New vaccine aims to stop colorectal cancer recurrence in High-Risk patients
NCT ID NCT04486378
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study tests an experimental vaccine (RO7198457) in people with stage II or III colorectal cancer who have signs of remaining cancer DNA in their blood after surgery. The goal is to see if the vaccine can prevent the cancer from returning better than simply watching and waiting. About 327 participants will be randomly assigned to receive the vaccine or no immediate treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 327 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 years and older
- 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: * Patients must be a man or woman of at least 18 years of age. * Patients must have Stage II/Stage III rectal cancer or Stage II (high risk)/Stage III colon cancer per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 2017 that has been surgically totally resected (R0 confirmed by pathology report). Stage II (high risk) colon cancer is defined as Stage II disease with any of the following risk factors for recurrence: * T4 * Grade ≥ 3. * Clinical presentation with bowel obstruction or perforation. * Histological signs of vascular, lymphatic or perineural invasion. * \< 12 nodes evaluated after surgery. * For the CLM Cohort: patients must have metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) (Stage IV) with resected CLM (synchronous and metachronous CLM within 6 months of initial diagnosis) per AJCC 2017, after standard of care (SoC) primary resection and curative-intent hepatectomy (R0 confirmed by pathology report) with or without (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy (prior to hepatectomy), and planned adjuvant chemotherapy. * For the Biomarker Cohort: patients with tumors of the colon, including but not limited to, colon adenocarcinoma, carcinoid tumors (including goblet cell carcinoid/adenocarcinoma), and tumors of the appendix, whose tumors were surgically resected and are planned for adjuvant chemotherapy (per institutional standards), can be included. * Patients must have detectable ctDNA prior to start of adjuvant chemotherapy (AdCTx) (except for the Biomarker Cohort). * ctDNA assay must be performed through this trial or study BNT000-001 ctDNA screening protocol. * Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0-1. * Patients must have adequate hematologic, bone marrow and organ function as defined by the protocol. * Adequate tumor material in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded blocks or as sectioned tissue (only upon approval by sponsor) must be available (as described in the laboratory manual). For the CLM Cohort: tumor material must come from primary resection for patients who undergo staged approach, or from available archival material from the previously untreated tumor biopsy from the primary. * At least 5 tumor neoantigens identified in the provided tumor sample. * The patient has started a standard of care AdCTx preferably within 8 weeks but no later than 10 weeks post-surgery and has completed at least 3 months of treatment of a 3- or a 6-month course of chemotherapy (including rest days). For the CLM Cohort: patient must have completed AdCTx with or without (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy for up to 6 months in total or total intended amount determined by care providers per SoC. AdCTx must have started preferably within 8 weeks, but no later than 10 weeks, after hepatectomy. For the Biomarker Cohort: patient must have received at least one cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy per institutional standards. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness as defined by the protocol. * Diagnosed microsatellite instability high tumors. * Prior therapy with any of the following: * Neo-adjuvant (radio)chemotherapy prior to surgery. * Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication within 2 weeks prior to initiation of trial treatment or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during trial treatment, with the exception of low dose steroids defined as 10 mg oral prednisone (or equivalent). * Current or recent (within the 28 days prior to randomization) treatment with another investigational drug. * Exception for the CLM Cohort: primary tumor must be resected and (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy prior to curative-intent hepatectomy is accepted. * Toxicities from previous anti-cancer therapies that have not resolved to baseline levels or to Grade 1 or less except for alopecia and peripheral neuropathy. * Patients who developed metastatic disease during screening/receiving standard of care treatment (not applicable for the Exploratory Cohort or the Biomarker Cohort). * Patients with known past or current malignancy other than inclusion diagnosis, except for: * Cervical carcinoma of Stage 1B or less. * Non-invasive basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma. * Non-invasive, superficial bladder cancer. * Prostate cancer with a current prostate-specific antigen level \< 0.1 ng/mL. * Any curable cancer with a complete response of \> 2 years duration. * Patients with known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to RO7198457 or its excipients. * Patients who had major surgery (e.g., surgery requiring general anesthesia) within 4 weeks before screening, or will not have fully recovered from surgery, or have surgery planned during the time the patient are expected to participate in the trial. * Patients with positive serology for hepatitis B indicative of active hepatitis B infection: * Positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) OR * Negative test for HBsAg AND positive test for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigens (anti-HBc) AND positive test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA. * Serological markers indicative of vaccination (isolated antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigens \[anti-HBs\]) or resolved natural infection without viral load (anti-HBc with negative HBsAg and negative HBV DNA) are not exclusionary. * Active Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; patients who have completed curative antiviral treatment with HCV viral load below the limit of quantification are allowed. * Patients who have a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positivity, or tests positive for HIV at screening. * Patients who have had prior splenectomy. NOTE: Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AZ Delta Roeselare
Roeselare, 8800, Belgium
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AZ Groeninge
Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium
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Allina Health
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
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Asklepios Klinik Altona
Hamburg, 22763, Germany
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Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre - Gartnavel Royal Hospital - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Glasgow, G12 0XH, United Kingdom
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Centres Hospitaliers Jolimont
La Louvière, 7100, Belgium
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, 10117, Germany
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Churchill Hospital - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Clinica Universitaria de Navarra
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruna
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario De Santiago De Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario de Orense
Ourense, 32005, Spain
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Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (CHUVI)
Vigo, 36312, Spain
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Consorcio Hospital General Valencia
Valencia, 46014, Spain
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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Dorset County Hospital
Dorchester, DT1 2JY, United Kingdom
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GHDC (Grand Hopital de Charleroi)
Charleroi, 6000, Belgium
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GasthuisZusters Antwerpen - Sint-Augustinus
Wilrijk, 2610, Belgium
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Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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Hospital Clinico San Carlos
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Madrid, 28007, Spain
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Hospital Nuestra Senora de Sonsoles
Ávila, 05004, Spain
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Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya Malaga - Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga
Málaga, 29011, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Germans Trias - ICO Badalona
Badalona, 08916, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Universitario HMN Sanchinarro, Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal (CIOCC)
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Marques De Valdecilla
Santander, 39008, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda
Majadahonda, 28222, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio - Hospital de la Mujer
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, 8041, Spain
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust - Castle Hill Hospital
Cottingham, HU16 5JQ, United Kingdom
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Hämatologisch-Onkologische Praxis Eppendorf
Hamburg, 20249, Germany
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Imeldaziekenhuis General Hospital
Bonheiden, 2820, Belgium
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Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Institut Clinic Hematolo/Oncologia- ICMHO, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona
Barcelona, 8036, Spain
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Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH - Institut Fuer Klinisch-Onkologische Forschung (IKF)
Frankfurt am Main, 60488, Germany
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LMU Klinikum (Campus Großhadern) Medizinische Klinik Universität München
München, 81377, Germany
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Lunds Universitet - Medicinska Fakulteten (Lund University Faculty of Medicine)
Lund, 221 00, Sweden
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Marin Cancer Care
Greenbrae, California, 94904, United States
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Northwest Cancer Specialists P.C.
Vancouver, Washington, 98684, United States
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OhO Ostholstein Onkologie
Oldenburg in Holstein, 23758, Germany
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Oncology Hematology Care Clinical Trials
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45245, United States
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, M5G 1X6, Canada
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Prosper Hospital
Recklinghausen, 45659, Germany
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham-University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2GW, United Kingdom
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, United States
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Royal Preston Hospital - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Preston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom
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SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH
Heilbronn, 74078, Germany
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Sarah Cannon (Tennessee Oncology - Nashville)
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Sodersjukhuset, Onkologiska Kliniken
Stockholm, 11883, Sweden
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St Bartholomew's Hospital-Barts Health NHS Trust
London, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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Studiengesellschaft BSF
Halle, 06108, Germany
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Texas Oncology - Northeast Texas
Tyler, Texas, 75702, United States
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Texas Oncology, P.A. - Austin
Austin, Texas, 78705, United States
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Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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Texas Oncology-San Antonio Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas, 78240, United States
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Bebington, CH63 4JY, United Kingdom
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Freeman Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Ottawa, K1H 8M2, Canada
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, SM25NG, United Kingdom
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust- Chelsea
London, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Torbay Hospital - South Devon Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust, Lowes Bridge
Torquay, TQ2 7AA, United Kingdom
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Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig AoeR
Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum St. Josef-Hospital Bochum
Bochum, 44791, Germany
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Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz KoeR
Mainz, 55131, Germany
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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, NW2 1PG, United Kingdom
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University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Med. Klinik u. Poliklinik I
Bonn, 53105, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Würzburg, 97080, Germany
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VZW Algemeen Ziekenhuis AZ Klina
Brasschaat, 2930, Belgium
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Velindre NHS Trust, Velindre Cancer Centre
Cardiff, CF14 2TL, United Kingdom
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Virginia Cancer Specialists
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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