Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of vaccine therapy in treating patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. Vaccines made from a person's cancer cells may help the body build an...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the safety and feasibility of using a novel lymphoma deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccine encoding macrophage inflammatory protein 3 alpha (MIP3a)-fused lymphoma idi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Tissue diagnosis of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with surface immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin A (IgA) or immunoglobulin M (IgM) phenotype with a monoclonal heavy and light chain as determined by flow cytometry; all primary diagnostic lymph node and/or bone marrow biopsies will be reviewed at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC)
  • Previously untreated patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (of any subtype: IgG, IgA, IgM) in the asymptomatic phase
  • Patients must provide a lymph node sample of at least 1.5 cm in the long axis, or a bone marrow aspiration sample providing at least 5 million cluster of differentiation (CD)20 and/or CD38+ (approximately 10 ml)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 mg/dl and a creatinine clearance \>= 30 ml/min
  • Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 mg/dl unless felt secondary to Gilbert's disease
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 2 x upper limit of normal
  • Ability to provide informed consent, and to return to clinic for adequate follow-up for the period that the protocol requires
  • Female subject is either post-menopausal or surgically sterilized or willing to use an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., a hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide, or abstinence) for the duration of the study and for 30 days after the last vaccination has been administered
  • Male subject agrees to use an acceptable method for contraception for the duration of the study

Exclusion

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C infection
  • Pregnancy or lactating females
  • Patients with previous history of malignancy within the last 5 years except curatively treated squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin or curatively treated carcinoma in-situ of other organs
  • Any medical or psychiatric condition that in the opinion of the principal investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this treatment
  • Patients with New York Heart Association class 3 or 4 disease
  • Patients with a history of autoimmune diseases except for Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • Patients with positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) and/or anti-double strand (ds) DNA antibodies

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 26 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 20 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

9 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01209871

Start Date

February 26 2015

End Date

February 20 2026

Last Update

November 7 2025

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030