Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy

NCT ID: NCT00005947

Last Updated: 2010-11-01

Study Results

Results available

Outcome measurements, participant flow, baseline characteristics, and adverse events have been published for this study.

View full results

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

127 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-11-30

Study Completion Date

2004-09-30

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

Rationale: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known if vaccine therapy is effective for prostate cancer.

Purpose: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in treating patients who have metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Objectives:

I. Compare the time to progression, time to development of disease-related pain, and incidence of grade 3 or worse treatment-related adverse events in patients with asymptomatic metastatic hormone refractory adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated with APC8015 versus control infusion. II. Compare response rate and duration of response in these patients.

Outline: This is a randomized study. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Autologous dendritic cell precursors (ADCP) are harvested on weeks 0, 2, and 4. Patients receive APC8015 comprised of ADCP activated with prostatic acid phosphatase-sargramostim (GM-CSF) fusion protein IV over 30 minutes beginning 2 days after each harvest for a total of 3 infusions. Arm II: ADCP are harvested as in arm I. Patients receive unactivated ADCP IV over 30 minutes beginning 2 days after each harvest for a total of 3 infusions. Pain is assessed weekly for up to 3 years or until 4 weeks after objective disease progression. Patients are followed monthly for up to 3 years or until disease progression. At the time of disease progression, patients treated on arm II may receive treatment on Protocol D9903.

Projected Accrual: A total of 120 patients (80 in arm I and 40 in arm II) will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

Explore important study keywords that can help with search, categorization, and topic discovery.

adenocarcinoma of the prostate stage IV prostate cancer recurrent prostate cancer

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

sipuleucel-T

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

sipuleucel-T

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells, including antigen presenting cells, that have been activated in vitro with a recombinant fusion protein, PAP-GM-CSF. Treatment consist of 3 doses administered approximately 2 weeks apart.

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Approximately one-third of the autologous quiescent antigen presenting cells (APCs) prepared from a single leukapheresis procedure. A course of therapy consists of 3 complete doses given at approximately 2-week intervals.

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

sipuleucel-T

Autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells, including antigen presenting cells, that have been activated in vitro with a recombinant fusion protein, PAP-GM-CSF. Treatment consist of 3 doses administered approximately 2 weeks apart.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Approximately one-third of the autologous quiescent antigen presenting cells (APCs) prepared from a single leukapheresis procedure. A course of therapy consists of 3 complete doses given at approximately 2-week intervals.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

APC8015, Provenge

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Metastatic disease as evidenced by soft tissue and/or bony metastases.
* Baseline PSA value of at least 5 ng/mL. All subjects must have stable or rising PSA.
* Tumor progression after hormonal therapy.
* Hormonal therapy consisting of castration by orchiectomy or LHRH agonists for treatment of prostate cancer. Castration levels of testosterone (\< 50 ng/dL) must be documented for all subjects including subjects who underwent orchiectomy as therapy for cancer of the prostate.
* A subject is eligible if he initially responded to antiandrogen withdrawal (\> 25% decrease in PSA) but at the time of registration demonstrated tumor progression. A subject is eligible if he failed to respond to antiandrogen withdrawal.
* Subjects have no cancer-related pain and do not regularly require analgesics for cancer-related pain.
* ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1.
* Life expectancy of at least 16 weeks.
* Adequate hematologic, renal, and liver function.

Exclusion Criteria

* Visceral organ metastases (e.g., liver, lung, brain) or cytologically positive effusions (e.g., pleural effusions or ascites).
* Metastatic disease expected to be in need of radiation therapy within 4 months.
* Concurrent therapy with experimental agents.
* Systemic corticosteroids at doses greater than 40 mg hydrocortisone per day for any reason other than treatment of prostate cancer within the previous 6 months without prior approval.

Please note that there are additional eligibility criteria. The study center will determine if you meet all of the criteria.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Dendreon

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Dendreon Corporation

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Eric J. Small, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Duarte, California, United States

Site Status

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, California, United States

Site Status

Cancer and Blood Institute of the Desert

Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Site Status

Eisenhower Medical Center

Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Site Status

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Office of Glenn Tisman

Whittier, California, United States

Site Status

Office of Barry S. Berman

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

St. Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Morristown Memorial Hospital

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Albany Regional Cancer Center

Albany, New York, United States

Site Status

Center for Medical Oncology

Garden City, New York, United States

Site Status

St. Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

University of Rochester Cancer Center

Rochester, New York, United States

Site Status

Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York, United States

Site Status

AKSM Clinical Research Corporation

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Earle A. Chiles Research Institute at Providence Portland Medical Center

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Abington Hematology Oncology Associates, Incorporated

Abington, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Bryn Mawr Urology

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Office of Guy Bernstein, M.D.

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Saint Mary Regional Cancer Center

Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

North Penn Hospital

Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Hematology/Oncology Associates of NE Pennsylvania, P.C.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

American Oncology Resources

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

Devine Tidewater Urology

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Cancer Care Northwest

Spokane, Washington, United States

Site Status

Hematology Oncology Northwest, P.C.

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

United States

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Higano CS, Schellhammer PF, Small EJ, Burch PA, Nemunaitis J, Yuh L, Provost N, Frohlich MW. Integrated data from 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials of active cellular immunotherapy with sipuleucel-T in advanced prostate cancer. Cancer. 2009 Aug 15;115(16):3670-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24429.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19536890 (View on PubMed)

Small EJ, Schellhammer PF, Higano CS, Redfern CH, Nemunaitis JJ, Valone FH, Verjee SS, Jones LA, Hershberg RM. Placebo-controlled phase III trial of immunologic therapy with sipuleucel-T (APC8015) in patients with metastatic, asymptomatic hormone refractory prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jul 1;24(19):3089-94. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.5252.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16809734 (View on PubMed)

Ju M, Fan J, Zou Y, Yu M, Jiang L, Wei Q, Bi J, Hu B, Guan Q, Song X, Dong M, Wang L, Yu L, Wang Y, Kang H, Xin W, Zhao L. Computational Recognition of a Regulatory T-cell-specific Signature With Potential Implications in Prognosis, Immunotherapy, and Therapeutic Resistance of Prostate Cancer. Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 23;13:807840. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.807840. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35812443 (View on PubMed)

Small EJ, Higano CS, Kantoff PW, Whitmore JB, Frohlich MW, Petrylak DP. Time to disease-related pain and first opioid use in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with sipuleucel-T. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2014 Sep;17(3):259-64. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2014.21. Epub 2014 Jun 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24957547 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

DEN-D9901

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G00-1789

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

D9901 CDR0000067868

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id