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Efficacy Multicentre Trial of ImmunoTherapy Vaccination With Abagovomab to Treat Ovarian Cancer Patients (MIMOSA)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsored by: Menarini Group
Information provided by: Menarini Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00418574
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefit of vaccination with Abagovomab, an experimental immunotherapy in ovarian cancer patients. The benefit will be evaluated in terms of time the remission status is kept as well as prolongation of life expectancy.


Condition Intervention Phase
Ovarian Cancer
Biological: Abagovomab
Phase II
Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Ovarian Cancer
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Randomised,Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Multicentre Trial of Abagovomab Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer After Complete Response to First Line Chemotherapy

Further study details as provided by Menarini Group:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Recurrence free survival to be documented in double blind condition by CT scan [ Time Frame: Every 12 weeks up to recurrence or up to 3 months after last administered dose ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Overall Survival [ Time Frame: Along Recurrence Free Survival and for additional 5 years in open blind condition ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Safety [ Time Frame: Along treatment administration and up to double blind observation period reactions ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Time course of immunoresponse [ Time Frame: Along treatment administration ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 870
Study Start Date: December 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2015
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
A: Experimental
Abagovomab
Biological: Abagovomab
2 mg/ml SC (subcutaneously)
B: Placebo Comparator Biological: Abagovomab
2 mg/ml SC (subcutaneously)

Detailed Description:

Standard initial treatment of ovarian cancer patients includes both surgery and chemotherapy which in the vast majority of cases achieves the disappearance of ovarian cancer lesions. This status, called "clinical remission" which means having no evidence of cancer on CT scan or physical examination needs to be carefully follow up in order to confirm the maintenance of the remission status or to early detect if the cancer grows again and then start a new chemotherapy. At present, no approved therapies exist for the maintenance treatment of patients who achieved the clinical remission.

This trial aims to evaluate if the repeated vaccination with Abagovomab creates an immunoresponse which is able to fight the cancer cells thus keeping the remission status as long as possible and help patients live disease-free and longer.

Patients who achieve the remission status after chemotherapy will be screened for study participation and if they meet the criteria for inclusion they will start to receive a single subcutaneous injection every 2 weeks (for the first 4 doses - induction phase) and then every 4 weeks (maintenance phase). The duration of treatment is up to approximately 4 years or it will be stopped in case relapse occurs.

In order to evaluate the real benefit of vaccination, the experimental treatment includes Abagovomab (the active drug) or placebo (the vehicle only, without drug), with a double chance to receive Abagovomab. Assignment of Abagovomab or placebo will be done by a computerised system and nobody in the study will know which treatment has been allocated until study end.

Patients will be visited every 4 weeks and will undergo CT scan of pelvis and abdomen every 12 weeks in order to confirm the remission status or to early detect if relapse eventually occurs. This will be done in blind condition (i.e. without being aware which treatment the patient is going to receive) for the first part of the study which is expected to last four years. After then the overall status of patient will continue to be monitored by phone contact for additional five years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

At a maximum of 12 weeks after the last cycle of first line standard platinum/taxane IV or IP chemotherapy, patients must fulfill all the following inclusion criteria:

  • Age >/= 18 years;
  • Properly executed written informed consent;
  • History of histological and CA125 (> 35 U/ml) confirmed diagnosis of stage III-IV epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer;
  • History of debulking surgery and 6-8 cycles of standard platinum/taxane based non-investigational IV-IP chemotherapy;
  • Complete clinical response defined as:
  • Normal physical examination;
  • No symptoms suggestive of persistent cancer;
  • No definite evidence of disease by computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis within the previous 4 weeks;
  • Negative chest x-ray (or chest CT scan) within the previous 4 weeks;
  • Serum CA125 within the normal laboratory range.
  • Adequate hematologic, renal and hepatic function:

    • ANC >/=1.5 x 109/l;
    • Platelets >/= 75 x 109/l;
    • Haemoglobin >/= 6.2 mmol/l (>9.9 g/dl);
    • Serum creatinine </= 1.5 x ULN;
    • Bilirubin </= 1.5 x ULN; AST, ALT, AP </= 2.5 x ULN.
  • ECOG Performance Status (PS) </= 2.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients are ineligible to participate in the study, if any of the following criteria are present:

  • any other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical carcinoma in situ, within the last 5 years or whose previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy;
  • known active autoimmune disease requiring chronic treatment with immunosuppressive agents (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, etc.);
  • known immune deficiency (e.g. HIV, hypogammaglobulinemia, etc.);
  • known infection with hepatitis B, or hepatitis C;
  • history of recent myocardial infarction (</= 6 months) or decompensated heart failure (NYHA class >/= III);
  • previous or concomitant use of any anti-cancer therapy other than the platinum-taxane based 1st line chemotherapy for ovarian cancer;any maintenance or consolidation therapy is not permitted after completion of standard front line chemotherapy.
  • concomitant use of any other investigational agent;
  • any prior investigational anti-cancer vaccine or monoclonal antibody;
  • known allergy to murine proteins;
  • any significant medical or psychiatric condition, drug or alcohol abuse that might prevent the patient from complying with all study procedures;
  • clinically significant active infection;
  • concomitant use of any immunosuppressive agent (e.g., steroids, cyclosporin, etc.);
  • major surgery within the previous 2 weeks;
  • radiotherapy within the previous 4 weeks;
  • any significant toxicity from prior chemotherapy;
  • unreliability or inability to follow protocol requirements;
  • potentially childbearing and not willing to use adequate contraceptive methods throughout the entire study period;
  • pregnancy.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00418574

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Menarini Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Jacobus Pfisterer, MD AGO-OVAR, Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Germany; Ubbo-Emmius-Klinik gGmbH Aurich, Germany
Principal Investigator: Paul Sabbatini, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre- NY
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Berek, MD COGI (Cooperative Ovarian Cancer Group for Immunotherapy); Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford CA
Principal Investigator: Giovanni Scambia, MD Universtita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Oncologia - Roma, Italy
Principal Investigator: Antonio Casado, MD Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Servicio de Oncología Medica - Madrid, Spain
Principal Investigator: Anna Pluzanska, MD Klinika Chemioterapii Nowotworów Akademii Medycznej w Łodzi, Regionalny Osrodek Onkologiczny - Lodz, Poland
Principal Investigator: Karel Cwiertka, MD Onkologická klinika Fakultni Nemocnice Olomouc, Czech Republic
Principal Investigator: Tamás Pintér, MD Petz Aladar Megyei Oktató Kórház, Onkoradiológia - Győr, Hungary
Principal Investigator: Eric Pujade-Lauraine, MD Hôpital Hotel Dieu - Paris, France
  More Information

Publications:
Responsible Party: Menarini Group ( Menarini Group )
Study ID Numbers: ABA-01, AGO Study Code: AGO-OVAR 10, EUDRACT No: 2006-0062801-30
Study First Received: January 4, 2007
Last Updated: December 16, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00418574  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration;   United States: Institutional Review Board;   Germany: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut;   Germany: Ethics Commission;   Belgium: Directorate general for the protection of Public health: Medicines;   Belgium: Institutional Review Board;   Italy: Ethics Committee;   Czech Republic: State Institute for Drug Control;   Hungary: National Institute of Pharmacy;   Spain: Spanish Agency of Medicines;   Poland: Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products

Keywords provided by Menarini Group:
Ovarian cancer
Abagovomab

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Genital Diseases, Female
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian Neoplasms
Gonadal Disorders
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Endocrine System Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrinopathy
Ovarian Diseases
Ovarian epithelial cancer
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Adnexal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009