A Phase 1 interventional study of Neoantigen Peptide Vaccine and Nivolumab in Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8 and Locally Advanced Cutaneous Melanoma, sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-22.
Sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
This phase I trial studies the safety of personalized neo-antigen peptide vaccine in treating patients with stage IIIC-IV melanoma, hormone receptor positive HER2 negative breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) or does not respond to treatment (refractory) or stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer. Personalized neo-antigen peptide vaccine is a product that combines multiple patient specific neo-antigens. Given personalized neo-antigen peptide vaccine together with Th1 polarizing adjuvant poly ICLC may induce a polyclonal, poly-epitope, cytolytic T cell immunity against the patient's tumor.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive poly ICLC intramuscularly (IM) or intratumorally (IT) once weekly in weeks when no vaccine is given. Beginning 2 weeks after starting poly ICLC, patients receive personalized neo-antigen peptide vaccine IM once every 4 weeks and nivolumab intravenously (IV) every 2 or 4 weeks. Treatment continues for 25 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients determined to have clinical benefit on a first course of treatment may repeat a 6-month course of treatment as described above. Patients then receive nivolumab IV every 2 or 4 weeks for up to 12 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Upon radiographic disease progression or completion of treatment with stable disease, patients may be offered ruxolitinib 20 mg orally twice daily for one month while continuing PD-1 inhibitor therapy. Ruxolitinib may be extended beyond one month if the treating physician believes continued treatment is of clinical benefit. Additionally, patients may undergo echocardiography (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) during screening. Patients also undergo tumor biopsy, blood sample collection, and computed tomography (CT) and/or positron emission tomography (PET) throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 24, 36, and 48 weeks. Patients who do not have disease progression and continue nivolumab monotherapy or off treatment will continue post-treatment follow up for an additional 12 months.
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MELANOMA SPECIFIC: History of detectable disease during/after treatment with a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, as defined by the Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer's definition of primary or secondary resistance (Kluger and others [et al.], 2020):
BREAST CANCER SPECIFIC: Tissue confirmation of stage IV (recurrent or de novo metastatic) hormone receptor (HR) positive, HER2 negative breast cancer:
Hormone receptor (HR) positive breast cancer as defined by either one, or both of the following criteria:
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative breast cancer (per American Society of Clinical Oncology [ASCO]/College of American Pathologists [CAP] guideline update, 2018) as documented by a local laboratory with HER2-negativity defined as:
NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER SPECIFIC: Tissue confirmation of stage III unresectable or stage IV (recurrent or de novo metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC):
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients receive poly ICLC IM or IT once weekly in weeks when no vaccine is given. Beginning 2 weeks after starting poly ICLC, patients receive personalized neo-antigen peptide vaccine IM once every 4 weeks and nivolumab IV every 2 or 4 weeks. Treatment continues for 25 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients determined to have clinical benefit on a first course of treatment may repeat a 6-month course of treatment as described above. Patients then receive nivolumab IV every 2 or 4 weeks for up to 12 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Upon radiographic disease progression or completion of treatment with stable disease, patients may be offered ruxolitinib while continuing PD-1 inhibitor therapy; see Detailed Description for more information. Additionally, patients may undergo ECHO or MUGA during screening. Patients also undergo tumor biopsy, blood sample collection, and CT and/or PET throughout the study.
Biological: Neoantigen Peptide Vaccine · Biological: Nivolumab · Drug: Poly ICLC · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Biopsy Procedure · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Drug: Ruxolitinib
Given IM
Given IV
Also known as: BMS-936558, CMAB819, MDX-1106, NIVO, Nivolumab Biosimilar CMAB819, ONO-4538, Opdivo
Given IM or IT
Also known as: Hiltonol, Poly I:Poly C with Poly-L-Lysine Stabilizer, poly-ICLC, PolyI:PolyC with Poly-L-Lysine Stabilizer, Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Stabilized with Polylysine and Carboxymethylcellulose, Polyriboinosinic-Polyribocytidylic Acid-Polylysine Carboxymethylcellulose, Stabilized Polyriboinosinic/Polyribocytidylic Acid
Undergo ECHO
Also known as: EC
Undergo MUGA
Also known as: MUGA Scan
Undergo tumor biopsy
Also known as: Bx
Undergo blood sample collection
Also known as: Biological Sample Collection
Undergo CT or PET/CT
Also known as: CAT Scan, CT Scan, Computed Axial Tomography
Undergo PET or PET/CT
Also known as: PET scan
Given PO
Also known as: INCB 018424, Oral JAK Inhibitor INCB18424
Incidence of adverse events
Will be assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0.
Time frame: 1 year post first vaccination
Number of formulated and administered personalized neo-antigen vaccines
Time frame: Week 48
Number of formulated personalized neo-antigen vaccines with at least five (5) vaccine peptides
Time frame: Week 48
Number of formulated personalized neo-antigen vaccines in less than 16 weeks since screening visit biopsy
Time frame: 16 weeks
Evaluation of target lesion
By Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) and Immune-Modified RECIST criteria.
Time frame: At 1 year post first vaccination
Best overall response
Will be assessed by immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors criteria.
Time frame: 1 year post first vaccination
Progression-free survival
Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan and Meier.
Time frame: 1 year post first vaccination
Plan to share: No
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