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Withdrawn Phase 1 Interventional

Biological Vaccine: Semi-allogeneic Human Fibroblasts (MRC-5) Transfected With DNA

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02211027

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Official title

Active Immunization of Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) Using Fibroblasts Transfected With DNA From Autologous Tumor

Brief summary

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Hypothesis The incidence of toxicity in patients receiving the tumor DNA-transfected fibroblast vaccine will be acceptably low and the immunologic response rate sufficiently high to warrant further study of this therapy The study of the vaccine will proceed in two stages after the method of Simon (102). In the first stage, 15 patients will be accrued and treated. If two or fewer objective immunologic responses occur, the study will be terminated. If 3 or more responses are observed, the study will proceed to the second stage, accruing an additional 22 patients. If the second stage is complete and a total of 9 or more immunologic responses are observed among the 37 patients treated, the treatment response rate for the vaccine will be considered high enough to warrant further study. Conversely, if the evaluation of the vaccine concludes at the first stage, or if 8 or fewer total immunologic responses occur after completing the second stage, the vaccine will not be considered for further study.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02211027
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Lead sponsor
Robert Ferris
Other
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2016
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2017
Completion
Nov 30, 2028
Last update posted
Sep 6, 2017

2016 – 2028

United States locations

U.S. sites
3
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute-Hillman Cancer Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15232
University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center- Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15232

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