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Status unknownNCT04388033Updated Jun 9, 2020

Clinical Study of an Dendritic and Glioma Cells Fusion Vaccine With IL-12 for Treatment-naïve GBM Patients.

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Dendritic Cell/Tumor Fusion Vaccine and Interleukin-12 in Glioblastoma, Glioma and Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Status unknown at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-06-09.

Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A multi-center, open-label, single-arm, phase I/II clinical study is designed to test the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational Dendritic and Glioma Cells Fusion vaccine given with IL-12 for treatment-naïve patients after resection of glioblastoma.

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This clinical trail includes two phases: basic treatment phase and immunotherapy phase. In basic treatment phase, patients will receive concomitant radiation and TMZ-chemotherapy. In immunotherapy phase, besides maintenance chemotherapy with TMZ, Fusion cells will be administered with IL-12 to enhance the immunity of patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Glioblastoma
  • Glioma
  • Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors
  • Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
  • Vaccines
  • Immunologic Factors
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In context

Glioblastoma

2,132 studies on the registry are indexed under Glioblastoma; 464 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 36 across 1,753 interventional studies indexed under Glioblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University is the lead sponsor of 1,047 studies on the registry; 502 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 years; Male or Female.
  2. Treatment-naïve patients after Resection of Glioblastoma.
  3. confirmed Glioblastoma.
  4. ≥ 60
  5. White blood cell count (WBC) ≥ 3.0 x 109/L; peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) ≥ 25%.
  6. Echocardiographic assessment of (LVEF) ≥ 40% within 1 month of enrollment.
  7. Patients must be able to understand the nature of the study and provide .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Those who are allergic constitution, or allergic to biological products, or have to CT and MRI1 contrast agents.
  2. Those with severe diseases or immunodeficiency diseases.
  3. Those who are expected to take systemic within three months.
  4. Those who needs long-term usage of agents.
  5. Those with infectious diseases, including syphilis, AIDS, , , etc.
  6. Those who plan to receive any other anti-tumor treatment during the trial.
  7. Combined with serious primary diseases of cardiovascular, liver and kidney, and liver function (, AST, Y-GT) exceeding 1.5 times of the upper limit: BUN or Cr exceeding 1.5 times of the value.
  8. Patients with other malignant tumors.
  9. Those with active infections, etc.
  10. Suspected or confirmed a history of alcohol and drug abuse.
  11. Psychiatric illness, intellectual and language disabilities that compromise the process, at the discretion of the investigator.
  12. Women who are pregnant or nursing.
  13. Women of childbearing age who refuse to .
  14. Active participation in another clinical treatment trials.
  15. According to the judgment of the investigator, other conditions that the plan cannot be followed.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

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Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

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LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

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Investigational drug or device

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Contraindication

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Autoimmune disease

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

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Immunosuppression

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Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

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Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

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“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Safety Evaluation Group

    Basic treatment phase: The patients have surgery followed by concomitant radiation (2 Gy/day x 30 days) and TMZ-chemotherapy (75 mg/m2/ day x 42 days). Immunotherapy phase: Maintenance chemotherapy with TMZ will be administered at 150-200 mg/m2/day for 5 days in each 28-day cycle. Fusion cells will be suspended in 0.5 mL normal saline and then injected intradermally close to a cervical lymph node. IL-12 will be injected subcutaneously at the same side at dose of 6ug twice for interval of one hour.

    Biological: Dendritic Cell/Tumor Fusion Vaccine · Drug: Interleukin-12 · Drug: Temozolomide

Interventions

  • BiologicalDendritic Cell/Tumor Fusion Vaccine

    Vaccine is derived from the participants dendritic cells and tumor cells.

    Also known as: DC/tumor cell fusion vaccine

  • Given subcutaneously at dose of 6ug twice for interval of one hour.

    Also known as: IL-12

  • Following concomitant radiation (2 Gy/day x 30 days) and TMZ-chemotherapy (75 mg/m2/ day x 42 days) , maintenance chemotherapy with TMZ will be administered at 150-200 mg/m2/day for 5 days in each 28-day cycle.

    Also known as: TMZ

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse Events (AE) / Serious Adverse Events (SAE)

    AE/SAE associated with the intervention will be captured throughout the treatment portion of the study. All adverse events will be then compiled and these patients will be recorded.

    Time frame: 2-3 years

  2. Progression free survival (PFS) at 6 months

    Assessed from this study start date to the date of the first observation of clinical or radiographic disease progression or death due to any cause. Patients will be censored at the time they are last known to be alive and progression free (if withdrawn or lost to follow-up).

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Immunological Assays

    Assays including Flow Cytometry and Elispot will be employed to determine if cellular and humoral immunity were induced by serial vaccination with DC/Tumor Fusion Cells and IL-12.

    Time frame: 2-3 years

  2. Overall survival (OS) time

    Assessed from this study start date to date of death of any cause. Patients will be censored at the time that they are last known to be alive (if withdrawn or lost to follow-up).

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • The Second Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China
    Recruiting
  • Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China
    Not yet recruiting
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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 9, 2020, 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
NCT04388033
Collaborators
Hangzhou Medical Biotechnology Co., Ltd, CyTIX.Inc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 14, 2020
Start date
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 9, 2020

Study contacts

Hong Shen, MD
Contact
sh_2nd@126.com
8613805730380
Hong Shen, MD
study chair · Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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