malignant tumor
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subjects must satisfy the following conditions. 1) Patients must be pathologically diagnosed as cancer. Target lesions for evaluating responses are not necessary. 2) Patients must be at a score level of 0 of performance status (PS) (ECOG). 3) Patients must have IgG reactive to at least two of candidate peptides in plasma before vaccination. 4)Patients must be expected to survive more than 4 months. 5) Patients must satisfy the followings: WBC count is more than 2,500/mm3. Lymphocyte count is more than 900/mm3. Hb is more than 8.0g/dl. Platelet count is more than 80,000/mm3.(50000/mm3 in hepatocellular carcinoma) Serum Creatinine is less than 2 times upper limit of nomal (or less than 2.5 times upper limit of nomal in urological cancers). Total Bilirubin is less than 2 times upper limit of nomal. 6) Patients must be more than 18 year-old. 7) Written informed consent must be obtained from patients. 8) Patients must be positive for HLA-A2,HLA-A24, HLA-A26, or HLA-A3 super type.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The following patients must be excluded: 1) Patients with severe underlying diseases (active and severe infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, renal diseases, immunodeficiency, disturbance of coagulation). 2) Patients with the past history of severe allergic reactions. 3) Patients who are pregnant, nursing, or want to be pregnant. Patients with no acceptance of use of effective contraception during and at least 70 days after study participation. 4) Past history of usage of peptides employed in the study. 5) Patients who are judged inappropriate for enrollmwnt in this study by the attending doctors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of immunological responses (anti-peptide IgG) before and after 4 doses of vaccination | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adverse events and safety of personalized peptide vaccination evaluated by the CTCAE Version 4.0 | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kurume University Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Cancer Vaccine Development Division