Recruiting
Phase 1
Phase 2

Peptide Vaccine

Sponsor:

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Code:

NCT05950139

Conditions

NSCLC Stage IV

ALK Fusion Protein Expression

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Peptide vaccine

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of a cancer peptide vaccine to prevent or delay acquired resistance in advanced ALK+ lung cancer patients currently on ALK targeted therapy.

Conditions

NSCLC Stage IV

ALK Fusion Protein Expression

Study ID

NCT05950139

Start date

May 13, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jul, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of stage IV NSCLC (or recurrent NSCLC not a candidate for definitive multimodality therapy)
2. Documented ALK rearrangement as detected by: (1) fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), (2) immuno-histochemistry (IHC), (3) tissue next-generation sequencing (NGS), or (4) circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) NGS
3. Ongoing treatment with crizotinib, ceritinib, alectinib, brigatinib, or lorlatinib with at least stable disease ≥ 4 months
4. No known presence of the specific ALK acquired resistance alterations targeted by the study vaccine
5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
6. Males or females at least 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Adequately resected non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ disease, and other solid tumors treated with potentially curative therapy are allowed.
2. Cytotoxic chemotherapy within 14 days of first dose of study vaccine or concurrent with study vaccine
3. Anti-neoplastic immunotherapy within 28 days of first dose of study vaccine or concurrent with study vaccine
4. Systemic immune suppression:

1. Use of chronic oral or systemic steroid medication (topical or inhalational steroids are permitted)
2. Other clinically relevant systemic immune suppression
5. Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis. Asymptomatic CNS disease requiring increasing dose of corticosteroids within 7 days prior to study enrollment is also not permitted
6. Current spinal cord compression (symptomatic or asymptomatic and detected by radiographic imaging). Patients with leptomeningeal disease and without cord compression are allowed

Study Design

Enrollment

12 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Advanced ALK+ NSCLC

All patients will receive the intervention

Interventions

Peptide vaccine

Peptide vaccine

Primary outcome measure

  • Incidence of treatment-related adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
  • Vaccine-specific immune response [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Johns Hopkins University

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Vincent Lam, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Last update posted

Jul 28, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins on 2026-07-28.