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CompletedNCT01957956Updated Nov 18, 2023

Vaccine Therapy and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Malignant Glioma Tumor Lysate-Pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine in Giant Cell Glioblastoma, Glioblastoma and Gliosarcoma, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-18.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Nov 2016, 9 years 10 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
21
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This pilot clinical trial studies vaccine therapy and temozolomide in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Vaccines made from a person's white blood cells mixed with tumor proteins may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving vaccine therapy and temozolomide may be an effective treatment for glioblastoma.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety and feasibility of adjuvant temozolomide plus combined allogeneic tumor primary tumor culture lysate / autologous dendritic cell (DC) vaccination (malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients following surgical debulking and external beam radiation therapy with concurrent temozolomide.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To document survival and progression-free survival in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients receiving adjuvant temozolomide plus allogeneic tumor primary tumor culture lysate / autologous DC vaccination to historical data.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the ability of allogeneic tumor primary tumor culture lysate / autologous DC vaccine to generate multiple tumor-associated antigens (TAA)-specific immune responses in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients.

II. Assess the relationship between ability tumor induce TAA-specific immune responses and evidence of immunosuppression (peripheral blood immunophenotyping by flow cytometry) following allogeneic tumor primary tumor culture lysate / autologous DC vaccine in newly diagnosed GBM patients.

III. Assess the relationship between efficacy endpoints (survival, progression-free survival, tumor response) and tumor-associated antigen immune response following combined autologous or allogeneic tumor lysate / DC vaccination and adjuvant temozolomide.

IV. Assess the relationship between efficacy endpoints (survival, progression-free survival, tumor response) and evidence of immunosuppression at baseline and over time with combined autologous or allogeneic tumor lysate / DC vaccination and adjuvant temozolomide.

OUTLINE:

COURSE 1: Patients receive temozolomide orally (PO) daily on days 1-5.

COURSES 2-3: Patients receive temozolomide PO daily on days 1-5 and malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine intradermally (ID) on days 1, 3, and 5.

COURSES 4-6: Patients receive temozolomide PO daily on days 1-5 and malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on day 1.

COURSES 7-12: Patients receive malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on day 1.

Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Giant Cell Glioblastoma
  • Glioblastoma
  • Gliosarcoma
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In context

Glioblastoma

1,920 studies on the registry are indexed under Glioblastoma; 450 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 36 across 1,618 interventional studies indexed under Glioblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,218 studies on the registry; 670 are open to participants now.

Of its 445 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 313 (70%) 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

Inclusion criteria

  • Willing and capable of undergoing apheresis for collection of mononuclear cells
  • Histologically confirmed GBM (grade 4 astrocytoma) NOTE: gliosarcomas and other grade 4 astrocytoma variants (e.g., giant cell) may be included, primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) variants are excluded; grade 4 oligodendrogliomas or oligoastrocytomas are specifically excluded
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1, or 2
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500 / uL
  • Platelets (PLT) >= 100,000 / uL
  • Hemoglobin (HgB) >= 9.0 g/dL
  • Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper normal limit (UNL)
  • Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) =\< 3 x UNL
  • Creatinine =\< 1 x UNL
  • Negative pregnancy test done =\< 7 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent
  • Willing to return to Mayo Clinic Rochester for follow-up
  • Willing to provide tissue and blood samples for mandatory correlative research purposes
  • Fixed or decreasing dose of corticosteroids (or no corticosteroids) >= 7 days prior to registration
  • Completed standard external beam radiation with temozolomide
  • Achieved a gross total or sub-total resection at time of surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current or prior treatment for this cancer with immunotherapy and/or any other investigational agents
  • Any of the following

    • Pregnant women
    • Nursing women
    • Men or women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
  • Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
  • Immunocompromised patients (other than that related to the use of corticosteroids) including patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV), hepatitis B (HepB), or hepatitis C (HepC) positive
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • History of other malignancy including treated lower grade gliomas; EXCEPTIONS: non-melanotic skin cancer, carcinoma-in-situ of the cervix, or lower grade glioma that has never been treated previously; NOTE: if there is a history or prior malignancy, they must not be receiving other specific treatment for their cancer
  • History of myocardial infarction =\< 180 days (6 months), or congestive heart failure requiring use of ongoing maintenance therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
  • Active infection =\< 5 days prior to registration or fever > 38 degrees Celsius (C) on day of registration
  • History of tuberculosis or positive purified protein derivative (PPD) test
  • Inability or unwillingness to have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans performed (e.g. cardiac pacemaker-dependent)
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment (vaccine therapy and temozolomide)

    COURSE 1: Patients receive temozolomide PO daily on days 1-5. COURSES 2-3: Patients receive temozolomide PO daily on days 1-5 and malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on days 1, 3, and 5. COURSES 4-6: Patients receive temozolomide PO daily on days 1-5 and malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on day 1. COURSES 7-12: Patients receive malignant glioma tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine ID on day 1. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis · Biological: Malignant Glioma Tumor Lysate-Pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine · Drug: Temozolomide

Interventions

  • OtherLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

    Correlative studies

  • BiologicalMalignant Glioma Tumor Lysate-Pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine

    Given ID

  • DrugTemozolomide

    Given PO

    Also known as: CCRG-81045, Imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamide, 3, 4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-oxo-, M & B 39831, M and B 39831, Methazolastone, RP-46161, SCH 52365, Temcad, Temodal, Temodar, Temomedac

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of significant toxicity, defined as grade 3 or higher adverse event that is possibly, probably, or definitely related to treatment measured using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0

    Incidence of significant toxicity will be estimated by the number of patients with significant toxicity divided by the total number of evaluable patients.

    Time frame: Up to 84 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in immunologic correlates

    Change in immunologic correlates before and after vaccination treatment will be evaluated and summarized both quantitatively and graphically. Spearman rank correlation coefficient will be used to assess the correlations between baseline levels as well as between changes before and after treatment in these immunologic markers.

    Time frame: Baseline to up to 5 years

  2. Clinical benefit rate

    The clinical benefit rate will be estimated by the number of patients with an objective status of stable disease (SD) for at least 12 months or an objective status of CR or PR at any time divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true clinical benefit rate will be calculated.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  3. Duration of response

    Duration of response will be summarized descriptively.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  4. Overall response rate

    The overall response rate will be estimated by the number of patients with an objective status of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true overall response rate will be calculated.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  5. Time to response

    Time to response will be summarized descriptively.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 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
NCT01957956
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 8, 2013
Start date
Nov 11, 2013
Primary completion
Nov 16, 2016
Completion
Nov 16, 2016
Last update
Nov 18, 2023

Study contacts

Ian Parney
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

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