NCT00003224

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptide 946 may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Combining these vaccines with proteins from the tetanus vaccine, and/or with either QS21 or Montanide ISA-51 may be an effective treatment for metastatic melanoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase I trial to study the effectiveness of vaccines made from peptide 946 with or without tetanus peptide, QS21, or Montanide ISA-51 in treating patients with metastatic melanoma that cannot be surgically removed or with melanoma that is likely to recur.

Trial Health

80
On Track

Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
22

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_1

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 1996

Completed
3.8 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 1, 1999

Completed
9 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 1, 2000

Completed
4.1 years until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 25, 2004

Completed
10.2 years until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

November 20, 2014

Completed
Last Updated

November 20, 2014

Status Verified

November 1, 2014

Enrollment Period

4.5 years

First QC Date

November 1, 1999

Results QC Date

January 22, 2013

Last Update Submit

November 18, 2014

Conditions

Keywords

stage II melanomastage III melanomastage IV melanomarecurrent melanoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Safety: Grade 3 Adverse Events

    Adverse events are monitored according to NCI/DCT Common Toxicity Criteria

    Up to 24 months after last vaccine

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Immunogenicity of Each Vaccine Regimen

    up to 12 months since enrollment

Other Outcomes (1)

  • Number of Participants With a Proliferative Response to Tetanus Helper Peptide

    during vaccination

Study Arms (6)

Group 1: peptide 946 plus QS-21

EXPERIMENTAL

100 mcg peptide gp100 \[280-288\] plus 0.2 ml (100 mcg) QS-21 vaccine adjuvant

Biological: QS21Biological: p946

Group 2. p946 plus IFA

EXPERIMENTAL

100 mcg peptide gp100 \[280-288\] plus 0.5 ml IFA (Montanide ISA-51) vaccine adjuvant

Biological: IFA (incomplete Freund's adjuvant)Biological: p946

Group 3: p946 plus Tet-p plus QS-21

EXPERIMENTAL

100 mcg peptide gp100 \[280-288\],190 mcg tetanus peptide, plus 0.2 ml (100 mcg) QS-21 vaccine adjuvant

Biological: QS21Biological: p946Biological: Tet-p

Group 4. p946, Tet-p plus IFA

EXPERIMENTAL

100 mcg peptide gp100 \[280-288\], 190 mcg tetanus peptide, plus 0.5 ml IFA (Montanide ISA-51) vaccine adjuvant

Biological: IFA (incomplete Freund's adjuvant)Biological: p946Biological: Tet-p

Group 5: p946/Tet-p plus QS-21

EXPERIMENTAL

282 mcg gp100 \[280-288\]/tetanus peptide conjugate, plus 0.2 ml (100 mcg) QS-21 vaccine adjuvant

Biological: QS21Biological: p946/tet-p

Group 6. p946/Tet-p plus IFA

EXPERIMENTAL

282 mcg gp100 \[280-288\]/tetanus peptide conjugate, plus 0.5 ml IFA (Montanide ISA-51) vaccine adjuvant

Biological: IFA (incomplete Freund's adjuvant)Biological: p946/tet-p

Interventions

QS21BIOLOGICAL

vaccine adjuvant

Group 1: peptide 946 plus QS-21Group 3: p946 plus Tet-p plus QS-21Group 5: p946/Tet-p plus QS-21

Peptides emulsified in IFA.

Also known as: Montanide ISA-51, from Seppic.
Group 2. p946 plus IFAGroup 4. p946, Tet-p plus IFAGroup 6. p946/Tet-p plus IFA
p946BIOLOGICAL

This a nonamer peptide YLEPGPVTA from Gp100, used as a melanoma vaccine antigen.

Also known as: peptide 946, gp100 [280-288], YLEPGPVTA
Group 1: peptide 946 plus QS-21Group 2. p946 plus IFAGroup 3: p946 plus Tet-p plus QS-21Group 4. p946, Tet-p plus IFA
p946/tet-pBIOLOGICAL

This peptide is a longer version of p946 (gp100 \[280-288\]) sythesized colinearly with the tetanus helper peptide (Tet-p)

Also known as: peptide 946-tetanus peptide conjugate melanoma vaccine
Group 5: p946/Tet-p plus QS-21Group 6. p946/Tet-p plus IFA
Tet-pBIOLOGICAL

modified form of the p2 peptide from tetanus toxoid, used as nonspecific epitope for helper T cells.

Also known as: tetanus peptide melanoma vaccine
Group 3: p946 plus Tet-p plus QS-21Group 4. p946, Tet-p plus IFA

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 79 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Histologically confirmed unresectable metastatic melanoma (AJCC stage III or IV) OR resected melanoma with high risk of recurrence or mortality (stage IIB and above)
  • Age: 18 to 79
  • Performance status: ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy: Greater than 12 months
  • Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin greater than 9 g/dL
  • Hepatic: AST and ALT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
  • Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN

You may not qualify if:

  • patients currently receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy or who have received that therapy within the preceding 3 months
  • known or suspected allergies to any component of the treatment vaccine
  • unresectable tumor llikely to cause symptoms and for which therapy is anticipated within 3 months.
  • receiving acute treatment for seriouis infection within 14 days.
  • Patients with bulky disease, or with multiple brain metastases, but solitary brain metastases treated successfully with surgery or gamma knife may be eligible.
  • Any of the following with 3 months:
  • agentes with putative immunomodulating activity (except NSAIDs)
  • allergy desensitizing injections
  • other investigational agents
  • interferons
  • corticosteroids
  • any growth factors
  • prior melanoma vaccinations
  • pregnancy or the possibility of becoming pregnant on study
  • medical contraindication or potential problems in complying with the requirements of the protocol.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Slingluff CL Jr, Yamshchikov G, Neese P, Galavotti H, Eastham S, Engelhard VH, Kittlesen D, Deacon D, Hibbitts S, Grosh WW, Petroni G, Cohen R, Wiernasz C, Patterson JW, Conway BP, Ross WG. Phase I trial of a melanoma vaccine with gp100(280-288) peptide and tetanus helper peptide in adjuvant: immunologic and clinical outcomes. Clin Cancer Res. 2001 Oct;7(10):3012-24.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Melanoma

Interventions

saponin QA-21V1incomplete Freund's adjuvantmontanide ISA 51peptide 946gp100 Melanoma Antigengp100(280-288) melanoma antigen peptideTet-p peptide

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neuroendocrine TumorsNeuroectodermal TumorsNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsNeoplasms, Nerve TissueNevi and MelanomasSkin NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Membrane ProteinsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsMelanoma-Specific AntigensNeoplasm ProteinsAntigens, NeoplasmAntigensBiological Factors

Results Point of Contact

Title
Craig Slingluff
Organization
University of Virginia

Study Officials

  • Craig L. Slingluff, MD

    University of Virginia

    STUDY CHAIR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
Yes

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 1
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor of Surgery

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Posted

August 25, 2004

Study Start

February 1, 1996

Primary Completion

August 1, 2000

Last Updated

November 20, 2014

Results First Posted

November 20, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-11

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