Status:

COMPLETED

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-120 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known which vaccine is most effective in treating breast cancer. PURPOSE...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the safety and immunization efficacy of MUC1 and HER-2/neu peptide vaccines combined with CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, sargramostim (GM-CSF), or both, as immune adjuv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast
  • Clinical stage II or III disease
  • No radiographic evidence of disease at the time of enrollment
  • Has undergone surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy
  • Completed "standard first-line therapy" only (including adjuvant therapy) for breast cancer within the past 3 months and currently with no evidence of disease
  • Patients with stage I breast cancer with high-risk features are eligible provided 1 of the following criteria are met:
  • HER2 over-expression or amplification
  • Triple-negative (i.e., no expression of ER, PR, or over-expression of HER2 on routine immunohistochemical staining)
  • .
  • MUC1-positive breast cancer
  • HLA-A2 positive
  • Hormone receptor status not specified
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Menopausal status not specified
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
  • Platelet count ≥ 75,000/μL
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/uL
  • Creatinine ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST ≤ 2 times ULN
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No known HIV infection
  • No other circumstances (e.g., concurrent use of systemic immunosuppressants or immunocompromising condition) that in the opinion of the physician would render the patient a poor candidate for this trial
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No prior invasive malignancies within the past 5 years (with the exception of curatively-treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix)
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Fully recovered from acute, reversible effects of any prior breast cancer therapy
  • No more than 3 years since prior surgery for primary breast cancer
  • Concurrent anti-estrogen therapy is allowed
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or any ancillary therapy considered investigational (utilized for a non-FDA-approved indication and in the context of a research investigation)
  • No concurrent enrollment in any other study involving a pharmacologic agent (drugs, biologics, immunotherapy approaches, gene therapy) whether for symptom control or therapeutic intent

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 28 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    April 21 2015

    Estimated Enrollment :

    45 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00640861

    Start Date

    August 28 2008

    End Date

    April 21 2015

    Last Update

    October 31 2018

    Active Locations (3)

    Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

    Page 1 of 1 (3 locations)

    1

    Mayo Clinic in Arizona

    Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5499

    2

    Mayo Clinic in Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, United States

    3

    Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905