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CompletedNCT00850785DRibbleUpdated Sep 27, 2016

Autologous Tumor DRibble Vaccine in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of DRibble vaccine in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Providence Health & Services. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-27.

Sponsored by Providence Health & Services · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a pilot single institution study of DRibble vaccination + GM-CSF in patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC who have undergone 0-1 chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease. The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate immune responses induced by autologous DRibble vaccine in vivo and in vitro and against autologous and allogeneic lung cancer cells.

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Ten patients will be enrolled. Study treatment is as follows: Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 will be given on day 1. Intradermal vaccinations of DRibbles from 5-20 x 106 cell equivalents per vaccine will begin 14 days after docetaxel. Immediately following vaccination, subcutaneous infusion of GM-CSF (50 micrograms/24 hrs) will be initiated. GM-CSF will be infused into the vaccination site for 6 days using the CADD-MS 3 pump.

A second docetaxel injection will be given at day 29 followed by a second vaccination 14 days later and 3 additional vaccines will be given at 2-week intervals. Following each vaccination, GM-CSF will again be infused over 6 days via the CADD-MS 3 pump.

Peripheral blood will be obtained for immune monitoring at each vaccination. DTH to autologous tumor and to DRibble vaccine will be tested before the first and fifth vaccines. A second leukapheresis for immune monitoring will be obtained at 12 weeks. Clinical tumor response will be assessed after the fifth vaccination unless clinical evidence of tumor progression occurs sooner.

Immune response will be assessed by DTH, T-cell function, T-cell migration into the vaccine sites and cytokine release assays. Sophisticated flow cytometry assays will be used to detect active T-cell subsets. Safety will be monitored by physical and laboratory exams at each vaccine visit and adverse events will be recorded and reported as appropriate. Clinical response will be assessed by tumor measurements by CT scan and/or physical exam at study entry and after 12 weeks. PFS and OS will be recorded.

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Conditions studied

  • Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,641 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,665 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 62 across 5,327 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

Providence Health & Services is the lead sponsor of 84 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Of its 10 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 8 (80%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Stage IIIB or IV NSCLC.
  • Adequate pleural effusion (>600 cc) or subcutaneous metastases (>1 cc) for
  • DRibble vaccine production.
  • Measurable or evaluable disease.
  • No or one prior chemotherapy regimen for advanced NSCLC.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2
  • Age > 18 years.
  • CD4 count > 200 per cc.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and must avoid becoming pregnant while on treatment. Men must avoid fathering a child while on treatment. This exclusion is required due to the toxicities that docetaxel may have on the forming fetus, spermatogenesis or the nursing child.
  • Also, because pregnancy may alter immune function it may limit the treatment efficacy.
  • Ability to give informed consent and comply with the protocol. Patients with a history of psychiatric illness must be judged able to understand fully the investigational nature of the study and the risks associated with the therapy.

Anticipated lifespan minimum 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior vaccine or gene therapy for cancer.
  • Untreated brain metastases or spinal cord compression.
  • Active autoimmune disease.
  • Active other malignancy.
  • Known hypersensitivity to docetaxel.
  • HIV positive and/or Hepatitis B or C positive.
  • Patients receiving any other concurrent investigational treatment.
  • Other medical or psychiatric conditions that in the opinion of the Principal
  • Investigator would preclude safe participation in protocol.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • BiologicalDRibble vaccine

    Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 will be administered in the several days after leukapheresis. Intradermal (ID) vaccine injections of DRibbles made from at least 5 million and up to 20 million cell equivalents per vaccination will begin 14 days after the first docetaxel. Each DRibble vaccine will be followed by the 6-day infusion of GM-CSF via the CADD-MS 3 pump (50 micrograms/24 hrs).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Vaccine-induced immune response as measured by in vitro immune monitoring and by the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) testing to injections of autologous, unmodified tumor cells and to DRibbles.

    Time frame: DTH on days 7-10 and days 77-80 and blood for immune monitoring (30-50 cc) prior to each vaccine.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Tumor response (RECIST criteria)

    Time frame: Week 12

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Study locations

1 site
  • Providence Portland Medical Center
    Portland, Oregon 97213, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Sanborn RE, Ross HJ, Aung S, Acheson A, Moudgil T, Puri S, Hilton T, Fisher B, Coffey T, Paustian C, Neuberger M, Walker E, Hu HM, Urba WJ, Fox BA. A pilot study of an autologous tumor-derived autophagosome vaccine with docetaxel in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2017 Dec 19;5(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s40425-017-0306-6. PubMed 29258618 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 27, 2016, 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
NCT00850785
Lead sponsor
Providence Health & Services
Collaborators
The Wayne D. Kuni and Joan E. Kuni Foundation, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 25, 2009
Start date
Jan 2009
Primary completion
May 2012
Completion
May 2012
Last update
Sep 27, 2016

Study contacts

Walter J Urba, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Providence Health & Services

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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