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NCT03815942: ADVANCE

VAccination in Early and ADvanced Prostate caNCEr

Terminated Phase 1, PHASE2 Results posted Last updated 25 June 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 1, PHASE2 trial testing ChAdOx1-MVA 5T4 vaccine in Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer in 23 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline
10 December 2018
Primary endpoint
24 June 2020
24 June 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Oxford
PhasePhase 1, PHASE2
StatusTerminated
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationnon randomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment23
Start date10 December 2018
Primary completion24 June 2020
Estimated completion24 June 2020
Sites2 locations across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Oxford

Who can join

18 and older, male only, with Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer or Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Safety - Incidence of Treatment-related Adverse Events. Primary · From baseline to 12 months

Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0. Note: All participants had one or more adverse events during the period they were monitored.

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer23
Efficacy - Measure Composite Response Rate Defined as One of the Following: 1) Change in Circulating Tumour DNA 2) Change in Serum PSA Primary · From baseline to 12 months

Evaluate the efficacy by assessing the number of participants with 50% or more change in ctDNA or PSA concentration in the blood from baseline to 12 months post treatment. Change in serum PSA was analysed for this outcome as one the two alternative methods planned. As described in the trial overview, no ctDNA analysis was done due to the trial closing prematurely because of COVID-19 - by the time the pandemic had finished, the facility to perform the ctDNA analysis option was no longer available. Because no laboratory analysis was done, there is no data to report.

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer5
Evaluate Immune Responses to the Vaccine Antigen in the Periphery Secondary · From baseline to 12 months

Number of participants with peripheral 5T4-specific T cell responses secondary to treatment

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer23
Evaluate Immune Cell Subsets in the Prostate Secondary to Treatment (for Surgical Cohort) Secondary · From baseline to radical prostatectomy, an expected average of 6 weeks

Number of participants with intraprostatic infiltration of CD3+CD8+ T cells secondary to treatment

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer23
Evaluate Progression-free Survival Following Study Treatment (for Advanced Metastatic Cancer Cohort) Secondary · 6-12 months

Evaluating the number of participants experiencing progression-free survival at 6 and 12 months post treatment

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer23
Evaluate Overall Survival Following Study Treatment (for Advanced Metastatic Cancer Cohort) Secondary · 6-12 months

Evaluating the number of participants experiencing overall survival at 6 and 12 months post treatment

GroupValue95% CI
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer23

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: For 12 months following study treatment. Note that a number of participants withdrew from the study before the 12 months had elapsed.. Reporting threshold: 0%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Serious: 0
Deaths: 0
Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Serious: 9/23 (39%)
Deaths: 0/23

Serious adverse events (9 terms)

ReactionSystemIntermediate Risk Prostate…Advanced Metastatic Prosta…
Metastatic spinal cord compressionMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
fatigue/haematura/increasing lymphoedemaBlood and lymphatic system disorders
Possibly urosepsisRenal and urinary disorders
Worsening renal failureRenal and urinary disorders
increasing back pain & right arm weaknessMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
pyrexia and rigorsBlood and lymphatic system disorders
progressive lower back painMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Kidney injuryRenal and urinary disorders
Suspected pulmonary clots -> Chest infection (lifelong smoker)Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Other adverse events (69 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemIntermediate Risk Prostate…Advanced Metastatic Prosta…
FatigueGeneral disorders
MyalgiaGeneral disorders
RashGeneral disorders
UrinaryRenal and urinary disorders
AnorexiaGeneral disorders
FeverGeneral disorders
ArthralgiaGeneral disorders
Abdominal painGeneral disorders
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders
Back acheGeneral disorders
Leg Ache / weaknessMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
DyspnoeaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Discomfort (right) sacrumMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders
Abdominal discomfortGastrointestinal disorders
Chest infectionRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Itch (Local)General disorders
Altered sensation right finger/thumbNervous system disorders
Bilateral lower limb oedemaBlood and lymphatic system disorders
Diarrhoea and vomitingGastrointestinal disorders
Sore mouthGeneral disorders
Tooth AcheMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
HeadacheGeneral disorders
Itch GeneralGeneral disorders
CoughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
AstheniaGeneral disorders
Bilateral Subconjunctival UlcersEye disorders
BreathlessnessRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
BruisingSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
Dry mouthGeneral disorders
FallGeneral disorders
hypotension post vaccineBlood and lymphatic system disorders
pain injection site L thighGeneral disorders
Right Iliac painGastrointestinal disorders
ThirstGeneral disorders
WarmthGeneral disorders
acute kidney injuryRenal and urinary disorders
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders
Black stoolsGastrointestinal disorders
BloatednessGeneral disorders

Most-reported serious reactions: Metastatic spinal cord compression, fatigue/haematura/increasing lymphoedema, Possibly urosepsis, Worsening renal failure, increasing back pain & right arm weakness, pyrexia and rigors, progressive lower back pain, Kidney injury.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03815942 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

This is a clinical trial of a new treatment for prostate cancer that is a type of vaccine that could be a new way to treat cancer. A vaccine that could alert the immune system to the presence of cancer cells in the body may enable the immune system to target and kill those cells effectively. This vaccine is intended to work by making the immune system kill cells that have a special protein (called 5T4) that is present on the surface of cancer cells. The vaccine is made up of two recombinant viruses ("ChAdOx1"- chimpanzee adenovirus Ox1 and "MVA" - modified vaccinia Ankara) that have been designed to produce the 5T4 protein and have been modified so that they are weakened and cannot reproduce themselves within the body like normal viruses. Once injected into the body, these viruses make the 5T4 protein and help the body's immune system to learn to target this protein and destroy cancer cells. This vaccine will be used in combination with the immunotherapy drug called nivolumab which is an anti-PD-1 (Programmed Death protein-1) monoclonal antibody. This is a molecule that releases the brakes on the immune system and helps the immune system to kill cancer cells more efficiently. Nivolumab as a monotherapy was approved for treatment of several tumour types but not for the prostate cancer. This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of ChAdOx1-MVA 5T4 vaccine in combination with nivolumab in low and intermediate risk prostate cancer patients who have elected to have their prostate removed and in patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Viral vector platforms within the gene therapy landscape.
    Bulcha JT, Wang Y, Ma H, Tai PWL, et al · · 2021 · cited 899× · PMID 33558455 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-021-00487-6
  2. Cancer vaccines as promising immuno-therapeutics: platforms and current progress.
    Liu J, Fu M, Wang M, Wan D, et al · · 2022 · cited 497× · PMID 35303904 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-022-01247-x
  3. Type I interferon-mediated tumor immunity and its role in immunotherapy.
    Yu R, Zhu B, Chen D. · · 2022 · cited 229× · PMID 35292881 · DOI 10.1007/s00018-022-04219-z
  4. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer.
    Venkatachalam S, McFarland TR, Agarwal N, Swami U. · · 2021 · cited 71× · PMID 34063238 · DOI 10.3390/cancers13092187
  5. Immunology of Adenoviral Vectors in Cancer Therapy.
    Shaw AR, Suzuki M. · · 2019 · cited 62× · PMID 31890734 · DOI 10.1016/j.omtm.2019.11.001
  6. Immunotherapy and Immunotherapy Combinations in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.
    Bansal D, Reimers MA, Knoche EM, Pachynski RK. · · 2021 · cited 55× · PMID 33477569 · DOI 10.3390/cancers13020334
  7. Targeting nuclear acid-mediated immunity in cancer immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies.
    Chen M, Hu S, Li Y, Jiang TT, et al · · 2020 · cited 32× · PMID 33214545 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-020-00347-9
  8. Safety and immunogenicity of novel 5T4 viral vectored vaccination regimens in early stage prostate cancer: a phase I clinical trial.
    Cappuccini F, Bryant R, Pollock E, Carter L, et al · · 2020 · cited 29× · PMID 32591433 · DOI 10.1136/jitc-2020-000928

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