New vaccine aims to fight deadly brain cancer
NCT ID NCT06622434
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a cancer vaccine for people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, a serious brain cancer. The vaccine is designed to help the immune system attack tumor cells. About 35 participants will receive the vaccine after standard treatment. The goal is to see if it is safe and boosts the immune response.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cancer vaccine targeting TERT and PTPRZ1 proteins
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new treatment option that helps control glioblastoma and extends survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 35 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The vaccine may not trigger a strong enough immune response or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * age between 18 and 75 years old * free, informed and written consent signed * Histologically confirmed glioblastoma * Patients previously treated with concurrent radiotherapy (at least 45 Gy) with concomitant temozolomide, before the beginning of the 6 additional monthly cycles of temozolomide. Radiation therapy must have been completed 28 to 45 days prior to the first study treatment * Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 60% * Phase 1 only: Patients must be human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 positive. * Phase 1 only: PTPRZ1 expression in the tumor * Available tumor tissue for post hoc (retrospective) assessment of TERT promoter mutations and MGMT promoter methylation status * Life expectancy ≥ 3 months * Adequate organ function laboratory values within 15 days before initiation of treatment (see table in section 6.1) * Women or Male of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use contraceptive methods during and for 180 days after the last dose of temozolomide or up to 120 days after the last dose of vaccine, whichever is longer (see section 6.3). No sperm donation during the study and until 7 months after the end of the treatment period. * Patient affiliated to the social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Known extracranial metastatic or leptomeningeal disease * Grade 4 astrocytoma IDH mutant * Steroid requirement \>10 mg prednisone daily (or equivalent) at time of inclusion * Patients with prior malignancy active within the last 3 years * Patients receiving immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapy * Carmustine wafers (GliadelR) implantation during surgery * Phase 1 only: patient eligible and willing to be treated with Optune (TTF fields) * History of autoimmune disease (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease...) * Previous treatment with bevacizumab or other Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) antagonists * Patient with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study. * Uncontrolled active systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection within the previous 4 weeks or requirement for intravenous (IV) antibiotics within the last two weeks * Breast-feeding or pregnant women. * Contra-indications to IRM * Contra-indications to investigational medicinal product and/or to auxiliary medicinal products * Participation to another interventional clinical trial, clinical investigation or another interventional study or being in the exclusion period at the end of a previous study * Patient unable to follow the procedures and constraints of the protocol * Patient under legal protection (protection of the court, or in curatorship or guardianship).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Neurology, Hopital Saint louis (APHP)
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Department of Neurology, Hopital de la Salpêtrière
RECRUITINGParis, Idf, 75013, France
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Neuro-oncology Department, La Timone Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, 13005, France
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