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Investigation of a Therapeutic Vaccine (ACIT-1) in Cancer

2017-04-25

2025-05

2026-02

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Study Overview

Investigation of a Therapeutic Vaccine (ACIT-1) in Cancer

This study evaluates four different doses of ACIT-1 for safety and for the ability to raise effective anti-cancer immune responses in patients with pancreatic and other cancers. Approximately half of the patients will have pancreatic cancer and the other half will have other cancers.

The immune system has an important role in helping prevent cancer by destroying early cancer cells. When cancer does develop antigen-specific immune (T) cells are still present in the blood but are either not responding or are not effective. Vaccines stimulate these T cells to respond and kill cancer cells. ACIT-1 is designed to stimulate tumour antigen-specific T cells to respond and kill cancer cells.

  • Cancer
  • Neoplasms
  • BIOLOGICAL: ACIT-1
  • ACIT-1-1001
  • 2012-005426-30 (EUDRACT_NUMBER Identifier) (EUDRACT_NUMBER: )

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates Results Reporting Dates Study Record Updates

2017-03-17  

N/A  

2025-01-14  

2017-03-24  

N/A  

2025-01-16  

2017-03-30  

N/A  

2024-02  

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

Primary Purpose:
Treatment

Allocation:
Non Randomized

Interventional Model:
Parallel

Masking:
None

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Immunotherapy - pancreatic cancer

Intradermal injection of ACIT-1 cellular immunotherapy, a total of 2 doses, 4 weeks apart of either 10e5, 10e6, 10e7 or 3x10e7 cells. For patients with pancreatic or haematological cancer. Treatment will run concurrently with standard chemotherapy.

BIOLOGICAL: ACIT-1

  • Cell suspension
EXPERIMENTAL: Immunotherapy - other late stage cancers

Intradermal injection of ACIT-1 cellular immunotherapy, a total of 2 doses, 4 weeks apart of either 10e5, 10e6, 10e7 or 3x10e7 cells. For patients with other late stage cancers, not receiving any other standard treatment.

BIOLOGICAL: ACIT-1

  • Cell suspension
Primary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
ToxicityToxicity based on the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.03.From start of treatment to 20 weeks.
Secondary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Clinical benefitSurvival timeFrom start of treatment up to 14 months.

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL

Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

    Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed malignancy
  • Life-expectancy of 3 months or greater
  • Aged 18 years or above
  • Willing and able to give written informed consent for participation in the study
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0,1,2.
  • Absolute neutrophil count of ≥ 1 x 10e12/m3
  • Platelet count of at least 70 x 10e12/m3
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5x upper limit of normal; and aspartate transaminase/alanine transaminase (AST/ALT) < 5x upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine < 1.5x upper limit of normal and/or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) > 40ml/min
  • Female patients of child bearing potential and male patients whose partner is of child bearing potential must be willing to ensure that they or their partner use effective contraception during the study and for 3 months thereafter
  • Normal ECG measurements
  • Able (in the Investigators opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements
  • Willing to allow his or her General Practitioner (GP) and consultant, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study, and for the GP and/or the National Cancer Registry to be contacted during follow up after the end of treatment.

    • Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concurrent use of immunosuppressive drugs, in particular systemic steroid therapy, above a threshold of 10mg per day prednisolone equivalent
  • Evidence of active infection e.g. Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV or syphilis
  • Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or biological therapy within 28 days of treatment with the exception of standard of care chemotherapy for pancreatic and haematological cancer patients
  • Participation in another investigational medicinal product trial within 28 days of treatment
  • Other vaccination within previous 4 weeks
  • Antibody treatment within previous 3 months
  • Major surgery within the 14 days preceding the screening visit
  • Scheduled elective surgery or other procedures requiring general anaesthesia during the study
  • Allogeneic graft transplantation recipient
  • Active systemic autoimmune and allergic disease
  • Pregnant or lactating females
  • Significant renal or hepatic impairment as defined by the following: Serum creatinine ≥ 1.5 x upper limit of normal and/or GFR ≤ 40 ml/min. Total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x upper limit of normal; and AST/ALT ≥ 5 x upper limit of normal
  • Life threatening illness unrelated to the patient's cancer
  • Previous history of serious adverse allergic reaction to any medication
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participant at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Liverpool
  • Cancer Research UK
  • National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
  • Cancer Vaccines Charitable Trust
  • PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR: Daniel H Palmer, MBChB PhD, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Publications

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General Publications

No publications available

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