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Published in final edited form as: J Neurol. 2017 Dec 5;265(4):741–756. doi: 10.1007/s00415-017-8695-5

Table 1. Active Immunotherapy Clinical Trials.

A list of all the phase I–IV clinical trials currently being conducted in the United States as listed by the National Cancer Institute and organized by type of immunotherapy.

Name Identifying Number Class Phase Indication Lead Organization and Collaborators Information
Rovalpituzumab Tesirine NCT02709889 Antibody Drug Conjugate I/II DLL-3 expressing advanced solid tumors Stemcentrx This anti-Delta like ligand 3 Ab conjugated to pyrrolobenzodiazepine (DNA crosslinking agent) is administered IV every 6 weeks
Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody 3F8 NCT00445965 Antibody Drug Conjugate II GD2 expressing CNS and leptomeningeal tumors Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Radioactive anti-Ganglioside G2 antibody administered IT
ABT-414 NCT02573324 Antibody Drug Conjugate II Newly Diagnosed GBM with EGFR Amplification Abbvie Anti-EGFR Ab conjugated to monomethyl auristatin F (Cytotoxic) given with standard TMZ and RT
Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody 8H9 NCT00089245 Antibody Drug Conjugate I 8H9 Reactive CNS or Leptomeningeal tumor unresponsive to conventional therapy Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Radioactive Ab targeting B7-H3 administered IT
D2C7-IT (anti-EGFRwt, EGFRvIII recombinant immunotoxin) NCT02303678 Antibody Drug Conjugate I Recurrent GBM Duke University Medical Center anti-EGFRwt, EGFRvIII Ab fragment conjugated to genetically engineered Pseudomonas Exotoxin delivered intratumorally
CC-122 NCT01421524 IFN immunomodulatory I Advanced Solid Tumors Celgene Corporation Dose escalation study of CC-122 (a pleiotropic pathway modifier) which enhances IFN production and is considered immunostimulatory
ICT-107 NCT02546102 Dendritic Cell Vaccine III Newly diagnosed GBM ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., Novella Clinical TMZ and placebo vs TMZ and ICT-107, ICT-107 is a DC vaccine derived from autologous mononuclear DCs pulsed with six TAAs
CMV pp65 DC +/− Td vaccination +/− Basiliximab NCT02366728 Dendritic Cell Vaccine II Newly Diagnosed GBM with requirement for resection Duke University Medical Center Standard TMZ and RT followed by Tetanus toxoid (TD) preconditioning +/− Basiliximab (anti-CD25) + CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DCs labeled with 111In injected ID
Bevacizumab, Minocycline Hydrochloride, + RT NCT01580969 Anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic I/II Recurrent GBM Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah Dose escalation study of oral minocycline hydrochloride, an antiinflammatory antibiotic, given in addiation to treatment with the anti-VEGF Ab, bevacizumab, and fractionated RT
Pembroluzimab NCT02337686 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor II Recurrent GBM with requirement for resection MD Anderson Cancer Center Anti-PD1 Ab given IV 6 and 3 weeks prior to surgery and dosed every 3 weeks afterwards.
Pembrolizumab NCT02852655 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I refractory GBM with prior RT Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Anti-PD1 Ab monotherapy given IV 14 days prior to surgery and then dosed every 3 weeks afterwards
Pembrolizumab NCT02658279 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I Recurrent HGG with prior RT and cytotoxic therapy, tumor has >30 mutations Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center IV administration of anti-PD1 Ab given every 3 weeks until disease progression
Pembroluzimab + RT + bevacizumab NCT02313272 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I Recurrent HGG Moffitt Cancer Center Standard RT with IV anti-PD1 Ab administration every 3 weeks and bevacizumab IV every 2 weeks
MRI guided laser surgery + pembroluzimab NCT02311582 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor I/II Recurrent GBM Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University After MRI guided laser surgery, patients receive IV anti-PD1 Ab 1 week later followed by every 3 weeks for 24 months.
Tremelimumab and Durvalumab NCT02794883 Checkpoint blockade Inhibitor II Recurrent GBM Northwestern University Anti-CTLA4 (tremelimumab) and anti-PDL1 (durvalumab) antibodies given IV in combination or separately over multiple weeks
Urelumab (Anti-CD137 Antibody) or Anti-LAG3 Antibody +/− Nivolumab NCT02658981 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I Progressive or Recurrent GBM Adult Brain Tumor Consortium Phase I study assessing combination of checkpoint blockade inhibitors targeting CD137, LAG3, and PD1 when administered IV.
Nivolumab + RT NCT02617589 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor III Newly diagnosed GBM, methylated and unmethylated Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical Company Limited TMZ and fractionated RT vs anti-PD1 Ab given with fractionated RT every 2 weeks followed by Anti-PD1 Ab alone every 4 weeks
Nivolumab + RT NCT02829931 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I Recurrent HGG Moffitt Cancer Center Fractonated RT given with anti-PD1 Ab administered IV every 2 weeks for 4 months then every 4 weeks
Nivolumab +/− pp65 RNA pulsed DC Vaccination NCT02529072 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor +/− DC vaccine I Progressive HGG Duke University Medical Center Pre-operative anti-PD1 Ab given every 2 weeks for 8 weeks followed by tumoral resection then multiple CMV pp65-LAMP mRNA-pulsed autologous DC vaccinations given with continued anti-PD1 Ab therapy
AGEN-1884 (Anti-CTLA4) NCT02694822 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor I Advanced Solid Tumors Agenus Inc. Phase I study of anti-CTLA4 Ab monotherapy
Ipilumamab and Imatinib mesylate NCT01738139 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibitor + RTK inhibitor I Unresectable, Kit+ Solid Tumors MD Anderson Cancer Center Dose escalation study of Anti-CTLA4 Ab administered IV and Kit inhibitor administered orally
MEDI4736 + bevacizumab NCT02336165 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor II Newly Diagnosed GBM Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Anti-PDL1 Ab administered IV +/− bevacizumab IV +/− standard RT to assess clinical efficacy of PDL1 blockade in different combination therapies
Nivolumab + TMZ +RT NCT02667587 Checkpoint blockade Inhibitor II Newly Diagnosed GBM Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical Company Limited Anti-PD1 Ab given in combination to standard RT and TMZ
Pembroluzimab +/− bevacizumab NCT02337491 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor + anti-angiogenic II Recurrent GBM, no prior treatment with bevacizumab Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Trial assessing anti-PD1 Ab combined with anti-VEG Ab, both administered IV
Epacadostat + Nivolumab NCT02327078 IDO1 Inhibitor + Checkpoint blockade inhibitor II Select Advanced Cancers Incyte Corporation Anti-PD1 Ab given every 2 weeks with dose escalation of epadostat, an IDO1 inhibitor
BLZ945 + PDR001 NCT02829723 Checkpoint blockade inhibitor + Csf1 R inhibitor I/II Advanced solid tumors Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Oral CSF1R inhibitor combined with IV anti-PD1 Ab administration
Pembrozluzimab + TMZ + RT +/− Vitespen (heat shock protein-peptide complex [HSPPC]-96 vaccine) NCT03018288 Checkpoint blockade Inhibitor + Vaccine II Newly Diagnosed GBM NCI - Center for Cancer Research Standard of care RT and TMZ with anti-PD1 Ab therapy +/− 4 weekly doses of vitespen (vaccine developed from heat shock protein (gp96)-peptide complex purified patient’s own tumoral tissue)
USL311 +/− Lomustine NCT02765165 CXCR4 inhibitor + cytotoxic agent I/II Recurrent GBM, Advanced solid tumors MD Anderson Cancer Center CXCR4 inhibitor administered +/− lomustine (alkylating agent)
PLX3397 NCT02390752 CSF1R, cKit inhibitor I/II Brain tumors in patients age 3–30 NCI - Center for Cancer Research Safety and tolerability study for PLX3397 (CSF1R and Kit inhibitor) dosing in adolescents with refractory solid tumors.
Low-Dose Capecitabine and Bevacizumab NCT02669173 Anti-MDSC, antiangiogenic I GBM with planned resection Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Capecitabine (thymidylate synthase inhibitor) dosed orally with bevacizumab IV given on days 1, 15, and every 28 days after
IL13R alpha 2-specific, CD19 CAR T cells NCT02208362 CAR-T Therapy I IL13R alpha 2+ Recurrent and refractory GBM City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Intratumoral infusion of IL13R alpha 2-specific, CD19 CAR T cells with potential for additional intraventricular infusions
EGFRvIII CAR T cell therapy NCT02209376 CAR-T Therapy I EGFRvIII + Relapsed and Recurrent GBM University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center Open label, phase I pilot study of EGFRvIII CAR T cell monotherapy
HER2-CD28-CMV CAR T Cell Therapy NCT01109095 CAR-T Therapy I HER2+ Recurrent or Progressive GBM Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center IV infusion of HER2-CAR CMV-T cells with potential for 6 additional doses if radiographic response recognized
EGFRvIII CAR T cell therapy NCT02664363 CAR-T Therapy I EGFRvIII + Newly Diagnosed GBM Duke University Medical Center IV administration of EGFRvIII CAR T cells
Autologous CMV-reactive CTLs + TMZ NCT02661282 T cell therapy I/II Newly diagnosed and recurrent GBM MD Anderson Cancer Center Patients undergo leukapheresis and their CTLs are lentivirally infected and reintroduced to patient IV after TMZ therapy.
HSPPC96 vaccine +/− bevacizumab NCT01814813 Vaccine +/− antiangiogenic II Recurrent, resectable GBM Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Heat shock protein-peptide complexes made from a patient’s own tumor tissue given ID with anti-VEGF Ab given IV
Gliovac + GM-CSF + Cyclophosphamide +/− bevacizumab NCT01903330 Vaccine + Immunomodulatory agent + Cytotoxic agent II First or secondly relapsing GBM UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Vaccine derived from tumor lysates and GM-CSF given ID with oral administration of Cyclophosphamide. Anti-VEGF Ab given IV.
SurVaxM peptide vaccine + TMZ NCT02455557 Peptide Vaccine II Survivin +, Newly Diagnosed GBM Roswell Park Cancer Institute SurVaxM peptide vaccine targeting survivin given ID 4 times over 8 weeks with standard TMZ dosing PO or IV
Personalized neoantigen peptide vaccine + poly-ICLC NCT02510950 Peptide Vaccine No Phase Newly diagnosed GBM with consent for genome sequencing Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University After maintenance TMZ therapy and preparation of personalized neo-antigen vaccine, personalized neo-angtien vaccine + poly-ICLC vaccine given in multiple dosing cycles
NeoVax (neoantigen-based melanoma-poly-ICLC vaccine) +RT NCT02287428 Peptide Vaccine I Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent GBM Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Six weeks of standard RT followed by a series of personalized tumor vaccinations
DSP-7888 NCT02498665 Peptide Vaccine I Advanced Solid Tumors Boston Biomedical, Inc Peptide vaccine derived from the gene products of the Wilms Tumor 1 gene which is expressed by subsets of tumor cells
insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF-1 R)/antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS ODN)-treated tumor cells NCT02507583 Tumor Cell Vaccine I IGF-1R+ GBM Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Tumor cells from patient are purified and treated with insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF-1 R)/antisense oligodeoxynucleotide, and reinjected into patient to induce immune response
carcinoembryonic antigen-expressing measles virus NCT00390299 Oncolytic Viral Therapy I Recurrent GBM Mayo Clinic Oncolytic carcinoembryonic antigen-expressing measles virus injected intratumorally after resection
PVS-RIPO NCT01491893 Oncolytic Virus I Recurrent GBM Duke University Medical Center PVSRIPO (recombinant oncolytic poliovirus PVSRIPO) delivered intratumorally by convection-enhanced delivery
Veledimex + Ad-RTS-hIL-12 NCT02026271 Immunostimulatory Virus I Recurrent Grade III/IV glioma Ziopharm Oncology Inc Adenoviral vector causing overexpression of hIL-12 injected intratumorally with velemidex activator ligand taken orally to enhance the immunostimulatory effects of the virus
AdhCMV-Flt3L and Ad-hCMV-TK + TMZ + RT + Valacyclovir NCT01811992 Suicide Gene/Immuno-stimulatory Viral Therapy I Newly diagnosed Grade III/IV glioma University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Standard TMZ + RT therapy with adenoviral vectors injected intratumorally. One vector delivers a suicide gene to cancer cells; the other increases DC activation by delivering immunostimulatory gene, Flt3L
Combination Adenovirus + Pembrolizumab NCT02798406 Oncolytic Virus + Checkpoint blockade Inhibitor II Newly Diagnosed GBM and secondly recurrent GBM DNAtrix, Inc., Merck and Company Inc Oncolytic adenovirus, DNX-2401, administered intratumorally, followed by anti-PD1 Ab administered every 3 weeks