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Dendritic Cell Vaccine for the treatment of Stage IIIb Cervical Cancer patients

Cancer immunotherapy - dendritic cell vaccine based immunotherapy in cervical cancer - A phase II, double blind, randomized, three arm study to evaluate the efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine in stage IIIB cervical cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/12/007530
Enrollment
54
Registered
2016-12-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-03-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C53- Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri

Interventions

Intervention1: Intervention (Arm-1) Conventional concurrent chemo-radiotherapy with placebo (saline given intradermally) : Vaccine will be administrated on day 0, 14, 28, 42, 72, 102, 132, 162, 192 &

Sponsors

Department of Science and Technology DST
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Subjects in the age group of 18-65 years 2 Histologically confirmed diagnosis of malignancy (Squamous cell carcinoma) 3 HPV positivity determined by PCR. 4 SPAG9 positivity determined by Immunohistochemistry. 5 Stage IIIB cervical cancer 6 No prior Radiotherapy or chemotherapy for any other malignancy; 7 Karnofsky score of 70 or greater; 8 No allergy to components of the DCs 9 Normal baseline hematological parameters (within 1 week before first vaccination): hemoglobin > 9.5 g/dl; total granulocyte count > 1000 per microliter; platelet count > 60,000 per microliter; BUN 10 No contraindications for chemotherapy with cisplatin 11 Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the subject (or a legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study 12 Subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 HIV or Hepatitis B or C infection 2 Patients with history of auto-immune disease 3 Pregnancy 4 Severe pulmonary or cardiac disease 5 Uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension 6 Presence of acute infection requiring treatment 7 Patients on immunosuppressive drugs including steroids 8 Significant obstructive uropathy. 9 Unwillingness to use a medically accepted form of birth control during the study. 10 Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study. 11 Patients who have participated in any other clinical trial during the past 90 days.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assessment of Immune response using in vitro and in vivo assaysTimepoint: Visit 3 (Day 12) Visit 9 (Day 102), Visit 12 (Day 192), visit 14 (Day 152)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
a) Assessment of clinical response b) Disease Free Survival (DFS) c) Overall Survival (OS) d) Toxicity of the treatment Timepoint: Once in three months followed by last dose of vaccine

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shariq Anwar

Cancer Institute

drtrajkumar@gmail.com914422350131

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026