Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV Melanoma

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Intraocular Melanoma; Melanoma (Skin)
• Interventions: Biological: mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine; Device: The Dermal PowderMed® devices; Other: intramuscularly (IM injection)

• Registration Number: NCT00398073
• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from DNA may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Giving the vaccine in different ways may make a stronger immune response and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying two different ways of giving vaccine therapy to compare how well they work in treating patients with stage IIB, stage IIC, stage III, or stage IV melanoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Evaluate the safety and feasibility of particle-mediated epidermal delivery (PMED) immunization comprising mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine in patients with stage IIB, IIC, III, or IV melanoma.

* Compare the immunologic response induced with PMED vs intramuscular jet injection methods of vaccination in these patients.

Secondary

* Observe patients with measurable tumor for evidence of any antitumor response generated after vaccination.

* Assess for disease relapse in patients treated with this vaccine.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, pilot study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine by particle-mediated epidermal delivery on days 1, 3, 5, 8, 22, 24, 26, 29, 43, 45, 47, 50, 64, 66, 68, and 71.

* Arm II: Patients receive mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine by intramuscular jet injection on days 1, 3, 5, 8, 22, 24, 26, 29, 43, 45, 47, 50, 64, 66, 68, and 71.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 1 year.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-10
• Study First Submitted: 2006-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2006-11-10
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-03
• Results First Submitted: 2015-12-22
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2017-01-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-26
• Results First Posted: 2017-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mouse gp100 DNA via PMED	The Dermal PowderMed® devices	patients will be randomized to mouse gp100 DNA delivered via gold particles using the PowderMed delivery system (ND10, described above). Two actuations/day will be administered every two weeks for 4 months for a total of 16 actuations. Each actuation consists of 2 μg of plasmid DNA coated onto 1000 μg of gold. The total dose of plasmid DNA given will be 32 μg DNA on 16,000 μg gold.
mouse gp100 DNA injections intramuscularly	intramuscularly (IM injection)	patients will be injected with 1000 μg of mouse gp100 plasmid DNA intramuscularly. Two injections/day will be administered every two weeks for 4 months (4000 ug of mouse gp100 plasmid/month) for 16 vaccinations.
mouse gp100 DNA via PMED	mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine	patients will be randomized to mouse gp100 DNA delivered via gold particles using the PowderMed delivery system (ND10, described above). Two actuations/day will be administered every two weeks for 4 months for a total of 16 actuations. Each actuation consists of 2 μg of plasmid DNA coated onto 1000 μg of gold. The total dose of plasmid DNA given will be 32 μg DNA on 16,000 μg gold.
mouse gp100 DNA injections intramuscularly	mouse gp100 plasmid DNA vaccine	patients will be injected with 1000 μg of mouse gp100 plasmid DNA intramuscularly. Two injections/day will be administered every two weeks for 4 months (4000 ug of mouse gp100 plasmid/month) for 16 vaccinations.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Patients Evulated for Toxicity and Safety	2 years	All toxicity will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Toxicity Criteria v3.0.
Number of Participants With a T-cell Response	2 years	T-cell response: Peripheral blood lymphocytes will be tested for reactivity against gp100 using an IFN-y ELISPOT, intracellular cytokine staining or MHC tetramer assay. If T-cell reactivity is induced, additional samples may be drawn to determine the duration of this reactivity. Follow-up blood samples require only 20-30 ml. MHC tetramer assays and intracellular flow cytometry studies may also be performed.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Response	2 years	In patients with measurable disease, the RECIST criteria for anti-tumor effect will be used. Lesions will be defined as measurable if they can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as \> 20 mm with conventional techniques or as \> 10 mm by spiral CT scan.Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum LD since the treatment started.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States