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CompletedNCT01823978Updated Oct 8, 2019

Safety Study of BPX-201 Dendritic Cell Vaccine Plus AP1903 in Metastatic Castrate Resistent Prostate Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of BPX-201 vaccine plus AP1903 in Castrate Resistent Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Bellicum Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-08.

Sponsored by Bellicum Pharmaceuticals · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was May 2016, 10 years 5 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
19
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This is a Phase I, non-randomized, dose escalation study of the safety, biomarkers, and preliminary efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine, BPX-201, plus activating agent, AP1903, in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer.

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This is a Phase I study of therapeutic vaccine, BPX-201, plus activating agent, AP1903, in patients with mCRPC. Patients will be screened within 8 weeks prior to first vaccine administration (4 weeks prior to leukapheresis). The trial design consists of 3 cohorts of 6 patients each, receiving escalating doses of BPX-201 of 10 million (M), 20M and 40M cells, respectively. Dose escalation will occur according to a 3+3 design. Patients will receive administration of BPX-201 every other week for 6 cycles (1 cycle equals 2 weeks). Approximately 1.6 mL of BPX-201 will be administered as 8 intradermal injections (200μL each) at each treatment visit. On the day following each vaccination, a single 40 mg dose of the activating agent, AP1903, will be administered via intravenous (IV) infusion over 2 hours.

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Conditions studied

  • Castrate Resistent Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • metastatic
  • castration resistant prostate cancer
  • Therapeutic Vaccine
  • Dendritic cell
  • BPX-201
  • BPX201
  • AP1903
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In context

Neoplasm Metastasis

3,564 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis; 875 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 19 is below the median of 54 across 2,802 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis.

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Lead sponsor

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (71%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Written informed consent
  2. 18 years of age or older
  3. Histologically confirmed, metastatic prostate cancer (positive bone scan and/or measurable disease on CT scan and/or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis).
  4. Progressive disease after androgen deprivation, as defined by Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 and/or Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors criteria
  5. Laboratory requirements:

    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/μL
    • Bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN
    • Hemoglobin > 8 g/dL
    • PSA > 2 ng/mL
    • Platelets > 100,000/µL
    • AST and ALT \< 2.5 x ULN
    • Creatinine clearance ≥ 60mL/min
    • Testosterone \< 50 ng/dL
  6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 - 2 and life expectancy > 12 weeks
  7. Patients receiving any other hormonal therapy, including any dose of megestrol acetate (Megace), Proscar (finasteride), any herbal product known to decrease PSA levels (e.g. Saw Palmetto, PC-SPES), or agents such as abiraterone, TAK700, MDV3100 as well as any systemic corticosteroid use, must discontinue the agent for at least four weeks prior to study treatment. Progressive disease as defined above must be documented after discontinuation of any hormonal therapy (with the exception of a LHRH agonist).
  8. Prior radiation therapy must be completed > 4 weeks prior to enrollment and the patient must have recovered from all toxicity. Prior radiopharmaceuticals (strontium, samarium) must be completed ≥ 8 weeks prior to enrollment.
  9. Because of the unknown potential risk to a gamete and/or developing embryo from these investigational therapies, patients must agree to use adequate contraception (barrier method for males) for the duration of study participation, and for three months after discontinuing therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer, with the exception of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, because of the potential effect of chemotherapy on the immune system.
  2. Prior sipuleucel-T treatment or investigational immunotherapy.
  3. Prostate cancer pain requiring regularly scheduled narcotics.
  4. Current treatment with systemic steroid therapy (inhaled/topical steroids are acceptable). Systemic corticosteroids must be discontinued for at least 4 weeks prior to first treatment.
  5. Clinically active autoimmune disease.
  6. Diagnosis of prostate cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation
  7. Known presence of central nervous system metastases, pleural effusions or ascites
  8. Medical or psychiatric illness that would, in the opinion of the investigator, preclude participation in the study or the ability of patients to provide informed consent for themselves.
  9. Cardiovascular disease that meets one of the following: congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV), active angina pectoris, or recent myocardial infarction (within the last 6 months).
  10. Concurrent or prior malignancy except for the following:

    • Adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer
    • Adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission
    • Any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years
  11. Known HIV or other history of immunodeficiency disorder.
  12. Prisoners or subjects who are compulsorily detained (involuntarily incarcerated) for treatment of either a psychiatric or medical (e.g. infectious) illness.
  13. Any underlying medical or psychiatric condition, which in the opinion of the investigator will make the administration of BPX-201 and AP1903 hazardous or obscure the interpretation of AEs, such as a condition associated with frequent diarrhea.
  14. Any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases for up to 1 month before BPX-201
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    BPX-201

    BPX-201 vaccine plus AP1903

    Biological: BPX-201 vaccine plus AP1903

Interventions

  • BiologicalBPX-201 vaccine plus AP1903

    The trial design consists of 3 cohorts of 6 patients each, receiving escalating doses of BPX-201 of 10 million (M), 20M and 40M cells, respectively. Dose escalation will occur according to a 3+3 design. Patients will receive administration of BPX-201 every other week for 6 cycles (1 cycle equals 2 weeks). Approximately 1.6 mL of BPX-201 will be administered as 8 intradermal injections (200μL each) at each treatment visit. On the day following each vaccination, a single 40 mg dose of the activating agent, AP1903, will be administered via intravenous (IV) infusion over 2 hours.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability

    Safety will be measured through the monitoring of AEs, clinical laboratory parameters (hematology, serum chemistry, and urinalysis), vital sign measurements, and physical examinations.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. prostatic specific antigen

    Measure PSA response and PSA doubling time as measured from PSA nadir through 12 weeks

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Progression free survival

    Rate of PFS

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Reduction in circulating tumor cells

    Change from baseline in number of circulating tumor cells

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Response to chemotherapy after vaccine

    Response to chemotherapy upon progression

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

2 sites
  • UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Birmingham, Alabama 35249, United States
  • Baylor Charles Sammons Cancer Center
    Dallas, Texas 75246, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Apr 2013, a primary completion of May 2016 and a completion of Sep 2017. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 21, 2013
First posted
Apr 4, 2013
Start
Apr 2013
Primary completionActual
May 2016
CompletionActual
Sep 2017
Last update
Oct 8, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 8, 2019, 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
NCT01823978
Lead sponsor
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 4, 2013
Start date
Apr 2013
Primary completion
May 2016
Completion
Sep 2017
Last update
Oct 8, 2019

Study contacts

Lawrence Fong, MD
principal investigator · University of California, San Francisco

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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