A Safety and Efficacy Trial of Lethally Irradiated Allogeneic Pancreatic Tumor Cells Transfected With the GM-CSF Gene in Combination With Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for the Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine overall and disease-free survival of patients with resected stage I or II
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas treated with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in combination
with GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine.
Secondary
- Correlate specific in vivo parameters of immune response (post-vaccination delayed-type
hypersensitivity reactions to autologous tumor, mesothelin-specific T-cell response,
and the degree of local eosinophil, macrophage, and T-cell infiltration at the vaccine
site) with clinical responses in patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine the toxic effects associated with intradermal injections of this vaccine in
these patients.
OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.
- Post surgery vaccination: Within 8-10 weeks after pancreaticoduodenectomy, patients
receive GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine intradermally (ID) on day 0.
- Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy: Within 16-28 days after the first vaccination, patients
receive fluorouracil (5-FU) IV continuously for 3 weeks. Approximately 1-2 weeks after
completion of 5-FU, patients receive chemoradiotherapy comprising radiotherapy daily
and 5-FU IV continuously for 26-28 weeks. Approximately 3-5 weeks after completion of
chemoradiotherapy, patients receive 5-FU IV continuously for 4 weeks. 5-FU repeats
every 6 weeks for 2 courses.
- Post chemoradiotherapy vaccination: Within 4-8 weeks after the completion of
chemoradiotherapy, patients receive GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine ID on days 0, 28,
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Treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study.
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Estimate overall survival and disease-free survival in patients treated with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in sequence with the irradiated allogeneic GM-CSF transfected pancreatic tumor cell lines versus chemoradiotherapy alone.
Continuous
No
Daniel A. Laheru, MD
Principal Investigator
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
J9988
NCT00084383
January 2002
December 2005
Name | Location |
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Maryland 21231-2410 |