Status:

COMPLETED

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients Receiving Trastuzumab For HER2-Positive Stage IIIB-IV Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

University of Washington

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

HER2-positive Breast Cancer

Male Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well vaccine therapy works in treating patients receiving trastuzumab for HER2-positive stage IIIB- IV breast cancer. Vaccines made from peptides may help the body ...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: 1\. To estimate the RFS in patients with HER2 positive locally advanced breast cancer vaccinated with a HER2 ICD peptide-based vaccine. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the sa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Stage IIIB or Stage IIIC breast cancer who are within 1 year of diagnosis and initiating treatment with chemotherapy and trastuzumab; and are in complete remission
  • Stage IV breast cancer in first complete remission and defined as NED (no evidence of disease) or with stable bone only disease who are within 6 months of initiating maintenance trastuzumab
  • NED status should be documented by chest/abdominal CT, PET or PET/CT within the last 90 days
  • Bone only disease documented as stable or healed by PET, PET/CT, or MRI within the last 90 days; stable bone-only disease must be documented with bone scan performed within the last 6 months
  • HER2 overexpression by IHC of 2+ or 3+, in the primary tumor or metastasis or documented gene amplification by FISH analysis; if overexpression is 2+ by IHC, then patients must have HER2 gene amplification documented by FISH
  • Eligible subjects must have been treated to NED or stable bone only disease status with trastuzumab and/or chemotherapy and be off cytotoxic chemotherapy or immunosuppressive agents (e.g. systemic steroids) for at least 30 days prior to enrollment (concurrent hormonal therapy allowed; concurrent bisphosphonate therapy allowed)
  • Patients on trastuzumab should continue trastuzumab monotherapy per standard of care (the dosing and schedule of trastuzumab should follow standard guidelines as described below: trastuzumab 2mg/kg IV weekly or trastuzumab 6mg/kg IV every 3 weeks)
  • Subjects must have an ECOG Performance Status Score =\< 1
  • Non-menopausal female subjects must agree to contraception for the remainder of their childbearing years
  • Male subjects must use an acceptable form of contraception throughout the course of the study
  • Hematocrit \>= 30,000
  • Platelet count \>= 100,000
  • WBC \>= 3000/mcl
  • Stable creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dl or a creatinine clearance greater than 60 ml/min
  • Serum bilirubin \< 1.5 mg/dl
  • SGOT \< 2x ULN
  • Laboratory tests should be performed within 60 days of enrollment
  • Subjects must have recovered from major infections and/or surgical procedures and, in the opinion of the investigator, not have any significant active concurrent medical illnesses precluding protocol treatment
  • Patients on trastuzumab monotherapy must have adequate cardiac function as demonstrated by normal ejection fraction (EF) on MUGA scan or echocardiogram performed within last 6 months

Exclusion

  • Subjects cannot be simultaneously enrolled in other treatment studies
  • Patients cannot be receiving any other concurrent immunomodulators besides trastuzumab
  • Any contraindication to receiving GM-CSF based vaccine products
  • Cardiac disease, specifically restrictive cardiomyopathy, unstable angina within the last 6 months prior to enrollment, New York Heart Association functional class III-IV heart failure on active treatment with normalized LVEF on therapy, and symptomatic pericardial effusion
  • Active autoimmune disease
  • Subjects can not have active immunodeficiency disorder, e.g. HIV
  • Cannot be pregnant or breast feeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

38 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00343109

Start Date

March 1 2004

Last Update

February 12 2020

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109