This is a single institution, open-label randomized phase 1 trial of neoantigen DNA vaccine alone vs. neoantigen DNA vaccine plus durvalumab in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients following standard of care therapy. Patients with newly diagnosed clinical stage II-III TNBC are eligible for enrollment. Patients will receive standard of care therapy including chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy as clinically indicated. Following standard of care therapy, patients will be randomized to receive either a neoantigen DNA vaccine alone, or a neoantigen DNA vaccine + durvalumab.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
-Human monoclonal antibody
-The vaccine will be given by the TDS-IM system
-At each vaccination time point, patients will receive two injections at separate sites.
-Baseline, following completion of standard of care therapy, Day 1, Day 57, Day 113, Day 159, and 1 year after initiation of neoantigen DNA vaccine therapy
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Safety of Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Given Alone or in Combination With Durvalumab as Measured by Number of Adverse Events Experienced by Patient
* Adverse events will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.03. * Assessment of the safety of neoantigen DNA vaccines will include both clinical observation and laboratory evaluation. Safety will be closely monitored after injection with eight or more clinical and laboratory assessments in the first 24 weeks of the trial
Time frame: 90 days after completion of treatment (approximately day 259)
Immune Response to Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Given Alone or in Combination With Durvalumab as Measured by Luminex Assay
-Peripheral blood will be collected at multiple time points before and after vaccination
Time frame: Up to 1 year after completion of treatment (approximately 1 year and 141 days)
Number of Participants With an Immune Response to Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Given Alone or in Combination With Durvalumab as Measured by Interferon-gamma ELISPOT Assay
The ELISpot assay was performed after in vitro culture of patient PBMC with neoantigen peptide for \~12 days. The number of spot-forming T cells, a surrogate for the number of neoantigen-specific T cells, was determined after neoantigen peptide re-stimulation for the duration of the assay (48 hours) and compared to that of control cells that were not re-stimulated with neoantigen during the assay. One-way anova analysis was performed on replicate assessments.
Time frame: Up to 1 year after completion of treatment (approximately 1 year and 141 days)
Number of Participants With Immune Response to Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Given Alone or in Combination With Durvalumab as Measured by Multiparametric Flow Cytometry - CD4
Multiparametric flow cytometry was performed as a second readout to assess neoantigen-specific T cell reactivity. Markers included CD4, CD8, IFNγ, and a viability marker. After culture, as described above, T cells were stimulated for 6 hours with/without neoantigen and stained with fluorescent antibodies specific for the various markers. Data were analyzed by comparing the percentage IFNγ+ CD4/CD8 cells between neoantigen-stimulated vs unstimulated T cells; a \>2-fold increase in percentage positive cells after neoantigen stimulation was considered positive.
Time frame: Up to 1 year after completion of treatment (approximately 1 year and 141 days)
Number of Participants With Immune Response to Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Given Alone or in Combination With Durvalumab as Measured by Multiparametric Flow Cytometry - CD8
Multiparametric flow cytometry was performed as a second readout to assess neoantigen-specific T cell reactivity. Markers included CD4, CD8, IFNγ, and a viability marker. After culture, as described above, T cells were stimulated for 6 hours with/without neoantigen and stained with fluorescent antibodies specific for the various markers. Data were analyzed by comparing the percentage IFNγ+ CD4/CD8 cells between neoantigen-stimulated vs unstimulated T cells; a \>2-fold increase in percentage positive cells after neoantigen stimulation was considered positive.
Time frame: Up to 1 year after completion of treatment (approximately 1 year and 141 days)
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