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.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT02865135.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate changes in CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood and tumor tissue.
II. Evaluate the safety of DPX-E7 HPV vaccine (DPX-E7) vaccination in HLA-A*02 positive patients with incurable HPV associated oropharyngeal cancer (HPVOC), cervical cancer, and anal cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the overall response rate (ORR) of DPX-E7 vaccination in HLA-A*02 positive patients with recurrent and/or metastatic HPVOC, cervical cancer, and anal cancer using modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 and immune-related (ir)RECIST.
II. To estimate progression free survival, time to progression, and overall survival.
III. To evaluate the biologic correlates of response to therapy by determining the antigenspecific CD8 T cells elicited by E711-19 pMHC multimer binding assay, their activation status, effector/memory phenotype, cytokine profile, quantitation per ml blood, perforin/granzyme content, CD4 activation status, including regulatory T cell (Treg) profiling.
OUTLINE: This is a phase Ib, dose-escalation study of HPV16-E711-19 nanomer vaccine DPX-E7 followed by a phase II study.
Patients receive DPX-E7 HPV vaccine subcutaneously (SC) on days 1 and 22 and then every 8 weeks, and cyclophosphamide orally (PO) twice daily (BID) beginning 7 days before first vaccination, continuing for 7 days on and then 7 days off for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years.
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorKartik Sehgal