Status:

COMPLETED

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB, Stage IIIC, or Stage IV Melanoma

Lead Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Intraocular Melanoma

Melanoma (Skin)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I/II trial is studying three different doses of a vaccine and comparing them to see ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the immune response in patients with stage IIIB, IIIC, or IV melanoma treated with vaccine comprising multiple synthetic melanoma peptides, Montanide ISA-51, and sargramostim ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of stage IIIB, IIIC, or IV melanoma
  • HLA-DR1, -DR4, -DR11, -DR13, or -DR15 positive
  • Brain metastases allowed at the discretion of the principle investigator
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-1
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm \^3
  • Hemoglobin \> 9 g/dL
  • Hepatic
  • Liver function tests ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Renal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Cardiovascular
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
  • Other
  • Prior diagnosis of other cancer allowed
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Weight ≥ 110 pounds
  • No uncontrolled diabetes
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior growth factors
  • More than 4 weeks since prior allergy shots
  • More than 12 weeks since prior melanoma vaccine therapy\* NOTE: \*Prior melanoma vaccine allowed only for patients with disease progression during or after administration of the vaccine
  • No prior vaccination with any of the peptides used in this study
  • Chemotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior steroids
  • Radiotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • More than 1 month since prior investigational drugs or therapies
  • No other concurrent investigational drugs or therapies

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    39 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00089219

    Start Date

    July 1 2003

    Last Update

    November 20 2014

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    University of Virginia Cancer Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908