Comparison of M-Vax Plus Low Dose Interleukin-2 Versus Placebo Vaccine Plus Low Dose Interleukin-2 in Patients With Stage IV Melanoma
M-Vax is a therapeutic melanoma vaccine consisting of autologous melanoma cells that have
been irradiated and then modified with the hapten, dinitrophenyl (DNP). There is a large
amount of published evidence that hapten modification makes visible to the immune system
antigens, including tumor antigens, that otherwise do not elicit an immune response.
This is a Phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-centered trial of
M-Vax in patients with stage IV melanoma with measurable metastases in lung and/or soft
tissues. To be eligible for screening, patients will have undergone surgery for therapeutic
intervention, which yields an adequate amount of melanoma tumor cells for preparation of
vaccines, which pass vaccine release testing. Eligible patients who meet all
inclusion/exclusion criteria will be enrolled in the study.
Patients will be assigned in a double-blind fashion to M-Vax or Placebo Vaccine at a 2:1
ratio (M-Vax:Placebo Vaccine). The dose of M-Vax will be 4.0-20.0x10(6) DNP-modified
autologous melanoma tumor cells. The Placebo Vaccine will consist of diluent only. An
initial dose of M Vax or Placebo Vaccine will be administered without BCG followed by low
dose cyclophosphamide (300 mg/m2 iv). Then M Vax or Placebo Vaccine mixed with Bacillus of
Calmette and Guérin (BCG) will be administered weekly for 6 weeks. Four courses of
interleukin-2 (IL2) will be administered to all patients starting about 2 weeks after the
last vaccine; each course will consist of 3 million units/m2 subcutaneously daily for 5 days
followed by a 16-day rest period.
The primary endpoints of the study are: 1)Best overall anti-tumor response, and 2)Survival,
measured by % surviving at two years. Patients will be evaluated for anti-tumor response by
modified RECIST criteria between weeks 24 and 25 (i.e., 5-6 weeks after completion of IL2).
At the 6-month point patients who remain on study will receive an additional single booster
dose of M-Vax or Placebo Vaccine mixed with BCG. This will be followed by four more courses
of IL2. Two additional evaluations for anti-tumor response will take place at the 38-39
week (month 9) and one-year points. Then patients will be regularly evaluated for tumor
status and adverse events until evidence of tumor progression that requires new therapy.
Patients who remain on-study will be followed until death but for a maximum of 5 years.
The intended sample size is 387, and there will be about 25 sites participating in the
United States, Europe, and Israel. An interim analysis will be performed after half the
patients have been accrued.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Best overall anti-tumor response.
1 year
No
Henry E Schea
Study Director
AVAX Technologies
United States: Food and Drug Administration
A/100/0402
NCT00477906
July 2007
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