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RNA-Loaded Dendritic Cell Cancer Vaccine

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What is being tested

MB-002

Biological
Who is being recruted

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Over 18 Years

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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 1
Interventional
Study Start: January 2004

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Summary

Principal SponsorArgos Therapeutics
Last updated: February 18, 2013
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Study start date: January 1, 2004Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The purpose of this trial is to examine the safety, feasibility, immunological response, and clinical antitumor activity of administering a dendritic cell vaccine to patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Official TitleA Phase I/II Study To Examine The Safety, Feasibility, Immunological Response, And Measures Of Clinical Antitumor Activity After Administering Unselected, Autologous, Amplified Tumor Total RNA-Transfected, Dendritic Cell Vaccine (MB-002) To Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma 
Principal SponsorArgos Therapeutics
Last updated: February 18, 2013
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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
26 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 assigned to groups based on specific criteria, such as their medical history or a doctor's recommendation. This approach ensures that treatments are given to those who may benefit the most, based on known factors.

Other Ways to Assign Participants
Randomized allocation: Participants are assigned randomly, like flipping a coin, to ensure fairness and reduce bias.
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
In this study, all participants receive the same treatment. This approach is often used to evaluate the effects of a single intervention without comparing it to another.

Other Ways to Assign Treatments
Parallel assignment: Participants are split into separate groups, each receiving a different 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 effectiveness of the treatment is controlled
In a non placebo-controlled study, no participants receive an inert substance (placebo) to compare outcomes. Instead, all participants receive either the experimental treatment or an alternative treatment (often the Standard of Care). This method allows researchers to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of a different active intervention, rather than a placebo.

Other Options
Placebo-Controlled: A placebo is used to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of an inert substance, isolating the true treatment effect.

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
Any sexBiological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.
Over 18 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
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Have a new diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma; * Must be at least 18 years or older; * Have a scheduled unilateral nephrectomy; * ECOG of 0 or 1; * Free of brain metastases by CT or MRI; * Normal renal function in contralateral kidney; * Male or non-pregnant/non-lactating female on appropriate birth control methods while on study; * Clinically acceptable screening results. * No immunosuppressive therapy not limited to corticosteroids (including topical steroids or steroid containing inhalers), azathioprine cyclosporine two months prior to study entry; * No active autoimmune disease

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
One single intervention group 

is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups
Group I
Experimental
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.
This study has 5 locations
Suspended
University of California - IrvineOrange, United StatesSee the location
Suspended
Roswell Park Cancer InstituteBuffalo, United States
Suspended
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, United States
Suspended
Princess Margaret HospitalToronto, Canada
Completed5 Study Centers