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Melanoma (Skin)Phase 2NCT00019669

Vaccine Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

A Phase 2 study testing aldesleukin, fowlpox virus vaccine vector and gp100 antigen in people with Melanoma (Skin), 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.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combining melanoma vaccine with interleukin-2 is more effective than vaccine therapy alone in treating metastatic melanoma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Melanoma (Skin)
What is being tested?
aldesleukin, fowlpox virus vaccine vector and gp100 antigen
Type of treatment
Vaccines
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Oct 1999to Oct 2007
Phase
Phase 2
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 16 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven metastatic melanoma that has failed standard treatment
  • Measurable disease
  • HLA-A-201 positive

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 16 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC ≥ 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 90,000/mm^3
  • No coagulation disorders

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.6 mg/dL (less than 3.0 mg/dL for patients with Gilbert's syndrome)
  • AST/ALT < 2 times normal
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative

Renal:

  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No major cardiovascular disease
  • No cardiac ischemia by a stress thallium test or other comparable test*
  • No myocardial infarction*
  • No cardiac arrhythmias* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive interleukin-2 (IL-2)

Pulmonary:

  • No major respiratory disease
  • No obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive IL-2

Immunologic:

  • No autoimmune disease
  • No known immunodeficiency disease
  • No primary or secondary immunodeficiency
  • No allergy to eggs
  • No active systemic infections
  • HIV negative

Other:

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other active major medical illness* NOTE: *In order to be eligible to receive IL-2

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior gp100 vaccination

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent steroids

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Prior surgery for the malignancy allowed

Other:

  • At least 3 weeks since other prior therapy for the malignancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1182

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About this study

Official title: Immunization of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using a Recombinant Fowlpox Virus Encoding a GP100 Peptide Preceded by an Endoplasmic Reticulum Insertion Signal Sequence

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combining melanoma vaccine with interleukin-2 is more effective than vaccine therapy alone in treating metastatic melanoma.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of melanoma vaccine and interleukin-2 with that of melanoma vaccine alone in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma that has not responded to previous treatment.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the clinical response in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immunization with recombinant fowlpox vaccine administered either intravenously or intramuscularly, with or without interleukin-2 (IL-2).
  • Compare the immune response in patients before and after treatment with these regimens.
  • Compare the toxicity profile of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a partially randomized study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment cohorts.

  • Cohort 1: Patients receive recombinant fowlpox virus encoding gp100 peptide (fowlpox vaccine) IV once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. (Closed to accrual as of 6/21/02.)
  • Cohort 2: Patients receive fowlpox vaccine intramuscularly (IM) once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. (Closed to accrual as of 6/21/04.)
  • Cohort 3 (for patients in need of immediate interleukin-2 [IL-2] and those with disease progression after treatment in cohorts 1 or 2): Patients receive fowlpox vaccine either IV or IM* once every 4 weeks for 4 doses and IL-2 IV every 8 hours for a maximum of 12 doses beginning 24 hours after fowlpox vaccine.

NOTE: *The IM route of administration was selected as the preferred route of administration from cohorts 1 and 2

  • Expanded cohort 2 (open to accrual 7/19/02): Patients receive fowlpox vaccine IM once every 4 weeks for up to 4 doses. Upon disease progression, patients receive fowlpox vaccine as above and IL-2 IV every 8 hours for a maximum of 12 doses beginning 24 hours after fowlpox vaccine. (Closed to accrual 12/4/03.) In all cohorts, 3-4 weeks after the last injection, patients achieving a complete remission may receive a maximum of an additional 2 courses of therapy. Patients with responding disease may receive repeat vaccinations for up to 8 courses. Patients with no response or progressive disease in cohorts not receiving IL-2 may be treated with fowlpox vaccine and IL-2 as in cohort 3. Patients who are randomized to receive IL-2 may not receive additional IL-2 therapy.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 84 patients (24 in cohorts 1 and 2, 19-33 in cohort 3, and 27 in expanded cohort 2) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Being tested
aldesleukin, fowlpox virus vaccine vector, gp100 antigen
Keywords
stage IV melanoma, recurrent melanoma
Medical subject headings
Melanoma

What participants receive

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

  • aldesleukinBiological

  • fowlpox virus vaccine vectorBiological

  • gp100 antigenBiological

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 1999
  3. Study completionOct 2007

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00019669
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000066961
Other IDs
NCI-99-C-0044, NCI-T98-0088
Status last verified
Aug 2004
First submitted
11 Jul 2001
Last updated
20 Jun 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Rosenberg SA, Yang JC, Schwartzentruber DJ, Hwu P, Topalian SL, Sherry RM, Restifo NP, Wunderlich JR, Seipp CA, Rogers-Freezer L, Morton KE, Mavroukakis SA, Gritz L, Panicali DL, White DE. Recombinant fowlpox viruses encoding the anchor-modified gp100 melanoma antigen can generate antitumor immune responses in patients with metastatic melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Aug 1;9(8):2973-80.

    PubMed 12912944

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing aldesleukin, fowlpox virus vaccine vector and gp100 antigen in people with Melanoma (Skin), 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?

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 20 Jun 2013. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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 NCT00019669, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 20 Jun 2013.

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