Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed With Surgery

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying two different regimens of vaccine therapy and comparing them to see how well they work in treating patients with stage III or stage IV melanoma that cannot be removed with surgery.

Timeline

Start

2004-05

Primary completion

2007-01

Completion

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Publications

• Results Kruit WH, Suciu S, Dreno B, et al.: Immunization with recombinant MAGE-A3 protein combined with adjuvant systems AS15 or AS02B in patients with unresectable and progressive metastatic cutaneous melanoma: A randomized open-label phase II study of the EORTC Melanoma Group (16032- 18031). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-9065, 2008.
• Results Louahed J, Gruselle O, Gaulis S, et al.: Expression of defined genes identified by pretreatment tumor profiling: association with clinical responses to the GSK MAGE- A3 immunotherapeutic in metastatic melanoma patients (EORTC 16032-18031). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-9045, 2008.
• Kruit WH, Suciu S, Dreno B, Mortier L, Robert C, Chiarion-Sileni V, Maio M, Testori A, Dorval T, Grob JJ, Becker JC, Spatz A, Eggermont AM, Louahed J, Lehmann FF, Brichard VG, Keilholz U. Selection of immunostimulant AS15 for active immunization with MAGE-A3 protein: results of a randomized phase II study of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Melanoma Group in Metastatic Melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jul 1;31(19):2413-20. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.7111. Epub 2013 May 28.
• Ulloa-Montoya F, Louahed J, Dizier B, Gruselle O, Spiessens B, Lehmann FF, Suciu S, Kruit WH, Eggermont AM, Vansteenkiste J, Brichard VG. Predictive gene signature in MAGE-A3 antigen-specific cancer immunotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jul 1;31(19):2388-95. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.3762. Epub 2013 May 28.

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