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An Open-Label, Phase II Study of Ovarex® MAb-B43.13 as an Adjuvant Treatment to Platinum-Based Front-Line Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Carcinoma of Ovarian, Tubal, or Peritoneal Origin

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What is being tested

Data Collection

Who is being recruted

Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
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+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Until 80 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: July 2004
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Summary

Principal SponsorUnither Pharmaceuticals
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Study start date: July 1, 2004Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

An experimental treatment with OvaRex® MAb-B43.13 (oregovomab), called immunotherapy is being tested in ovarian cancer patients. Immunotherapy causes the body's defenses to react against cancer cells. The purpose of this research study is to determine if immunotherapy with oregovomab can create an immune response and enable the body to fight the disease and help ovarian cancer patients live longer. Patients with a possible diagnosis of ovarian cancer will be screened for study participation pre-surgery and, if eligible, will receive oregovomab during front-line chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer and quarterly for about a year following chemotherapy. Patients who experience disease progression will be discontinued from oregovomab therapy. Patients will also have urine, blood and tissue samples collected to assess the immune response to oregovomab.

Official TitleAn Open-Label, Phase II Study of Ovarex® MAb-B43.13 as an Adjuvant Treatment to Platinum-Based Front-Line Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Carcinoma of Ovarian, Tubal, or Peritoneal Origin 
NCT00086632
Principal SponsorUnither Pharmaceuticals
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details
40 patients to be enrolledTotal number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.
Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

How participants are assigned to different groups/arms
In this clinical study, participants are placed into groups randomly, like flipping a coin. This ensures that the study is fair and unbiased, making the results more reliable. By assigning participants by chance, researchers can better compare treatments without external influences.

Other Ways to Assign Participants
Non-randomized allocation
: Participants are assigned based on specific factors, such as their medical condition or a doctor's decision.

None (Single-arm trial)
: If the study has only one group, all participants receive the same treatment, and no allocation is needed.

How treatments are given to participants
Participants are divided into different groups, each receiving a specific treatment at the same time. This helps researchers compare how well different treatments work against each other.

Other Ways to Assign Treatments
Single-group assignment
: Everyone gets the same treatment.

Cross-over assignment
: Participants switch between treatments during the study.

Factorial assignment
: Participants receive different combinations of treatments.

Sequential assignment
: Participants receive treatments one after another in a specific order, possibly based on individual responses.

Other assignment
: Treatment assignment does not follow a standard or predefined design.

How the interventions assigned to participants is kept confidential
Everyone involved in the study knows which treatment is being given. This is typically used when it's not possible or necessary to hide the treatment details from participants or researchers.

Other Ways to Mask Information
Single-blind
: Participants do not know which treatment they are receiving, but researchers do.

Double-blind
: Neither participants nor researchers know which treatment is given.

Triple-blind
: Participants, researchers, and outcome assessors do not know which treatment is given.

Quadruple-blind
: Participants, researchers, outcome assessors, and care providers all do not know which treatment is given.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria
FemaleBiological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.
Until 80 YearsRange of ages for which participants are eligible to join.
Healthy volunteers not allowedIf individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.
Conditions
Pathology
Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
Urogenital Diseases
Genital Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Carcinoma
Endocrine System Diseases
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Ovarian Diseases
Ovarian Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Female Urogenital Diseases
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * A histologic diagnosis of primary peritoneal carcinoma or epithelial ovarian carcinoma, Stage III - IV, expressing the tumor-associated antigen CA125 as measured by a serum CA125 level ≥ 35 U/mL and tumor tissue which has been demonstrated by immunohistochemical methods to express CA125. All patients must provide primary tumor (and lymph node and ascites samples, if available) samples for cellular immunology assays and characterization * A functional performance status of ≤2 on the ECOG scale * Are randomized into the study no more than eight (8) weeks postoperatively * Have an expected survival of at least 6 months * Age less than or equal to 80 years of age * Be willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study * Have given written informed consent, prior to any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to their future medical care Exclusion Criteria: * Have received radiotherapy or chemotherapy * Have circumstances at the time of entry onto the protocol would not permit completion of study or require follow-up * Have other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the cervix, who had (or have) any evidence of the other cancer present within the last 5 years or whose previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy * Have significant cardiovascular abnormalities \[uncontrolled hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classes II-IV, see Appendix C), uncontrolled angina, myocardial infarction within the past six months or uncontrolled arrhythmias\]. Patients with evidence of abnormal cardiac conduction (e.g. bundle branch block, heart block) are eligible if their disease has been stable for the past six months * Have an active autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease, MS, ankylosing spondylitis) requiring active immunosuppressive therapy * Have a known allergy to murine proteins or have had a documented anaphylactic reaction to any drug * Are being chronically treated with immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin, Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (ACTH), or systemic corticosteroids * Have a recognized immunodeficiency disease including cellular immunodeficiencies, hypogammaglobulinemia or dysgammaglobulinemia; patients who have acquired, hereditary, congenital immunodeficiencies, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or status post splenectomy * Have an uncontrolled disease (e.g. deteriorating renal function or nephropathy, active hepatitis, etc.) other than cancer. Patients with chronic diseases that are well controlled (e.g., diabetes mellitus, hypertension) are eligible * Are taking mono-amine oxidase inhibitors or who have other contraindications to the use of pressor agents (e.g. epinephrine) * Are unable to read or understand, and/or unwilling to sign a written consent form which must be obtained prior to surgery and prior to treatment Surgery * Patients will not be required to undergo second-look surgery (such surgery will be at the option of the investigator) * If patients undergo a second surgical procedure for a clinically indicated circumstance, an interval tumor sample with ascites and lymph node (if available) should be obtained, if present, for immunological evaluation and provided to the study tissue bank



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