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CholangiocarcinomaPhase 1/2cholangioNCT03042182

Trial of Therapeutic Vaccine in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma

A Phase 1/2 study testing Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinoma in people with Cholangiocarcinoma, run by Immunitor LLC at 2 sites in Mongolia.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant neoplasm originating from the epithelial cells lining the intra- or extrahepatic biliary ducts. It is the second-most common liver cancer, after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). About 6,000 people in the United States develop bile duct cancer each year. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Cholangiocarcinoma
What is being tested?
Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinoma
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
2 sitesMongolia
Study dates
20 Feb 2017to 20 Apr 2020
Phase
Phase 1/2
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • only those positive for CA19.9

Who cannot join

  • pregnant and lactating females

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

Galyna Kutsyna, MD, MD/PhD contact

kutsynagalyna@yahoo.com

Aldar Bourinbayar, MD contact

+97695130306

immunitor@gmail.com

Mongolia2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Immunitor LLC

    Ulaanbaatar, CA, 13838

    Enrolling by invitation
  • National Cancer Center

    Ulaanbaatar

    batchuluun purev, md

    munkhzaya chogsom, md

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Open Label Trial of Therapeutic Vaccine in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant neoplasm originating from the epithelial cells lining the intra- or extrahepatic biliary ducts. It is the second-most common liver cancer, after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). About 6,000 people in the United States develop bile duct cancer each year. One-year survival is less than 25% and no effective and safe systemic treatments are currently available. Last year the completion of open-label phase 2 trial (NCT02256514) of hepcortespenlisimut-L (V5) has been reported, which has shown that two-third of Mongolian patients with advanced HCC had a favorable clinical response, including complete remissions and with overall survival over 90% after 1 year. So far a few patients with CCA were treated with V5, but it appeared that their response rate was somewhat inferior to patients with HCC since two (both with hemochromatosis) out six patients died within 6 months. In one patient who had improved clinically, the improvement was correlated with decrease in CA19-9 tumor marker, but no marker profile information is available in regard to other CCA patients. As V5 tablets are made from pooled blood of patients with HCC, in theory, they will be not very useful to patients with CCA. The goal of this project is to manufacture an immunotherapeutic formulation made from pooled heat- and chemically-inactivated blood from donors with CCA and initiate pilot open-label trial in 20 cholangiocarcinoma patients. This clinical trial will be conducted in collaboration with the National Cancer Center.

Read the detailed description

Upon obtaining regulatory and ethical approvals the Phase II single-arm study will be initiated at the NCC involving 20 patients with confirmed CCA diagnosis. The trial will be short, it will last only 2 months, but this will be sufficient to gauge the safety and efficacy. Only those patients who have higher than normal levels of CA19-9 tumor marker will be enrolled, which will serve as a surrogate marker in a manner alpha fetoprotein (AFP) has been used as a predictor of clinical response in HCC patients. Additional primary endpoints will be overall survival and changes in tumor burden, with secondary endpoints being liver function tests and changes in quality of life.

Being tested
Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinoma
Medical subject headings
Cholangiocarcinoma

What participants receive

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

  • Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinomaBiological

    One single pill of V3-X vaccine administered once per day to patients with cholangiocarcinoma

Study groups in NCT03042182
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Single pill of V3-X vaccine administered once dailyExperimentalOne pill of oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X administered to patients with cholangiocarcinoma for two months and changes in CA19.9 tumor marker from baseline levels versus post-treatment levels will be assessed as correlates of changes in tumor burden
Receives: Biological: Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinoma

What is being measured

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

  1. Changes in CA19.9 tumor marker induced by daily dose of oral vaccine V3-X of cholangiocarcinoma

    open label trial of once daily tablet of V3-X vaccine

    Measured: 2 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. safety of vaccine

    toxicity or adverse side effects, such as diarrhea and vomiting, we would have graded them according to accepted standards, e.g., NCI CTEP CTCAE.

    Measured: 2 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Feb 2017 (estimated)
  2. Study start20 Feb 2017
  3. Primary completion20 Feb 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completion20 Apr 2020 (estimated)

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
one arm open label study to last 2 months
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03042182
Sponsor's protocol ID
03
Acronym
cholangio
Status last verified
Aug 2018
First submitted
26 Jan 2017
Last updated
30 Aug 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Oral therapeutic vaccine V3-X to treat cholangiocarcinoma in people with Cholangiocarcinoma, run by Immunitor LLC at 2 sites in Mongolia.

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 1 inclusion and 1 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Aug 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in Mongolia. 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 combined 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.

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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Galyna Kutsyna, MD, MD/PhD (kutsynagalyna@yahoo.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Changes in CA19.9 tumor marker induced by daily dose of oral vaccine V3-X of cholangiocarcinoma (time frame: 2 months). 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 30 Aug 2019.

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