Study of the BiovaxId Tumor Derived Idiotype Vaccine in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma

Summary

The primary objective of this Phase 3 study is to definitively confirm the safety and efficacy of BiovaxId, an autologous tumor derived immunoglobulin idiotype vaccine, as measured by a significant prolongation of the period of disease free survival when administered to patients with indolent follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) during their first complete remission.

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

2012-12

Completion

2012-12

Publications

• Background Hsu FJ, Caspar CB, Czerwinski D, Kwak LW, Liles TM, Syrengelas A, Taidi-Laskowski B, Levy R. Tumor-specific idiotype vaccines in the treatment of patients with B-cell lymphoma--long-term results of a clinical trial. Blood. 1997 May 1;89(9):3129-35.
• Background Bendandi M, Gocke CD, Kobrin CB, Benko FA, Sternas LA, Pennington R, Watson TM, Reynolds CW, Gause BL, Duffey PL, Jaffe ES, Creekmore SP, Longo DL, Kwak LW. Complete molecular remissions induced by patient-specific vaccination plus granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor against lymphoma. Nat Med. 1999 Oct;5(10):1171-7. doi: 10.1038/13928.
• Background Kwak LW, Campbell MJ, Czerwinski DK, Hart S, Miller RA, Levy R. Induction of immune responses in patients with B-cell lymphoma against the surface-immunoglobulin idiotype expressed by their tumors. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 22;327(17):1209-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199210223271705.
• Background Dar MM, Kwak LW. Vaccination strategies for lymphomas. Curr Oncol Rep. 2003 Sep;5(5):380-6. doi: 10.1007/s11912-003-0022-x.
• Results Schuster SJ, Neelapu SS, Gause BL, Janik JE, Muggia FM, Gockerman JP, Winter JN, Flowers CR, Nikcevich DA, Sotomayor EM, McGaughey DS, Jaffe ES, Chong EA, Reynolds CW, Berry DA, Santos CF, Popa MA, McCord AM, Kwak LW. Vaccination with patient-specific tumor-derived antigen in first remission improves disease-free survival in follicular lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 10;29(20):2787-94. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.3005. Epub 2011 May 31.

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