Monoclonal Antibody Therapy and Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Resected Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Melanoma (Skin) Clinical Trial

Official title: An Extended Dosing, Two-phase Study of MDX-010 as Monotherapy or in Combination With Tyrosinase/gp100/MART-1 Peptides Emulsified With Montanide ISA 51 VG in the Treatment of Subjects With Resected Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Combining the vaccines with Montanide ISA-51 may cause a stronger immune response and kill more tumor cells. Giving monoclonal antibody therapy together with vaccine therapy may be an effective treatment for stage III or stage IV melanoma.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving monoclonal antibody therapy together with vaccine therapy works in treating patients with resected stage III or stage IV melanoma.

Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• Achieve at least a 40% autoimmune breakthrough event rate, as defined by the induction of grade 1, grade 2, or acceptable grade 3 drug-related autoimmune adverse events, in patients with resected stage III or IV melanoma treated with anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 monoclonal antibody (MDX-010) and peptide vaccine comprising tyrosinase, gp100 antigen, and MART-1 antigen emulsified in Montanide ISA-51.

Secondary

• Determine the incidence of drug-related autoimmune adverse events of any grade in patients treated with this regimen.

• Determine the time to disease relapse in patients treated with this regimen.

• Determine the immunologic response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Patients receive anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 monoclonal antibody (MDX-010) IV over 90 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, and 53 and peptide vaccine comprising tyrosinase, gp100 antigen, and MART-1 antigen emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 subcutaneously on day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25, 33, 41, and 53.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25 patients will be accrued for this study. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intraocular Melanoma
• Melanoma
• Melanoma (Skin)

• NCT number: NCT00084656
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: May 31, 2004
• Completion date: October 31, 2009