Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Ovarian Cancer focused on measuring stage III ovarian epithelial cancer, stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Surgically debulked stage III or IV ovarian epithelial cancer Must be able to obtain adequate number of viable cells from excised tumor mass Must have received 6 courses of combination chemotherapy comprised of either paclitaxel and cisplatin OR paclitaxel and carboplatin Must be clinically tumor free following completion of chemotherapy (i.e., no metastasis by physical examination and CT of the abdomen and pelvis and serum CA-125 less than 35 IU/L) Not on a Phase III GOG protocol PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: GOG 0 or 1 Hematopoietic: Hematocrit at least 25% WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing No active infections HIV negative Hepatitis B surface antigen negative Hepatitis C antibody negative No active autoimmune disease No prior invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or superficial bladder cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics 4-12 weeks since prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent systemic corticosteroids Radiotherapy: At least 6 months since prior major field radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Greater Phoenix
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Community Hospital of Los Gatos
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- CCOP - Evanston
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Radiation Oncology Branch
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Washington University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- CCOP - Sooner State
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- CCOP - Baptist Cancer Institute
- Brookview Research, Inc.
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Tacoma General Hospital
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary