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Vaccine Therapy Following Chemotherapy & Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of autologous tumor cell vaccine and keyhole limpet hemocyanin in Lymphoma, sponsored by University of Nebraska. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-18.

Sponsored by University of Nebraska · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Genitope suspend drug development by decision made by the FDA March 6, 2008.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
19
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may make the body build an immune response to kill cancer cells. Vaccine therapy may be an effective treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy following chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the humoral and cellular immune responses in patients with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with autologous lymphoma-derived idiotype vaccine with keyhole limpet hemocyanin plus sargramostim (GM-CSF).
  • Determine the safety and toxicity of this regimen in these patients in the post-transplant setting.
  • Determine the changes in quantitative bcl-2 in the blood and bone marrow of these patients before and at various times after the series of idiotype vaccines.

OUTLINE: Vaccinations begin at day 100 or up to 6 months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Patients receive autologous lymphoma-derived idiotype vaccine plus keyhole limpet hemocyanin subcutaneously (SC) on day 1. Sargramostim (GM-CSF) SC is administered on days 1-4. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 4 doses, followed 12 weeks later by the fifth and final dose.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Lymphoma

Keywords

  • recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma
  • recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma
  • recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma
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In context

Lymphoma

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Over 19 years of age
  • Histologically proven grade I, II, or III follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that failed induction therapy
  • Minimal disease state at day 100 to 6 months post-transplantatio

    • Lymph nodes smaller than 2 centimeters (cm)
    • Less than 20% bone marrow involvement with lymphoma
    • Uncertain complete remission, defined by greater than 75% reduction in the size of the pre-transplantation mass not representing active disease
  • Tissue sample safely accessible by biopsy, needle aspiration, or phlebotomy

    o Must have adequate circulating lymphoma cells

  • Karnofsky greater than 70%
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm\^3 (No restrictions if study vaccine administered at 6 months after transplantation)
  • CD4+ count greater than 200/microliter (No restrictions if study vaccine administered at 6 months after transplantation)
  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL (unless due to lymphomatous involvement)
  • Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) less than 2 times normal (unless due to lymphomatous involvement)
  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previously received no more than 2 high-dose chemotherapies before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Not pregnant or nursing/negative pregnancy test
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
19 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Effectiveness of Vaccine Therapy Following Chemotherapy & Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation

    Phase II trial to study the effectiveness, safety \& toxicity of vaccine therapy following chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Vaccinations begin at day 100 or up to 6 months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Participants receive autologous lymphoma-derived idiotype vaccine plus keyhole limpet hemocyanin subcutaneously (SC) on day 1. Sargramostim (GM-CSF) SC is administered on days 1-4. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 4 doses, followed 12 weeks later by the fifth and final dose.

    Biological: autologous tumor cell vaccine · Biological: keyhole limpet hemocyanin · Biological: sargramostim · Procedure: adjuvant therapy

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Humoral and Cellular Immune Response

    evaluate the humoral immune responses and cellular immune responses to idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant given to patients with follicular lymphoma following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation

    Time frame: immune responses will be obtained prior to first immunization (baseline), prior to the 5th, 6th, 7th immunization series and 2 weeks following administration of the 7th immunization series. And then obtained annually until disease progression

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safety of Idiotype Vaccine

    To evaluate the safety of idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant in the post-transplant setting

    Time frame: At each immunization and at study completion

  2. Toxicity of Idiotype Vaccine

    To evaluate the toxicity of idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant in the post-transplant setting

    Time frame: At each immunization and at study completion

  3. Changes in Quantitative Bcl-2

    To evaluate changes in quantitative bcl-2 of the blood and bone marrow prior to and at various time points following the series of idiotype vaccines.

    Time frame: 1 year post transplant evaluation and then annually until disease progression

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Results

Posted Nov 17, 2010
Limitations and caveats
The Sponsor Genitope suspend development of MyVax in light of the decision made by the FDA March 6, 2008, therefore this trial was halted prematurely leaving insufficient data to analyze.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneVaccine Therapy
Started19
Completed12
Not completed7
Withdrew: Vaccine could not be produced1
Withdrew: Physician decision6

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants With Humoral and Cellular Immune Response

evaluate the humoral immune responses and cellular immune responses to idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant given to patients with follicular lymphoma following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation

Time frame:
immune responses will be obtained prior to first immunization (baseline), prior to the 5th, 6th, 7th immunization series and 2 weeks following administration of the 7th immunization series. And then obtained annually until disease progression

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondarySafety of Idiotype Vaccine

To evaluate the safety of idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant in the post-transplant setting

Time frame:
At each immunization and at study completion

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryToxicity of Idiotype Vaccine

To evaluate the toxicity of idiotype vaccine with KLH and GM-CSF adjuvant in the post-transplant setting

Time frame:
At each immunization and at study completion

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryChanges in Quantitative Bcl-2

To evaluate changes in quantitative bcl-2 of the blood and bone marrow prior to and at various time points following the series of idiotype vaccines.

Time frame:
1 year post transplant evaluation and then annually until disease progression

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Vaccine Therapy—0/19 (0%)0/19 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Vaccine Therapy
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years17
>=65 years2
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Vaccine Therapy
Mean46.7 ± 10.68
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Vaccine Therapy
Female10
Male9
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Vaccine Therapy
United States19
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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 18, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00006478
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 27, 2003
Start date
Oct 11, 2000
Primary completion
Apr 3, 2008
Completion
Apr 3, 2008
Results posted
Nov 17, 2010
Last update
Sep 18, 2023

Study contacts

Julie M Vose, MD
study chair · University of Nebraska
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