Status:

TERMINATED

Chemotherapy Followed by Infusion of DMF5 Cells to Treat Metastatic Melanoma

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Melanoma

Malignant Melanoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Background: * This study will use cells called DMF5 to treat patients with metastatic melanoma (melanoma that has spread beyond the primary tumor site). * The DMF5 cells were first obtained from a tu...

Detailed Description

Background: In previous trials in the Surgery Branch, a 51 percent objective response rate has been observed in heavily pre-treated patients with metastatic melanoma undergoing adoptive cell transfer...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Measurable metastatic melanoma that is refractory to standard treatment including high dose aldesleukin.
  • Unsuitable autologous cells for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved Surgery Branch adoptive cell therapy studies.
  • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
  • Life expectancy of greater than three months.
  • Willing to sign a durable power of attorney.
  • Able to understand and sign the Informed Consent Document.
  • Human leukocyte antigen A (HLA-A) 0201 positive.
  • Willing to practice birth control during treatment and for four months after receiving the preparative regimen.
  • Clinical performance status of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1.
  • Hematology:
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1000/mm\^3 without support of filgrastim.
  • WBC greater than 3000/mm\^3.
  • Hemoglobin greater than 8.0 g/dl.
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3.
  • Serology:
  • Seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody. (The experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system. Patients who are HIV seropositive can have decreased immune - competence and thus be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
  • Seronegative for hepatitis B antigen and hepatitis C antibody unless antigen negative.
  • Chemistry:
  • Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than three times the upper limit of normal.
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.6 mg/dl.
  • Total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dl, except in patients with Gilbert's Syndrome who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dl.
  • More than four weeks must have elapsed since any prior systemic therapy at the time the patient receives the preparative regimen, and patients' toxicities must have recovered to a grade 1 or less (except for toxicities such as alopecia or vitiligo).
  • Six weeks must have elapsed since prior Ipilimumab (MDX-010) therapy to allow antibody levels to decline.
  • Patients who have previously received MDX-010 must have a normal colonoscopy with normal colonic biopsies.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the preparative chemotherapy on the fetus or infant.
  • Active systemic infections, coagulation disorders or other major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory or immune system, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease.
  • Any form of primary immunodeficiency (such as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease).
  • Opportunistic infections (The experimental treatment being evaluated in his protocol depends on an intact immune system. Patients who have decreased immune competence may be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
  • Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) lesions (Patients maybe eligible after treatment of their symptomatic lesions.)
  • Systemic steroid therapy.
  • History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any of the agents used in this study.
  • History of coronary revascularization or ischemic symptoms.
  • Patients with a prolonged (greater than 20 pk/yrs) history of cigarette smoking or symptoms of respiratory dysfunction with pulmonary function tests (PFT's) indicating an forced expiratory volume (FEV1) less than 60 percent predicted for age.
  • Patients with a history of clinically significant atrial and/or ventricular arrhythmias including but not limited to: atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, heart block or greater than or equal to age 60 with an left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 45 percent on cardiac evaluation (echocardiogram, multi-gated acquisition scan (MUGA), etc.) will be excluded.
  • Positive allo-specific reactivity of the DMF5 cells to the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).
  • Documented penicillin allergy.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2007

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 1 2010

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00924001

    Start Date

    August 1 2007

    End Date

    October 1 2010

    Last Update

    October 25 2012

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    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892