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Trial of the Combination of GX-188E Vaccination, GX-I7 and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced, Resectable HPV Type 16 and/or 18 Positive Head and Neck Cancer (GENUINE)

Primary Purpose

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
Korea, Republic of
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
GX-188E+GX-I7+Pembrolizumab
Sponsored by
Yonsei University
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

20 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. A female patient aged 19 or older at the time of signing the informed consent
  2. Histologically identified, resectable local progressive, HPV positive (positive in p16 immunohistochemistry and positive in HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 nucleic acid tests) LA HNSCC patients
  3. A patient has never received other chemotherapy before
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  5. Life expectancy of > 6 months
  6. Patient agreed to provide storage tumor tissue samples or fresh biopsy samples for baseline biomarker tissue analysis including PD-L1 staining during biopsy or surgery must be present. If there is no storage tissue and there is no tumor lesion that can be sampled from biopsy or surgery, it will be excluded from the test.
  7. Patients with suitable organ function as defined in Table 1 below should be patients. Samples must be collected within 28 days prior to the initiation of clinical trial drugs.

    < Requirements for long-term function for conformity evaluation > Laboratory examination of the body organs [Hematology] Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500/μL Platelet count ≥100,000/μLHemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL [Kidney] Measurement or calculation of creatinine or creatinine cleaning rate 2 (GFR may be used instead of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 × ULN or, creatinine >1.5x (If you're a test subject of ULN) ≥30 mL/min [Liver]Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN or, total bilirubin >1.5 x (If you're a test subject of ULN) direct bilirubin ≤ULN (This will not apply to patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome, total bilirubin <3x ULN and ALT<3xULN) AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤5x ULN [Blood coagulation] INR or prothrombin Time(PT), Activation TromboplastinTime(aPTT)

    • 1.5 × Unless ULN, PT or aPTT is within the scope of treatment for the intended anticoagulant use, the patient is not receiving anticoagulant therapy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALT (SGPT)= alanine aminotransferase, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase; AST (SGOT)= aspartate aminotransferase serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GFR(glomerular filtration rate); ULN=normal range , upper limit of normal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      1. It must meet the criteria without dependence on red blood cells within the past 4 weeks and without receiving concentrated red blood cell (pRBC) blood transfusions.
      2. Measured creatinine clearance (CrCl) by the Cockcroft-Gault formula (Cockcroft and Gault 1976) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8. Patient with RECIST measurable diseases defined as below:

    Tumor lesions with a long axis diameter (LD) ≥1 cm in axial CT or MRI images (restoration interval ≤5 mm) or lymph node ≥1.5 cm in short axis CT (restoration interval 5 mm)

  9. For fertile woman (WOCBP), patient with negative results of serum or urine pregnancy tests conducted within 72 hours prior to the first administration of clinical trial drugs. If the urine test result is positive or cannot be confirmed negative, a serum pregnancy test should be performed.
  10. Fertile woman must agree to use appropriate double contraception by 120 days after the entire course of this trial and the last administration of clinical trial drugs. Woman who are menopause (over 45 years of age and have no menstruation for more than a year) and women who are surgically infertile are exempt from this requirement.

    Note: abstinence is permitted if it is the daily lifestyle of the test subject and the contraceptive method preferred by the test subject.

  11. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Irresectable metastatic or recurrent cancer
  2. Patients who are currently in progress or have been confirmed to have other malignant diseases that required active treatment within the past three years..

    Note: Subjects with skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, or in situ carcinoma (e.g., breast cancer) that have been treated for potential complete recovery purposes are not excluded.

  3. Patients expected to require other forms of anti-neoplasm therapy during the test; This treatment includes systemic chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biotherapy, or immunotherapy not specified in the protocol.
  4. Patients with a history of active central nervous system (CNS) metastasis and/or carcinoma meningitis.Patients with asymptomatic or controlled CNS metastasis
  5. Patients who have previously received treatment using anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 drugs or have received treatment using drugs directly acting on other irritating or co-inhibitory T cell receptors (e.g., CTLA-4, OX40, CD137).
  6. Patients suffering from active autoimmune diseases requiring systemic immunosuppressive treatment (e.g., use of disease modulators, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants) within the past two years. Alternative therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiological corticosteroid replacement due to adrenal or pituitary dysfunction) is not considered a form of systemic therapy and is therefore acceptable.
  7. Patients who received homogeneous solid organ transplantation or homogeneous bone marrow transplantation
  8. Patients who have been administered non-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2, anti-cancer monoclonal antibodies (mAb, e.g., bevacizumab, cetuxizumab, etc.) within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of the clinical trial drug or have not yet recovered (e.g., grade 1 or baseline level).
  9. Patients who received systemic chemotherapy including other clinical trial drugs within 4 weeks before the first administration of this clinical trial drug or received targeted hypogermic therapy with a half-life of less than 48 hours within 2 weeks

    . Note: The subject must have recovered to the baseline level or below in all adverse reactions caused by previous treatment. Neuropathy under grade 2 and/or anemia under grade 2 may be suitable.

    Note: If the subject has undergone major surgery, the subject must be properly recovered from toxicity and/or complications caused by the intervention prior to commencement of treatment.

  10. Patients who had received radiation therapy within two weeks prior to the initiation of clinical trial drugs. The test subjects must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicity.
  11. Patients who have transfused blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) within 4 weeks before the first administration of clinical trial drugs or have administered colony stimulation factors (Includes G-CSF, GM-CSF, or recombinant red blood cell generators).
  12. Patients with bilateral hydronephrosis that cannot be alleviated by ureteral stent or percutaneous renal fistula formation.
  13. Patients with severe (≥3) hypersensitivity to one of the additive components of pembrolizumab and/or
  14. Patients with a history of (non-infectious) interstitial pneumonia requiring steroids or currently suffers from interstitial pneumonia.
  15. Patients diagnosed with immunodeficiency or patients receiving long-term systemic steroid therapy (dose exceeding 10 mg of prednisone per day) or receiving other immunosuppressive treatments in any form within 7 days prior to the first administration of clinical trials.
  16. Patients with risk factors for intestinal obstruction or intestinal perforation (e.g., acute diverticulitis, intraabdominal abscess, and abdominal carcinoma, but not limited).
  17. Patients who are currently participating in clinical trials for other clinical trial drugs or have participated in the past have received clinical trial treatment or used clinical trial devices within 4 weeks before the first administration of this clinical trial drug.

    Note: If more than 4 weeks have elapsed since the last administration of the previous clinical trial drug, subjects who have entered the follow-up stage of the clinical trial may participate in this trial.

  18. Unstable/Inadequate heart function:

    • symptomatic ischemia
    • Unregulated or clinically significant abnormal conduction (e.g., ventricular tachycardia during antiarrhythmia treatment); 1-degree ventricular block or asymptomatic LAFB/RBB is suitable
    • Cardiomyopathy within the past 6 months.
    • Congestion Heart failure (New York Heart Association III - IV grade)
  19. Active infected patients who need systemic treatment
  20. Patients with confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and/or hepatitis B or C history, or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)/ hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA or hepatitis C antibody or RNA test positive. Active hepatitis C is defined as a case where Hep CAb results are positive and quantitative HCV RNA results are found to be higher than the lower detection limit of the analysis.
  21. Patients with a history of active tuberculosis (TB, Bacillus Tuberculosis)
  22. Patients who received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first administration of the clinical trial drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: Measles, mumps, rubella, pox/shingles, yellow fever, rabies, BCG, and typhoid vaccines. Seasonal flu vaccines used in injections are generally viral vaccines, but nasal flu vaccines (e.g., Flumist®) are not allowed because they are weakly poisoned vaccines.
  23. Patients who have been confirmed to have mental illness or substance abuse that may interfere with their ability to cooperate with the requirements of this test.
  24. A patient who transplanted an implantation electronic device (e.g., a pacemaker) into the body.
  25. Fertile women with positive urine pregnancy test results (e.g., within 72 hours) prior to administration of clinical trial drugs. If the urine test is positive or has not been confirmed negative, a serum pregnancy test is required.
  26. Pregnant or lactating patient
  27. Patients who are likely to confuse the test results or interfere with the subject's participation in the entire duration of the test. Patients who have a history of abnormalities in conditions, treatments, laboratory tests, or currently have such evidence, regardless of type, where participation in clinical trials is judged to be in the best interest of the subjects.

Sites / Locations

  • Yonsei University Health System, Severance HospitalRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

GX-188E+GX-I7+Pembrolizumab

Arm Description

The operable non-small cell lung carcinoma patients (resectable stage IIA~IIIB) GX-188E: 1st day of week 1,2,4 2mg, GX-I7 1st day of week 2, Keytruda:1st day of week 1,2,4 200mg

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Major pathologic response
Evaluate the pathologic response in resected tumor tissue. The major pathologic response is defined as less than 10% viable tumors after treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0
Distant metastases free survival
Progress free survival(PFS)
Overall survival (OS)
Locoregional control
Every 3 months for the first 2 years and every 6 months for the next 3 years Proceed through imaging tests.

Full Information

First Posted
March 6, 2022
Last Updated
July 16, 2023
Sponsor
Yonsei University
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05286060
Brief Title
Trial of the Combination of GX-188E Vaccination, GX-I7 and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced, Resectable HPV Type 16 and/or 18 Positive Head and Neck Cancer
Acronym
GENUINE
Official Title
Open-label Phase II Trial of the Combination of GX-188E Vaccination, GX-I7 and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced, Resectable HPV Type 16 and/or 18 Positive Head and Neck Cancer(GENUINE)
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
July 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
May 9, 2022 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 2025 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 2025 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Yonsei University

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The study is phase II, open label, clinical trial of the Combination of GX-188E Vaccination, GX-I7 and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced, Resectable HPV Type 16 and/or 18 Positive Head and Neck Cancer
Detailed Description
<Preoperative medication> [GX-188E: 1st day of week 1,2,4 2mg, GX-I7 1st day of week 2, Pembrolizumab:1st day of week 1,2,4 200mg] Drug 1: GX-188E GX-188E, 2mg (1.0mg/0.5ml/vial), Intramuscular administration using electroporator Drug 2: GX-I7 GX-I7 1200㎍/kg, intramuscular administration Drug 3: Pembrolizumab pembrolizumab(100mg/4mL/vial), Intravenous administration <Operation> Surgery 2 to 8 weeks after completion of the test medication. <Posr OP CCRT> Physician's discretion

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
25 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
GX-188E+GX-I7+Pembrolizumab
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
The operable non-small cell lung carcinoma patients (resectable stage IIA~IIIB) GX-188E: 1st day of week 1,2,4 2mg, GX-I7 1st day of week 2, Keytruda:1st day of week 1,2,4 200mg
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
GX-188E+GX-I7+Pembrolizumab
Intervention Description
Drug 1: GX-188E GX-188E, 2mg (1.0mg/0.5ml/vial), Intramuscular administration using electroporator Other Name: Ichor Tri-Grid Delivery System Drug 2: GX-I7 GX-I7 1200㎍/kg, intramuscular administration Drug 3: Pembrolizumab pembrolizumab(100mg/4mL/vial), Intravenous administration Other Name: Pembrolizumab
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Major pathologic response
Description
Evaluate the pathologic response in resected tumor tissue. The major pathologic response is defined as less than 10% viable tumors after treatment.
Time Frame
Immediately after the surgery
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0
Time Frame
Up to 3 years after discontinuation of investigational drug
Title
Distant metastases free survival
Time Frame
UP to 3years
Title
Progress free survival(PFS)
Time Frame
UP to 6 months
Title
Overall survival (OS)
Time Frame
UP to 3years
Title
Locoregional control
Description
Every 3 months for the first 2 years and every 6 months for the next 3 years Proceed through imaging tests.
Time Frame
Up to 5 years from the date of surgery to the date of local or local recurrence.

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
20 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: A female patient aged 19 or older at the time of signing the informed consent Histologically identified, resectable local progressive, HPV positive (positive in p16 immunohistochemistry and positive in HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 nucleic acid tests) LA HNSCC patients A patient has never received other chemotherapy before Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 Life expectancy of > 6 months Patient agreed to provide storage tumor tissue samples or fresh biopsy samples for baseline biomarker tissue analysis including PD-L1 staining during biopsy or surgery must be present. If there is no storage tissue and there is no tumor lesion that can be sampled from biopsy or surgery, it will be excluded from the test. Patients with suitable organ function as defined in Table 1 below should be patients. Samples must be collected within 28 days prior to the initiation of clinical trial drugs. < Requirements for long-term function for conformity evaluation > Laboratory examination of the body organs [Hematology] Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500/μL Platelet count ≥100,000/μLHemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL [Kidney] Measurement or calculation of creatinine or creatinine cleaning rate 2 (GFR may be used instead of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 × ULN or, creatinine >1.5x (If you're a test subject of ULN) ≥30 mL/min [Liver]Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN or, total bilirubin >1.5 x (If you're a test subject of ULN) direct bilirubin ≤ULN (This will not apply to patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome, total bilirubin <3x ULN and ALT<3xULN) AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤5x ULN [Blood coagulation] INR or prothrombin Time(PT), Activation TromboplastinTime(aPTT) 1.5 × Unless ULN, PT or aPTT is within the scope of treatment for the intended anticoagulant use, the patient is not receiving anticoagulant therapy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALT (SGPT)= alanine aminotransferase, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase; AST (SGOT)= aspartate aminotransferase serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GFR(glomerular filtration rate); ULN=normal range , upper limit of normal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It must meet the criteria without dependence on red blood cells within the past 4 weeks and without receiving concentrated red blood cell (pRBC) blood transfusions. Measured creatinine clearance (CrCl) by the Cockcroft-Gault formula (Cockcroft and Gault 1976) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patient with RECIST measurable diseases defined as below: Tumor lesions with a long axis diameter (LD) ≥1 cm in axial CT or MRI images (restoration interval ≤5 mm) or lymph node ≥1.5 cm in short axis CT (restoration interval 5 mm) For fertile woman (WOCBP), patient with negative results of serum or urine pregnancy tests conducted within 72 hours prior to the first administration of clinical trial drugs. If the urine test result is positive or cannot be confirmed negative, a serum pregnancy test should be performed. Fertile woman must agree to use appropriate double contraception by 120 days after the entire course of this trial and the last administration of clinical trial drugs. Woman who are menopause (over 45 years of age and have no menstruation for more than a year) and women who are surgically infertile are exempt from this requirement. Note: abstinence is permitted if it is the daily lifestyle of the test subject and the contraceptive method preferred by the test subject. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up. Exclusion Criteria: Irresectable metastatic or recurrent cancer Patients who are currently in progress or have been confirmed to have other malignant diseases that required active treatment within the past three years.. Note: Subjects with skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, or in situ carcinoma (e.g., breast cancer) that have been treated for potential complete recovery purposes are not excluded. Patients expected to require other forms of anti-neoplasm therapy during the test; This treatment includes systemic chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biotherapy, or immunotherapy not specified in the protocol. Patients with a history of active central nervous system (CNS) metastasis and/or carcinoma meningitis.Patients with asymptomatic or controlled CNS metastasis Patients who have previously received treatment using anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 drugs or have received treatment using drugs directly acting on other irritating or co-inhibitory T cell receptors (e.g., CTLA-4, OX40, CD137). Patients suffering from active autoimmune diseases requiring systemic immunosuppressive treatment (e.g., use of disease modulators, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants) within the past two years. Alternative therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiological corticosteroid replacement due to adrenal or pituitary dysfunction) is not considered a form of systemic therapy and is therefore acceptable. Patients who received homogeneous solid organ transplantation or homogeneous bone marrow transplantation Patients who have been administered non-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2, anti-cancer monoclonal antibodies (mAb, e.g., bevacizumab, cetuxizumab, etc.) within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of the clinical trial drug or have not yet recovered (e.g., grade 1 or baseline level). Patients who received systemic chemotherapy including other clinical trial drugs within 4 weeks before the first administration of this clinical trial drug or received targeted hypogermic therapy with a half-life of less than 48 hours within 2 weeks . Note: The subject must have recovered to the baseline level or below in all adverse reactions caused by previous treatment. Neuropathy under grade 2 and/or anemia under grade 2 may be suitable. Note: If the subject has undergone major surgery, the subject must be properly recovered from toxicity and/or complications caused by the intervention prior to commencement of treatment. Patients who had received radiation therapy within two weeks prior to the initiation of clinical trial drugs. The test subjects must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicity. Patients who have transfused blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) within 4 weeks before the first administration of clinical trial drugs or have administered colony stimulation factors (Includes G-CSF, GM-CSF, or recombinant red blood cell generators). Patients with bilateral hydronephrosis that cannot be alleviated by ureteral stent or percutaneous renal fistula formation. Patients with severe (≥3) hypersensitivity to one of the additive components of pembrolizumab and/or Patients with a history of (non-infectious) interstitial pneumonia requiring steroids or currently suffers from interstitial pneumonia. Patients diagnosed with immunodeficiency or patients receiving long-term systemic steroid therapy (dose exceeding 10 mg of prednisone per day) or receiving other immunosuppressive treatments in any form within 7 days prior to the first administration of clinical trials. Patients with risk factors for intestinal obstruction or intestinal perforation (e.g., acute diverticulitis, intraabdominal abscess, and abdominal carcinoma, but not limited). Patients who are currently participating in clinical trials for other clinical trial drugs or have participated in the past have received clinical trial treatment or used clinical trial devices within 4 weeks before the first administration of this clinical trial drug. Note: If more than 4 weeks have elapsed since the last administration of the previous clinical trial drug, subjects who have entered the follow-up stage of the clinical trial may participate in this trial. Unstable/Inadequate heart function: symptomatic ischemia Unregulated or clinically significant abnormal conduction (e.g., ventricular tachycardia during antiarrhythmia treatment); 1-degree ventricular block or asymptomatic LAFB/RBB is suitable Cardiomyopathy within the past 6 months. Congestion Heart failure (New York Heart Association III - IV grade) Active infected patients who need systemic treatment Patients with confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and/or hepatitis B or C history, or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)/ hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA or hepatitis C antibody or RNA test positive. Active hepatitis C is defined as a case where Hep CAb results are positive and quantitative HCV RNA results are found to be higher than the lower detection limit of the analysis. Patients with a history of active tuberculosis (TB, Bacillus Tuberculosis) Patients who received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first administration of the clinical trial drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: Measles, mumps, rubella, pox/shingles, yellow fever, rabies, BCG, and typhoid vaccines. Seasonal flu vaccines used in injections are generally viral vaccines, but nasal flu vaccines (e.g., Flumist®) are not allowed because they are weakly poisoned vaccines. Patients who have been confirmed to have mental illness or substance abuse that may interfere with their ability to cooperate with the requirements of this test. A patient who transplanted an implantation electronic device (e.g., a pacemaker) into the body. Fertile women with positive urine pregnancy test results (e.g., within 72 hours) prior to administration of clinical trial drugs. If the urine test is positive or has not been confirmed negative, a serum pregnancy test is required. Pregnant or lactating patient Patients who are likely to confuse the test results or interfere with the subject's participation in the entire duration of the test. Patients who have a history of abnormalities in conditions, treatments, laboratory tests, or currently have such evidence, regardless of type, where participation in clinical trials is judged to be in the best interest of the subjects.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Hye Ryun Kim
Phone
+82-2-2228-8125
Email
nobelg@yuhs.ac
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hye Ryun Kim
Organizational Affiliation
Severance Hospital
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital
City
Seoul
Country
Korea, Republic of
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hye Ryun Kim
Phone
+82-2-2228-8125
Email
nobelg@yuhs.ac

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No

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