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Kidney CancerPhase 3NCT00126178

Clinical Trial Studying a Personalized Cancer Vaccine in Patients With Non-metastatic Kidney Cancer

A Phase 3 study testing HSPPC-96 in people with Kidney Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by Agenus Inc. at 7 sites in 2 countries.

Terminated

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

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Trial summary

This is an international, open label, randomized phase 3 trial in which patients with surgically removable kidney cancer will be randomly selected post-operatively to receive adjuvant treatment with autologous HSPPC-96 or no adjuvant treatment. All patients will undergo complete surgical removal of their tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Kidney Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma
What is being tested?
HSPPC-96
How many people
600 participants
Where
7 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
May 2005to Mar 2006
Phase
Phase 3
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

  • Patients must have primary-intact resectable renal cell cancer, without distant metastasis and be scheduled to have surgery with curative intent
  • Tumor size > 5 cm OR macroscopic nodes OR vena cava thrombus by radiologic evaluation
  • At least 18 years old
  • Signed informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Prior surgery, chemo-, hormonal-, immuno-, or radiotherapy for kidney cancer
  • History of other cancers within the last five years, with the exception of adequately treated cone-biopsied in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  • Current malignancies of any type in other sites
  • No active uncontrolled infection, other serious medical illnesses, or splenectomy
  • History of primary or secondary immunodeficiencies

Trial locations and contacts

7 sites in 2 countries.

7 sites in 2 countries

United States5 sites
  • Study site

    Hackensack, New Jersey

  • Study site

    San Antonio, Texas

  • Study site

    San Francisco, California

  • Study site

    South Burlington, Vermont

  • Study site

    Stanford, California

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Canada2 sites
  • Study site

    Toronto, Ontario

  • Study site

    Victoria, British Columbia

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About this study

Official title: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Phase 3 Study of Adjuvant Oncophage® Versus Observation in Patients With High Risk After Surgical Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma

This is an international, open label, randomized phase 3 trial in which patients with surgically removable kidney cancer will be randomly selected post-operatively to receive adjuvant treatment with autologous HSPPC-96 or no adjuvant treatment. All patients will undergo complete surgical removal of their tumors.

Read the detailed description

This is an international, open label, randomized Phase 3 trial in which patients with surgically removable kidney cancer will be randomly selected post-operatively to receive adjuvant treatment with HSPPC-96 or no adjuvant treatment. All patients will undergo complete surgical removal of their tumors.

The primary objective of the study is to determine whether patients who receive adjuvant autologous HSPPC-96 (treatment group) after surgical resection of locally advanced renal cell carcinoma have improved recurrence-free survival as compared to patients who are not receiving adjuvant treatment (observation group). Eligible patients will have a 50% chance of receiving adjuvant treatment with HSPPC-96. Patients in the treatment arm of the trial will receive the vaccine once a week for 4 weeks, and then every other week until vaccine depletion or disease recurrence. Both groups of patients will be followed regularly for assessment of their disease status.

HSPPC-96 is an investigational, immunotherapeutic agent made from an individual patient's own tumor, which is collected at the time of surgery. A portion of the tumor tissue is sent to Antigenics' manufacturing facility where it will undergo processing to create a vaccine.

Being tested
HSPPC-96
Keywords
Kidney Cancer, Renal, Immunotherapy, Vaccine
Medical subject headings
Kidney Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Renal Cell

What participants receive

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

  • HSPPC-96Biological

What is being measured

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

  1. To determine whether patients randomized to receive adjuvant HSPPC-96 (treatment) after surgical resection of the kidney cancer have improved recurrence-free survival as compared to patients who did not receive adjuvant treatment (observation)

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. To determine whether patients randomized to receive adjuvant HSPPC-96 have improved overall survival as compared to patients in the observation group (without adjuvant treatment)

  2. To further characterize the safety profile of HSPPC-96

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Aug 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2005
  3. Primary completionMar 2006
  4. Study completionMar 2006

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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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
600 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00126178
Sponsor's protocol ID
C-100-12 Part 2
Status last verified
Sep 2012
First submitted
2 Aug 2005
Last updated
7 Sep 2012
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing HSPPC-96 in people with Kidney Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by Agenus Inc. at 7 sites in 2 countries.

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 4 inclusion and 5 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Sep 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 7 sites in United States, Canada. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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?

To determine whether patients randomized to receive adjuvant HSPPC-96 (treatment) after surgical resection of the kidney cancer have improved recurrence-free survival as compared to patients who did not receive adjuvant treatment (observation). 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 7 Sep 2012.

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