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Carcinoma, Renal CellPhase 2RENALVax-2NCT03226236

Vaccination With Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Autologous Tumor Homogenate in Combination With HD-IL2 and Immunomodulating Radiotherapy in Metastatic RCC

A Phase 2 study testing boost radiotherapy (XRT), Autologous DC vaccine and High-Dose IL-2 in people with Carcinoma, Renal Cell and Vaccination, run by Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS at 1 site in Italy.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

Single center, open-label Proof of Principle phase II trial to assess objective response (ORR). Three daily doses boost radiotherapy (XRT) at 6-12 Gy to at least 1, and up to a maximum of 5, metastatic fields, will be administrated on days -4 -3 -2 or -3 -2 -1 before the first and the third cycle of vaccine+IL-2. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Vaccination, Secondary
What is being tested?
boost radiotherapy (XRT), Autologous DC vaccine and High-Dose IL-2
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
Mar 2016to Mar 2019
Phase
Phase 2
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 19 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Signed Written Informed Consent: patients must be willing and able to give written informed consent, that have to be given before starting of screening procedure.
  • Availability of autologous tumor tissue fulfilling acceptance criteria prescribed by the "Product Specification File".
  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed RCC (all histology types except for urothelial cancer);
  • Patients must have stage IV disease in progression after at least 1 TKI and/or antiangiogenetic and/or mTOR inhibitors therapy (patients must have finished prior treatments at least 4 weeks before the first IL2 dose)
  • Patients must have at least one measurable lesion, according to the irRC response criteria (see section 8 ), after asportation of tumor tissue for vaccine preparation. The tumor lesions that will be irradiated are excluded for response evaluation.
  • Life expectancy of greater than 3 months.
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  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Patients must have organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • leukocytes >4000/µL
  • absolute neutrophil count >1,500/µL
  • platelets >100,000/µL
  • total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) <2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl
  • haemoglobin >8.0 gm/dl
  • hematocrit <30%
  • ECG and echocardiogram within normal institutional limits
  • Pulmonary function tests within normal institutional limits (to be performed only in patients with lung metastases or history of impaired lung function)
  • No contraindication for the use of vasopressor agents
  • Negative screening tests for HIV, HBV HCV and syphilis not older than 30 days before performing any of the GMP-regulated activities required (leukapheresis, collection of tumor biopsies to be used for tumor homogenate preparation);
  • Men and women aged > 18 years.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for up 8 weeks after the study, in order to minimize the risk of pregnancy;
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function according to clinical practice.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have positive tests to HCV, HBV, HIV, or syphilis (specific blood testing must be performed within 30 days before any GMP-regulated activity (leukapheresis and collection of tumor biopsies to be used for tumor homogenate preparation).
  • Patients who did not have prior lines of systemic therapy for advanced disease.
  • Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational agents within 30 days prior to study screening.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements (on physician's judgment).
  • Other known malignant neoplastic diseases in the patient's medical history with a disease-free interval of less than 3 years (except for previously treated basal cell carcinoma and in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix);
  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy or immunotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
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  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to IL-2 or other agents used in the study.
  • Any autoimmune disease which could be exacerbated by IL-2
  • A medical illness requiring chronic treatments with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents
  • A history of significant cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, primary cardiac arrhythmias, angina pectoris or cerebrovascular accident
  • HIV-positivity, whether or not symptomatic
  • Any contraindication to undergo leukapheresis as evaluated by transfusionist (e.g. severe anemia, piastrinopenia, oral anticoagulant therapy) or to undergo surgery.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Italy1 site
  • UO Immunoterapia e Laboratorio TCS, IRCCS IRST

    Meldola (FC), FC, 47014

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About this study

Official title: Vaccination With Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Autologous Tumor Homogenate in Combination With HD-IL2 and Immunomodulating Radiotherapy in Metastatic RCC: a Phase II Trial (RENALVax-2)

Single center, open-label Proof of Principle phase II trial to assess objective response (ORR).

Three daily doses boost radiotherapy (XRT) at 6-12 Gy to at least 1, and up to a maximum of 5, metastatic fields, will be administrated on days -4 -3 -2 or -3 -2 -1 before the first and the third cycle of vaccine+IL-2. The first day of administration of vaccine is day +1 and of IL-2 is day +2.

Read more

Treatment vaccine plus IL-2 (dose 18 MIU/m2/day in 500cc by continuous IV infusion for 72 hours) will be administered every 3 weeks up to 6 cycles.

Total duration of the trial: 36 months

  • Enrolment period: 24 months
  • Treatment: maximum of 6 cycles (5 months) per patient
  • Follow-up every three months until patient died (follow-up until PD and only survival contacts and subsequent therapy for metastatic disease after PD).
Read the detailed description

Vaccination with dendritic cells pulsed with autologous tumor homogenate in combination with HD-IL2 and immunomodulating radiotherapy in metastatic RCC: a phase II trial Proof of Principle phase II study Study Design Single center, open-label trial to assess response rate Study Duration Total duration: 36 months Enrollment: 24 months Treatment: 5 months per patient Follow-up every three months Primary objectives: Overall Response Rate (ORR) by irRC

Secondary end points:

  1. Toxicity
  2. Overall Survival
  3. Duration of response
  4. PFS
  5. ORR by RECIST 1.1
  6. Prognostic and predictive marker response
  7. Immunological response Study Product, Dose, Route, Regimen and duration of administration Three daily doses boost radiotherapy (XRT) at 6-12 Gy to at least 1, and up to a maximum of 5, metastatic fields, will be administrated on days -4 -3 -2 or -3 -2 -1 before the first and the third cycle of vaccine+IL-2. The first day of administration of vaccine is day +1 and of IL-2 is day +2.

The intradermal autologous dendritic cell vaccine loaded with autologous tumor homogenate plus IL-2 (dose 18 MIU/m2/day in 500cc by continuous IV infusion for 72 hours) will be administered every 3 weeks up to 6 cycles.

Statistical Methodology

This is a Proof of Principle trial with a minimax two stage design:

  • Step 1: 12 patients enrolled; A 5% response rate will preclude further study, whereas a 20% response rate will indicate that further study would be warranted.

Using alfa and beta errors of 0.10, if an objective response is observed in at least 1 of the 12 patients enrolled during the first stage the study will go on with a:

  • Step 2: recruitment of an additional 25 patients The treatments will be considered active if an objective response is observed in 4 out of 37 patients treated.

The enrolment period will be 24 months. To ensure patients' safety, a continued safety evaluation by an independent DSMB will be performed and formal rules will be planned to continue or stop the recruitment; in particular, the enrollment will be interrupted when six patients completed at least one cycle of the combo treatment and they will be evaluated for safety: if grade ≥3 AEs (except for fever and rash that will be consider only for grade 4) in 2 (two) or more patients will be observed within 30 days after completion of the first dose of combo treatment, the study will be interrupted.

Being tested
boost radiotherapy (XRT), Autologous DC vaccine, High-Dose IL-2
Keywords
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, vaccination, dendritic cells, autologous tumor homogenate, High Dose -IL2, immunomodulating radiotherapy, secondary
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Neoplasm Metastasis

What participants receive

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

  • boost radiotherapy (XRT)Radiation

    Three daily doses boost radiotherapy (XRT) at 6-12 Gy to at least 1, and up to a maximum of 5, metastatic fields, will be administrated on days -4 -3 -2 or -3 -2 -1 before the first and the third cycle of vaccine+IL-2

  • Autologous DC vaccineBiological

    The first dose (7 to 14 x 10_6 total dendritic cells) will be performed with freshly prepared vaccine, 9 days after leukapheresis; on day +1 starting from cycle 2 (3 weeks after the first cycle, on completion of QA assessments on the cryopreserved products), 5 additional doses will be administered every 3 weeks until maximum six vaccines.

  • High-Dose IL-2Drug

    high dose IL-2: 18 MIU/m2/day in 500cc administered by continuous IV infusion for 72 hours starting day +2.

Study groups in NCT03226236
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
study treatmentExperimentalboost radiotherapy (XRT) plus intradermal autologous dendritic cell vaccine loaded with autologous tumor homogenate (Autologous DC vaccine) plus High-Dose IL-2
Receives: Radiation: boost radiotherapy (XRT); Biological: Autologous DC vaccine; Drug: High-Dose IL-2

What is being measured

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

  1. Overall Response Rate (ORR) by Immune related Response Criteria( irRC)

    The analysis will be performed on an intention to treat population, i.e. all patients having received at least 2 cycles of therapy.

    Measured: up to 24 months

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Overall survival (OS)

    measured from the date of registration until the date of death from any cause or the last date the patient was known to be alive and will be estimated with Kaplan-Meier method and the log rank test

    Measured: up to 24 months

  2. Duration of response

    time calculated from documentation of tumor response to disease progression

    Measured: up to 24 months

  3. Progression free survival

    measured from registration until disease progression or death

    Measured: up to 24 months

  4. Immunologic efficacy

    Immunologic efficacy will be measured by best DTH score (reactivity to homogenate or KLH) obtained after at least 4 vaccine doses, alone or combined with IFN-g ELISPOT analysis of tumor antigen-specific circulating effectors obtained after a minimum of 4 vaccine doses, both compared with prevaccine samples

    Measured: up to 24 months

  5. Adverse events evaluation

    Number of patients with treatment related Adverse events (AE) will be evaluated by CTCAE v 4.03 criteria The percentage of patients reporting an AE up to 30 days after HD-IL-2 treatment will be tabulated with 95% confidence intervals, by type of AE. The overall rate of grade 3-4 related AE will be computed

    Measured: up to 24 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted21 Jul 2017
  2. Study startMar 2016
  3. Primary completionMar 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2019 (estimated)

Why it stopped: No patients enrolled due to change in standard practice

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03226236
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRST189.03
Other IDs
2015-000556-14, 2015
Acronym
RENALVax-2
Status last verified
Nov 2018
First submitted
28 Sep 2016
Last updated
13 Nov 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing boost radiotherapy (XRT), Autologous DC vaccine and High-Dose IL-2 in people with Carcinoma, Renal Cell and Vaccination, run by Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS at 1 site in Italy.

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 23 inclusion and 13 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Nov 2018. 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 Italy. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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 was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?

Overall Response Rate (ORR) by Immune related Response Criteria( irRC) (time frame: up to 24 months). 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 13 Nov 2018.

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