Combination of gp96-Ig Vaccine, Theophylline and Oxygen for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced, Relapsed or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

NSCLC tumors are appropriate targets for active immunotherapy, because they are non-immunogenic, which indicates that NSCLC does not stimulate a spontaneous immune response.

NSCLC tumor-secreted gp96-Ig is an ideal vaccine because it combines adjuvant activity with polyvalent peptide specificity. Tumor secreted gp96 activates dendritic cells (DC), natural killer cells (NK) and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Tumor cells can be killed by NK-specific mechanisms, by promiscuous killing of CD8 CTL through NKG2D, and by MHC restricted CD8 CTL activity. The activation of DC and NK by tumor secreted gp96 may also counteract the generation of immuno-suppressive CD4 regulatory cells.

Suppression of adenosinergic pathways by oxygen and theophylline in combination with immunotherapy will improve tumor rejection.

Allogeneic, gp96-Ig secreting tumor cells used as vaccine are expected to generate NK and CTL with activity to the patient's autologous tumor.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Eckhard Podack
• Treatments: Theophylline; Vaccines

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed NSCLC (squamous, adeno-, large cell anaplastic, bronchoalveolar, and non-small cell carcinoma NOS): stage IIIB with malignant pleural effusion, stage IV, or recurrent disease.

• At least one site of measurable disease.

• Brain metastasis if present and treated must be stable by CT scan or MRI for at least 4 weeks after treatment.

• Patient must have received and failed at least one line of palliative therapy (chemotherapy or biological therapy)

• Age >= 18 years.

• ECOG performance status 0-2.

• Life expectancy >= 3 months.

• Laboratory parameters

• Hemoglobin levels >= 10.0 (transfusions allowed if necessary).

• ANC >= 1,500.

• Platelets >= 100k.

• Creatinine clearance >= 50 ml/min.

• Total and direct bilirubin: < 3.0 x upper institution limit for normal.

• Liver function tests: AST, ALT, and AlkP < 3.0 x upper institution limit for normal.

• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active or symptomatic cardiac disease such as congestive heart failure, angina pectoris or recent myocardial infarction. Patients with history of these conditions who are stable taking cardiac medications will also be excluded.

• Pregnant or lactating women (negative test for pregnancy is required of women of childbearing potential).

• Known HIV infection.

• Uncontrolled or untreated brain or spinal cord metastases.

• Active infection.

• Concomitant steroid or other immunosuppressive therapy.

• Other active malignancies present within the past three years, except for basal and/or squamous cell carcinoma(s) or in situ cervical cancer.

• Meningeal carcinomatosis.

• Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other anti-tumor therapy during the last three weeks.

• Immune deficiency syndromes, including the following: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematousus, Sjogren's disease, sarcoidosis, vasculitis, polymyositis, glomerulonephritis.

• Compromised lung function:

• FeV1 < 30% of the predicted value, or

• DLCO < 30% of the predicted value, or

• PCO2 > 45 mmHg.