual disease with chemotherapy. Six to twelve months after completion of chemotherapy, in an effort to reduce the relapse rate (by eradicating microscopic disease resistant to chemotherapy), patients will receive one of two new formulations of an autologous Id vaccine.

Being tested
Id-KLH Vaccine, QS-21 (Stimulation-QS-21) Drug
Keywords
B-Cell Lymphoma, BCL- 2 Positive Tumor, Immunization, Induction Chemotherapy, Lymphoma Vaccine, Follicular Lymphoma, Tumor-Derived Immunoglobulin Idiotype
Medical subject headings
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Lymphoma, Follicular, Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Id-KLH VaccineDrug

  • QS-21 (Stimulation-QS-21) DrugDrug

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted4 Nov 1999 (estimated)
  2. Study start30 Jan 1997
  3. Primary completion31 Jul 1999
  4. Study completion2 Nov 2010

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00001572
Sponsor's protocol ID
970077
Other IDs
97-C-0077
Status last verified
2 Nov 2010
First submitted
3 Nov 1999
Last updated
2 Jul 2017
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Stevenson GT, Stevenson FK. Antibody to a molecularly-defined antigen confined to a tumour cell surface. Nature. 1975 Apr 24;254(5502):714-6. doi: 10.1038/254714a0. No abstract available.

    PubMed 47617
  • Sirisinha S, Eisen HN. Autoimmune-like antibodies to the ligand-binding sites of myeloma proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 Dec;68(12):3130-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.12.3130.

    PubMed 4108872
  • Kwak LW, Campbell MJ, Czerwinski DK, Hart S, Miller RA, Levy R. Induction of immune responses in patients with B-cell lymphoma against the surface-immunoglobulin idiotype expressed by their tumors. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 22;327(17):1209-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199210223271705.

    PubMed 1406793

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Id-KLH Vaccine and QS-21 (Stimulation-QS-21) Drug in people with B Cell Lymphoma and Follicular Lymphoma, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00001572, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jul 2017.

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