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HPV-induced CancersPhase 1VICORYX-2NCT02526316

Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy Combined With P16_37-63 Peptide Vaccination in Patients With HPV-positive Cancers

A Phase 1 study testing P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG and P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VG in people with HPV-induced Cancers, run by Oryx GmbH & Co. KG at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The study will include 10 patients with HPV-associated ano-genital cancer (cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal) or HPV-associated head and neck cancer, who are planned to receive a cisplatin-based chemotherapy (alternatively a carboplatin-based chemotherapy may be selected by investigators choice). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
HPV-induced Cancers
What is being tested?
P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG and P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VG
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
11 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
Jun 2015to May 2017
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed, advanced HPV-positive cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal or head and neck cancer cancer
  • HPV positivity as tested by HPV genotyping from paraffin embedded tumor tissue using Linear Array HPV Genotyping test from Roche Diagnostics Germany GmbH
  • Diffuse expression of p16INK4a in the tumor as analyzed by immunohistochemistry on paraffin embedded tumor tissue using the CINtec p16INK4a histology kit
  • Planned cisplatin-based chemotherapy with an expected duration of at least 2 months. A carboplatin-based therapy may be selected as an alternative by investigators choice
  • Expected survival of at least 3 months
  • Full recovery from prior surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy (except for alopecia, fatigue or neurotoxicity of grade 1 or 2
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  • ECOG performance status 0, 1 or 2
  • The following laboratory results: Neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Lymphocyte count ≥ 0.5 x 109/L Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L Serum bilirubin < 2mg/dL
  • Patient´s written informed consent for participation in the trial

Who cannot join

  • Prior treatment with P16_37-63 peptide
  • Clinically significant heart disease (NYHA Class III or IV)
  • Other serious illnesses, e.g., serious infections requiring antibiotics or bleeding disorders
  • History of immunodeficiency disease or autoimmune disease
  • Metastatic disease to the central nervous system for which other therapeutic options, including radiotherapy, may be available
  • Known HBV, HCV or HIV positivity
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  • Immunotherapy within 4 weeks before study entry
  • Concomitant treatment with steroids, antihistaminic drugs, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (unless used in low doses for prevention of an acute cardiovascular event or for pain control). Topical or inhalational steroids are permitted
  • Participation in any other clinical trial involving another investigational agent within 4 weeks
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Women of childbearing potential who are not using a medically acceptable means of contraception. Appropriate contraception is defined as surgical sterilization (e.g., bilateral tubal ligation, vasectomy), hormonal contraception (implantable, patch, oral), and double-barrier methods (any double combination of: intrauterine device, male or female condom with spermicidal gel, diaphragm, sponge, cervical cap)
  • Psychiatric or addictive disorders that may compromise the ability to give informed consent
  • Lack of availability of a patient for immunological and clinical follow-up assessment
  • Brain metastases (symptomatic and non-symptomatic)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Krankenhaus Nordwest

    Frankfurt, 60488

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About this study

Official title: Pilot Study on Concurrent Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy Combined With Vaccination Therapy With the P16_37-63 Peptide in Patients With HPV- and p16INK4a-positive Cancer

The study will include 10 patients with HPV-associated ano-genital cancer (cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal) or HPV-associated head and neck cancer, who are planned to receive a cisplatin-based chemotherapy (alternatively a carboplatin-based chemotherapy may be selected by investigators choice). Patients will receive P16_37-63 peptide (100 µg) combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG subcutaneously once a week for four weeks, followed by a 4 week rest period (1 cycle). The vaccination is to be started one week before the initiation or continuation of the cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Concurrent radiation is allowed and should be documented. The vaccination schedule will be repeated up to a total of 3 cycles (= 6 months) or until progression or intolerable toxicity. If chemotherapy is withheld (e.g. for toxicity), vaccination treatment can be continued.

Read the detailed description

10 patients with HPV- and p16INK4a-positive cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal or head and neck cancer will be enrolled. The p16INK4a-peptide (p16INK4a-37-63, 100 mcg) mixed with MONTANIDE ISA-51 VG (0.3 ml) will be administered subcutaneously once weekly for four weeks, followed by a 4-week rest period (1 cycle). This schedule will be repeated for a total of 3 cycles (= 6 months) or until tumor progression or intolerable toxicity is documented. The first application will be done one week before chemotherapy initiation or continuation. Concurrent radiation is allowed and should be documented. If chemotherapy is withhold for toxicity, vaccination treatment can be continued.

Patients will be seen at baseline/screening and at every visit for safety assessment until disease progression or discontinuation of trial therapy for other reasons. Immunological assessments will be made in all patients. The immunological assessment includes the delayed time hypersensitivity response (DTH) against the P16_37-63 peptide. Therefore in week 1, 9, 17 and 25, 30 mcg P16_37-63 peptide solution without MONTANIDE ISA-51 VG will be injected at a separate site from the vaccination site intradermally. Immunological responses are evaluated at baseline and after vaccination in weeks 9, 17 and 25 (ELISPOT) and in weeks 1, 3, 9, 11, 17, 19 and 25 (ELISA) and are compared to the antigen-specific immune response measured before vaccination (week 1). Radiological tumor assessment (CT, MRI) will be performed at baseline and then every 8 weeks (after every cycle). There will be a follow- up visit four weeks after the last vaccination for safety. Further follow-up regarding progression and death can be performed, e.g. via a phone call. Autoimmunity will be assessed every 8 weeks. Safety of the immunization will be analyzed as assessed by the number and severity of adverse events categorized according to CTC criteria

Being tested
P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG, P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VG
Keywords
cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, vaginal cancer, penile cancer, anal cancer, head and neck cancer
Medical subject headings
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Vulvar Neoplasms, Vaginal Neoplasms, Penile Neoplasms, Anus Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VGBiological

    Patients will receive P16_37-63 peptide (100 µg) combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG vaccination subcutaneously once a week for four weeks, followed by a 4 week rest period

  • P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VGBiological

    Patients will receive 30 mcg P16_37-63 peptide injected intradermally for test on delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions.

Study groups in NCT02526316
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
P16_37-63 VaccinationOtherPatients will receive P16_37-63 peptide (100 μg) combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG subcutaneously once a week for four weeks, followed by a 4 week rest period (1 cycle). The vaccination is to be started one week before the initiation or continuation of the cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
Receives: Biological: P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG; Biological: P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VG

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 1

  2. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 3

  3. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 9

  4. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 11

  5. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 17

  6. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 19

  7. Immune response against peptide P16_37-63

    A positive immune response is defined as positive DTH response against peptide P16_37-63 and/or a humoral (ELISA for the detection of p16-specific IgG/IgM/IgA) and/or CD4 cellular (IFN gamma ELISpot for the detection of p16INK4a-specific T cells) immune response exceeding the assay specific cut-off values for a positive response against peptide P16_37-63

    Measured: week 25

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Tumor response as assessed by CT or MRI scans according to RECIST

    Measured: baseline, after every cycle up to 25 weeks

  2. Case wise listing of progression-free survival

    Measured: four weeks after last vaccination

  3. Safety of the vaccine administration as assessed by the number and severity of adverse events categorized according to CTC criteria version 4.0.

    Measured: up tp week 25, 4 weeks after last vaccination

  4. Case wise listing of overall survival

    Measured: four weeks after last vaccination

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Aug 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2015
  3. Primary completionMay 2017
  4. Study completionMay 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
11 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02526316
Sponsor's protocol ID
VICORYX-2
Acronym
VICORYX-2
Status last verified
Jun 2017
First submitted
10 Aug 2015
Last updated
2 Jul 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing P16_37-63 peptide combined with Montanide® ISA-51 VG and P16_37-63 peptide without Montanide® ISA-51 VG in people with HPV-induced Cancers, run by Oryx GmbH & Co. KG at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Immune response against peptide P16_37-63 (time frame: week 1). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jul 2017.

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