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Vaccine Therapy and Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients with HLA-A*02 Positive Relapsed, Refractory, or Metastatic HPV16-Related Oropharyngeal, Cervical, or Anal Cancer

Trial Status: closed to accrual

This phase Ib/II trial studies side effects and best dose of DPX-E7 HPV vaccine and to see how well it works when given together with cyclophosphamide in treating patients with HLA-A*02 positive, human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16)-related oropharyngeal, cervical, or anal cancer that has come back, does not respond to treatment, or has spread to other parts of the body. Vaccines made from a gene-modified virus may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving DPX-E7 HPV vaccine together with cyclophosphamide may work better in treating patients with HPV16-related oropharyngeal, cervical, or anal cancer.