Tumor Vaccine and Interferon Gamma in Treating Patients With Refractory Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00004032

Last Updated: 2013-01-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-10-31

Brief Summary

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Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of a tumor cell vaccine and interferon gamma in patients with refractory epithelial ovarian cancer. Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may make the body build an immune response to and kill their tumor cells. Combining vaccine therapy with interferon gamma may be a more effective treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine whether intraperitoneal (IP) injections of epithelial ovarian carcinoma cells infected with ALVAC-hB7.1 and IP interferon gamma have acceptable toxicity and produce any clinical responses in patients with refractory ovarian epithelial cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of ALVAC-hB7.1 infected tumor cells.

Patients receive ALVAC-hB7.1 infected tumor cells intraperitoneally (IP) on days 4, 11, and 18. Patients also receive interferon gamma IP on days 8, 10, 15, and 17. In the absence of disease progression, up to 6 courses of therapy may be given. If insufficient tumor cells are available to continue treatment with tumor cell derived vaccine, interferon gamma may be given alone. Cohorts of 3 to 6 patients receive escalating doses of ALVAC-hB7.1 infected tumor cells until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which no more than 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 6 months until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (ALVAC-hB7.1, recombinant interferon gamma)

Patients receive ALVAC-hB7.1 infected tumor cells intraperitoneally (IP) on days 4, 11, and 18. Patients also receive interferon gamma IP on days 8, 10, 15, and 17. In the absence of disease progression, up to 6 courses of therapy may be given. If insufficient tumor cells are available to continue treatment with tumor cell derived vaccine, interferon gamma may be given alone.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ALVAC-hB7.1

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given IP

recombinant interferon gamma

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given IP

laboratory biomarker analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Interventions

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ALVAC-hB7.1

Given IP

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

recombinant interferon gamma

Given IP

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

laboratory biomarker analysis

Correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Actimmune gamma interferon IFN-G

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of ovarian epithelial carcinoma
* Previously treated with an adequate course of platinum based chemotherapy
* Evidence of intraabdominal disease
* No significant adhesions
* Performance status - Zubrod 0-2
* Lymphocyte count at least 500/mm\^3
* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
* SGOT less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal
* Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
* No major disorder of the cardiovascular system
* No major disorder of the pulmonary system
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* Successful placement of peritoneal catheter
* No overt autoimmune disease
* No concurrent chronic steroid therapy
* No prior radiotherapy
* Prior surgery allowed
* Recovered from prior therapy
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ralph Freedman

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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MDA-ID-96253

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

U01CA062461

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

CDR0000065850

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-2012-02255

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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