The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of administering the Tetanus Diptheria Vaccine (Td) or Polio Boost Immunization (IPOL) to patients with metastatic melanoma who are receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor (IO) therapy per standard of care. Subjects will have the vaccine at cycle 4 of IO therapy and will have research blood and tissue samples collected prior to starting IO therapy, at cycle 4 prior to vaccine administration, and at 12-17 days post vaccine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
tetanus and diphtheria toxoids
trivalent inactivated polio vaccine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGNumber of subjects out of the proposed 25 that successfully receive the vaccine after 4 cycles of IO therapy
Evaluable patients are defined as those who receive four cycles of IO therapy and then receive a Td or IPOL vaccine
Time frame: informed consent through date of vaccine (est apx 4-5 months)
Safety, as measured by the change in the number and severity of adverse events deemed related to the vaccine or study procedures (blood draw and biopsies)
Adverse events will only include those that are determined to be related to the study vaccine or study procedures (blood draw and biopsies)
Time frame: Baseline, cycle 4 of IO therapy (apx 12-16 weeks), 12-17 days post vaccine, SOC scan following vaccine (apx 8-12 weeks post vaccine)
Preliminary efficacy, as measured by objective response rate
Number of patients that experience tumor response vs. stable disease vs. progression as determined by PI assessment of standard of care scans
Time frame: up to 36 months
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