Clinical trial · Interventional
Reduced Intensity Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Followed by Vaccination
Reduced Intensity Stem Cell Transplantation for Advanced Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Followed by Vaccination With Lethally Irradiated Autologous Tumor Cells Admixed With Granulocyte Macrophage-colony Stimulating Factor Secreting K562 Cells
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this research study is to assess the safety and immune activity of a vaccine made from the participant's own cancer cells, when administered after a reduced intensity transplant. In recent years, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that vaccines made from a patients's own cancer cells, that have been engineered in the laboratory to produce a protein called GM-CSF, can be effective in stimulating a powerful immune response specific to that cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| GM-K562 vaccine | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
| stem cell transplantation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- GM-K562 Vaccine
- description
- Biological/Vaccine: GM-K562 vaccine The vaccine will be administered over 1 cycle of 7 weeks, that begins 1 month after stem cell transplant. The vaccine will be given 6 times over 2 months -- once a week for three weeks then every other week for 3 vaccines. Procedure/Surgery: stem cell transplantation Participants will be admitted to the hospital for approximately 8 days to receive chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation
- interventionNames
- Biological: GM-K562 vaccine
- Procedure: stem cell transplantation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- To assess the safety and toxicity of vaccination with lethally irradiated autologous CLL cells admixed with GM-562 cells following reduced intensity allogeneic stem cell transplant for CLL patients with advanced disease.
- timeFrame
- 2 years
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Advanced CLL, defined as no response or progressive disease during standard nucleoside analogue based regimen; or, evidence of progressive disease within 24 months of completion of nucleoside analogue regimen; or, intolerance to fludarabine; or, failure to achieve complete remission following salvage regimen. * no sites of adenopathy \> 5cm * (8/8) HLA matched related or unrelated donor available. * Must have prior banked tumor, collected by peripheral blood draw, leukapheresis, bone marrow biopsy or by lymph node dissection, per DF/HCC protocol 06-200 * ECOG performance status 0-2 Exclusion Criteria: * Serum creatinine greater than or equal to 2.0mg/dl * ALT or AST greater than or equal to 3x ULN * Total bilirubin greater than or equal to 2.0mg/dl (except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome) * Cardiac ejection fraction greater than or equal to 30% * HIV infection * Pregnancy
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDBurkhardt UE, Hainz U, Stevenson K, Goldstein NR, Pasek M, Naito M, Wu D, Ho VT, Alonso A, Hammond NN, Wong J, Sievers QL, Brusic A, McDonough SM, Zeng W, Perrin A, Brown JR, Canning CM, Koreth J, Cutler C, Armand P, Neuberg D, Lee JS, Antin JH, Mulligan RC, Sasada T, Ritz J, Soiffer RJ, Dranoff G, Alyea EP, Wu CJ. Autologous CLL cell vaccination early after transplant induces leukemia-specific T cells. J Clin Invest. 2013 Sep;123(9):3756-65. doi: 10.1172/JCI69098. Epub 2013 Aug 5. PMID 23912587