Status:
TERMINATED
Safety Study of CADI-05 in Patients With Advanced Stage Melanoma
Lead Sponsor:
Cadila Pharnmaceuticals
Conditions:
Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This study examines the safety of treating patients with advanced stage melanoma with the vaccine CADI-05. In addition, preliminary data regarding the clinical response and immune response will be col...
Detailed Description
Because there are no highly effective treatment options for patients with advanced, unresectable melanoma, participation in clinical trials of novel therapies is frequently the best therapeutic altern...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At least 18 years of age
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
- Subject must have a pathologic diagnosis malignant melanoma (stage III or IV).
- Subject must have at least one of the following:
- Melanoma that was previously treated with at least one complete or partial course of therapy for melanoma with either a poor to no response or evidence of disease progression;
- Melanoma that cannot be treated with first-line therapies because of medical comorbidities/risk of toxicity; or
- Melanoma that has not been treated with first-line therapies because of patient refusal.
- If melanoma is possibly resectable, the melanoma must have recurred despite at least two attempts at resection.
- The subject must have measurable disease, as defined by the presence of at least one measurable lesion, defined as having longest diameter greater than or equal to 20 mm by conventional measurement techniques (e.g., measurement of evaluable cutaneous metastases) or greater than or equal to 20 mm by imaging studies.
- Subject must have an ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
- Subject must have the ability to understand and provide informed consent that fulfills Institutional Review Board guidelines. Alternatively, if the subject is mentally incompetent for medical decision-making, a parent, legal guardian, or power of attorney has the ability to understand and provide informed consent that fulfills Institutional Review Board guidelines.
- Subject must be able to comply with office visits as required by the protocol.
- The effects of Investigational product on the developing human fetus is at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown. For this reason, women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
Exclusion
- Subjects with medical co-morbidities, which in the judgment of the investigator, place them at an unacceptable level of risk for participation in this study.
- Pregnant women, since the prenatal effects of CADI-05 have not been characterized.
- Subjects with HIV, AIDS, or chronic immunosuppression for organ transplantation.
- Subjects who are unable to comply with office visits as required by this protocol or would suffer great hardship by participating in the study.
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to agents used in the study.
- Clinically significant active infection.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00675727
Start Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
June 11 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, 18103