Assessing Administration of pBI-11 Via Electroporation for the Treatment of Patients With HPV16/18+

ConditionHPV Infection
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

About this trial

This research is being done to test the safety and feasibility of an investigational DNA vaccine called pBI-11 and to find out what effects, if any, it has on women with persistent human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16+) and/or human papillomavirus (HPV18+) cervical infection.

The DNA vaccine is designed to promote an immune response to treat disease caused by HPV types 16 and 18, viruses that can cause cervical cancer. The pBI-11 DNA vaccine or a placebo will be administered intramuscularly using the TriGridTM Delivery System.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Negative for Intraepithelial Lesions (NEIL), Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASC-US), or Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (LSIL) determined by cervical cytology

HPV16 and/or 18+ by Roche Cobas 4800, Roche Linear Array HPV Genotyping test, or other FDA-approved HPV genotyping test (Co-infections with HPV types other than HPV16/18 are permissible).

Age ≥ 18 years

Baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 at the time of enrollment.

Disqualifiers

Histologic evidence of CIN2, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (CIN3), adenocarcinoma in situ or malignancy.

Patients with a diagnosis of immunosuppression or active systemic use of immunosuppressive medications such as steroids.

Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents within 28 days prior to the first dose of study vaccine.

Patients with an uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • pBI-11 (3 doses)

    Biological/Vaccine

    pBI-11 at Day 0, Week 4, Month 7

  • pBI-11 (1 dose)

    Biological/Vaccine

    pBI-11 at Month 7

  • Placebo (2 doses)

    Biological/Vaccine

    Placebo (saline) vaccine at Day 0, Week 4

Treatment groups

48 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Arm 1: pBI-11 + pBI-11 + pBI-11Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Arm 2: Placebo + Placebo + pBI-11Experimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Safety - Frequency and Severity Local Adverse Events and Abnormalities

Count of the frequency and severity of local adverse events and abnormalities per CTCAE 5.0

Time frame
Post-first study vaccination up to 12 months
2

Safety - Frequency and Severity Systemic Adverse Events and Abnormalities

Count of the frequency and severity of systemic adverse events and abnormalities per CTCAE 5.0

Time frame
Post-first study vaccination up to 12 months
3

Safety - Frequency and Severity Solicited Local Adverse Events and Abnormalities

Count of the frequency and severity of solicited local adverse events and abnormalities per CTCAE 5.0

Time frame
Through 7 days after each study vaccine
4

Safety - Frequency and Severity Solicited Systemic Adverse Events and Abnormalities

Count of the frequency and severity of solicited systemic adverse events and abnormalities per CTCAE 5.0.

Time frame
At Week 0 up to 7 days post vaccine, At week 4 up to 7 days post vaccine, At 7 months up to 7 days post vaccine

Secondary outcomes

1

Effect of 3 doses of pBI-11 on HPV16/18 clearance - Percentage of Participants that Exhibit HPV16/18 Positivity (Active arm)

The percentage of participants in the active arm that exhibit HPV16/18 positivity by Roche Cobas test

Time frame
At Month 12 post first study vaccine
2

Effect of 1 dose of pBI-11 on HPV16/18 clearance - Percentage of participants that exhibit HPV16/18 positivity (Placebo arm)

The percentage of participants in the placebo arm that exhibit HPV16/18 positivity by Roche Cobas test

Time frame
At Month 12 post first study vaccine
3

Levels of HPV16/18 E6/E7-specific T cells

Magnitude of HPV16/18 E6, and E7 cellular immune responses as assessed by interferon-gamma ELISpot, relative to baseline sample

Time frame
At Week 8 post first study vaccine
4

Changes in Cytopathology

Changes in cytopathology of specimens taken pre- and post-vaccination by each regimen

Time frame
Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months post-first study vaccine

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Lead sponsor

PapiVax Biotech, Inc.

Collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator