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Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Pancreatic Cancer


1997-03


2002-07


2002-07


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Study Overview

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Pancreatic Cancer

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may make the body build an immune response to and kill tumor cells. Combining vaccine therapy with surgery may be an effective treatment for pancreatic cancer. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in treating patients with stage I or stage II pancreatic cancer that has been surgically removed.

OBJECTIVES: I. Study the safety of autologous tumor derived gp96 heat shock protein peptide complex (HSPPC-96) in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. II. Examine the immune response to HSPPC-96 in this group of patients. OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study. Six weeks after surgery patients are given autologous tumor derived gp96 heat shock protein peptide complex (HSPPC-96) subcutaneously once a week for 4 weeks. Five patients are initially enrolled at each of two dose levels. An additional three patients may be enrolled at each dose level to determine the optimal dose of HSPPC-96. Patients are followed at weeks 1, 4, and 12 after treatment. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 16 patients will be accrued for this study.

  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • BIOLOGICAL: vitespen
  • 97-034
  • CDR0000065613 (REGISTRY Identifier) (REGISTRY: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • ANTIGENICS-C-100-01
  • NCI-G97-1271

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates Results Reporting Dates Study Record Updates

1999-11-01  

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2013-07-01  

2004-08-11  

N/A  

2013-07-03  

2004-08-12  

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2013-07  

Study Plan

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Design Details

Primary Purpose:
Treatment


Allocation:
N/A


Interventional Model:
N/A


Masking:
N/A


Arms and Interventions

Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
Secondary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame

Contacts and Locations

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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:

    DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, resected, stage I or II pancreatic adenocarcinoma
    PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3000/mm3 Lymphocyte count at least 700/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No clinically significant heart disease Other: No other serious illness No active infections requiring antibiotics within past 2 weeks Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective birth control No known immunodeficiency No active bleeding
    PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior immunotherapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent corticosteroids Radiotherapy: No prior radiation therapy Surgery: Must undergo Whipple procedure or distal pancreatectomy at Memorial Hospital Must not have undergone splenectomy Other: No investigational treatment within 2 months of surgery No immunosuppressive therapies

Collaborators and Investigators

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    • STUDY_CHAIR: Jonathan Lewis, MD, PhD, FACS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Publications

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    General Publications

    • Maki RG, Lewis JJ, Janetzki S, et al.: Phase I study of HSPPC-96 (oncophage®) vaccine in patients with completely resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. [Abstract] European Journal of Cancer Supplements 1 (5): A-48, S19, 2003.