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Pancreatic CancerPhase 1NCT00003434

Biological Therapy in Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1 and hepatitis B antigen peptide in people with Pancreatic Cancer, run by Duke University at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Rational: White blood cells that have been treated with carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 may help the body build an immune response to and kill tumor cells that express CEA. Purpose: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of white blood cells plus carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 in treating patients with stage… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pancreatic Cancer
What is being tested?
carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1 and hepatitis B antigen peptide
How many people
8 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 1998to Aug 2002
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

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed stage I, II, or III adenocarcinoma of the pancreas Resected with no gross residual disease At least 50% of tumor cells must be CEA positive and stain with at least moderate intensity HLA-A2 positive

Patient Characteristics:

  • Age: 18 and over
  • Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100%
  • Life expectancy: Greater than 6 months
  • Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1000/mm3
  • Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL SGOT and alkaline phosphatase less than 4 times the upper limit of normal No hepatic failure
  • Renal: Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
  • Pulmonary: No concurrent asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Other:

  • No other malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer or controlled superficial bladder cancer within the past 5 years.
  • No history of autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, or multiple sclerosis
  • No active acute or chronic infection such as urinary tract infection, HIV, or viral hepatitis
  • No active infectious enteritis or eosinophilic enteritis Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

Prior Therapy:

  • Biologic therapy: At least 4 weeks since immunotherapy. No other concurrent immunotherapy
  • Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since chemotherapy and recovered. No concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy: No concurrent corticosteroid or immunosuppressive therapy. At least 6 weeks since steroid therapy
  • Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since radiotherapy and recovered
  • Surgery: Recovered from prior surgery

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study of Active Immunotherapy With Carcinoembryonic Antigen Peptide-Pulsed, Autologous Human Cultured Dendritic Cells in Patients With Resected, Stage I, II and III Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Expressing Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Rational: White blood cells that have been treated with carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 may help the body build an immune response to and kill tumor cells that express CEA.

Purpose: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of white blood cells plus carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 in treating patients with stage I, stage II, or stage III pancreatic cancer that has been surgically removed.

Read the detailed description

Objective: I. Perform a pilot study of active immunotherapy with autologous dendritic cells pulsed with the CEA peptide, CAP-1, after surgical resection in patients with CEA expressing pancreatic cancer. II. Perform laboratory analysis to monitor the presence, persistence, and function of CAP-1 specific T-cells in this patient population.

Outline: Patients undergo leukapheresis for up to 4.5 hours prior to vaccination. Half of the collected dendritic cells are pulsed with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) peptide and the other half are pulsed with hepatitis B antigen peptide (HBsAg). Equal doses of CEA and HBsAg peptide pulsed dendritic cells are administered intravenously over 3 minutes every 4 weeks for a total of 6 doses each. Patients undergo a second leukopheresis 2 weeks after the last dose of immunotherapy to obtain specimens for immunologic tests. Patients are followed at weeks 22, 36, 48, and every 6 months thereafter.

Project Accrual: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study over 2 years.

Being tested
carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1, hepatitis B antigen peptide
Keywords
stage I pancreatic cancer, stage II pancreatic cancer, stage III pancreatic cancer, adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1Biological

  • hepatitis B antigen peptideBiological

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Progression Free Survival

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Apr 2004 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 1998
  3. Primary completionAug 2002
  4. Study completionAug 2002

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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
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
8 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003434
Sponsor's protocol ID
1259
Other IDs
DUMC-97093, NCI-G98-1457, CDR0000066460
Status last verified
Feb 2014
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
10 Feb 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1 and hepatitis B antigen peptide in people with Pancreatic Cancer, run by Duke University 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?

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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Feb 2014. 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 was stopped early. Results are not available in the source record.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Progression Free Survival. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Feb 2014.

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