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APVAC1 vaccines (i.d.) will be individually assembled for each patient and can be applied to the patient approx. 3 months after enrollment. APVAC1 drug products are composed of 5 to 10 peptides from the GAPVAC warehouse. The APVAC1 vaccine will be applied concurrent to maintenance TMZ cycles after completion of chemoradiation therapy (CRT). Beginning on day 15 of the first maintenance TMZ cycle, patients will receive 11 vaccinations with APVAC1 drug products during 22 weeks. 578 μg per peptide per vial are used.

Poly ICLC (1.5 mg s.c.) will be used as immunomodulator with all vaccinations except the second applications of APVAC1 (Day 2) and APVAC2 vaccines (Day 2\*) to avoid dose accumulation on consecutive days.

The 2. immunomodulator GM-CSF (75 μg) will be applied i.d. with the first six vaccinations with both vaccines, APVAC1 and APVAC2. A total of 12 GM-CSF doses will be applied. GM-CSF will be applied to the APVAC vaccination site 10-30 min before injection of the APVACs.

APVAC1 vaccine plus Poly-ICLC and GM-CSF

APVAC2 vaccines (i.d.) will be ready for use ca. 6 months after enrollment, as these peptides have to be newly synthesized for each patient following identification of the mutanome and corresponding mutated peptides in the HLA ligandome. APVAC2 drug products are composed of 1 or 2 peptides de novo synthesized for an individual patient. Patients will be repeatedly vaccinated with APVAC2 drug products beginning on day 15 of the 4. maintenance TMZ cycle. Patients will receive 8 vaccinations within 10 weeks. 578 μg per peptide per vial are used.

Poly-ICLC (1.5 mg s.c.) will be used as immunomodulator with all vaccinations except the second applications of APVAC1 (Day 2) and APVAC2 vaccines (Day 2\*) to avoid dose accumulation on consecutive days.

GM-CSF (75 μg) will be applied i.d. with the first six vaccinations with both vaccines, APVAC1 and APVAC2. A total of 12 GM-CSF doses will be applied. GM-CSF will be applied to the APVAC vaccination site 10-30 min before injection of the APVACs.

APVAC2 vaccine plus Poly-ICLC and GM-CSF

Wolfgang Wick, Professor

Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Professor

The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability, feasibility and biological activity (immunogenicity) of the actively personalized vaccination (APVAC) concept in newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GB) patients.

This is a multicenter, open-label, single arm, first-in-man phase I trial to investigate the safety, feasibility and immunogenicity of the novel APVAC approach in patients with newly diagnosed GB.

Primary Endpoints:

* Safety: Determine the safety and tolerability profile of patient-tailored APVAC vaccines when administered with immunomodulators concurrent to maintenance temozolomide (TMZ) cycles.
* Feasibility: Determine duration and success rates for APVAC1 and APVAC2 processes and for vaccinations with APVAC drug products.
* Biological activity: Descriptive analysis of induced T-cell responses after vaccinations with APVAC1 and APVAC2 drug products plus immunomodulators.

Secondary Study Objectives:

* Identification of biomarkers putatively predictive for immunological response and/or associated with clinical success or failure. Analyzed biomarkers may include non-cellular parameters measured from tumor, plasma or serum, and cellular parameters measured from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), leukapheresis samples or isolated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).
* Description of potential clinical activity of the APVAC drug products. Descriptive analysis of clinical outcome in patients will be reported including OS and PFS. Correlation analysis of these parameters with immune response data may provide first hints on clinical activity of the vaccine.

After the standard chemoradiotherapy with TMZ has been completed and as soon as the start of the first maintenance TMZ cycle the vaccination phase begins. It starts with the first APVAC1 vaccination, followed by additional APVAC2 vaccinations at a later time point and ends with the Last Endpoint Evaluation Visit (LEEV) of a patient.

Single vaccinations with APVAC vaccines consist of an intradermal (i.d.) injection of the personalized APVAC drug product into the skin of the thigh, shoulder or abdomen followed by subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of 1.5 mg poly-ICLC (Hiltonol®) in close proximity to the vaccination site. The second immunomodulator GM-CSF (75 μg) will be applied i.d. to the APVAC vaccination site 10-30 min before injection of the APVACs.

GAPVAC Phase I Trial in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients

A Phase I Trial of Actively Personalized Peptide Vaccinations Plus Immunomodulators in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Concurrent to First Line Temozolomide Maintenance Therapy

Number of Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and percentage of patients with AEs and SAEs (listed per grade and MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities ) preferred terms) will be reported.

To analyze whether vaccinations with APVAC drug products plus poly-ICLC and GM-CSF induce immune responses in the patients. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be analyzed for the presence and functionality of T cells recognizing the peptides vaccinated within the individualized APVACs.

* Immunogenicity rate: Number of vaccine induced T-cell responses normalized to the number of peptides vaccinated.
* Immune responder rate: Number of patients with at least one vaccine induced T-cell response
* Multi-TUMAP responder rate: Number of patients with at least two vaccine induced T-cell response
* Average number of immune responses per patient

Putatively predictive for immunological response and/or associated with clinical success or failure. Analyzed biomarkers may include non-cellular parameters measured from tumor, plasma or serum, and cellular parameters measured from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), leukapheresis samples or isolated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).

Median OS, the survival rate at one and at two years will be reported

Median progression free survival (PFS) and PFS rates at 6 months will be described for patients in the safety and per protocol populations

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
GAPVAC Phase I Trial in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients	NCT02149225	Glioblastoma	APVAC1 vaccine ... APVAC2 vaccine ...	18 Years -	Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
GAPVAC Phase I Trial in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients	NCT02149225	Glioblastoma	APVAC1 vaccine ... APVAC2 vaccine ...	18 Years -	Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH

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