uVIN vulvar dysplasia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * Age above 18 years * Willing and able to undergo the planned study procedures * Written informed consent * Histologically proven visible uVIN lesion (histology *3 months prior to enrolment and at least 6 weeks after last treatment) * HPV16-positive VIN lesion (to be determined on archival tumour tissue (*10 years old); if not available a new biopsy will be required) * No indication of an active infectious disease: HIV, HCV and HBV negative * No history of autoimmune disease or systematic undercurrent disease which might affect immunocompetence * Adequate bone marrow (WBC > 3.0/nL, platelets > 100/nL), renal function (creatinine clearance > 40 mL/min), and liver function (bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN, normal blood coagulation)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Prior treatment with anti-HPV agents * Participation in a study with another investigational drug within 30 days prior to enrolment in this study * Severe cardiac, respiratory, or metabolic disease * Use of systemic steroids or other immunosuppressive drugs * Use of oral anticoagulant drugs (except ascal) * Severe infections requiring antibiotics * Any treatment for the uVIN lesion within 6 weeks prior to the enrolment (including imiquimod) * Lactation or pregnancy (if applicable) * Not willing to take adequate contraceptive measures (if applicable)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| * To study the systemic HPV-specific immune response of two naked DNA vaccines encoding sig-HELP-kdel and shuffled HPV16 E6 or E7 gene products (sig-HELP-E6SH/E7SH-kdel). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| * To study the safety of sig-HELP-E6SH/E7SH-kdel. * To study the clinical response to vaccination of sig-HELP-E6SH/E7SH-kdel. Exploratory objectives: * To study the migratory capacity of HPV16-specific T cells by analysis of their presence in vaccine sites. * The effect of vaccination on the immune infiltrate in VIN lesion microenvironment will be determined by multicolour fluorescent immunohistochemistry. | — |
Countries
Netherlands