Status:

COMPLETED

Vaccine Therapy, Trastuzumab, and Vinorelbine in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's white blood cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the efficacy of multiepitope autologous dendritic cell vaccine in combination with trastuzumab (Herceptin®) and vinorelbine ditartrate in patients with locally recurr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • PATIENT ELIGIBILITY
  • 1 Inclusion Criteria 4.1.1 Histologically proven metastatic breast cancer with measurable or evaluable disease per investigator discretion.
  • 1.2 Patients must be 18 years of age or older. Women of child bearing potential must be practicing barrier or oral contraception for the duration of the study, or documented as surgically sterile or one year post-menopausal.
  • 1.3 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 (See Appendix A).
  • 1.5 Cardiac function by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) with an ejection fraction (EF) \> 45% or an echocardiogram that shows normal left ventricle (LV) function.
  • 1.6 Serum Creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dl. 4.1.7 Hepatic transaminases (alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)) ≤3.0 times the upper limit of normal if no liver metastases or ≤5 times the upper limit of normal if liver metastases are present.
  • 1.8 Bilirubin no more than 2 times normal.
  • 1.9 Seronegative for HIV.
  • 1.10 Negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen.
  • 1.11 Signed and dated informed consent.
  • 1.12 HLA A0201+ by DNA genotyping.
  • 1.13 Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm3. Platelet count greater 100,000/mm3 and hemoglobin greater than or equal to 10
  • 1.14. 3+ expression of HER-2/neu from original pathology (diagnostic) tumor sample by Immunohistochemistry (IHC) or 2+ expression by IHC with gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).
  • 1.15. Patients will be eligible even if they have failed treatment for metastatic breast cancer with trastuzumab and a chemotherapy agent other than vinorelbine or if they have progressed within 12 months of receiving adjuvant chemotherapy using trastuzumab and a taxane.
  • 2 Exclusion Criteria
  • 2.1 Patients with any serious medical, cardiac, or psychiatric condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the patient unsuitable for study participation or would impede probable compliance with the protocol.
  • 2.2 Patients with central nervous system metastases must have stable disease for at least 3 months prior to study entry.
  • 2.3 Patient is currently taking steroid medications. Systemic steroid treatment is not allowed.
  • 2.4 Patients that have failed prior therapy with vinorelbine + trastuzumab will not be eligible for therapy.
  • 2.5 Patient has received hormonal or cytotoxic chemotherapy within 14 days of apheresis and within 28-30 days prior to study treatment.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 27 2017

    Estimated Enrollment :

    17 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00266110

    Start Date

    December 1 2005

    End Date

    October 27 2017

    Last Update

    September 12 2018

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    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7295