Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 1:59 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 1:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00074295
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's tumor tissue may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying vaccine therapy to see how well it works in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV bronchoalveolar (lung) cancer.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
* Determine the progression-free and overall survival of patients with selected stage IIIB or stage IV bronchoalveolar carcinoma treated with GVAX lung cancer vaccine.
* Determine the response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed and complete and partial) in patients treated with this vaccine.
* Determine the frequency and severity of toxic effects of this vaccine in these patients.
* Determine the functional status of patients treated with this vaccine.
* Correlate systemic biologic activity (i.e., antigen-specific antitumor and systemic cytokine responses) with clinical outcome in patients treated with this vaccine.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to prior systemic cancer therapy for bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC) (yes vs no) and pattern of BAC (diffuse vs nodular).
After successful vaccine manufacturing from tumor tissue procured, patients receive GVAX lung cancer vaccine intradermally (ID) (6-7 injections per vaccination) on weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 for a total of 5 vaccinations. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline and at weeks 9, 13, and 21.
Patients are followed at 4 weeks, every 8 weeks for 1 year, and then every 12 weeks for 2 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 117 patients (67 previously untreated and 50 previously treated) will be accrued for this study.
Study:
NCT00074295
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00074295