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Vaccine Therapy With Bevacizumab Versus Bevacizumab Alone in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme That Can Be Removed by Surgery

A Phase II Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Heat Shock Protein-Peptide Complex-96 (HSPPC-96) (NSC #725085, ALLIANCE IND # 15380) Vaccine Given With Bevacizumab Versus Bevacizumab Alone in the Treatment of Surgically Resectable Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01814813
Enrollment
90
Registered
2013-03-20
Start date
2013-06-19
Completion date
2023-05-22
Last updated
2025-01-24

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

Conditions

Recurrent Glioblastoma, Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor, Gliosarcoma

Brief summary

This randomized phase II trial studies how well giving vaccine therapy with or without bevacizumab works in treating patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme that can be removed by surgery. Vaccines consisting of heat shock protein-peptide complexes made from a person's own tumor tissue may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells that may remain after surgery. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them. It is not yet known whether giving vaccine therapy is more effective with or without bevacizumab in treating glioblastoma multiforme.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of a vaccine with bevacizumab versus bevacizumab alone on a patient's brain tumor. The vaccine is called heat shock protein peptide complex 96 (HSPPC-96). HSPPC-96 is experimental. Specifically, HSPPC-96 is a protein that may work to help the body have a response against remaining brain tumor cells. Bevacizumab has been approved by the Food and Drug administration for treating brain tumors that grow back. In this study, patients will either get HSPPC-96 vaccine at the same time as bevacizumab, HSPPC vaccine first and then bevacizumab if the tumor comes back, or bevacizumab alone. The use of HSPPC-96 and bevacizumab is investigational. The primary objective of the study is to determine whether there is an overall survival advantage of HSPPC-96 administered with bevacizumab, given concomitantly or at the point of progression, in comparison with bevacizumab alone in patients with surgically resectable recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. The secondary objectives are: 1. to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HSPPC-96 with bevacizumab 2. to evaluate the progression free survival of HSPPC-96 with bevacizumab, given concomitantly or at the point of progression. Patients must undergo surgery within 28 days from pre-registration. There must be confirmation of adequacy of tissue for vaccine manufacture, tumor tissue submitted to Agenus, confirmation of ≥ 90% resection by central radiology review and vaccine manufacture of at least six vials. Patients will be randomized to one of three treatment arms. Please see the Arms section for more details. Patients will be monitored approximately 5 years post-surgery.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALHSPPC-96

intradermal infusion

DRUGbevacizumab

intravenous

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Agenus Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Pre-registration (Pre-Surgery) Eligibility Criteria * Histologic documentation: Prior histologic diagnosis of GBM at first occurrence * Stage: First or second recurrence of GBM or gliosarcoma considered to be surgically resectable * Prior Treatment: * No radiotherapy within 90 days prior to pre-registration * No prior treatment with any anti-angiogenic agent targeting the VEGF pathway including but not limited to bevacizumab, cediranib, vandetanib, sunitinib, pazopanib, aflibercept, or sorafenib * No prior treatment with HSPPC-96 or other investigational immunotherapy * Must have received prior treatment with radiotherapy and temozolomide for histologically confirmed GBM at initial diagnosis * No tumor directed therapy for most recent progression * No prior Gliadel® wafers * No clinically significant cardiovascular disease: * Patients with a history of hypertension must be well controlled (\<150/90) on a regimen of antihypertensive therapy. * History of arterial thrombotic events within the past 6 months, including transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), peripheral arterial thrombus, unstable angina or angina requiring surgical or medial intervention in the past 6 months, or myocardial infarction (MI). Patients with clinically significant peripheral artery disease (i.e., claudication on less than one block), significant vascular disease (i.e., aortic aneurysm, history of aortic dissection) are not eligible. * Patients who have had a deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus within the past 6 months are eligible if they are on stable therapeutic anticoagulation * No current New York Heart Association classification II, III or IV congestive heart failure * No significant bleeding within the past 6 months; no bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy * No history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within past 12 months * No evidence of any systemic autoimmune disease (e.g. Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and/or any history of primary or secondary immunodeficiency, and no immunosuppressant therapy (with the exception of dexamethasone as noted below) for any reason * Age ≥ 18 years of age * Karnofsky functional status rating ≥70 * No more than 16 mg dexamethasone (or equivalent) per day * Non-pregnant and non-nursing Registration (Post-Surgery) Eligibility Criteria * Pre-registration eligibility criteria continue to be met * Histologic documentation: confirmed histological diagnosis of recurrent GBM or gliosarcoma * ≥ 90% surgical resection of recurrent GBM confirmed by central radiology review by MRI with or without gadolinium per institutional guidelines. A CT scan is allowable in place of MRI only in situations where an MRI is contraindicated (e.g., patient has a heart pacemaker, metallic devices in the eye, brain or spine, severe claustrophobia). * ≥ 7 grams of resected tumor available for vaccine manufacture as determined by institutional pathologist * Availability of ≥ 6 clinical vials of HSPPC-96 * Required Initial Laboratory Values: * Granulocytes ≥1,500/µL * Platelet count ≥100,000/µL * Total Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 x ULN * UPC ratio \<1 or Urine protein ≤ 1+ * Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 45 ml/min * SGOT/SGPT(AST/ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN * No serious, non-healing wounds or ulcers * At least 7 days since any minor surgery such as port placement * No major surgical procedures, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury ≤ 28 days prior to registration or anticipation of need for elective or planned major surgical procedure during the study. Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedures ≤7 days prior to registration. * No active or recent hemoptysis (≥½ teaspoon of bright red blood per episode) ≤ 30 days prior to registration * No new bleeding on D28 (+/-3) MRI (or CT if MRI is contraindicated) * No clinical deterioration at the time of registration/randomization * If a second surgery is needed for completion of resection, this should be within 30 days from the first surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival (OS)Up to 5 years post-surgeryThe primary endpoint is overall survival (OS), which is defined as the date from study\> registration to the date of death, due to any cause.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression Free Survival (PFS)Up to 5 years post-surgeryTime to progression free survival: which is defined as the date from study registration to the date of first observation of disease progression or death due to any cause (whichever comes first). Progressive disease is defined as one or more of the following:New contrast-enhancing lesion outside of radiation field on decreasing, stable, or increasing doses of corticosteroids, increase by \> 50% enhancement from the first post-surgical scan, or a subsequent scan with smaller tumor size, and the scan 8 weeks or later on stable or increasing doses of corticosteroids, clinical deterioration not attributable to concurrent medication or comorbid conditions is sufficient to declare progression on current treatment, for patients receiving bevacizumab therapy, significant increase in T2/FLAIR non-enhancing lesion.
Toxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Up to 3 yearsThe maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns within patient groups. In addition, we will review all adverse event data that is graded as 3, 4, or 5 and classified as either unrelated or unlikely to be related to study treatment in the event of an actual relationship developing. The overall toxicity rates (percentages) for grade 3 or higher adverse events considered at least possibly related to treatment are reported below.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant Bevacizumab
HSPPC-96 0.4mL intradermal on days 1 and 8 of cycles 1 and 2, then on day 1 of each cycle, up to a maximum of 12 doses (10 cycles), plus bevacizumab 10 mg/kg intravenous (IV) on day 1 of each cycle, until progression. HSPPC-96 should be administered at least 60 minutes prior to starting bevacizumab infusion. (1 cycle=14 days) Note: If HSPPC-96 treatment has ended but there is no evidence of disease progression, the patient should continue to receive bevacizumab at the specified dose until progression. HSPPC-96: intradermal infusion bevacizumab: intravenous
29
Arm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at Progression
HSPPC-96 0.4mL intradermal on days 1 and 8 of cycles 1 and 2, then on day 1 of each cycle, up to a maximum of 12 doses (10 cycles). At progression: bevacizumab 10mg/kg intravenous (IV) on day 1 of each cycle, until further progression. (1 cycle = 14 days) NOTE: It is possible that HSPPC-96 vaccination may end prior to evidence of progression. In this instance it is important to wait until there is confirmed evidence of progression before initiating treatment with bevacizumab. Upon confirmation of progression the patient should initiate bevacizumab within 7-42 days from the last dose of vaccine. HSPPC-96: intradermal infusion. bevacizumab: intravenous
30
Arm 3, Bevacizumab
Bevacizumab 10mg/kg intravenous (IV) on day 1 of each cycle, until progression. (1 cycle = 14 days) bevacizumab: intravenous
31
Total90

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant BevacizumabArm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at ProgressionArm 3, BevacizumabTotal
Age, Customized
<55
13 Participants12 Participants14 Participants39 Participants
Age, Customized
>=55
16 Participants18 Participants17 Participants51 Participants
Karnofsky PS
70
6 Participants7 Participants6 Participants19 Participants
Karnofsky PS
80-100
23 Participants23 Participants25 Participants71 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
28 Participants26 Participants26 Participants80 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants5 Participants14 Participants25 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
23 Participants25 Participants17 Participants65 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 252 / 281 / 20
other
Total, other adverse events
20 / 2523 / 2818 / 20
serious
Total, serious adverse events
6 / 2510 / 284 / 20

Outcome results

Primary

Overall Survival (OS)

The primary endpoint is overall survival (OS), which is defined as the date from study\> registration to the date of death, due to any cause.

Time frame: Up to 5 years post-surgery

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant BevacizumabOverall Survival (OS)6.6 months
Arm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at ProgressionOverall Survival (OS)9.2 months
Arm 3, BevacizumabOverall Survival (OS)10.7 months
p-value: 0.16Log Rank
Secondary

Progression Free Survival (PFS)

Time to progression free survival: which is defined as the date from study registration to the date of first observation of disease progression or death due to any cause (whichever comes first). Progressive disease is defined as one or more of the following:New contrast-enhancing lesion outside of radiation field on decreasing, stable, or increasing doses of corticosteroids, increase by \> 50% enhancement from the first post-surgical scan, or a subsequent scan with smaller tumor size, and the scan 8 weeks or later on stable or increasing doses of corticosteroids, clinical deterioration not attributable to concurrent medication or comorbid conditions is sufficient to declare progression on current treatment, for patients receiving bevacizumab therapy, significant increase in T2/FLAIR non-enhancing lesion.

Time frame: Up to 5 years post-surgery

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant BevacizumabProgression Free Survival (PFS)3.7 months
Arm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at ProgressionProgression Free Survival (PFS)2.5 months
Arm 3, BevacizumabProgression Free Survival (PFS)5.3 months
p-value: <0.01Log Rank
Secondary

Toxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)

The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns within patient groups. In addition, we will review all adverse event data that is graded as 3, 4, or 5 and classified as either unrelated or unlikely to be related to study treatment in the event of an actual relationship developing. The overall toxicity rates (percentages) for grade 3 or higher adverse events considered at least possibly related to treatment are reported below.

Time frame: Up to 3 years

Population: Patients who started at least one cycle of treatment and were assessed for adverse events were included in this analysis.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant BevacizumabToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 34 Participants
Arm 1, HSPPC-96 + Concomitant BevacizumabToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 4/51 Participants
Arm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at ProgressionToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 33 Participants
Arm 2, HSPPC-96 With Bevacizumab at ProgressionToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 4/52 Participants
Arm 3, BevacizumabToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 35 Participants
Arm 3, BevacizumabToxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 (v5)Grade 4/51 Participants
p-value: 0.56Chi-squared

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 25, 2026