Monoclonal Antibody Therapy and Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Resected Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Combining the vaccines with Montanide ISA-51 may cause a stronger immune response and kill more tumor cells. Giving monoclonal antibody therapy together with vaccine therapy may be an effective treatment for stage III or stage IV melanoma. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving monoclonal antibody therapy together with vaccine therapy works in treating patients with resected stage III or stage IV melanoma.

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Start

2004-05-31

Primary completion

2009-10-31

Completion

2009-10-31

Publications

• Garg SK, Ott MJ, Mostofa AGM, Chen Z, Chen YA, Kroeger J, Cao B, Mailloux AW, Agrawal A, Schaible BJ, Sarnaik A, Weber JS, Berglund AE, Mule JJ, Markowitz J. Multi-Dimensional Flow Cytometry Analyses Reveal a Dichotomous Role for Nitric Oxide in Melanoma Patients Receiving Immunotherapy. Front Immunol. 2020 Feb 25;11:164. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00164. eCollection 2020.
• Sarnaik AA, Yu B, Yu D, Morelli D, Hall M, Bogle D, Yan L, Targan S, Solomon J, Nichol G, Yellin M, Weber JS. Extended dose ipilimumab with a peptide vaccine: immune correlates associated with clinical benefit in patients with resected high-risk stage IIIc/IV melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Feb 15;17(4):896-906. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-2463. Epub 2010 Nov 24.

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