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GlioblastomaPhase 2I-ATTACNCT03927222

Immunotherapy Targeted Against Cytomegalovirus in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed WHO Grade IV Unmethylated Glioma

A Phase 2 study testing Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSF, Temozolomide and Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td) in people with Glioblastoma, run by Mustafa Khasraw, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRACP at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This single-arm phase II study will assess the impact of tetanus pre-conditioning and adjuvant Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) on overall survival of patients newly diagnosed with World Health Organization (WHO) Grade IV glioblastoma who have undergone definitive tumor resection, are… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Glioblastoma
What is being tested?
Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSF, Temozolomide and Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
30 Sep 2019to 10 Feb 2023
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Newly diagnosed World Health Organization (WHO) Grade IV Glioma with definitive resection prior to the consent, with a residual radiographic contrast enhancing disease on the postoperative computed tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of <1 cm in maximal diameter in any plane.
  • Able to receive standard of care radiation and chemotherapy for approximately 6 weeks duration and of more than 54 Gray (GY)
  • MRI post radiation therapy (RT) does not show progressive disease outside the radiation field
  • Enough tumor tissue available for determination of methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene promoter status (must be unmethylated) or prior pathology report available confirming MGMT gene promoter status
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Seropositive
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  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of ≥ 70%
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,000 cells/µl, platelets ≥ 100,000 cells/µl prior to starting TMZ cycle 1 (patient must meet these criteria within 4 weeks after the end of XRT/TMZ to be eligible)
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 3 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 times institutional upper limit of normal for age
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal prior to starting TMZ cycle 1 (Exception: Patient has known Gilbert's Syndrome or patient has suspected Gilbert's Syndrome, for which additional lab testing of direct and/or indirect bilirubin supports this diagnosis. In these instances, a total bilirubin of ≤ 3.0 x ULN is acceptable.)
  • Signed informed consent approved by the Institutional Review Board
  • Female patients must not be pregnant or breastfeeding. Female patients of childbearing potential (defined as < 2 years after last menstruation or not surgically sterile) must use a highly effective contraceptive method (allowed methods of birth control, [i.e. with a failure rate of < 1% per year] are implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine device [IUD; only hormonal], sexual abstinence or vasectomized partner) during the trial and for a period of > 6 months following the last administration of trial drug(s). Female patients with an intact uterus (unless amenorrhea for the last 24 months) must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 48 hours prior to first study procedure (leukapheresis).
  • Fertile male patients must agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method (allowed methods of birth control [i.e. with a failure rate of < 1% per year] include a female partner using implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUDs) [only hormonal], sexual abstinence or prior vasectomy) during the trial and for a period of > 6 months following the last administration of trial drugs.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Women of childbearing potential and men who are sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception.
  • Patients with known potentially anaphylactic allergic reactions to gadolinium- diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA).
  • Patients who cannot undergo MRI or SPECT due to obesity or to having certain metal in their bodies (specifically pacemakers, infusion pumps, metal aneurysm clips, metal prostheses, joints, rods, or plates).
  • Patients with evidence of tumor in the brainstem, cerebellum, or spinal cord, radiological evidence of multifocal disease, or leptomeningeal disease.
  • Severe, active comorbidity, including any of the following:
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  • Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization;
  • Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months;
  • Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time of study initiation;
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness r requiring hospitalization or precluding study therapy;
  • Known hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects;
  • Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C positive status;
  • Major medical illnesses or psychiatric impairments that, in the investigator's opinion, will prevent administration or completion of protocol therapy;
  • Active connective tissue disorders, such as lupus or scleroderma that, in the opinion of the treating physician, may put the patient at high risk for radiation toxicity.
  • Co-medication that may interfere with study results; e.g. immuno-suppressive agents other than corticosteroids
  • Prior, unrelated malignancy requiring current active treatment with the exception of cervical carcinoma in situ and adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. (Treatment with tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors or other hormonal therapy that may be indicated in the prevention of prior cancer disease recurrence, are not considered current active treatment.)
  • Patients are not permitted to have had any other conventional therapeutic intervention other than steroids prior to enrollment outside of the standard of care chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Patients who receive previous inguinal lymph node dissection, radiosurgery, brachytherapy, or radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies will be excluded
  • Current, recent (within 4 weeks of the administration of this study agent), or planned participation in an experimental drug study.
  • Known history of autoimmune disease (with the exceptions of medically-controlled hypothyroidism and Type I Diabetes Mellitus).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

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About this study

Official title: I-ATTAC: Improved Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy Targeted Against Cytomegalovirus in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed WHO Grade IV Unmethylated Glioma

This single-arm phase II study will assess the impact of tetanus pre-conditioning and adjuvant Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) on overall survival of patients newly diagnosed with World Health Organization (WHO) Grade IV glioblastoma who have undergone definitive tumor resection, are cytomegalovirus (CMV) positive and unmethylated, and completed standard temozolomide (TMZ) and radiation treatment. After completion of the standard of care radiotherapy with concurrent TMZ, patients will receive 1 cycle of dose-intensified TMZ followed by pp65-loaded dendritic cell (DC) vaccination beginning on day 23.

Read the detailed description

Approximately 64 patients with resected, newly-diagnosed WHO Grade IV glioma who are CMV positive and in which the Methylguanine Methyltransferase (MGMT) is not methylated will be accrued to this study before standard of care radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent TMZ, with the goal of treating 48 patients with dose-intensified temozolomide and pp65 loaded dendritic cell vaccine after completion of standard RT and TMZ.

All enrolled patients will undergo a leukapheresis for the generation of DCs. Patients will then receive approximately 6 weeks of the standard of care radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent TMZ at a standard targeted dose of 75 mg/m2/day. For patients whose initial leukapheresis yields less than 3 vaccines, repeat leukapheresis may be obtained. At the post-RT clinic visit, a single post-RT cycle of dose-intensified TMZ (100 mg/m2/day for 21 days) will be given. On day 23 (± 2 days) of the cycle, patients will receive the first of 3 pp65 DC vaccines. Vaccines #1-3 will be given every two weeks (± 2 days). All patients will receive up to a total of 10 DC vaccines, with vaccines administered every 35 days (± 7 days) after the third vaccine, given bilaterally at the groin site unless progression occurs with no further cycles of TMZ. DC vaccines will be given intradermally (i.d.) and divided equally to both inguinal regions. Before the first DC vaccination, patients will receive 0.5 mL of Td (tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed) intramuscularly into the deltoid muscle to ensure adequate immunity to the tetanus antigen. Patients will undergo leukapheresis again for immunologic monitoring with a specific assessment of baseline antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune responses if needed for further DC generations 14 (± 2) days after vaccine #3. Prior to pp65 DC vaccination #4,(3±1) weeks after leukapheresis 2, the vaccine site will receive a pre-conditioning intradermal injection of Td. Up to 16 patients will receive 111-Indium labeled DCs at the 4th vaccine followed by SPECT/CT imaging immediately, and at 1 and 2 days after injections.

Conditions
Glioblastoma
Being tested
Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSF, Temozolomide, Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td), GM-CSF, 111-Indium-labeling of Cells for in vivo Trafficking Studies
Keywords
Glioblastoma, Dendritic cells, Temozolomide, Tetanus, Khasraw, Immunotherapy, Vaccine
Medical subject headings
Glioblastoma, Tetanus

What participants receive

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

  • Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSFBiological

    Also called CMV-specific dendritic cell vaccine, DCs

    2x10^7 human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs are given intradermally and bilaterally at the groin site (divided equally to both inguinal regions). Patients will receive up to a total of 10 DC vaccines.

  • TemozolomideDrug

    Also called Temodar, TMZ, Temodal

    Temozolomide is a chemotherapy drug given to all enrolled patients at the post-RT clinic visit as dose-intensified TMZ (100 mg/m2/day for 21 days).

  • Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td)Biological

    Also called Td pre-conditioning, Td toxoid

    Before the first DC vaccination, patients will receive 0.5 mL of Td (tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed) intramuscularly into the deltoid muscle to ensure adequate immunity to the tetanus antigen. Prior to pp65 DC vaccination #4,(3±1) weeks after leukapheresis 2 the vaccine site will receive a pre-conditioning intradermal injection of Td (1 flocculation unit (Lf), in 0.3 mL of saline for a total of 0.4 mL).

  • GM-CSFBiological

    Also called LEUKINE®, Sargramostim

    Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a sterile, white, preservative-free lyophilized powder in a vial containing 250 mcg that will be reconstituted in 0.5 mL of sterile water for injection and used as an adjuvant with the DC vaccine.

  • 111-Indium-labeling of Cells for in vivo Trafficking StudiesBiological

    111-In-labeled DCs are 2 x 10^7 pp65-LAMP mRNA loaded mature DCs labeled with 111-In (50 μCi / 5 x 10^7 DCs) and given i.d. as the fourth vaccine. In up to 16 patients, the fourth vaccine will be labeled with 111-In (50 μCi / 5 x 10^7 DCs) prior to injection.

Study groups in NCT03927222
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
DC vaccination with Td preconditioning and GM CSFExperimentalThis single-arm phase II study will assess the impact of tetanus pre-conditioning and adjuvant GM-CSF on overall survival of newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients who have undergone definitive resection, are unmethylated, and completed standard temozolomide and radiation treatment. All enrolled patients will undergo a leukapheresis for the generation of DCs. Patients will then receive approximately 6 weeks of standard of care radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent TMZ. A single post-RT cycle of dose intensified TMZ (100 mg/m2/day for 21 days) will then be given. On day 23 (± 2 days) of the cycle, patients will receive the first of 3 pp65 DC vaccines every 2 weeks. All patients will receive up to a total of 10 DC vaccines
Receives: Biological: Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSF; Drug: Temozolomide; Biological: Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td); Biological: GM-CSF; Biological: 111-Indium-labeling of Cells for in vivo Trafficking Studies

What is being measured

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

  1. Median Overall Survival (OS) of Subjects Receiving Td Pre-conditioning With GM-CSF

    Time in months from the start of study treatment to date of death due to any cause. Patients alive as of the last follow-up has OS censored at the last follow-up date. Median OS was estimated using a Kaplan-Meier curve.

    Measured: duration of the study (up to 3 years and 4.5 months)

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Migration and Survival From Vaccine 4

    The Cox proportional hazards model will assess the impact of migration on survival after vaccine #4. Migration is defined as the maximum percentage of 111In-labeled dendritic cells (DCs) reaching inguinal nodes during the 48 hours after the 4th vaccination. The hazard ratio associated with a 1-unit change in migration will be estimated with 95% confidence intervals.CSF to site-draining inguinal lymph nodes after Td pre-conditioning and survival after vaccine # 4.

    Measured: 5 years

  2. Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 3 (CCL3) and Survival From Vaccine 4

    The Cox proportional hazards model will assess the impact of CCL3 on survival post-vaccine 4. The hazard ratio associate with a 1-unit increase in CCL3 will be estimated with 95% confidence intervals

    Measured: 5 years

  3. Polyfunctionality and Survival From Vaccine 4

    Cox proportional hazards model will assess the association between fold change increase between baseline and the leukapheresis 2 in the frequency of pp65 antigen-specific CD8+ T cells producing three or more cytokines (IFNγ, CCL3, IL-2, TNFα, CD107a), and survival post-vaccine 4. The hazard ratio associate with a 1-unit fold change in polyfunctionality will be estimated with 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: 5 years

  4. Maximum Peak Increase From Vaccine 1 in Percent Regulatory T Cells (TReg) of CD4+ T Cells

    The mean difference in TRegs between vaccine 1 and the maximum measured level post-vaccine 1 will be reported.

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Number of Participants With Unacceptable Toxicity

    An unacceptable toxicity is defined as any grade 3 or greater toxicity that is possibly, probably, or definitely attributed to the pre-conditioning agent Td or pp65 DC vaccine that does not resolve to baseline within 3 weeks; any Grade 3 hypersensitivity reactions or autoimmune toxicity requiring steroids or hormone replacement; , and is not due to progressive disease, or any life-threatening event not attributable to concomitant medication, co-morbid event, or disease progression. Toxicities will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria of Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 5 criteria.

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted25 Apr 2019
  2. Study start30 Sep 2019
  3. Primary completion10 Feb 2023
  4. Study completion10 Feb 2023

Why it stopped: Resource shortage

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
Model description
Newly-diagnosed WHO Grade IV glioma patients with their tumor resected and found to be MGMT unmethylated will be accrued to this study before the standard of care chemoradiation with the goal of treating with dose-intensified TMZ and pp65 loaded dendritic cell vaccine after completion of the standard of care chemoradiation.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03927222
Sponsor's protocol ID
Pro00090683
Acronym
I-ATTAC
Status last verified
Apr 2024
First submitted
19 Apr 2019
Last updated
8 Apr 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Human CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs containing GM CSF, Temozolomide and Tetanus-Diphtheria Toxoid (Td) in people with Glioblastoma, run by Mustafa Khasraw, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRACP at 1 site in United States.

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 13 inclusion and 19 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Apr 2024. 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 United States. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 8 Apr 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Median Overall Survival (OS) of Subjects Receiving Td Pre-conditioning With GM-CSF (time frame: duration of the study (up to 3 years and 4.5 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 8 Apr 2024.

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