Efficacy Study of Vx001 Vaccine in NSCLC Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients with stage IV or recurrent stage I-III NSCLC with documented disease control (objective response or stable disease) within 3 weeks after platinum based 1st line chemotherapy; only HLA-A*0201 positive patients with TERT expressing tumors will be included.

The objective of the trial is survival rate at 12 months.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Vaxon Biotech
• Treatments: Vaccines

Criteria

Main Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female ≥18 years of age;

2. Documented stage IV NSCLC as defined by IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project (7th edition) or recurrent stage I-III disease at least 6 months after resection or after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy or after standard locoregional treatment as defined by the American College of Chest Physicians;

3. Patients treated with 4 cycles platinum based 1st line chemotherapy as defined by the American College of Chest Physicians (i.e. radiotherapy are not allowed except palliative radiotherapy of bone metastasis);

4. Documented HLA-A*0201 positivity, as determined by a local laboratory;

5. TERT-positive NSCLC, as assessed by a central laboratory; for this, availability of adequate tissue biopsy from the primary tumor, lymph nodes or distant metastases is a prerequisite;

6. CR, PR, or SD according to RECIST 1.1 criteria after the completion of platinum-based first-line chemotherapy;

7. ECOG performance status 0, 1;

Main Exclusion Criteria:

1. Mixed small cell and NSCLC histologies;

2. Patients with stage IV or recurrent NSCLC who have been previously treated with therapy other than platinum-based first-line chemotherapy;

3. Prior treatment with cancer vaccines;

4. Prior treatment with immunotherapy (e.g., interferons, interleukins, TNF, or biological response modifiers, such as GM-CSF etc) within four weeks prior to randomization;

5. Prior treatment with hormone (including corticosteroids) within 2 weeks prior to randomization;

6. Prior treatment with any investigational drugs, within 4 weeks prior to randomization;

7. Patients with brain metastases;