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Cutaneous MelanomaPhase 1/2NCT03633110

Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Antitumor Activity of GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine

A Phase 1/2 study testing GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine, Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab in people with Cutaneous Melanoma and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Genocea Biosciences, Inc. at 11 sites 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

In this study, Genocea is evaluating an investigational, personalized adjuvanted vaccine, GEN-009, that is being developed for the treatment of patients with solid tumors. A proprietary tool developed by Genocea, called ATLAS™ (Antigen Lead Acquisition System) will be used to identify neoantigens in each patient's… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine, Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
24 participants
Where
11 sitesUnited States
Study dates
29 Aug 2018to 28 Feb 2022
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

General Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of 1 of the following tumor types:
  1. Melanoma (cutaneous).
  2. NSCLC.
  3. SCCHN (oral, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, or laryngeal).
  4. Urothelial carcinoma.
  5. Renal cell carcinoma (Part B only).
  • Understand the study, be willing to comply with all study procedures and sign the informed consent
  • Adequate tumor tissue available
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  • Negative pregnancy test (females of childbearing potential)
  • Agree to use of contraception during the study until at least 90 days after final GEN-009 dose
  • Adequate hematologic, liver, and kidney function

Part A-specific Inclusion:

  • Have completed or will complete treatment for their disease with curative intent
  • Have no evidence of disease

Part B-specific Inclusion:

  • Receiving or will initiate treatment with nivolumab or pembrolizumab per disease as listed below:
  1. NSCLC: Patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC beginning first-line pembrolizumab in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, or metastatic squamous NSCLC beginning first-line pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin and either paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel
  2. SCCHN: Patients beginning pembrolizumab with recurrent or metastatic SCCHN with disease progression on or after a platinum-based therapy, or beginning first-line pembrolizumab for recurrent or metastatic SCCHN if tumors express PD-L1 with a Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 1.
  3. Cutaneous Melanoma: Patients with unresectable or metastatic cutaneous melanoma beginning nivolumab monotherapy or nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab.
  4. Urothelial Carcinoma: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are beginning pembrolizumab who:
  5. Are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy, and tumor is PD-L1 positive with CPS ≥ 10, or are not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy, OR
  6. Have had disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy, or within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy.
  7. Renal Cell Carcinoma:
  8. Patients with advanced RCC who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy, and are beginning nivolumab monotherapy, OR
  9. Untreated patients with intermediate or poor risk RCC based on the IMDC score who are beginning nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab.
  • Disease assessment by CT or MRI
  • Have at least 1 lesion that is measureable by RECIST 1.1
  • Agree to a tumor biopsy 50 days after first GEN-009 vaccination
  • Participants with hypothyroidism must be on thyroid replacement treatment

General Exclusion Criteria:

  • Received a live vaccine ≤ 28 days, or a non-live vaccine ≤ 14 days, prior to the first dose of GEN-009
  • Acute or chronic skin disorders that would interfere with injection
  • Receiving immunosuppressive therapies or systemic corticosteroids. Note: Use of topical corticosteroids or inhaled corticosteroids is acceptable
  • Allergy to the vaccine adjuvant Hiltonol (poly-ICLC)
  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection
  • HIV Positive
  • History of clinically significant cardiac condition
  • History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
  • Had clinically active immune-mediated disease within 5 years
  • Received a prior allogeneic stem cell transplant
  • Has primary immune deficiency
  • Received a prior solid organ transplant
  • Has malignant disease, other than the tumor types being treated in this study
  • Female patient who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who plans to become pregnant from the signing of the informed consent until ≥ 90 days from last dose of GEN-009
  • Any condition that in the judgment of the PI would make the patient inappropriate for enrollment in the study
  • Patient has received cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks of the first leukapheresis

Part A-specific Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has received or requires more than 2 adjuvant or neoadjuvant regimens (other than surgical excisions) given with curative intent prior to first GEN-009 vaccination
  • Has not recovered or stabilized from any clinically significant toxicity associated with any prior procedure or anticancer therapy

Trial locations and contacts

11 sites in 1 country.

11 sites in 1 country

United States11 sites
  • University of Colorado, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093

  • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

  • The Sarah Cannon Research Institute

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203

  • Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Pavilion

    New York, New York, 10032

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • John Wayne Cancer Institute - Providence Saint John's Health Center

    Santa Monica, California, 90404

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 1/2a Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Antitumor Activity of GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine in Adult Patients With Selected Solid Tumors

In this study, Genocea is evaluating an investigational, personalized adjuvanted vaccine, GEN-009, that is being developed for the treatment of patients with solid tumors. A proprietary tool developed by Genocea, called ATLAS™ (Antigen Lead Acquisition System) will be used to identify neoantigens in each patient's tumor that are recognized by their CD4 and/or CD8 T cells. ATLAS-identified neoantigens will then be incorporated into a patient's personalized vaccine in the form of synthetic long peptides (SLPs).

Read the detailed description

This first-in-human study of GEN-009 will be conducted in two parts in adult patients with cutaneous melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), urothelial carcinoma, or renal cell carcinoma (Part B only). In Part A, the safety and immunogenicity of single-agent GEN-009 will be evaluated in patients with the above-noted tumor types who have completed treatment with curative intent for their disease (eg, surgical resection, neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy) and have no evidence of disease (NED) at the time of initiating vaccination with GEN-009. In Part B, up to 15 patients in each disease cohort will be enrolled and evaluated for safety, immunogenicity, and preliminary antitumor activity of GEN-009. Patients in Part B will receive GEN-009 at the schedule selected in Part A, in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor therapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) at the approved dose and schedule per the United States Package Insert (USPI). In addition, up to 15 patients who enroll in one of the Part B disease-specific cohorts but whose disease progresses during the screening period therapy may be enrolled into a separate relapsed/refractory disease cohort.

Being tested
GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine, Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab
Keywords
Vaccine, Personalized, Immunotherapy, Solid Tumor, Personal, Skin, Lung, Cancer, Bladder, Kidney, Melanoma, Carcinoma
Medical subject headings
Melanoma, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Neoplasms, Carcinoma

What participants receive

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

  • GEN-009 Adjuvanted VaccineBiological

    GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine consists of GEN-009 Drug Product mixed with Hiltonol (poly-ICLC, adjuvant) and is administered by subcutaneous injection.

  • NivolumabDrug

    Also called OPDIVO

    Nivolumab is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved by the FDA to treat the tumor types in this study.

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    Also called KEYTRUDA

    Pembrolizumab is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved by the FDA to treat the tumor types in this study.

Study groups in NCT03633110
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Part AExperimentalParticipants in Part A have no evidence of disease when they begin receiving GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine, and have completed treatment with curative intent for their disease (eg, surgical resection, neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy). Part A will consist of approximately 9 participants.
Receives: Biological: GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine
Part BExperimentalParticipants in Part B have advanced or metastatic solid tumors, and will receive GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine in combination with PD-1 inhibitor therapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab). Part B will consist of up to 90 participants.
Receives: Biological: GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine; Drug: Nivolumab; Drug: Pembrolizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    Adverse events will be graded according to the NC Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0

    Measured: 1.5 years after first GEN-009 vaccination

  2. T-cell responses to GEN-009 adjuvanted vaccine

    Immunogenicity based on T-cell responses to GEN-009

    Measured: 1.5 years after first GEN-009 vaccination

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Antitumor activity of GEN-009 in Part B

    Evaluation conducted based on RECIST v1.1 (and immune-related RECIST [irRECIST], where appropriate)

    Measured: 48 weeks after first GEN-009 vaccination

Timeline

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

  1. First posted16 Aug 2018
  2. Study start29 Aug 2018
  3. Primary completion8 Dec 2021
  4. Study completion28 Feb 2022

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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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
24 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03633110
Sponsor's protocol ID
GEN-009-101
Status last verified
Apr 2022
First submitted
6 Aug 2018
Last updated
19 Apr 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing GEN-009 Adjuvanted Vaccine, Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab in people with Cutaneous Melanoma and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Genocea Biosciences, Inc. at 11 sites 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 19 Apr 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 11 sites 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 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?

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (time frame: 1.5 years after first GEN-009 vaccination). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 19 Apr 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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