Vaccine Therapy and Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Melanoma (Skin)
• Interventions: Biological: MART-1 antigen; Biological: recombinant MAGE-3.1 antigen; Biological: recombinant interleukin-12

• Registration Number: NCT00002952
• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a tumor antigen gene may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Interleukin-12 may kill tumor cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor and by stimulating a person's white blood cell to kill melanoma cells. Combining vaccine therapy with interleukin-12 may kill more melanoma cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy plus interleukin-12 in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose level of the vaccine consisting of MAGE-3 or Melan-A (human tumor antigen genes) peptide-pulsed autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells plus interleukin-12. II. Determine if the procedure results in successful immunization. III. Assess the response of the tumor to the vaccine.

OUTLINE: This is an open label, nonrandomized, single institution study. Patients receive 3 initial courses of treatment consisting of 21 days each. Treatment consists of an immunization with MAGE-3 or Melan-A peptide-loaded autologous PBMC and interleukin-12 (IL-12) on the first day, IL-12 on days 3 and 5, and 16 days of rest. The first cohort is not administered IL-12 and the next cohorts are given escalating doses of IL-12. The Phase II dose will be one dose level below the MTD. Patients who have a tumor remission response or stable disease may continue treatment for up to one year. Phase I completed as of 04/1999. Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 34 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1997-01
• Study First Submitted: 1999-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2002-08
• Study Completion: 2002-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2004-04-21
• Study First Posted: 2004-04-22
• Status Verified: 2013-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-09-04
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm A	MART-1 antigen	Melan-A peptide loaded PBMCs (sc, q3wk x 3), rhIL-12 (4 mcg, sc, days 1, 3 and 5 of every 3 wk cycle)
Arm A	recombinant MAGE-3.1 antigen	Melan-A peptide loaded PBMCs (sc, q3wk x 3), rhIL-12 (4 mcg, sc, days 1, 3 and 5 of every 3 wk cycle)
Arm A	recombinant interleukin-12	Melan-A peptide loaded PBMCs (sc, q3wk x 3), rhIL-12 (4 mcg, sc, days 1, 3 and 5 of every 3 wk cycle)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical Response Rate	4 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States