A Phase 2 interventional study of pp65-shLAMP DC with GM-CSF and unpulsed PBMC and saline in Glioblastoma Multiforme, Glioblastoma and Malignant Glioma, sponsored by University of Florida. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-14.
Sponsored by University of Florida · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this research study is to determine if an investigational dendritic cell vaccine, called pp65 DC, is effective for the treatment of a specific type of brain tumor called glioblastoma (GBM) when given with stronger doses of routine chemotherapy.
Dendritic cells (DC) are involved in activating, or turning-on, your body's immune system. Your immune system helps guard your body from germs, viruses, and other threats. Although dendritic cells are very strong, the number of them in the body is not high enough to cause a powerful immune response; therefore, more DC are made in a laboratory with cells collected from an individual's blood.
In this study, we will make a vaccine that we hope will educate immune cells to target the pp65 antigen, a type of immune marker in GBM, thus resulting in what we call the pp65 DC vaccine. Use of a vaccine that activates your immune system is a type of immunotherapy. It is hoped that by giving the pp65 DC vaccine as a shot under the skin, the immune system will be activated to attack tumor cells in the brain while leaving normal cells alone.
To see if the pp65 DC vaccine is effective for the treatment of GBM, subjects will be assigned to different treatment groups. Two groups of subjects will receive the pp65 DC vaccine and one group will receive a placebo.
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Abbreviated Inclusion Criteria:
To be assessed at study enrollment prior to standard of care chemo-radiation therapy:
To be assessed prior to initiation of adjuvant TMZ:
Abbreviated Exclusion Criteria:
To be verified in order to randomize subject:
To be assessed prior to initiation of adjuvant TMZ:
Given under the skin at day 22-24 after the first temozolomide cycle then at 2 week intervals. Doses 4-10 will be given on day 22-24 of each temozolomide cycle. Doses will continue until a total of 10 or until progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: pp65-shLAMP DC with GM-CSF · Drug: Td
Given under the skin at day 22-24 after the first temozolomide cycle then at 2 week intervals. Doses 4-10 will be given on day 22-24 of each temozolomide cycle. Doses will continue until a total of 10 or until progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Td · Biological: pp65-flLAMP DC with GM-CSF
Given under the skin at day 22-24 after the first temozolomide cycle then at 2 week intervals. Doses 4-10 will be given on day 22-24 of each temozolomide cycle. Doses will continue until a total of 10 or until progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: unpulsed PBMC and saline · Drug: Saline
Also known as: pp65-shLAMP mRNA DCs with GM-CSF
Also known as: Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
All subjects will receive a Td booster before study drug dose #1. Subjects in the experimental arms will receive Td skin prep before study drug doses #3, #6, and #9.
Also known as: Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoid
Also known as: Normal Saline
Also known as: pp65-flLAMP mRNA DCs with GM-CSF
Comparison of Overall Survival (OS) Between the Active Treatment Group (Arms 1 and 2) and the Control Group (Arm 3)
Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the log rank test will be used to characterize and compare OS in patients who received pp65-LAMP mRNA DC vaccine (Arms 1 and 2) and in control patients (Arm 3). OS will be defined as the time between first vaccination and death and will be censored at the last follow-up if death has not occurred.
Time frame: From date of first vaccine until the date of death, up to 48 months
Comparison of Progression-free Survival Between the Active Treatment Group (Arms 1 and 2 Combined) and the Control Group (Arm 3)
Calculated as dated of first vaccine to date first progression/recurrence or death. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the log rank test will be used to characterize and compare PFS in patients who received pp65-LAMP mRNA DC vaccine (Arms 1 and 2) and in control patients (Arm 3). PFS is defined as the time between first vaccination and first documentation of either disease progression/recurrence, or death without prior progression/recurrence.
Time frame: From date of first vaccine until time disease progression or death without prior progression/recurrence, up to 48 months
ELISPOT Assay (pp65)
Within patient changes from baseline to vaccine 3.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
Flow Cytometric Analysis (T Cell)
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of T cells within PBMCs.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
Cytokine Array Analysis (IFN-g)
Change in concentration (pg/mL) of IFN-g as measured by multiplex array from Baseline (V1) to post-Vaccine #3.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
ELISPOT Assay (Actin)
Within patient changes from baseline to vaccine 3.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
Flow Cytometric Analysis (NK Cell)
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of NK cells within PBMCs.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
Flow Cytometric Analysis (CD4.CD25 T Reg)
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of CD4.CD25 T Reg within PBMCs.
Time frame: baseline, post-vaccine #3
175 participants were enrolled (consented) between 8/9/2016 and 10/5/2022.
| Milestone | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Started | 52 | 50 | 52 |
| Completed | 36 | 34 | 41 |
| Not completed | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Withdrew: Not evaluable per protocol criteria | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Withdrew: Did not meet eligibility prior to cycle #1 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Withdrew: Study drug did not pass qa/qc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Withdrew: Adverse event | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Withdrew: Physician decision | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the log rank test will be used to characterize and compare OS in patients who received pp65-LAMP mRNA DC vaccine (Arms 1 and 2) and in control patients (Arm 3). OS will be defined as the time between first vaccination and death and will be censored at the last follow-up if death has not occurred.
| months | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison of Overall Survival (OS) Between the Active Treatment Group (Arms 1 and 2) and the Control Group (Arm 3) | 16.9 (12.7 to 22.8) | 16.2 (13.8 to 19.2) | 20.6 (15.4 to 30.2) |
Calculated as dated of first vaccine to date first progression/recurrence or death. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the log rank test will be used to characterize and compare PFS in patients who received pp65-LAMP mRNA DC vaccine (Arms 1 and 2) and in control patients (Arm 3). PFS is defined as the time between first vaccination and first documentation of either disease progression/recurrence, or death without prior progression/recurrence.
| months | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | Plus pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison of Progression-free Survival Between the Active Treatment Group (Arms 1 and 2 Combined) and the Control Group (Arm 3) | 6.1 (3.9 to 11.0) | 6.4 (4.2 to 10.8) | 7.1 (3.9 to 14.8) |
Within patient changes from baseline to vaccine 3.
| spot forming units (SFU) | Arm 1: pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td | Arm 2: pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td | Arm 3: Unpulsed PBMC and Saline |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELISPOT Assay (pp65) | 126.3 ± 759.9 | 48.4 ± 377.5 | -162.7 ± 1075.4 |
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of T cells within PBMCs.
| percentage of PBMC | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Cytometric Analysis (T Cell) | -0.1 ± 11.1 | 5.9 ± 16.6 | 1.7 ± 7.0 |
Change in concentration (pg/mL) of IFN-g as measured by multiplex array from Baseline (V1) to post-Vaccine #3.
| pg/mL | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cytokine Array Analysis (IFN-g) | -3.5 ± 5.0 | 3.3 ± 17.7 | -1.7 ± 10.0 |
Within patient changes from baseline to vaccine 3.
| spot forming units (SFU) | Arm 1: pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td | Arm 2: pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td | Arm 3: Unpulsed PBMC and Saline |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELISPOT Assay (Actin) | 0.4 ± 6.0 | -0.2 ± 26.1 | -0.4 ± 9.4 |
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of NK cells within PBMCs.
| percentage of PBMC | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Cytometric Analysis (NK Cell) | -1.3 ± 11.1 | 5.9 ± 16.6 | 1.7 ± 7.0 |
Percentage of circulating cellular subsets of CD4.CD25 T Reg within PBMCs.
| percentage of PBMC | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Cytometric Analysis (CD4.CD25 T Reg) | -0.1 ± 4.3 | 1.4 ± 2.2 | -0.1 ± 2.0 |
Collected over AE collection began at the time of administration of vaccine #1 and continued until 30 days after the last dose of study drug, up to 13 months for each participant. All-cause mortality was assessed up to 48 months.. Non-serious events are listed at a 1% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | 28/36 (77.8%) | 8/36 (22.2%) | 16/36 (44.4%) |
| pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | 31/34 (91.2%) | 6/34 (17.6%) | 11/34 (32.4%) |
| Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | 31/41 (75.6%) | 5/41 (12.2%) | 13/41 (31.7%) |
| Event | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeizureNervous system disorders | 4/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Neurology - Other (Specify, cerebral edema)Nervous system disorders | 3/36 | 2/34 | 1/41 |
| InfectionInfections and infestations | 2/36 | 1/34 | 1/41 |
| Gastrointestinal - Other (Specify, appendicitis)Gastrointestinal disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| HematomaBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Syncope (fainting)Nervous system disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Thrombosis/thrombus/embolismVascular disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Sodium, serum-low (hyponatremia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders | 1/36 | 0/34 | 0/41 |
| Muscle weakness, generalized or specific area (not due to neuropathy) - Left-sidedMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | 1/36 | 0/34 | 0/41 |
| HydrocephalusNervous system disorders | 1/36 | 0/34 | 0/41 |
| Event | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LymphopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 4/36 | 6/34 | 5/41 |
| SeizureNervous system disorders | 5/36 | 3/34 | 1/41 |
| Neurology - OtherNervous system disorders | 4/36 | 2/34 | 3/41 |
| HypertensionCardiac disorders | 2/36 | 0/34 | 4/41 |
| PlateletsBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 1/36 | 2/34 | 2/41 |
| DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders | 2/36 | 0/34 | 0/41 |
| Fever (in the absence of neutropenia, where neutropenia is defined as ANC <1.0 x 10e9/L)General disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Gastrointestinal - OtherGastrointestinal disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| HematomaBlood and lymphatic system disorders | 0/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
| Opportunistic infection associated with >=Grade 2 LymphopeniaInfections and infestations | 1/36 | 1/34 | 0/41 |
All subjects who received at least one DC vaccine were included in the modified intent to treat analysis.
| Age, Continuous(years) | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 61.0 (32.0 to 75.0) | 56.0 (21.0 to 79.0) | 59.0 (27.0 to 80.0) | 58.0 (21.0 to 80.0) |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| Male | 28 | 25 | 28 | 81 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 34 | 35 | 103 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| White | 32 | 32 | 36 | 100 |
| More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Region of Enrollment(participants) | pp65-shLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 1) | pp65-flLAMP DC With GM-CSF and Td (Arm 2) | Unpulsed PBMC and Saline (Arm 3) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 34 | 41 | 111 |
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