Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT01209871

Last Updated: 2025-11-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

9 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-02-26

Study Completion Date

2026-02-20

Brief Summary

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This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of vaccine therapy in treating patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety and feasibility of using a novel lymphoma deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccine encoding macrophage inflammatory protein 3 alpha (MIP3a)-fused lymphoma idiotype in single chain format.

II. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the vaccine.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the immunogenicity of the vaccine to generate tumor-specific cellular and humoral immune responses.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.

Patients receive autologous lymphoma immunoglobulin-derived single-chain variable fragment (scFV)-chemokine DNA vaccine intradermally (ID) at 0, 4, and 8 weeks.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, and then every 6 months for 1 year.

Conditions

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Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

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 (vaccine therapy)

Patients receive autologous lymphoma immunoglobulin-derived scFV-chemokine DNA vaccine ID at 0, 4, and 8 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Autologous Lymphoma Immunoglobulin-derived scFv-chemokine DNA Vaccine

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given ID

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Interventions

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Autologous Lymphoma Immunoglobulin-derived scFv-chemokine DNA Vaccine

Given ID

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Tissue diagnosis of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with surface immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin A (IgA) or immunoglobulin M (IgM) phenotype with a monoclonal heavy and light chain as determined by flow cytometry; all primary diagnostic lymph node and/or bone marrow biopsies will be reviewed at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC)
* Previously untreated patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (of any subtype: IgG, IgA, IgM) in the asymptomatic phase
* Patients must provide a lymph node sample of at least 1.5 cm in the long axis, or a bone marrow aspiration sample providing at least 5 million cluster of differentiation (CD)20 and/or CD38+ (approximately 10 ml)
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
* Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 mg/dl and a creatinine clearance \>= 30 ml/min
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 mg/dl unless felt secondary to Gilbert's disease
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 2 x upper limit of normal
* Ability to provide informed consent, and to return to clinic for adequate follow-up for the period that the protocol requires
* Female subject is either post-menopausal or surgically sterilized or willing to use an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., a hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide, or abstinence) for the duration of the study and for 30 days after the last vaccination has been administered
* Male subject agrees to use an acceptable method for contraception for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C infection
* Pregnancy or lactating females
* Patients with previous history of malignancy within the last 5 years except curatively treated squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin or curatively treated carcinoma in-situ of other organs
* Any medical or psychiatric condition that in the opinion of the principal investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this treatment
* Patients with New York Heart Association class 3 or 4 disease
* Patients with a history of autoimmune diseases except for Hashimoto's thyroiditis
* Patients with positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) and/or anti-double strand (ds) DNA antibodies
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sheeba Thomas

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

References

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Thomas SK, Cha SC, Smith DL, Kim KH, Parshottam SR, Rao S, Popescu M, Lee VY, Neelapu SS, Kwak LW. Phase I study of an active immunotherapy for asymptomatic phase Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with DNA vaccines encoding antigen-chemokine fusion: study protocol. BMC Cancer. 2018 Feb 13;18(1):187. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4094-2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29439670 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2012-01897

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-2010-02091

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2009-0465

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2009-0465

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id