Vaccine Therapy, Trastuzumab, and Vinorelbine in Treating Women With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00088985

Last Updated: 2017-06-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as vinorelbine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining vaccine therapy with monoclonal antibody therapy and chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving vaccine therapy together with trastuzumab and vinorelbine works in treating women with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the efficacy of multiepitope autologous dendritic cell vaccine, trastuzumab (Herceptin\^®), and vinorelbine by measuring the change in the largest dimension of metastatic lesions, in women with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer that does not overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)/neu.

Secondary

* Determine the ability of this regimen to induce functional antigen-specific T cells in these patients by measuring ex-vivo antigen-specific T-cell activity against peptide-pulsed dendritic cells and tumor targets by tetramer staining and intracellular cytokine assays.

OUTLINE:

* Autologous dendritic cell mobilization and harvest: All patients undergo autologous dendritic cell mobilization with filgrastim (G-CSF) and/or sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously daily for 4 days followed by apheresis. Mobilized peripheral blood is processed for the production of dendritic cells by cluster of differentiation (CD)34-positive cell selection. The dendritic cells are expanded and then pulsed with E75 and E90 peptides.
* Treatment: Patients receive vinorelbine IV over 6-10 minutes and trastuzumab (Herceptin \^®) IV over 90 minutes on day 1. Patients also receive autologous dendritic cells pulsed with E75 and E90 peptides subcutaneously over 2-5 minutes on day 1\*. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Note: \*If treatment is given locally, the vaccine therapy will be given at University of North Carolina (UNC) -Chapel Hill the following day.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 17-37 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Breast 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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Dendritic Cell Vaccine

Dendritic Cells: Dosage: 20 x 106 dendritic cells (DCs) given per treatment Vinorelbine:25 mg/m2 will be administered i.v biweekly Trastuzumab: 6mg/Kg administered by i.v. biweekly

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

therapeutic autologous dendritic cells

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

10 μg/kg subcutaneously (sc) each day for four days or g-CSF at 5 μg/kg sc each day for four days with GM-CSF 250 μg/m2 sc each day for four days. G-CSF and/or GM- CSF will be self-administered. On the fifth day patients will have two intravenous lines placed in the apheresis area of the Blood Bank and then undergo a 15 litre apheresis collection

trastuzumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

4 mg/kg intravenously, every 14 days

vinorelbine ditartrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Vinorelbine 25 mg/m2 will be administered intravenously, every 14 days

Interventions

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therapeutic autologous dendritic cells

10 μg/kg subcutaneously (sc) each day for four days or g-CSF at 5 μg/kg sc each day for four days with GM-CSF 250 μg/m2 sc each day for four days. G-CSF and/or GM- CSF will be self-administered. On the fifth day patients will have two intravenous lines placed in the apheresis area of the Blood Bank and then undergo a 15 litre apheresis collection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

trastuzumab

4 mg/kg intravenously, every 14 days

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

vinorelbine ditartrate

Vinorelbine 25 mg/m2 will be administered intravenously, every 14 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed breast cancer

* Locally recurrent or metastatic disease
* HLA-A0201 positive by DNA genotyping
* HER2/neu expression at least 1+ by immunohistochemistry of tumor sample
* Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases allowed provided on therapy for 3 months and stable
* Hormone receptor status:

* Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Sex

* Female

Menopausal status

* Not specified

Performance status

* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count \> 100,000/mm\^3
* Hematocrit \> 33%

Hepatic

* Transaminases ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal
* Bilirubin ≤ 2 times normal
* Hepatitis B surface antigen negative

Renal

* Creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

* Ejection fraction \> 45% by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) OR
* Left ventricular function normal by echocardiogram
* No serious cardiac condition that would preclude study participation or compliance

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* HIV negative
* No serious medical or psychiatric condition that would preclude study participation or compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Prior biologic therapy allowed

Chemotherapy

* More than 30 days since prior cytotoxic chemotherapy
* No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* More than 30 days since prior hormonal therapy
* No concurrent hormonal therapy
* No concurrent systemic steroids

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Not specified

Other

* Concurrent bisphosphonates for bone metastases allowed
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jonathan S. Serody, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://unclineberger.org

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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P50CA058223

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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R21CA105837

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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KG100307

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

LCCC 0310

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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