This is a single center, open label dose frequency escalation study of CryoVax®. personalized anti-tumor vaccine protocol combining the cryoablation of a selected metastatic lesion with intra-lesional immunotherapy with AlloStim®. The in-situ (in the body) cancer vaccine step combines killing a single metastatic tumor lesion by use of cryoablation in order to cause the release of tumor-specific markers to the immune system and then injecting bioengineered allogeneic immune cells (AlloStim®) into the lesion as an adjuvant in order to modulate the immune response and educate the immune system to kill other tumor cells where ever they reside in the body.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the third most common cancer worldwide. Metastasis is the main reason of death in CRC patients. The current drugs used to treat colorectal cancer provide important treatment options for patients, their limitations including drug resistance, poor efficacy and severe side effects. Development of new therapeutic strategies for KRAS mutant as well as BRAF mutant tumors are therefore highly needed in order to offer a new category of drug (immunotherapy). This study targets the population of mCRC patients that have progressed after two lines of chemotherapy and are not eligible for targeted therapies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
13
AlloStim is an activated living CD4+ Th1 memory cell derived from the blood of normal blood donors and intentionally mismatched to the recipient. AlloStim is bioengineered to express high levels of Type 1 inflammatory cytokines (such as interferon-gamma, TNF-alpha, GM-CSF) and immunomodulatory molecules such as CD40L. AlloStim has CD3/CD28-coated microbeads attached to assure activation upon infusion.
Percutaneous partial cryoablation of a single metastatic tumor lesion in the liver. The procedure is conducted under CT or ultrasound image-guidance
Banner MD Anderson Medical Center
Gilbert, Arizona, United States
Evaluate the Overall Survival
Subjects are followed for survival monthly after completion of dosing
Time frame: from time of signing informed consent for up to 18 months or until death
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