Biological Therapy in Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Phase 1

Terminated

• Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT00003434
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

Rational: White blood cells that have been treated with carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 may help the body build an immune response to and kill tumor cells that express CEA.

Purpose: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of white blood cells plus carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 in treating patients with stage I, stage II, or stage III pancreatic cancer that has been surgically removed.

Detailed Description

Objective: I. Perform a pilot study of active immunotherapy with autologous dendritic cells pulsed with the CEA peptide, CAP-1, after surgical resection in patients with CEA expressing pancreatic cancer. II. Perform laboratory analysis to monitor the presence, persistence, and function of CAP-1 specific T-cells in this patient population.

Outline: Patients undergo leukapheresis for up to 4.5 hours prior to vaccination. Half of the collected dendritic cells are pulsed with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) peptide and the other half are pulsed with hepatitis B antigen peptide (HBsAg). Equal doses of CEA and HBsAg peptide pulsed dendritic cells are administered intravenously over 3 minutes every 4 weeks for a total of 6 doses each. Patients undergo a second leukopheresis 2 weeks after the last dose of immunotherapy to obtain specimens for immunologic tests. Patients are followed at weeks 22, 36, 48, and every 6 months thereafter.

Project Accrual: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study over 2 years.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1998-06
• Study First Submitted: 1999-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2002-08
• Study Completion: 2002-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2004-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2004-04-27
• Status Verified: 2014-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 2014-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Progression Free Survival

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States