Dendritic Cells (DC) Vaccine for Metastatic Melanoma

NCT01042366 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2017-08-16

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine what effect using an experimental tumor vaccine (a substance or group of substances meant to cause the immune system to respond to a tumor) made using patients' own tumor cells and blood cells will have on their melanoma.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Vaccination

Subjects will receive as an outpatient 4 weekly ultrasound-guided intra/peri-lymph nodal administrations of the autologous tumor dendritic cell vaccine. The dose of the autologous tumor cell dendritic cells/vaccine will be 1-5 X 106.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • John Kirkwood

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John M Kirkwood, MD · UPMC UPCI HCC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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