CpG 7909 in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Autologous Stem Cell Transplant

NCT ID: NCT00369291

Last Updated: 2017-11-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

19 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-09-30

Study Completion Date

2010-05-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Giving CpG 7909 after an autologous stem cell transplant may make a stronger immune response and prevent or delay the recurrence of cancer.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of CpG 7909 in treating patients who have undergone autologous stem cell transplant.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine whether CpG 7909 enhances immune function, as measured by the response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (neo-antigen) and tetanus toxoid (memory antigen), in patients who have undergone autologous stem cell transplantation.

Secondary

* Determine if dose escalation of CpG 7909, within a range of previously tested safe doses of CpG 7909, impacts upon the primary immune readouts.

OUTLINE: This is a non-randomized, dose-escalation study of CpG 7909.

Patients receive CpG 7909 subcutaneously (SC) on days 1, 7, and 14. Patients receive keyhole limpet hemocyanin SC and tetanus toxoid SC on day 7.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of Cp6 7909 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. A total of 10 patients are treated at the MTD.

Blood is collected at baseline and at approximately day 40 for immunological studies, including immunoenzyme techniques, antibody response assays, and immunophenotyping.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.

Conditions

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Germ Cell Tumor Leukemia Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm

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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CpG 7909

Patients treated with CpG 7909 oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) after autologous transplantation to enhance immune reconstitution.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

keyhole limpet hemocyanin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

KLH is a foreign protein to humans, it will be used to assess the immune response to a neo-antigen given as a single injection, 1 mg subcutaneously in the arm (per MT1999-06).

tetanus toxoid

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Tetanus toxoid booster 0.5 ml intramuscularly (IM) in the opposite arm (per MT1999-06)

Interventions

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keyhole limpet hemocyanin

KLH is a foreign protein to humans, it will be used to assess the immune response to a neo-antigen given as a single injection, 1 mg subcutaneously in the arm (per MT1999-06).

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

tetanus toxoid

Tetanus toxoid booster 0.5 ml intramuscularly (IM) in the opposite arm (per MT1999-06)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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KLH

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients must have undergone autologous transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin's disease, acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), germ cell tumors, or multiple myeloma.
* Patients must be eligible for and consent to participate in study MT1999 06 - Vaccination with tetanus toxoid and Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) to assess antigen specific immune responses (BB-IND 10430).
* Patients will be eligible to receive CpG 7909 and vaccines on or after day 60 post transplant. No patients are eligible for this protocol beyond day 74 post transplant. Therefore, all patients will start therapy on this protocol between days 60-74 post transplant to allow for patient scheduling flexibility.
* Patients must have engraftment and be independent of transfusion support or growth factor support.
* Patients must not have received platelet or red-cell transfusions in the previous week.
* Patients must have been continuously off all growth factors for at least 1 week.
* Unsupported counts must be:

* platelets ≥ 50,000/ml
* Hgb ≥ 9 gm/ul
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/µL
* Absolute lymphocyte count ≥ 500/µL
* Patients must have a current performance status of 0-1 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) or 70-100% (Karnofsky.
* Patients must be afebrile, off antibiotics therapeutic (not prophylactic), and free of evidence of active infection. Patients must be off intravenous (IV) hyperalimentation and IV fluids.
* Minimum laboratory values within 2 weeks of entry: Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dl or CrCl ≥ 50 ml/min, Bilirubin, ALT ≤ 2 x normal
* Age \>18 years
* Patients receiving or scheduled to receive planned radiation therapy, growth factor therapy, or steroid therapy during the study period will be ineligible. Patients must have completed all planned post-transplant radiation therapy if applicable.
* Patients must be able to give written informed consent and agree to comply with the study parameters
* Patients must agree to use contraception during the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with one or more of the following:

* Active infection, or fever \>38.2˚C
* Significant nonmalignant disease including documented HIV infection, uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic blood presses \>115 mmHg), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (NY Class II), poorly controlled diabetes, coronary angioplasty within 6 months, myocardial infarction with the last 6 months, or uncontrolled atrial or ventricular cardiac arrhythmias.
* Hematopoietic growth factors administered within 1 week of study entry.
* Expected to require additional cytotoxic therapy within 30 days of study
* Receiving other post-transplant investigational agents
* Patients with a history of autoimmune diseases will be ineligible for this protocol
* It is unknown whether CpG 7909 may exacerbate autoimmune disorders by its immunomodulatory effects. Therefore, subjects with a history of autoimmune disease should not receive CpG 7909. Controlled thyroid disease is permissible.
* Systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants
* Pregnant or lactating (It is unlikely and probably unwise that a women of childbearing potential become pregnant this early after transplant, however; if any suspicion, a pregnancy test should be done)
* Not meeting one or more of the eligibility criteria, as listed above
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marcie Tomblyn, MD, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Locations

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Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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UMN-0302M41542

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UMN-MT2003-03

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2003LS014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id