drugset / Trial / NCT00036933

Vaccine Therapy Plus QS21 in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer

NCT00036933

Non-randomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Biological therapies such as QS21 use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop cancer cells from growing. Combining vaccine therapy with QS21 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining vaccine therapy with QS21 in treating patients who have prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start
2002-03
Primary completion
2009-03
Completion
2009-03

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject MUC-2-Globo H-KLH conjugate vaccine Vaccine Subcutaneous
Background QS-21 Other / unclassified Subcutaneous

Indications