Toll-like Receptor (TLR) Ligand Matured Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Melanoma Patients

Summary

Objectives: This is an exploratory study, consisting of two parts. In part I a dose escalation is performed and the primary objective is the safety of different doses of TLR-dendritic cell (TLR-DC). In part II TLR-DC vaccination will be compared with cytokine-matured DC vaccination and the primary objective of this part is the immunological response to TLR-DC vaccination, with toxicity and clinical efficacy being secondary objectives. These studies will provide important data on the safety and immunological effects of TLR-matured DC. Study design: This study is an open label prospective exploratory intervention study. Study population: The investigators' study population consists of HLA-A2.1 positive melanoma patients, with proven expression of melanoma associated tumor antigens gp100 and tyrosinase. Melanoma patients with regional lymph node metastasis in whom a radical lymph node dissection is planned or performed within 2 months of inclusion in this study (further referred to as stage III) and melanoma patients with measurable distant metastases (further referred to as stage IV) will be included.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2014-11

Completion

2014-11

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