hematological malignancy
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subjects must satisfy the following conditions. 1) Patients must be diagnosed as hematological malignancy resistant to standard therapies. 2) Patients must be at a score level 0-1 of ECOG performance status. 3) Patients must have IgGs reactive to at least two of the candidate peptides restricted to the patient's HLA types. 4)Patients must be expected to survive more than 3 months. 5) Patient's laboratory data must satisfy the followings: WBC is more than 2,500/mm3 Lymphocyte is more than 900/mm3 Hb is more than 8.0g/dl Platelet is more than 80,000/mm3 Serum Creatinine is less than 2 times the ULN Total bilirubin are less than 2 times the ULN.(However, 2.5 or less times in the case of the patient of constitutional jaundice.) 6) Patients must be more 18 year-old. 7) Written informed consent must be obtained from patients. 8) Patients must be positive for HLA-A2, A24, A26, A3, A11, A31 or A33.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The following patients must be excluded: 1) Patients with severe underlying diseases/conditions (active and severe infectious diseases, circulatory diseases, respiratory diseases, ranal diseases, immunodeficiencies, disturbance of coagulation, et al). 2) Patients with the past history of severe allergic reactions. 3) (Females) Pregnant or nursing patients. Patients desiring future fertility. (Males) Patients who do not accept contraception from the 1st vaccination until 70 days after the last vaccination. 4) Patients who are judged inappropriate for entry to this clinical trial by doctors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Immune-enhancing effects (changes in anti-peptide IgG titers in plasma) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Analyze the correlation between enhancement of peptide specific antibody and all over survival. 2. Adverse events of peptide vaccination. Adverse events are evaluated by the NCI-CTCAE. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kurume University Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Cancer Vaccine Development Division