Dendritic Cells (White Blood Cells) Vaccination for Advanced Melanoma
Melanoma

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Melanoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Unresectable stage III and stage IV M1a/M1b/M1c melanoma including patients with uveal melanoma
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Life expectancy ≥ 4 months
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- At least 28 days from prior treatment (including adjuvant interferon) except in cases of a BRAF inhibitor (such as vemurafenib); concurrent treatment with a BRAF inhibitor +/- MEK inhibitor is permitted
Required initial laboratory values (submitted within 14 days prior to registration):
- WBC >3,000/mm3
- Hg ≥ 9.0 gm/dl
- Platelets >75,000/mm3
- Serum Bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dl
- Serum Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dl
- Sexually active women of childbearing potential must use effective birth control during the trial and for at least two months following the trial, and sexually active men must be willing to avoid fathering a new child while receiving therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment with more than one line of cytotoxic chemotherapy; prior treatment with one line of cytotoxic chemotherapy is permitted. Prior treatment with targeted therapy (such as ipilumumab, anti-PD1, and BRAF inhibitor) is permitted.
- Active untreated CNS metastasis
- Active infection
- Prior malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer) within 3 years
- Pregnant or nursing
- Concurrent treatment with corticosteroids; local (inhaled or topical) steroids are permitted.
- Inability to provide adequate informed consent
- Known allergy to eggs
- Prior history or uveitis or autoimmune inflammatory eye disease.
- Known positivity for hepatitis BsAg, hepatitis C antibody, or HIV antibody.
Sites / Locations
- Washington University School of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Dendritic Cell Vaccine (First Group)
Dendritic Cell Vaccine (Second Group)
Dendritic Cell Vaccine (Third Group)
Blood mononuclear cells will be collected for vaccine production through apheresis. Patients will be given cyclophosphamide 300mg/m2 IV 3 days prior to vaccine dose #1 in order to deplete regulatory T cells. Patients will receive mature DC for each dose of vaccine and will receive autologous dendritic cells. The DC vaccine will be given intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 6 doses. Peripheral blood will be taken weekly to monitor the immune response. Apheresis is repeated after vaccine dose #3 and dose #6 in order to collect PBMC for immune monitoring. Patients with stable disease or better after 6 doses will be eligible to receive additional vaccinations as maintenance therapy every 2 months until progression.
Blood mononuclear cells will be collected for vaccine production through apheresis. Patients will be given cyclophosphamide 300mg/m2 IV 3 days prior to vaccine dose #1 in order to deplete regulatory T cells. Patients will receive mature DC for each dose of vaccine and will receive autologous dendritic cells. The DC vaccine will be given intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 6 doses. Peripheral blood will be taken weekly to monitor the immune response. Apheresis is repeated after vaccine dose #3 and dose #6 in order to collect PBMC for immune monitoring. Patients with stable disease or better after 6 doses will be eligible to receive additional vaccinations as maintenance therapy every 2 months until progression.
Blood mononuclear cells will be collected for vaccine production through apheresis. Patients will be given cyclophosphamide 300mg/m2 IV 3 days prior to vaccine dose #1 in order to deplete regulatory T cells. Patients will receive mature DC for each dose of vaccine and will receive autologous dendritic cells. The DC vaccine will be given intravenously every 6 weeks for a total of 3 doses. Peripheral blood will be taken weekly to monitor the immune response. Apheresis is repeated after vaccine dose #3 in order to collect PBMC for immune monitoring.