Study of the BiovaxId Tumor Derived Idiotype Vaccine in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT00091676

Last Updated: 2012-02-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

629 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-01-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this Phase 3 study is to definitively confirm the safety and efficacy of BiovaxId, an autologous tumor derived immunoglobulin idiotype vaccine, as measured by a significant prolongation of the period of disease free survival when administered to patients with indolent follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) during their first complete remission.

Detailed Description

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Patients with Stage III-IV follicular lymphoma and tumor \> 2cm (Stage II allowed if tumor \> 5cm), previously untreated by other than local radiation, provide tumor material by tissue biopsy for production of a patient-specific Ig idiotype vaccine conjugated to the immunogenic protein KLH. After completing PACE or CHOP-R chemotherapy and achieving a complete remission, followed by a waiting period to reconstitute the immune system, patients who remain in remission randomized to the active treatment arm receive a series of 5 idiotype vaccinations accompanied by the immune stimulant GM-CSF. Patients randomized to the control arm receive a time-matched series of KLH injections also accompanied by GM-CSF. Patients are subsequently studied to observe their immune responses both to the non-specific immune stimulating agents and for the specific immune response to the vaccine. Patients are followed for a minimum of 4 years post-randomization or until relapse.

Conditions

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Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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ID-KLH + GM-CSF

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FNHLId1

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

5 monthly vaccinations over a 6 month time period consisting of 0.5 mg ID-KLH s.c. on day 1 and 100 mcg/m²/day GM-CSF s.c. on days 1-4

KLH + GM-CSF

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

KLH + GM-CSF

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

5 monthly vaccinations at month 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 consisting of 0.5 mg KLH s.c on day 1 and 100 mcg/m²/day GM-CSF s.c. on days 1-4

Interventions

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FNHLId1

5 monthly vaccinations over a 6 month time period consisting of 0.5 mg ID-KLH s.c. on day 1 and 100 mcg/m²/day GM-CSF s.c. on days 1-4

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

KLH + GM-CSF

5 monthly vaccinations at month 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 consisting of 0.5 mg KLH s.c on day 1 and 100 mcg/m²/day GM-CSF s.c. on days 1-4

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of indolent follicular lymphoma(follicular small-cleaved cell, follicular mixed or follicular large cell with centrocytes) with surface IgM or IgG phenotype.
* Stage III-IV with lymph node \> 2cm or Stage II with lymph node \> 5 cm
* No prior chemotherapy other than local radiation (not greater than 2 sites)
* ECOG \< 2
* Survival \> 1 yr
* Serum creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dl
* Bilirubin \<1.5 mg/dl
* SGOT/SGPT \< 3.5 ULN
* No HIV antibodies or HBV antigen
* Negative pregnancy screen (females)
* No unrelated neoplasm in the previous 10 years
* No evidence of primary or secondary CNS lymphoma
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Biovest International

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carlos F Santos, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Biovest International

Stephen J Schuster, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

References

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Hsu FJ, Caspar CB, Czerwinski D, Kwak LW, Liles TM, Syrengelas A, Taidi-Laskowski B, Levy R. Tumor-specific idiotype vaccines in the treatment of patients with B-cell lymphoma--long-term results of a clinical trial. Blood. 1997 May 1;89(9):3129-35.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9129015 (View on PubMed)

Bendandi M, Gocke CD, Kobrin CB, Benko FA, Sternas LA, Pennington R, Watson TM, Reynolds CW, Gause BL, Duffey PL, Jaffe ES, Creekmore SP, Longo DL, Kwak LW. Complete molecular remissions induced by patient-specific vaccination plus granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor against lymphoma. Nat Med. 1999 Oct;5(10):1171-7. doi: 10.1038/13928.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10502821 (View on PubMed)

Kwak LW, Campbell MJ, Czerwinski DK, Hart S, Miller RA, Levy R. Induction of immune responses in patients with B-cell lymphoma against the surface-immunoglobulin idiotype expressed by their tumors. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 22;327(17):1209-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199210223271705.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 1406793 (View on PubMed)

Dar MM, Kwak LW. Vaccination strategies for lymphomas. Curr Oncol Rep. 2003 Sep;5(5):380-6. doi: 10.1007/s11912-003-0022-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12895388 (View on PubMed)

Schuster SJ, Neelapu SS, Gause BL, Janik JE, Muggia FM, Gockerman JP, Winter JN, Flowers CR, Nikcevich DA, Sotomayor EM, McGaughey DS, Jaffe ES, Chong EA, Reynolds CW, Berry DA, Santos CF, Popa MA, McCord AM, Kwak LW. Vaccination with patient-specific tumor-derived antigen in first remission improves disease-free survival in follicular lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 10;29(20):2787-94. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.3005. Epub 2011 May 31.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21632504 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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BV 301

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT00001945

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Identifier Source: nct_alias

NCT00019981

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Identifier Source: nct_alias

NCT00096577

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Identifier Source: nct_alias

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