About this trial
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of multi-antigen cytomegalovirus (CMV)-modified vaccinia ankara vaccine and to see how well it works in treating pediatric patients with positive cytomegalovirus who are undergoing donor stem cell transplant. Multi-antigen CMV-modified vaccinia ankara vaccine may help people resist CMV life-threatening complications.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
All subjects (or their guardians) must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent; age appropriate assent will be obtained per institutional guidelines; to allow non-English patients to participate in this study, bilingual health services will be provided in the appropriate language when feasible
Participant must be willing to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures, including willingness to be followed for one year post-HCT
Planned allogenic (allo)-HCT, with 9/10 or 10/10 (A, B, C, DRB1, DQB1) high/intermediate resolution HLA donor allele matching and with no T-cell depletion of graft
Planned related HCT with molecular 3/6 HLA donor allele matching (haploidentical) (for phase I only)
Disqualifiers
TRANSPLANT RELATED CRITERIA: Patients undergoing cord blood transplant (CB-HCT)
Any prior investigational CMV vaccine
Anti-CMV therapy in the last 6 months
Live attenuated vaccines
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Other interventionCorrelative studies
Multi-peptide CMV-Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine
Biological/VaccineGiven IM
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Optimal dose (Phase I)
Incidence of adverse events (Phase I)
Adverse events will be characterized using the descriptions and grading scales according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) events (reactivation >= 1250 IU/mL), or viremia treated by anti-viral therapy, or detection of CMV by histology (Phase II)
Will be assessed with exact 90% confidence bounds.
Non-relapse mortality
Will be compared to historical controls at the final analysis, and a 90% lower confidence bound on the difference in 12-month event free survival will be produced.
Secondary outcomes
Time-to viremia
Duration of viremia
Incidence of late CMV viremia
Use of antiviral drugs (triggered by rising CMV viremia or viremia >= 3,750 IU/ml)
Sponsors and contacts
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City of Hope Medical Center
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator