mDC3/8-KRAS Vaccine and Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients with Resectable Stage I-III Pancreatic Cancer
This phase I trial studies the side effects a personalized dendritic cell vaccine called mDC3/8-KRAS in treating patients with stage I-III pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery (resectable). mDC3/8-KRAS vaccine is made up of a patient's own dendritic cells (a kind of white blood cell) which may stimulate the immune system to react to and kill pancreatic 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 low dose cyclophosphamide before mDC3/8-KRAS vaccine may increase the immune response to tumor cells by elimination of a certain type of immune cell called a regulatory T cell.