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A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Neoantigen-Targeted Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, H3 G34-Mutant

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What is being tested

Biospecimen Collection

+ Dendritic Cell Therapy

+ Leukapheresis

ProcedureBiologicalDrug
Who is being recruted

From 18 to 50 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 1
Interventional
Study Start: June 2024
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Summary

Principal SponsorJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Study ContactSichen Li
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: June 14, 2024

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This study focuses on testing a new approach to treat adults with a type of brain cancer called diffuse hemispheric glioma (DHG), which has a specific genetic mutation known as H3 G34. The study aims to find out if a treatment using dendritic cell vaccines, which are designed to target specific cancer markers known as neoantigens, is safe and feasible. This approach may help the immune system recognize and attack the cancer cells more effectively. By exploring this new treatment, the study could potentially improve current treatment options for patients with this challenging and aggressive form of brain cancer. Participants in the study will undergo a procedure to collect white blood cells, called leukapheresis, before receiving the dendritic cell vaccine. The vaccine is given as an injection under the skin and is combined with another substance injected into the muscles to enhance the immune response. Participants will receive this treatment every two weeks for three doses, and then every six months for up to three more doses. Throughout the trial, participants will have MRI scans and provide blood and stool samples to monitor the treatment's effects and any changes in their immune system. The study will follow up with participants for up to two years to track their progress and any potential benefits or risks from the treatment.

Official TitleA Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Neoantigen-Targeted Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, H3 G34-Mutant
NCT06342908
Principal SponsorJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Study ContactSichen Li
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

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Design Details

6 patients to be enrolled

Total 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.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 50 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants between the ages of 18 and 50 years with pathologically-confirmed diagnosis of (or pathology re-review consistent with) DHG will be enrolled in this study * A female participant who has childbearing potential must have negative urine or serum pregnancy test 72 hours prior to the first dose and be willing to use adequate method of contraception for course of study and 120 days after last dose * The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides informed consent (and written assent from minors) for the trial * An interval of the following durations prior to enrollment: * At least 28 days from prior surgical resection * At least 14 days from prior stereotactic biopsy * Have clinical pathology results, commercial targeted exome sequencing results, or sufficient archival tumor tissue to confirm DHG following registration. The following amount of tissue is preferred: 25-50 mg flash frozen tissue block. Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue block or 10 FFPE unstained slides (5µm thick) is acceptable at the discretion of the Sponsor-Investigator * Have a Karnofsky performance status (KPS) ≥ 70 * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/uL (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * Platelets ≥ 100 000/µL (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL or ≥ 5.6 mmol/L (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within last 2 week * Creatinine or measured or calculated b creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤ 1.5 × ULN or ≥ 30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels \> 1.5 × institutional ULN (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * Creatinine clearance (CrCl) should be calculated per institutional standard. * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ×ULN or direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels \>1.5 × ULN (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (≤ 5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases) (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) * International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants (specimens must be collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment) Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 50 years or \< 18 years * Have had more than 1 separately-treated recurrences of the index tumor * A woman of child-bearing potential who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to enrollment. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required * Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 2 weeks prior to enrollment. Note: Participants must have recovered from all adverse events (AEs) due to previous therapies to ≤ grade 1 or baseline. Participants with ≤ grade 2 neuropathy may be eligible * Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed * Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment. Note: Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy (dosing exceeding 1 mg/kg/day of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug * Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded * Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment * Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy * Has a known history of hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active hepatitis C virus (defined as hepatitis C virus \[HCV\] ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] is detected) infection. Note: no testing for hepatitis B and hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority * Has a known history of active tuberculosis (Bacillus tuberculosis) * Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator * Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial * Kidney dysfunction precluding administration of gadolinium-based contrast * Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment

Study Plan

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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
Patients undergo leukapheresis 10 days prior to first injection. Patients then receive ppDC ID with poly ICLC IM in both arms Q2W for total 3 doses and then every 6 months for up to 3 doses. Patients undergo MRI throughout the trial. Patients also undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial in addition to stool sample collection during screening and on the trial.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

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