Personalized vaccine plus chemo cocktail aims to outsmart advanced ovarian cancer

NCT ID NCT02432378

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First seen Jul 08, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether adding a personalized vaccine and immune-boosting drugs to standard chemotherapy can help the body fight advanced ovarian cancer more effectively. Participants receive chemotherapy directly into the abdomen along with oral medication and injections of a vaccine made from their own immune cells. The study measures changes in immune cell activity and tumor response.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Cisplatin, celecoxib, interferon-alpha, rintatolimod, and autologous alpha-DC1 vaccine
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could improve immune response and increase the chance of complete tumor clearance in advanced ovarian cancer.
What could go wrong
This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination therapy may cause significant side effects.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 1/2

Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.

Started

Sep 2015

Finished

Jun 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must have advanced stage (III-IV) epithelial carcinoma of ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal origin. * Histologic documentation of the original primary tumor is required via the pathology report. * Original tumor blocks from primary diagnosis biopsy will be reviewed by our study pathologist at Magee. * Patients must be receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy * Patients must be eligible for cancer-related definitive therapy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy * Patients must be chemonaive and receiving therapy in primary first line neoadjuvant setting * Patients must have GOG performance of 0-1 * Patients must be reasonable candidates for interval debulking surgery as well as IP platinum based combination chemotherapy regimen with no prior evidence of clinically significant intra-abdominal adhesions, persistent abdominal wall infections, renal toxicity, or bowel obstruction. * Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to the study entry and be practicing an effective form of contraception. If applicable, patients must discontinue breastfeeding prior to the first date of treatment on this study. * Patient must be willing to undergo leukapheresis * Patients must agree to appropriate clinical monitoring to receive the study regimens. * Patient must have: * Bone marrow function: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1,500/µL, equivalent to CTCAE v4 grade 1. * Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/µL; * hemoglobin greater than or equal to 8.0 g/dL. * Renal function: * creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x institutional upper limit normal (ULN), CTCAE v4 grade 1. * Hepatic function: * Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN (CTCAE v4 grade 1). * SGOT and alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN (CTCAE v4 grade 1). * Patients who have signed informed consent and authorization permitting release of personal health information. * Patients must have a GOG Performance Status of 0 or 1. * Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have an active autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), ankylosing spondylitis). * Patients with a known allergy to cisplatin or taxane chemotherapy. Patients with carboplatin allergy may be included if they tolerate a test dose of IV cisplatin given in monitored floor conditions. Patients who are allergic to paclitaxel, can be alternatively treated with abraxane. * Patients being chronically treated with immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), or systemic corticosteroids. * Patients with a recognized immunodeficiency disease including cellular immunodeficiencies, hypogammaglobulinemia or dysgammaglobulinemia; patients who have acquired, hereditary, or congenital immunodeficiencies. * Patients with uncontrolled diseases other than cancer will be excluded. * Patients who are pregnant or nursing. * Patients who have contraindications to the use of NSAID's like chronic renal failure, coronary artery disease, or bleeding ulcers. * Patients with tumors of low malignant potential, except ovarian pseudomyxoma or with no peritoneal disease. * Patients with a history of other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer, are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the last five years. Patients are also excluded if their previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy. * Patients with previous pelvic radiation therapy.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • UPMC CancerCenter at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

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