A Phase I Study of gp100 Human Melanoma Peptide Vaccine With Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant

Summary

This is a phase I study of melanoma tumor antigen peptide vaccines. The nine amino acid peptides representing HLA-A2 restricted T cell epitope of the melanoma antigen, gp100 will be administered to patients emulsified in Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant, (IFA). The study is designed to evaluate the toxicity, immunologic effects and potential therapeutic role of repeated doses of gp100 peptide vaccines administered subcutaneously. Immune reactivity to the gp100 epitope peptides will be monitored in all patients by analysis of melanoma-specific T cell precursor frequency prior to and after immunization.

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Start

1995-06

Primary completion

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Completion

2000-04

Publications

• Background Rosenberg SA. Cancer vaccines based on the identification of genes encoding cancer regression antigens. Immunol Today. 1997 Apr;18(4):175-82. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5699(97)84664-6. No abstract available.
• Background Rosenberg SA. Development of cancer immunotherapies based on identification of the genes encoding cancer regression antigens. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1996 Nov 20;88(22):1635-44. doi: 10.1093/jnci/88.22.1635.
• Background Rosenberg SA, Yang JC, Schwartzentruber DJ, Hwu P, Marincola FM, Topalian SL, Restifo NP, Dudley ME, Schwarz SL, Spiess PJ, Wunderlich JR, Parkhurst MR, Kawakami Y, Seipp CA, Einhorn JH, White DE. Immunologic and therapeutic evaluation of a synthetic peptide vaccine for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma. Nat Med. 1998 Mar;4(3):321-7. doi: 10.1038/nm0398-321.

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