Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Breast Cancer
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00304096
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Virginia
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Giving booster vaccinations may make a stronger immune response and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects of vaccine therapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV breast cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* Determine the safety of a vaccine comprising multiple synthetic breast cancer-associated peptides and a tetanus toxoid helper peptide emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 in patients with stage III or IV adenocarcinoma of the breast.
* Determine, preliminarily, the frequency of immune responses against the 9 class I MHC-restricted peptides in patients treated with the vaccine.
* Determine, preliminarily, the cytotoxic responses of T-cells to allogeneic breast cancer cells and autologous breast cancer cells (when available).
OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.
Patients receive peptide vaccine comprising 9 synthetic breast cancer peptides and tetanus toxoid helper peptide emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 subcutaneously and intradermally once daily on days 1, 8, 15, 36, 57, and 78 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12 patients will be accrued for this study.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 12
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Number of Participants Who Experienced Dose-limiting Adverse Events 30 days post administration of last vaccine Safety of the 9-peptide mixture if fewer than 33% of patients experience a dose-limiting toxicity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Number of Participants With T-cell Responses Against the Vaccine as Measured by Elispot Assay After 14 Day in Vitro Sensitization Days 1-78
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Virginia Cancer Center
🇺🇸Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
University of Virginia Cancer Center🇺🇸Charlottesville, Virginia, United States