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Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast

Official Title: A HER-2/Neu Pulsed DC1 Vaccine for Patients With DCIS

Study ID: NCT00107211

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Study Description

Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides and a person's white blood cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Injecting the vaccine directly into a lymph node may cause a stronger immune response and kill more tumor cells. Giving vaccine therapy before surgery may be effective treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best way to give vaccine therapy in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the feasibility and safety of neoadjuvant ultrasound-guided intranodal vaccine therapy comprising autologous dendritic cells pulsed with recombinant HER2/neu peptides in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. * Determine the sensitization of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells to HER2/neu in patients treated with this vaccine. * Determine clinical response in patients treated with this vaccine. Secondary * Correlate post-vaccine sensitization of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells to HER2/neu with clinical response in patients treated with this vaccine. OUTLINE: This is a pilot study. Patients undergo leukapheresis over 2-3 hours to obtain lymphocytes and monocytes. Monocytes are cultured with sargramostim (GM-CSF), interleukin-4, interferon gamma, and lipopolysaccharides for the production of dendritic cells (DC). DC are then pulsed with recombinant HER2/neu peptides to produce the dendritic cell vaccine. Approximately 2 days after leukapheresis, patients receive the vaccine intranodally (into 2 different lymph nodes) by ultrasound guidance once a week for 4 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo a second leukapheresis to obtain T lymphocytes for immunologic analysis. Within 2-3 weeks after completion of vaccine therapy, patients undergo lumpectomy or mastectomy AND sentinel lymph node biopsy. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for 5 years and then annually thereafter. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Eligibility

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: No

Locations

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Contact Details

Name: Brian J. Czerniecki, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Useful links and downloads for this trial

Clinicaltrials.gov

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