Clinical trial · Interventional
INVAC-1 Anti-Cancer hTERT DNA Immunotherapy
A First in Human Phase I Study of INVAC-1 as a Single Agent in Patients With Advanced Cancer
NCT02301754CI-TRIAL-00037294completedPhase 1ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
INVAC-1 is intended to be used for the treatment of adult patients with advanced solid tumors unresponsive to currently available therapies, or for whom no standard therapy is available.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Tumors | Solid Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVAC-1 | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- INVAC-1
- description
- INVAC-1 at escalating doses of 100, 400 and 800 µg will be given as a single agent by intradermal injection (Q 4 weeks x 3 cycles), always combined with electroporation. Each patient will receive 3 cycles, unless motivated treatment interruption.
- interventionNames
- Biological: INVAC-1
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) of INVAC-1 as single agent in combination with electroporation
- timeFrame
- up to 28 days after last injection
Secondary outcomes (11)
- measure
- Adverse Events as characterized by type, frequency, severity (as graded by NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) v.4.03), timing, seriousness and relationship to study therapy INVAC-1 + electroporation;
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histological diagnosis of advanced/metastatic solid tumor malignancy * Relapsed or refractory to standard treatment and for whom standard curative options do not exist * Life-expectancy \> 4 months * Age 18 years or older * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤1 * A delay of at least 3 weeks between last specific anticancer treatment and first INVAC-1 injection * Adequate skin status * Lack of biologically documented inflammation: C Reactive Protein \< 15 mg/L * No medical history of auto-immune disease * Adequate bone marrow function * Total white cells count ≤ 10 x 109/L (≤ 10,000/µL), * Serum albuminemia \> 30 g/L * Adequate renal function, with an estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min as calculated using the Cockroft \& Gault method * Adequate liver function * Adequate cardiac function * Resolved acute effects of any prior therapy to baseline severity or Grade ≤ 1 CTCAE v. 4.03 except for Adverse Events not constituting a safety risk by investigator judgment * Lack of immune-suppressive drugs and of high-dose corticoid treatment within 8 weeks prior to entering the study (prednisone or prednisolone ≤ 10 mg/day is allowed) * Serum pregnancy test (for females of childbearing potential) negative within 7 days of first dose of study drug * Female patients must be surgically sterile or be postmenopausal, or must agree to use effective contraception during the period of the trial and for at least 90 days after completion of treatment. Male patients must be surgically sterile or must agree to use effective contraception during the period of the trial and for at least 90 days after completion of treatment. The decision of effective contraception will be based on the judgment of the principal investigator. * Provision of written informed consent indicating that the patient has been informed of all the pertinent aspects of the trial to be followed * Willingness and ability to comply with the study scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests and other procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Central Nervous System (CNS) primary or CNS metastatic malignancies * Prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant * Chemotherapy, cancer immunosuppressive therapy, growth factors, systemic steroids, or investigational agents within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment * Prior therapy with a compound of the same mechanism (immunomodulation) in the last 90 days prior to first dose of study drug * Participation to a clinical trial of an experimental medication in the last 30 days prior to first dose of study drug * Major surgery within 28 days of starting study treatment * Radiation therapy within 28 days of starting study treatment * Autoimmune disorders (eg, Crohn's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus) and other diseases that compromise or impair the immune system. * Contra-indications to electroporation: cardiac pacemaker, any previous cardiac rhythm disorder, epilepsy. * Active and clinically significant bacterial, fungal or viral infection including hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related illness (HIV testing is not required). * Unstable or serious concurrent medical conditions in the previous 12 months. * Concurrent active malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix. * Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality. * Patients who are investigational site staff members or patients who are Invectys employees directly involved in the conduct of the trial.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDTeixeira L, Medioni J, Garibal J, Adotevi O, Doucet L, Durey MD, Ghrieb Z, Kiladjian JJ, Brizard M, Laheurte C, Wehbe M, Pliquet E, Escande M, Defrance R, Culine S, Oudard S, Wain-Hobson S, Doppler V, Huet T, Langlade-Demoyen P. A First-in-Human Phase I Study of INVAC-1, an Optimized Human Telomerase DNA Vaccine in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 1;26(3):588-597. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1614. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PMID 31558479