NCT00002773

Vaccine Therapy, Chemotherapy, and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

A CLINICAL TRIAL FOR PANCREAS CANCER USING ACTIVE INTRALYMPHATIC IMMUNOTHERAPY WITH INTERFERON-TREATED PANCREAS CANCER TISSUE CULTURE CELLS, GMCSF, AND LOW-DOSE CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: St. Vincent Medical Center - Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from donated tumor cells treated with interferon alfa may make the body build an immune response to and kill pancreatic tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. Combining these treatments may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining vaccine therapy using donated tumor cells treated with interferon alfa and radiation therapy and cyclophosphamide plus GM-CSF in treating patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the feasibility, toxicity, and antitumor effects of active specific intralymphatic immunotherapy with allogeneic pancreatic cancer cells treated with interferon alfa plus low-dose adjuvant systemic sargramostim (GM-CSF) and cyclophosphamide in patients with incurable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. II. Assess the immunologic and biologic correlates of this treatment regimen in these patients. OUTLINE: Cultured allogeneic pancreatic cancer cells are incubated with interferon alfa for 72-96 hours. Autologous cell lines, if established, may be used as an alternative. The cells are irradiated immediately prior to use. Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV on day -3 and sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously on days 0-8. On day 0, patients receive viable tumor cells via dorsal pedal lymphatic cannulation. Treatment repeats every 2-4 weeks for a minimum of 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 2-4 months. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Pancreatic Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	allogeneic tumor cell vaccine
BIOLOGICAL	recombinant interferon alfa
BIOLOGICAL	sargramostim
DRUG	cyclophosphamide

Timeline

• Start date: 1996-05-01
• Completion: 2004-04-01
• First posted: 2004-04-29
• Last updated: 2013-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States