Randomized Phase II Trial of a DNA Vaccine Encoding Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (pTVG-HP) Versus GM-CSF Adjuvant in Patients With Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Randomized Phase II Trial of a DNA Vaccine Encoding Prostatic Acid Phosphatase 
(pTVG-HP) versus GM-CSF Adjuvant in Patients with Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer  
 
CO 08801 
 
Investigational Agent: 
 
 
BB IND 12109 - pTVG-HP DNA encoding human prostatic acid phosphatase  
 
 
Study Sponsors: 
 
 
 
56 patients – treated at UWCCC and UCSF   
 
 
 
Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program federal grant 
 
 
50 patients in biomarker cohort – treated at UWCCC, UCSF and JHU 
 
 
 
Madison Vaccines Inc. (MVI) corporate sponsor 
 
 
STUDY SITE INFORMATION 
 
Study Sites: 
 
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) 
 
 
 
1111 Highland Avenue 
 
 
 
Madison, WI 53705 
 
 
 
 
University of California San Francisco (UCSF) 
 
 
 
 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JHU) 
 
 
Study Principal Investigator: Douglas G. McNeel, M.D., Ph.D. 
UWCCC 
7007 Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research 
1111 Highland Ave.  
Madison, WI 53705 
Tel:  (608) 263-4198 
Fax:  (608) 265-0614 
 
 
 
dm3@medicine.wisc.edu 
 
 
UWCCC Local Principal Investigator :  
 
Glenn Liu, MD 
 
 
 
UWCCC 
 
 
 
7051 Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research 
 
 
 
1111 Highland Ave. 
 
 
 
Madison, WI 53705 
 
 
 
Tel : (608) 265-8689 
 
 
 
Fax : (608) 265-5146 
 
 
 
gxl@medicine.wisc.edu 
 

 
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Medical Monitor: 
Mark Albertini, M.D. 
UWCCC 
600 Highland Ave. K6/5 CSC 
Madison, WI 53792 
Tel:  (608) 265-8131 
Fax:  (608) 265-8133 
 
 
 
mra@medicine.wisc.edu 
 
 
 
Other UWCCC Investigators:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joshua Lang, M.D. – Clinical Investigator 
 
 
 
Christos Kyriakopolous, M.D. – Clinical Investigator 
 
 
 
Robert Jeraj, Ph.D. – Medical Physics, Quantitative Total Bone Imaging 
 
 
 
Scott Perlman, M.D. – Nuclear Medicine 
 
UCSF Principal Investigator:  
 
 
 
Lawrence Fong, M.D.  
 
JHU Principal Investigator:  
 
 
 
Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD 
 
 
 
Study Coordinator: 
Mary Jane Staab, R.N. B.S.N. 
 
 
 
UWCCC 
 
 
 
600 Highland Ave. K6/5 CSC 
 
 
 
Madison, WI  53792 
 
 
 
Tel:  (608) 263-7107 
 
 
 
mjs@medicine.wisc.edu 
 
 
Study Biostatistician: Jens Eickhoff, Ph.D. 
 
 
 
UWCCC 
 
 
 
600 Highland Ave.  K4/4 CSC 
 
 
 
Madison, WI  53792 
 
 
 
Tel:  (608) 265-6380 
 
 
 
eickhoff@biostat.wisc.edu 
 
 
Projected Start Date:  
 
December 1, 2010 
 
Projected End of Accrual Date: 
March 31, 2016 
 
Projected End of Study Date:  
March 31, 2018 
 
 

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
SYNOPSIS:..................................................................................................................................... 4 
 
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 9 
 
2. Background and Rationale .................................................................................................. 10 
 
3. Preclinical Safety and Toxicity Studies .............................................................................. 14 
 
4. Prior Clinical Experience .................................................................................................... 17 
 
5. Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 20 
 
6. Vaccine Preparation ............................................................................................................ 21 
 
7. Patient Selection.................................................................................................................. 23 
 
8. Experimental Design ........................................................................................................... 25 
 
9. Definition and Management of Limiting Toxicities and Adverse Events .......................... 27 
 
10. 
Plan of Treatment ............................................................................................................ 28 
 
11. 
Response Monitoring ....................................................................................................... 31 
 
12. 
Reporting Adverse Events ............................................................................................... 35 
 
13. 
Statistical Considerations ................................................................................................ 37 
 
14. 
Administrative Considerations ........................................................................................ 42 
 
15. 
Data and Safety Monitoring Plan .................................................................................... 43 
 
16. 
Potential Risks and Benefits, and Procedures to Minimize Risk .................................... 48 
 
17. 
Study Data Management and Procedural Issues .............................................................. 50 
 
18. 
Protocol Addendum Specific for UWCCC  .................................................................... 54 
 
19.   References ....................................................................................................................... 57 
 
APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................................... 63 
NCI Common Terminology Criteria – Version 4 
APPENDIX B………………….………………………………………………………….………………………64 
Blood Draws for Research 
 

 
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SYNOPSIS: 
 
Purpose:  To evaluate the efficacy of an investigational vaccine, pTVG-HP, a plasmid DNA 
encoding human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), in delaying disease progression in patients 
with non-metastatic prostate cancer (clinical stage D0). 
 
 Primary Objectives: 
 
1. To evaluate the 2-year metastasis-free survival of patients with non-metastatic prostate 
cancer (clinical stage D0) treated with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP, with GM-CSF as 
an adjuvant, versus patients treated with GM-CSF only.   
 
Secondary Objectives: 
 
1. To evaluate if immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP prolongs PSA doubling 
time in patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer 
2. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the pTVG-HP DNA vaccine administered to 
patients with clinical stage D0 prostate cancer  
3. To evaluate the median progression-free survival, and PSA progression-free survival, of 
patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer (clinical stage D0) treated with a DNA 
vaccine encoding PAP, with GM-CSF as an adjuvant, versus patients treated with GM-
CSF only.   
 
Laboratory Objectives: 
 
1. To determine if immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP elicits antigen-specific 
T-cell and/or IgG responses 
2. To determine if immune monitoring of T-cell responses can be accurately and 
reproducibly conducted in a multi-center vaccine trial 
3. To determine if the development of PAP-specific T-cell immune responses are associated 
with clinical responses.   
 
Exploratory Biomarker Objectives – Expanded Subject Cohort: 
 
1. To determine if baseline immune responses specific for PAP are predictive (or not) for 
the development of PAP-specific T-cells and/or are associated with 2-year metastasis-free 
survival in the cohort of patients who receive a DNA vaccine encoding PAP 
2. To determine if antigen spread (the development of immune responses to other cancer-
associated proteins) is associated with 2-year metastasis-free survival 
3. To determine if Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) by NaF PET/CT can identify 
bone lesions in this patient population not detected by standard bone scintigraphy 
4. To determine whether the presence of lesions detected by NaF PET/CT at baseline is 
associated with early disease progression (within 1 year) by standard radiographic 
imaging methods (CT and bone scintigraphy) 
5. To determine if growth rates, and changes in growth rates, determined by NaF PET/CT 
are associated with PSA doubling time and changes in PSA doubling time 
 

 
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Study Scheme: 

 
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Plan of Treatment (DOD 56-Patient Cohort): 
 
 
 
 
Vaccine / Treatment Visit: 
 
 
Pre-Screen 
(within 4 weeks of 
registration) 
Screen/Randomization 
(within  2 weeks of day 1) 
Day 1 (wk 0) – bV1a 
Day 15  (wk 2) – bV2 
Day 29 (wk 4)  – bV3 
Day 43 (wk 6)  – bV4 
Day 57 (wk 8)  – bV5 
Day 71 (wk 10)  – bV6 
Day 85 (Mo 3 ) – bV7a 
Day 169 (Mo  6)  – qV1 
Day 253 (Mo 9)  – qV2 
Day 337 (Mo 12) – qV3 
Day 421 (Mo 15)  – qV4 
Day 505 (Mo 18)  – qV5 
Day 589 (Mo 21)  – qV6  
Day 672 (Mo 24, Year 2) 
and/or  End of study visitcf 
History & Physical Exam 
History 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consenting 
Xg 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Physical Exam 
 
X 
Xh 
 
 
X 
 
 
X X X X X X X 
X 
Toxicity assessmentb 
 
X 
X 
X X X X X X X X X X X X 
X 
Conmed review 
 
X 
X 
X X X X X X X X X X X X 
X 
Injection site inspection 
 
 
X 
X X X X X X X X X X X X 
X 
Lab Tests 
CBC and platelets 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
X X X X X X X 
X 
Creatinine, alk phos, SGOT, 
glucose, total bilirubin, 
amylase, LDH 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
X X X X X X X 
X 
Serum testosterone 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA and PAP 
 
X 
Xc 
 
 
X 
 
 
X X X X X X X 
X 
Procedures 
CT abdomen/pelvis 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
Xd 
Bone scan 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
Xd 
Tetanus immunization 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DNA immunization vs. GM-
CSF only 
 
 
X 
X X X X X X X X X X X X 
 
Blood for immune studies 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X X X X 
 
 
 
Xe 
a bV = biweekly vaccination/treatment (+/- 2 days), qV = quarterly vaccination/treatment 
(+/- 1 week) 
b Study coordinator or research nurse review of systems 
c Baseline PSA used for calculating PSA time-to-progression endpoint 
d Radiographic studies not required at off-study time point if subject already met time-to-
progression endpoint and/or studies already performed within 1 month; scans otherwise 
performed every 6 months 
e This blood draw not required if patient off-study prior to 12 months.  However, all 
subjects should have blood drawn for immune monitoring up to 12 months, at the 
quarterly intervals (+/- 1 week) even if off-study prior to that time. 
f. After the End of Study Visit, subjects will be contacted by telephone annually for up to 
2 years to collect clinical information to identify any potential long-term risks.  This 
information has been requested by FDA for all gene delivery trials to assess potential 
long-term risks.  See section 10.J.1 for additional details. 
g  Consenting to be performed within 4 months (112 days) of study registration  
h Not required if already performed within 14 days 
 

 
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Plan of Treatment (Expansion Biomarker 50-Patient Cohort): 
 
 
 
 
Vaccine / 
Treatment Visit: 
 
 
Pre-Screen 
(within 4 weeks of 
registration)
Screen/Randomization 
(within  2 weeks of day 1) 
Day 1 (wk 0) – bV1a 
Day 15  (wk 2) – bV2 
Day 29 (wk 4)  – bV3 
Day 43 (wk 6)  – bV4 
Day 57 (wk 8)  – bV5 
Day 71 (wk 10)  – bV6 
Day 85 (Mo 3 ) – bV7a  
Day 127 (Mo 4.5)g 
Day 169 (Mo  6)  – qV1 
Day 253 (Mo 9)  – qV2 
Day 337 (Mo 12) – qV3 
Day 421 (Mo 15)  – qV4 
Day 505 (Mo 18)  – qV5 
Day 589 (Mo 21)  – qV6  
Day 672 (Mo 24, Year 2) 
and/or  End of study visitcf 
History & 
Physical Exam 
 
Consenting 
Xi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
History 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Physical Exam 
 
X 
Xj 
 
 
X 
 
 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Toxicity 
assessmentb 
 
X 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Conmed review 
 
X 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Injection site 
inspection 
 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Lab Tests 
 
CBC and platelets 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Creatinine, alk 
phos, SGOT, total 
bilirubin, amylase, 
LDH 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Serum testosterone 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA and PAP 
 
X 
Xc 
 
 
X 
 
 
X 
X 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
Procedures 
 
CT abdomen/pelvis 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
Xd 
Bone scan 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
Xd 
NaF-PET/CTk 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Xh 
 
Xh 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tetanus 
immunization 
 
Xm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leukapheresisl 
 
Xlm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Xl 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DNA immunization 
vs. GM-CSF only 
 
 
X 
X X X X X 
X 
 
X 
X X X X X 
 
Blood for immune 
studies 
 
Xm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
X 
X X 
 
 
 
Xe 
a bV = biweekly vaccination/treatment (+/- 2 days), qV = quarterly vaccination/treatment (+/- 1 week) 
b Study coordinator or research nurse review of systems 
c Baseline PSA used for calculating PSA time-to-progression endpoint. May be done up to 3 days in 
advance of Day 1. 
d Radiographic studies not required at off-study time point occurring before month 24 if subject already 
met time-to-progression endpoint and/or studies already performed within 1 month 
e This blood draw not required if patient off-study prior to 12 months.  However, all subjects should have 
blood drawn for immune monitoring up to 12 months, at the quarterly intervals (+/- 1 week) even if off-
study prior to that time. 
f After the End of Study Visit, subjects will be contacted by telephone annually for up to 2 years to collect 
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FDA for all gene delivery trials to assess potential long-term risks.  See section 10.J.1 for additional 
details. 
g Day 127 (Month 4.5) can be +/- 10 days – blood draw visit only 
h NaF PET/CT within 14 days of study visit 
i Consenting to be performed within 4 months (112 days) of study registration  
j Not required if already performed within 14 days 
k These NaF-PET/CT studies will be performed at UWCCC and JHU clinical sites only 
l Baseline leukapheresis required at UWCCC site only.  200-cc blood draw (heparinized green-top tubes) 
permitted as an alternative to leukapheresis at JHU and UCSF trial sites, and at 6-month time point for 
UWCCC. 
mBlood and leukapheresis samples at screening must be collected before tetanus immunization. DNA 
immunization/GM-CSF must be at least 24 hours after the tetanus immunization.  

 
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1. 
Introduction 
 
Prostate cancer is the most common tumor among men, and the second leading cause of male 
cancer-related death in the United States [1].  Despite advances in screening and early detection, 
nearly 30,000 U.S. men are estimated to have died as a result of prostate cancer in 2007 [1].  
Treatment with surgery and radiation remain effective for presumed organ-confined disease, 
however approximately one third of these patients will have progressive or metastatic disease at 
10 years [2].  A retrospective review of patients with prostate cancer treated with prostatectomy 
demonstrated that with evidence of a rise in serum PSA after definitive therapy, so-called “stage 
D0” disease, patients ultimately developed radiographically apparent metastatic disease within a 
median of 8 years [3].  Prostate cancer, once it becomes metastatic, is not curable and is 
generally initially treated with androgen ablation therapy with an average three-year progression-
free survival before the disease becomes refractory to hormonal manipulations.  Many patients 
with this stage D0 disease (rising PSA after definitive treatment, and without evidence of 
radiographically-apparent metastatic disease) are often treated with androgen deprivation.  
Androgen deprivation in this context could be by orchiectomy or treatment with LH-RH 
agonists, with or without a nonsteroidal anti-androgen.  Observation is also an option, in 
particular given the potentially long natural history of this stage of disease.  In patients with 
rising serum PSA after definitive therapy, without radiographic evidence of metastases and not 
on androgen deprivation therapy, the rate of rise of the serum PSA blood test (PSA doubling 
time, PSA DT) may be the most important prognostic indicator.  Several recent retrospective 
reports have highlighted that patients with rapid PSA DT in this stage of disease have a markedly 
shorter time to the development of metastases and death [4, 5, 6, 7].  In a prospective analysis, 
the most important contributors to metastatic disease progression were the PSA DT, the original 
Gleason score, and the baseline PSA at the start of prospective monitoring [5].  Consequently, 
this clinical stage D0 disease represents a high-risk population of patients for whom there is not a 
standard therapy, for whom observation is typically employed, and whose progression-free 
survival can be estimated based on known factors, including PSA DT [7].  This represents a 
population for whom new treatments without the side effects associated with androgen 
deprivation could be evaluated.  
 
Vaccine-based strategies, also known as active immunotherapies, are particularly appealing as 
potentially safe and less costly treatments that have the potential to eradicate micrometastatic 
disease and prevent the progression from limited-stage disease to metastatic disease, or at least 
slow this progression.  Once a patient is diagnosed with presumably organ-confined prostate 
cancer, the gland is usually removed by prostatectomy or destroyed in vivo with radiation.  
Hence, an immune response directed at the prostate following such procedures, to elicit a 
prostate tissue-specific rejection, might have therapeutic benefit to destroy micrometastatic 
disease, the goal of active immunotherapies.  The target of such therapy would not need to be 
specific to malignant prostate tissue, but could be to any prostate tissue.  Many vaccines for 
prostate cancer are in various stages of clinical testing, as have been previously reviewed [8, 9, 
10], and several vaccines have entered phase III clinical trials for patients with metastatic, 
castrate-resistant prostate cancer [11]. 
 
Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) is a model antigen for vaccine-based treatment strategies 
targeting prostate cancer.  PAP is a well-defined protein whose expression is essentially 
restricted to normal and malignant prostate tissue [12].  It is also one of only a few known 

 
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prostate-specific proteins for which there is a rodent homologue, thereby providing an animal 
model for evaluating vaccine strategies and assessing toxicity [13].  Data from independent labs 
has demonstrated that, in a rat model, vaccine strategies targeting PAP can result in PAP-specific 
CD8+ T-cells, the presumed population mediating tumor cell destruction, and anti-tumor 
responses [14, 15, 16, 17].  Finally, an autologous antigen-presenting cell vaccine loaded ex vivo 
with a PAP derivative protein (Provenge, Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA) has been 
demonstrated in a placebo-controlled randomized phase III human clinical trial in patients with 
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer to elicit T-cell immunity, with an observed 
increase in overall survival in vaccine-treated subjects [18].  A confirmatory nationwide double-
blinded placebo-controlled Phase III trial using this vaccination approach was completed and 
similarly demonstrated findings of increased overall survival (2009 American Urological 
Association Annual Meeting).  That vaccine has been FDA approved for the treatment of 
patients with castrate-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer.  These results suggest that the PAP 
protein is a reasonable target antigen for immunotherapy trials of prostate cancer, however the 
use of autologous cell-based vaccines is labor-intensive and costly.  The development of novel, 
more feasible, immunization strategies would provide a significant advantage to the development 
of immunotherapeutic treatments for prostate cancer.  Based on previous studies in rat models 
using a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding PAP, a phase I/II trial was conducted in patients with 
high-risk stage D0 prostate cancer using this same DNA vaccine.  No significant adverse events 
were observed in 22 subjects treated over a 12-week period of time.  Moreover, several patients 
developed evidence of PAP-specific CD8+ T-cells, and several patients experienced a 
prolongation in the PSA doubling time, demonstrating immunological efficacy and possible 
clinical efficacy [19].  IFNγ-secreting immune responses to PAP detectable at multiple times 
months after immunization were detectable in individuals with evidence of prolonged PSA 
doubling time [20].  These findings have justified further evaluation of this vaccine in a 
randomized phase II clinical trial, and have further suggested that immune biomarkers might be 
useful as predictors of clinical response.   
 
 
2. 
Background and Rationale 
 
A. 
PAP is a tumor antigen in prostate cancer and CTL are necessary to destroy prostate 
tissue 
 
PAP was first identified in 1938 and was initially used as a serum marker for the detection of 
prostate cancer [12, 21].  PAP expression in normal and malignant prostate cells is well-
documented, and is still used in immunohistochemical staining to establish a prostate origin of 
metastatic carcinoma [22].  The ubiquitous expression of PAP in prostate tissue makes it an 
appealing antigen as a potential “universal” target for immune-directed therapies of prostate 
cancer, unlike specific oncogenes that may or may not be expressed by a particular tumor.  
Moreover, it has been demonstrated that some patients with prostate cancer have preexisting 
antibody and T-cell responses to PAP, suggesting that tolerance to this “self” protein can be 
circumvented in vivo [23, 24].  In particular, the demonstration of Th1-like immune responses 
specific for PAP suggest that an immune environment permissive of an anti-tumor response can 
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Results from researchers at Dendreon Corporation have demonstrated that PAP is a human 
prostate tumor vaccine antigen.  They have reported that CTL specific for HLA-A2 peptide 
epitopes derived from PAP could be expanded from the peripheral blood of HLA-A2-expressing 
normal donors, and that some peptide-specific CTL lines generated were capable of lysing an 
HLA-A2-expressing prostate cancer cell line [25].  They have then gone on to initiate human 
clinical trials targeting PAP using autologous antigen-presenting cell vaccines pulsed with a 
protein conjugate of human PAP and GM-CSF.  Preliminary results suggest that immunized 
patients develop CD4+ T-cell responses against both PAP and GM-CSF [26], and 3/12 patients 
had a decrease in serum PSA levels [27].  Thus, not only can tolerance to PAP be circumvented 
in vivo by means of vaccination, but this may be associated with a clinical response.  A similar 
approach has been reported by Fong et al. using autologous dendritic cells pulsed with a murine 
homologue of PAP [28].  In a phase II follow-on trial with the PAP-GM-CSF treatment 
approach, one of 21 patients experienced a complete response [29].  As described above, these 
trials formed the basis for a double-blinded phase III randomized clinical trial designed initially 
to evaluate the time to disease progression in patients with asymptomatic, androgen-independent 
prostate cancer.  In that study, D9901, 127 patients were randomized to three infusions, two 
weeks apart, of sipuleucel-T (n=82) or placebo (n=45) [18].  The median time to progression was 
found to be 11.7 weeks on the treatment arm compared with 10.0 weeks on the placebo arm 
(p=0.052, log-rank test), not meeting its original endpoint [18].  However, that trial demonstrated 
a significant increase in median survival (25.9 months for patients treated with sipuleucel-T, 
compared with 21.4 months in patients treated with placebo, p=0.01 log-rank test), with 34% of 
patients treated with sipuleucel-T alive at 36 months compared with 11% of patients treated on 
the placebo arm (p=0.005, chi-square analysis).  Consequently, a confirmatory phase III trial was 
conducted with overall survival as the primary endpoint.  Preliminarily, that trial has been 
reported to demonstrate a similar increase in median survival in patients receiving the sipuleucel-
T (2009 national meeting of the American Urological Association), and Dendreon Corporation 
was granted FDA approval for this treatment in 2010.  Interestingly, few “PSA responses” used 
in the assessment of cytotoxic treatments for prostate cancer were observed, despite increases in 
overall survival.  The results from the Dendreon trials underscore the rationale for targeting PAP 
as a vaccine antigen, and the importance of clinical progression endpoints in the design of anti-
tumor vaccine trials.  Moreover, the development of more feasible immunization approaches to 
elicit responses to the PAP antigen could be advantageous, as could their application in an earlier 
stage of disease. 
 
B. 
DNA vaccines can elicit antigen-specific Th1/CTL immune responses 
 
Over the last decade, there has been considerable interest in the development of plasmid DNA-
based vaccines, a strategy that offers several distinct advantages over other methods of antigen 
delivery.  DNA can be rapidly and inexpensively purified, and there are no problems with 
solubility as there frequently are with peptides and recombinant protein vaccines.  In addition, 
because the DNA in nucleic acid vaccines has been demonstrated to be taken up and expressed 
by host tissues and presented by host antigen-presenting cells (APC) directly [30, 31, 32], 
antigen presentation occurs through naturally processed epitopes.  DNA vaccines can therefore 
be theoretically employed in an HLA-independent fashion unlike peptide-based vaccines that are 
necessarily HLA-restricted.  This strategy is ideal in the HLA-diverse human situation.  In many 
ways, this method of immunization is similar to the use of viral immunization vectors, however 
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risk of an overwhelming immune response to the vector itself [16, 33].  Of importance in tumor 
immunization models, several groups have demonstrated that immunization with plasmid DNA 
encoding a target antigen is a potent means of eliciting Th1-biased immune responses [34] and 
CD8+ T-cells specific for the targeted antigen [30, 35, 36, 37, 38].  In animal models, the use of 
an intradermal route of vaccine administration, in particular, tends to promote this Th1/CTL-
biased immune response [34, 39, 40].   
 
Because of the potential of plasmid DNA to be used as a general means of immunization, the 
National Institutes of Health-sponsored National Gene Vector Laboratory has maintained a 
repository 
of 
plasmid 
DNA 
vectors 
designed 
for 
potential 
human 
clinical 
use 
(http://www.ngvl.org).  The plasmid vector pNGVL3 was obtained from the National Gene 
Vector Laboratory (courtesy, Dr. Robert Gerard).  This vector drives eukaryotic transcription 
from the CMV promoter, but with the addition of the CMV intron A sequence to enhance protein 
expression [41].  The vector also contains a multi-cloning site, and does not express a eukaryotic 
antibiotic resistance gene, such that the only protein expression expected in a eukaryotic system 
is the one driven from the CMV promoter.  Given the additional properties of CG-rich DNA to 
augment inflammatory immune responses, we have modified the pNGVL3 immunization vector 
obtained from the National Gene Vector Laboratories described above to contain two copies of a 
36-bp CG-rich immunostimulatory (ISS) oligonucleotide containing a 5’-GTCGTT-3’ motif 
[42].  This resulting construct, called pTVG4 (Figure 1), is the parent vector into which the 
cDNA encoding human PAP was cloned.  In the studies presented below and in published 
studies, it has been demonstrated that the resulting plasmid DNA vaccine encoding PAP (pTVG-
HP, Figure 1) can elicit PAP-specific CD8+ T-cells in rodent models and in patients with 
prostate cancer, and that in rats this approach is superior to immunization with a vaccinia viral 
vector encoding PAP [16].  
 
C. 
GM-CSF can function as an immunological adjuvant for DNA vaccines 
 
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has been studied extensively by 
many groups in animal and human models as a vaccine adjuvant [43].  GM-CSF is a known 
growth and differentiation factor for human dendritic cells [44, 45].  Dendritic cells are 
specialized antigen-presenting cells (APC) that are believed to be responsible for stimulating 
naïve T-cell responses and to be the best cells at augmenting secondary immune responses [46].  
The dermis is a site for skin dendritic cells (Langerhans’ cells) that are important in initiating 
immune responses by migrating to draining lymph nodes after antigen exposure for presentation 
Figure 1:  pTVG-HP construct for immunization.  
Shown is a plasmid map for the pTVG4 vector as 
constructed, into which was cloned the cDNA 
encoding human PAP to create the immunization 
construct pTVG-HP. 

 
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of antigen to T-cells [47].  In human studies, soluble GM-CSF has been used as a vaccine 
adjuvant for a hepatitis B vaccine.  In this phase I study, doses of 20-80 µg GM-CSF were 
administered just prior to and at the same site as the hepatitis B protein vaccination.  Of 81 
subjects treated with GM-CSF, 15 developed anti-HBs after only 1 injection (10 had protective 
titers) while only 1 of 27 patients vaccinated without GM-CSF produced a weak and transient 
antibody response [48].  GM-CSF-expressing autologous cells have also been demonstrated in 
murine and human studies to be able to elicit immune responses to autologous antigens [49, 50, 
51]. GM-CSF has also been demonstrated to be a potent adjuvant for plasmid DNA vaccines.  
Several groups have demonstrated in animal models that plasmid DNA encoding GM-CSF can 
enhance the immune response generated to a target antigen when co-immunized with plasmid 
DNA encoding the antigen [39, 52, 53].  The use of plasmid DNA encoding GM-CSF, however, 
carries a theoretical risk of eliciting an immune response to GM-CSF [54] or to other self 
proteins.  In addition, GM-CSF alone, given at higher doses in more frequent schedules, has been 
investigated as a treatment for early stage and castrate-resistant prostate cancer [55, 56, 57].  
Treatment with GM-CSF alone has been associated with increases in circulating monocytes and 
lymphocytes, and has been associated with long-term disease control in patients with clinical 
stage D0 prostate cancer [58].  For all of these reasons, the current trial will investigate the use of 
soluble GM-CSF as an adjuvant for the DNA vaccine, compared with GM-CSF only as a control 
group.   
 
D. 
NaF PET/CT and Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) 
 
In the setting of PSA recurrence after definitive therapy, this stage D0/M0 being evaluated, it is 
assumed that patients have metastatic disease that is simply below the level of current methods 
of detection.  We and others have demonstrated that NaF PET/CT provides a more sensitive 
method of detecting bone metastases in patients with more advanced prostate cancer [59], 
suggesting that this method may be more sensitive in detecting minimal residual disease in the 
setting of PSA recurrence.  Moreover, NaF PET/CT can provide a more quantitative assessment 
of total bone involvement, an assessment that cannot be determined from standard bone 
scintigraphy [59], when combined with advanced image analysis, such as in Quantitative Total 
Bone Imaging (QTBI), developed at University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center.  QTBI can 
be used to evaluate changes in total prostate cancer bone involvement over time, effectively a 
measure of tumor growth rate in bone.  In the current proposal we wish to determine, in an 
exploratory fashion, whether these methods could be used to identify individuals at particularly 
high risk for early disease progression and to evaluate whether treatment with a DNA vaccine 
can affect the tumor growth rate analogous to changes in PSA doubling time.  Moreover, we 
wish to determine whether the pattern of disease progression (continued growth of all lesions, or 
rapid growth of individual lesions) differs with respect to the treatment (vaccine versus control). 
  
E. 
Summary 
 
The current protocol will examine the use of a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding PAP to induce 
and/or augment CD8+ T-cell immune responses to PAP in patients with clinical stage D0 
prostate cancer.  Based on results from a prior trial suggesting an increase in PSA DT in patients 
treated with this vaccine, the primary endpoint will be to evaluate the time to radiographic 
disease progression, assuming that higher risk patients (PSA doubling time less than 12 months) 
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evaluations of changes in PSA doubling time, median time to radiographic disease progression, 
and a further assessment of safety.  The trial will be conducted in a prospectively randomized 
fashion, with one group receiving vaccine, and the other group receiving the GM-CSF adjuvant 
only.  Given that a CD8+/CTL response to PAP would be predicted to be the most effective 
immune response to lyse PAP-expressing tissue, the induction of T-cell immune responses 
specific for PAP will also be a secondary objective of the study, with assays being conducted at 
individual sites and centrally, to evaluate the reproducibility and predictive value of these assays 
in a multi-center trial.  An additional cohort of subjects, treated in the same randomized fashion, 
will also be evaluated for additional measures of immune response, present at baseline or 
following treatment, that might predict for favorable disease outcome (two-year metastasis-free 
survival) and by QTBI for early detection of bone metastatic lesions and determination of tumor 
growth rates and patterns of disease progression.  
 
 
3. 
Preclinical Safety and Toxicity Studies 
 
A. 
Study Design 
 
75 age-matched male Lewis rats were immunized at two-week intervals according to the study 
design shown in Table I [15].  Animals were housed in a single room without other experimental 
animals, and weighed three times per week.  Groups of 3-6 animals were euthanized at four-
week intervals, two weeks after 2, 4 or 6 immunizations.  Groups 5-13 were designed to test the 
safety of the pTVG-HP vaccine at the same doses to be used in a dose-escalation human trial.  
Groups 14-16 were designed to test the immunological efficacy in an autologous system, using 
an identical vaccine but encoding the rat PAP gene in place of the human PAP gene.  Groups 1-4 
were control groups.  Three additional age-matched untreated animals were housed with the 
treated animals, and one animal from this group was euthanized at the same time points for 
histopathological tissue controls at these three time points.  At the time of euthanization blood 
was collected for serum chemistries and evaluation for hematologic abnormalities.  In addition, 
tissue samples were taken from multiple sites (blood, cervical lymph nodes, spleen, liver, 
pancreas, stomach and duodenum, ileum, cecum, colon, bladder, prostate, testis, kidney, heart, 
lung, brain, skin site of injection, non-immunized skin site, and muscle) for histopathologic 
analysis and for biodistribution studies.  Finally, blood and spleen samples were removed under 
aseptic conditions for immunological analysis.   
 
Table I:  Rat Toxicity Study 
 
Group 
# Animals 
Immunizing DNA* 
Dose 
Adjuvant† 
Dose 
# Immunizations 
1 
3 
pTVG4 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
2 
2 
3 
pTVG4 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
4 
3 
3 
pTVG4 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
6 
4 
3 
-- 
-- 
GM-CSF 
20 µg 
6 
5 
6 
pTVG-HP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
2 
6 
6 
pTVG-HP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
4 
7 
6 
pTVG-HP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
6 
8 
6 
pTVG-HP 
500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
2 
9 
6 
pTVG-HP 
500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
4 
10 
6 
pTVG-HP 
500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
6 
11 
6 
pTVG-HP 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
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12 
6 
pTVG-HP 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
4 
13 
6 
pTVG-HP 
1500 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
6 
14 
3 
pTVG-RP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
2 
15 
3 
pTVG-RP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
4 
16 
3 
pTVG-RP 
100 µg 
GM-CSF 
5 µg 
6 
 
* pTVG4 (control vector DNA not encoding hPAP) and pTVG-RP (identical to pTVG-HP but encoding the rat homologue of 
PAP rather than the human homologue) were prepared separately, not under GMP conditions.  The pTVG-HP DNA was prepared 
under GMP conditions, from the same lot (#0553-13-001) to be used for the clinical trial. 
† The adjuvant used was recombinant rat GM-CSF (Peprotech, Rocky Hill, NJ).  Animals received plasmid DNA admixed with 
GM-CSF and administered intradermally in the ear pinna with a 25-gauge needle and syringe. 
 
B. 
Safety Assessment:   
 
Animals were weighed three times per week for evidence of toxicity.  As shown in Figure 2, no 
differences were noted among groups and control animals in weights over the time period of 
immunization.  At the time of euthanization blood was removed for evaluation of hematological 
parameters (including WBC, hematocrit, and platelet count) and serum chemistries (including 
creatinine, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, AST, and amylase).  No specific 
abnormalities were noted in any group with respect to any of the hematological values or serum 
chemistries.  Similarly, biopsy sections of the multiple tissues obtained at the times of 
euthanization were reviewed by a veterinary pathologist.  No significant abnormalities were 
noted with the exception of mild proximal tubular or inner medullary vacuolation observed in 
some animals (10/54) treated with the pTVG-HP vaccine.  No changes were observed in serum 
creatinine in these animals.  Prostate tissue inflammation and prostate epithelial cell sloughing 
into the prostatic ducts were observed in some animals, but this was not significantly different in 
the treated animals (11/54) from controls (1/12) (data not shown).   
 
C. 
Biodistribution studies 
 
Tissue samples obtained at the time of euthanasia were quick frozen and subsequently digested 
with purification of DNA.  Quantitative real time PCR, using oligonucleotide primers specific 
for the pTVG-HP plasmid, was then used to evaluate the presence of the pTVG-HP plasmid 
DNA among the tissue specimens.  This test was determined to have a sensitivity of detecting 55 
copies of plasmid DNA in 1 µg of tissue DNA, or approximately 1 copy in 3,000 cells.  Plasmid 
Figure 2:  Safety assessment:  Weights.  Animals were weighed three times per week.  Shown are the mean and 
standard deviations of the weights of the animals shown by treatment group per dose level.   

 
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DNA could be detected at the site of immunization and regional lymph nodes after two 
immunizations, and in multiple sites after 4-6 immunizations.  No pathologic lesions were noted 
in association with the detection of plasmid DNA [15]. 
 
D. 
Immunological studies 
 
Blood and spleen tissue were removed at the time of euthanization for immunological studies to 
evaluate for PAP-specific T-cells, IFNγ secretion, and antibodies.  As shown in Figure 3, PAP-
specific proliferating CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells were detectable at each dose and after 2, 4, or 6 
immunizations, without a specific dose-response relationship.  Similarly, PAP-specific secretion  
of IFNγ could be detected, again without a specific dose-response relationship (Figure 4).  PAP-
specific IgG antibody responses were detectable, and a dose response was noted with higher 
doses of plasmid DNA, and with repeated immunizations (not shown).   
Figure 3:  CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell 
proliferative responses.  Splenocytes 
were removed from animals immunized 
after 2 immunizations (panels A and B), 
4 immunizations (panels C and D), or 6 
immunizations 
(panels 
E 
and 
F).  
Splenocytes 
were 
cultured 
in 
the 
presence of 2 µg/ml PAP protein, 2 
µg/ml ovalbumin protein, 10 µg/ml 
PHA, or media only.  After 72 hours, 
cells were pulsed for 8 hours with 10 
µM BrdU and then analyzed for BrdU 
uptake 
by 
flow 
cytometry 
(BrdU 
Proliferation kit, Pharmingen).  Shown 
are the % of CD4 T cells (panels A, C 
and E) or CD8 T cells (panels B, D, and 
F) that demonstrated BrdU staining.  
Results show the mean and standard 
deviation for all animals in the treatment 
group.   
Figure 4:  IFNγ responses.  Splenocytes were removed from animals immunized after 2 immunizations (panel A), 4 immunizations (panel B), 
or 6 immunizations (panel C).  Splenocytes were cultured in the presence of 2 µg/ml PAP protein, 2 µg/ml ovalbumin protein, 10 µg/ml PHA, 
or media only, as above.  After 72 hours, the cell media was removed and assayed for the presence of IFNγ by quantitative ELISA.  Shown are 
the mean and standard deviation of the IFNγ concentrations for all animals in the treatment group. 

 
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E. 
Animal efficacy studies 
 
Male Copenhagen rats were immunized twice intradermally with 100 µg pTVG-HP or a control 
plasmid not encoding PAP (pTVG4).  Fourteen days after the second immunization, rats were 
challenged subcutaneously with 5 x 105 syngeneic cells from the aggressive Mat-Lu prostate 
cancer cell line.  As shown in Figure 5, rats that received the DNA vaccine encoding either the 
human PAP antigen had a significant delay in the establishment of tumor compared with control 
animals.     
 
4. 
Prior Clinical Experience 
 
A phase I/II clinical trial has completed subject accrual in subjects with non-castrate, non-
metastatic prostate cancer.  The primary objectives of that trial were to evaluate the safety and 
immunological efficacy of the same pTVG-HP DNA vaccine encoding hPAP when administered 
to patients with clinical stage D0 prostate cancer [60].  This was a dose-escalation study, with an 
expanded cohort of subjects treated at the maximum tolerated dose.  In the dose-escalation 
portion, nine subjects were treated in three dose cohorts of 100 µg, 500 µg, or 1500 µg DNA, 
administered intradermally every two weeks for six total immunizations.  200 µg GM-CSF was 
co-administered as a vaccine adjuvant with each immunization.  13 additional subjects were 
treated in an expanded cohort at the 1500 µg DNA dose.  Safety evaluation included monthly 
blood tests (CBC, creatinine, urinalysis, anti-nuclear antibody tests, liver function tests, and 
serum amylase) and physical examination and review of systems.  Subjects were also monitored 
for one hour after each vaccination for any immediate allergic reactions.  No serious adverse 
events were observed, and no significant laboratory anomalies were observed apart from a single 
grade 3 amylase that was assessed to not be treatment-related.  No other events > grade 2 were 
observed in any of the 22 subjects treated.  Common events observed have been grade 1/2 fevers, 
chills, and local site reactions lasting typically less than 24 hours.  2/22 subjects experienced 
grade 2 back pain occurring ~ 45 minutes after treatment and lasting < 10 minutes. 
 
The primary immunological endpoint of this trial was the induction of PAP-specific IFNγ-
secreting effector CD8+ T cells detectable two weeks following the final immunization.  For this 
evaluation all study subjects underwent leukapheresis within two weeks before beginning the 12-
Figure 5:  Immunization with pTVG-HP elicits protective 
anti-tumor responses.  Male Copenhagen rats were 
immunized four times with pTVG4 (n=10) or pTVG-HP 
(n=10).  Two weeks after the last immunization, animals 
were challenged with 5 x 105 Mat-Lu cells administered 
subcutaneously.  Shown are the times at which tumor sizes 
reached 10 cm3 in size for each treatment group.  
Statistical comparison of groups was made using a log-
rank (Mantel-Haenszel) test. 

 
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week immunization series and again two weeks after the final immunization.  With the 
leukapheresis products, autologous dendritic cells were prepared by culture of flask-adherent 
monocytes for six days in serum-free medium supplemented with GM-CSF and IL-4.  CD8+ T 
cells, purified from PBMC by negative magnetic bead selection, were cultured with autologous 
dendritic cells and protein antigens for 96 hours, without in vitro restimulation, and ELISPOT 
was used as a quantitative direct assessment of effector T-cell response.  As shown in Figure 6, 
three patients had a significant increase in the number of PAP-specific IFNγ-secreting CD8+ T 
cells after immunization compared with pre-immunization, one patient from each dose cohort.  
In addition, several subjects, including the subject with the greatest magnitude ELISPOT 
response, were also found to have PAP-specific memory T-cell recall responses as identified by 
proliferating CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in a 96-hour proliferation assay following antigen-
stimulation (Figure 7).   Finally, several individuals experienced a prolongation in PSA doubling 
time over one year following treatment compared with pre-treatment.  Overall the median PSA 
doubling time was 6.5 months in the four months pre-treatment and 8.5 months in the 4-month 
on-treatment period (p = 0.033).  Long-term PAP-specific IFNγ-secreting T-cell responses were 
observed in several patients up to one year after immunization.  In addition, one patient went on 
to receive booster immunizations with 100 µg pTVG-HP at monthly intervals.  As shown in 
Figure 8, booster immunizations were able to augment PAP-specific CD4+ and CD8+ 
proliferative T cells, as well as PAP epitope-specific CD8+ T cells (Figure 9) months after the 
initial immunization course.  Taken together, these results demonstrate that pTVG-HP can elicit 
PAP-specific T-cell immune responses, CD8+ T-cell responses in particular, and these responses 
could be elicited at even the lowest dose (100 µg) of plasmid DNA vaccine tested.  In subsequent 
studies, we have further found that PAP-specific IFNγ responses were detectable in several 
individuals at multiple time points after immunization, and the presence of this persistent 
immunity was associated with favorable changes in PSA doubling time.  These results, 
demonstrating immunological efficacy with the 100 µg dose, and safety in at least one individual 
with ongoing immunization at that dose, form the basis of the current trial design using a similar 
vaccination induction schedule, but continuing with periodic (quarterly) booster immunizations. 
 
Figure 6:  Patients with prostate cancer 
immunized with pTVG-HP develop PAP-specific 
IFNγ-secreting CD8+ T-cell responses. CD8+ T-
cells 
were 
isolated 
from 
peripheral 
blood 
mononuclear cells from patients pre- and 2 weeks 
post six immunizations with pTVG-HP.  These 
were cultured with autologous dendritic cells and 
antigen (2 µg/ml PAP protein, 2 µg/ml PSA 
protein, 1 lfu/ml tetanus toxoid, or 10 µg/ml PHA) 
for 96 hours without in vitro restimulation, and 
were directly assessed for numbers of CD8+ T 
cells secreting IFNγ by ELISPOT.  The bars 
indicate the means and standard deviations of the 
number of spots per million CD8+ T-cells in 8-
well replicates for pre-treatment (grey) and post-
treatment (black) samples.  The asterisks represent 
statistically significant responses compared with 
the media-alone control (p<0.05, Student’s t test).   

 
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Figure 9:  PAP-derived epitope-specific cellular immune 
responses can be detected long-term after initial immunization.  
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from an 
HLA-A2-expressing patient at multiple intervals following an 
initial 6 biweekly immunization series and 6 monthly booster 
immunizations 18 months later (red bars indicate timing of these 
immunizations).  Cells were stimulated in vitro for 1 week with 
peptides and assayed for the frequency of epitope-specific T 
cells among CD3+CD8+ cells by HLA-A2-specific PAP 
peptide-specific pentamers (ProImmune, Inc.).   
Figure 7:  Patients with prostate cancer 
immunized with pTVG-HP develop PAP-
specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell proliferative 
recall 
responses. 
 
Peripheral 
blood 
mononuclear cells obtained from subject #6 
before immunization (top panels) and after six 
immunizations (bottom panels) were incubated 
96 hours in the presence of 2 µg/ml PAP 
protein (middle panels), 10 µg/ml PHA (right 
panels), or media only (left panels).  T-cell 
proliferation was assessed by BrdU uptake as 
described earlier for the rat studies (BrdU 
Proliferation kit, BD Pharmingen).  Shown are 
the flow cytometry plots, gated on lymphocyte 
scatter, and by CD4+ (panel A) or CD8+ 
(panel B) T-cell events.  The numbers 
represent the % of BrdU+ events among CD4+ 
or CD8+ T-cells.   
Figure 8:  PAP-specific cellular immune responses can be boosted months after initial immunization.  Peripheral blood mononuclear 
cells were obtained from patient 3 18 months after the initial immunization series (pre boosters), and after 2, 4, or 6 monthly booster 
immunizations with 100 µg pTVG-HP.  Antigen-specific T cells were identified by antigen-specific T-cell proliferation by BrdU 
incorporation and flow cytometric analysis (BrdU proliferation kit, BD Biosciences).  Shown is the proliferation index relative to a 
media only control of CD4+ T cells (panel A) and CD8+ T cells (panel B).  Panel C shows patient’s serum PSA levels prior to and after 
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5. 
Objectives 
 
A. 
Primary Objectives 
 
1. To evaluate the 2-year metastasis-free survival of patients with non-metastatic prostate 
cancer (clinical stage D0) treated with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP, with GM-CSF as 
an adjuvant, versus patients treated with GM-CSF only.   
 
B. 
Secondary Objectives: 
 
1. To evaluate if immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP prolongs PSA doubling 
time in patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer 
 
2. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the pTVG-HP DNA vaccine administered to 
patients with clinical stage D0 prostate cancer  
 
3. To evaluate the median progression-free survival, and PSA progression-free survival, of 
patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer (clinical stage D0) treated with a DNA 
vaccine encoding PAP, with GM-CSF as an adjuvant, versus patients treated with GM-
CSF only.   
 
C. 
Laboratory Objectives: 
 
1. To determine if immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding PAP elicits antigen-specific 
T-cell and/or IgG responses 
 
2. To determine if immune monitoring of T-cell responses can be accurately and 
reproducibly conducted in a multi-center vaccine trial 
 
3. To determine if the development of PAP-specific T-cell immune responses are associated 
with clinical responses.   
 
D. 
Exploratory Biomarker Objectives – Expanded Subject Cohort: 
 
1. To determine if baseline immune responses specific for PAP are predictive (or not) for 
the development of PAP-specific T-cells and/or are associated with 2-year metastasis-free 
survival in the cohort of patients who receive a DNA vaccine encoding PAP 
 
2. To determine if antigen spread (the development of immune responses to other cancer-
associated proteins) is associated with 2-year metastasis-free survival 
 
3. To  determine if Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) by NaF PET/CT  can identify 
bone lesions in this patient population not detected by standard bone scintigraphy 
 
4. To determine whether the presence of lesions detected by NaF PET/CT at baseline is 
associated with early disease progression (within 1 year) by standard radiographic 
imaging methods (CT and bone scintigraphy) 

 
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5. To determine if growth rates, and changes in growth rates, determined by NaF PET/CT 
are associated with PSA doubling time and changes in PSA doubling time 
 
 
6. 
Vaccine Preparation 
 
A. 
Plasmid DNA vaccine 
 
 
pTVG-HP 
 
pTVG4 vector containing cDNA for human PAP 
 
The sequence of the pTVG-HP plasmid has been confirmed by standard DNA sequencing to 
confirm its identity.  A bacterial strain was transformed with this plasmid and transferred to the 
National Gene Vector Laboratories (NGVL) manufacturing facility (Center for Biomedicine and 
Genetics, City of Hope/Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA) from which a master cell bank 
was prepared.  This master cell bank was shipped in 2008 to the Waisman Clinical 
Biomanufacturing Facility (WCBF) at the University of Wisconsin.  Bacteria from this bank was 
grown and amplified in culture under kanamycin selection, and two separate GMP-grade lots of 
plasmid DNA have been prepared (one at the Beckman Research Institute for the initial phase I 
trial, and one lot at the WCBF).  The biological activity of each lot has been tested in rodent 
studies demonstrating that T-cell immune responses specific for PAP can be elicited in vivo 
following immunization.  Lots were tested for appearance, plasmid homogeneity, DNA identity 
by restriction endonuclease evaluation, protein contamination, RNA contamination, genomic 
DNA contamination, sterility, endotoxin, and pH, and criteria for each of these have been 
established for future lot release.  The vaccine will be supplied in single-use vials containing 0.6 
mL 0.2 mg/mL pTVG-HP in phosphate-buffered saline.  Vials containing phosphate-buffered 
saline only will be used for preparing the placebo/GM-CSF.   Vials will be stored at –80°C until 
the day of use.   
 
B. 
GM-CSF 
 
GM-CSF (Leukine®, Sargramostim), will be obtained from Berlex Laboratories (Montville, NJ), 
or other commercial pharmaceutical vendors, and used as a vaccine adjuvant and will be 
provided free of charge to subjects participating in this trial. GM-CSF, as described above, is a 
growth factor that supports the survival, clonal expansion and differentiation of hematopoietic 
progenitor cells including dendritic antigen presenting cells.  In preliminary animal experiments 
and human clinical trials GM-CSF has been shown to be safe and serve as an effective adjuvant 
for the induction of antibody and T-cell responses to the immunized antigen [43, 61].  The use of 
GM-CSF is associated with little toxicity [44, 48, 54].  GM-CSF is a sterile, white, preservative-
free, lyophilized powder supplied in 250 µg-dose vials.   
 
Recombinant 
human 
GM-CSF 
(rhGM-CSF), 
when 
administered 
intravenously 
or 
subcutaneously is generally well tolerated at doses ranging from 50 to 500 µg/m2/day.  Severe 
toxic manifestations are extremely rare in patients treated with rhGM-CSF.  Diarrhea, asthenia, 
rash and malaise were the only events observed in more than 5% of the rhGM-CSF group 
compared with the placebo group in phase III controlled studies of patients undergoing 
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indications, the adverse effects reported most frequently were fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, 
asthenia, headache and pain in the bones, chest, abdomen, joints, or muscles.  Most of these 
systemic events reported with rhGM-CSF administration were mild to moderate in severity and 
rapidly reversed by the administration of analgesics or antipyretics.  Other events reported 
infrequently were dyspnea, edema, local injection site reactions, and rash.  Thrombosis and 
cardiac arrhythmia have also been reported, and there have been infrequent reports of tissue 
sloughing, leukemic progression, congestive heart failure, hepatomegaly, and intracranial 
bleeding; and isolated reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome and increased histiocytes.  
Neutropenia, although usually a pre-existing condition in the patients receiving rhGM-CSF, has 
been reported in association with administration.  There was an increased frequency of severe 
thrombocytopenia in patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy with GM-
CSF.  Eosinophilia and other blood abnormalities may occur. 
 
There have been rare reports of 1) sequestration of granulocytes in the lungs with respiratory 
symptoms; 2) a syndrome characterized by respiratory distress, hypoxia, flushing, orthostatic 
hypotension, and partial loss of consciousness; 3) peripheral edema, pericardial or pleural 
effusions, and capillary leak of fluid; and 4) serious allergic or anaphylactic reactions. 
 
Administration of rhGM-CSF may aggravate fluid retention in patients with pre-existent edema, 
capillary leak syndrome, or pleural or pericardial effusions.  In some patients with pre-existing 
renal or hepatic dysfunction, elevation of the serum creatinine or bilirubin and hepatic enzymes 
has occurred during the administration of rhGM-CSF.  Dose reduction or interruption of rhGM-
CSF administration has resulted in a decrease to pretreatment values.  Occasional transient and 
reversible supraventricular arrhythmia has been reported in uncontrolled studies, particularly in 
patients with a previous history of cardiac arrhythmia. 
 
Stimulation of marrow precursors with rhGM-CSF may result in a rapid rise in white blood cell 
count.  Dosing should be stopped if the ANC exceeds 20,000/cm3.  rhGM-CSF may stimulate the 
growth of myeloid malignancies; therefore, caution must be exercised in its use in these 
malignancies or myelodysplastic syndromes. 
 
Because GM-CSF will only be administered at most once every two weeks on the current 
protocol, most of these side effects are not anticipated.  In previous vaccine studies using rhGM-
CSF as an adjuvant in an identical fashion, local skin reactions consisting of erythema and 
induration have occurred in many patients.  These resolved without need for treatment over a 2-3 
week period for some, and over 2-3 days for most.  Transient leukopenia (lasting only a couple 
of hours) has been observed in some patients, and resolved without treatment and without 
clinical sequelae [62].  Furthermore, the generation of a transient immune response to rhGM-
CSF following its use as a vaccine adjuvant has been observed, however no clinical sequelae 
were noted, and the significance of this observation is not clear at present [54]. 
 
C. 
Vaccine preparation and administration 
 
Vials will be thawed, and the plasmid DNA itself will be used to reconstitute the GM-CSF, on 
the day of administration.  Specifically: 
 

 
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For each of the immunizations/treatments:  0.6 mL of 0.2 mg/mL pTVG-HP (or 0.6 mL 
phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) from placebo vial) will be withdrawn and used to reconstitute 
250 µg GM-CSF.  0.25 mL will then be drawn into each of two tuberculin syringes.  This 
effectively provides a 100-µg dose of DNA and 208 µg GM-CSF. 
  
The vaccine/GM-CSF (or PBS/GM-CSF) will then be administered intradermally on the deltoid 
area of the lateral aspect of the arm (left arm, preferentially) in two adjacent sites, with the total 
syringe contents (0.25 mL) administered at each site. 
 
 
7. 
Patient Selection 
 
A. 
Inclusion Criteria 
  
1. 
Patients must be at least 18 years of age with a histologic diagnosis of 
adenocarcinoma of the prostate 
2. 
Patients must have completed local therapy by surgery and/or ablative radiation 
therapy at least 3 months prior to entry, with removal or ablation of all visible 
disease, including seminal vesical and/or local lymph node involvement. 
3. 
Patients must have high-risk clinical stage D0 disease defined by the following:   
• In patients previously treated by prostatectomy, must have evidence of rising 
PSA with measurements at least two weeks apart, and final serum PSA value 
must be > 2 ng/mL.   
• In patients previously treated with ablative radiation therapy, an absolute 
increase in serum PSA by at least 2 ng/mL over nadir PSA value after 
radiation therapy.     
• All patients must have at least four serum PSA values determined over a 12-
week-to-six-month period of time prior to study entry from the same clinical 
laboratory.  All available PSA values during this period (up to 6 months) will 
be used to calculate a PSA doubling time, according to the Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center nomogram  
• (http://www.mskcc.org/applications/nomograms/prostate/PsaDoublingTime.as
px).   
• The PSA doubling time calculated from this nomogram, up to and including 
the value obtained at screening, must be < 12 months 
4. 
Patients with a prior history of a second malignancy are eligible provided they 
have been treated with curative intent and have been free of disease greater than 
three years.  There will be no exclusion for patients with a history of basal cell 
carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer, or in situ carcinoma that has been 
adequately treated. 
5. 
Patients who are sexually active must use a reliable form of contraception while 
on study and for 4 weeks after the last immunization.  
6. 
ECOG performance score < 2 and life expectancy of at least 4 months. 
7. 
Patients must have normal hematologic, renal and liver function as defined by:  
WBC > 3000/mm3, hematocrit > 30%, platelet count > 100,000/mm3, serum 
creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl or a calculated creatinine clearance > 60 cc/min, and serum 
bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dl, within 4 weeks prior to first immunization. 

 
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8. 
Patients must be informed of the experimental nature of the study and its potential 
risks and must sign an IRB-approved written informed consent form indicating 
such an understanding.   
9. 
Willingness to provide blood samples for immune studies, per study calendar, up 
to one year after study, even if off study. 
 
B. 
Exclusion Criteria 
 
1. 
Small cell or other variant prostate cancer histology 
2. 
Patients cannot have evidence of immunosuppression or have been treated with 
immunosuppressive therapy, such as chemotherapy or chronic treatment dose 
corticosteroids (greater than the equivalent of 10 mg prednisone per day), within 6 
months of the first vaccination.  Treatment or salvage radiation therapy must have 
been completed at least 4 weeks prior to the first vaccination. 
3. 
Seropositive for HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) per patient history 
due to the immunosuppressive features of these diseases. 
4. 
Prior treatment with an LHRH agonist or nonsteroidal antiandrogen, except in the 
following circumstances:  Neoadjuvant/adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy 
administered with radiation therapy or at the time of prostatectomy is acceptable, 
provided that there was no evidence of PSA progression while on treatment.  In 
this situation, patients must not have received more than 24 months of androgen 
deprivation treatment, and must not have been treated within 12 months prior to 
screening.  Other treatment with androgen deprivation therapy is prohibited.   
5. 
Serum testosterone at screening < 50 ng/dL. 
6. 
Patients must not be concurrently taking other medications or supplements with 
known hormonal effects, including PC-SPES, megestrol acetate, finasteride, 
ketoconazole, estradiol, or Saw Palmetto.  All other medications with possible 
anti-cancer effects must be discussed with the PI prior to study entry. 
7. 
Patients previously treated with herbal supplements as described in 7.B.6 or other 
potential or experimental therapies for prostate cancer must have discontinued 
these treatments and completed at least a one-month washout prior to beginning 
treatment. 
8. 
FOR FIRST COHORT ONLY, NOT REQUIRED FOR BIOMARKER 
COHORT:  Patients will be allowed to eat pomegranates and drink pomegranate 
juice provided that the patient has been taking these for 4 weeks or more with 
evidence of progressive disease as outlined above (Inclusion Criteria 3.0). These 
patients should be instructed to continue to take pomegranates and/or 
pomegranate juice as per the same schedule while on study.  Documentation of 
amount and duration will be captured for those patients taking pomegranates or 
pomegranate juice. Those patients who have not been taking pomegranates or 
pomegranate juice prior to study entry will not be allowed to begin these while on 
study.  
9. 
Patients must not have evidence of bone metastases or lymph node involvement 
as determined by bone scan or CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis within 4 weeks 
of study registration.   Note:  NaF-PET/CT scan information will NOT be used to 
determine evidence of metastases for eligibility purposes or for defining disease 
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10. 
Patients must not have been treated with a prior vaccine therapy for prostate 
cancer. 
11. 
Patients must not have known psychological or sociological conditions, addictive 
disorders or family problems, which would preclude compliance with the 
protocol. 
12. 
Patients must not have known allergic reactions to GM-CSF. 
13. 
Patients with unstable or severe intercurrent medical conditions or laboratory 
abnormalities that would impart, in the judgment of the Medical Monitor, excess 
risk associated with study participation or study agent administration. 
14. 
Patients cannot have concurrent enrollment on other phase I, II, or III 
investigational treatment studies. 
 
 
8. 
Experimental Design 
 
This will be a randomized, double-blinded, multi-institutional phase II trial designed to evaluate 
the effect of serial intradermal vaccinations of a DNA vaccine encoding PAP with rhGM-CSF on 
time to disease progression as compared to rhGM-CSF alone.  56 patients are to be accrued as 
part of a DOD sponsored trial.  An additional 50 patients (BIOMARKER COHORT), funded by 
a separate sponsor, will be accrued using the same treatment protocol (same study population, 
treatment schedule, inclusion/exclusion criteria etc.) Additional biomarker endpoints will be 
measured in the BIOMARKER COHORT. The treatment, assessment and analysis of these 50 
patients and associated data are NOT part of the DOD sponsored trial.  There will be no interim 
analysis conducted after the initial 56 patients have been accrued and the study will remain 
blinded until the completion of the proposed total number of 106 patients has been completed 
and all patients have been followed for the primary efficacy endpoint assessment. Study arms 
will be defined as follows: 
 
Arm 1: 
pTVG-HP (100 µg) with rhGM-CSF (208 µg) administered intradermally (i.d.) 
biweekly for 6 total doses, then every 3 months to complete a 2-year 
treatment period 
 
Arm 2:   
rhGM-CSF (208 µg) administered intradermally (i.d.) 
biweekly for 6 total doses, then every 3 months to complete a 2-year 
treatment period 
 
A. 
Study Arm Assignment and Toxicity Assessment 
 
Patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer, with evidence of rising PSA, and a calculable PSA 
doubling time with at least 4 serum PSA values collected over a 3-6 month period of time, will 
be invited to participate.  Subjects will be randomly assigned to a treatment group, stratified by 
original Gleason score (< 7 or > 7), PSA doubling time (< 3 months, 3-6 months, or 6-12 
months), and baseline PSA at the time of screening (< 10 ng/mL or > 10 ng/mL).  Given the 
absence of significant adverse events observed in a previous phase I study, no adverse events > 
grade 2 are anticipated.  However, all study patients will be evaluated for evidence of toxicity, 
and further accrual to either treatment arm will be discontinued if the toxicity rate is deemed to 
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10% Grade 4 events given an attribution of at least possibly related to study treatment will be 
considered excessive.  Grade 3 limited site reactions (lasting < 48 hours) and fevers/chills 
(lasting < 48 hours) will be excluded from this assessment as expected possible adverse events of 
limited duration.     
 
If at any point during the study, the observed toxicity rate within a study arm (after the first 4 
patients have been accrued) exceeds one of these thresholds, accrual will be temporarily 
suspended and the study will be reviewed for safety by the UW DSMC (data and safety 
monitoring committee) with respect to treatment arm.  Operationally, this will occur if any of the 
following events occurs:  Grade ≥ 3 events (or Grade >1 autoimmune events) are present in at 
least 1 out of 4, 1 out of 5 , 2 out of 10 (or less), 3 out of 15 (or less), 4 out of 20 (or less), 5 out 
of  25 (or less), 6 out of 30 (or less), 7 out of 35 (or less), 8 out of 40 (or less), 9 out of 45 (or 
less), 10 out of 50 (or less), 11 out of 53 (or less), of the subjects accrued (within a study arm).  
Furthermore, accrual will be temporarily suspended if any of the following events occur:  Grade 
4 events are present in at least 1 out of 4, 1 out of 5, 1 out of 6, 1 out of 7, 1 out of 8, 1 out of 9, 1 
out of 10, 2 out of 20 (or less), 3 out of 30 (or less), 4 out of 40 (or less), 5 out of 50 (or less), or 
5 out of 53 (or less) of the subjects accrued (within a study arm).  
 
Once the study is suspended, it would only be reopened if modifications could be made, and 
approved by the DSMC and the UW-IRB, to assure that patient safety is reestablished.  If not, 
the study would be closed.   
 
B. 
Endpoints 
 
Patients will come off study at the time of appearance of metastatic disease (radiographic 
progression), at the time of undue toxicity (as defined below), or at the discretion of the patient 
and treating physician that other therapies for prostate cancer are warranted.  Patients should be 
discouraged from discontinuing protocol treatment for PSA rise only.  Patients will continue to 
have blood drawn for immune studies, as per study calendar, up to one year after screening, even 
if off study prior to that time.   
 
All subjects will undergo radiographic imaging (CT of abdomen and pelvis and bone scan) prior 
to treatment, and at 6-month intervals (or as clinically indicated).  The appearance of lesions 
consistent with metastatic disease will be used to define radiographic progression, and from these 
the 2-year metastatic progression-free survival will be calculated for each treatment arm, as well 
as the median progression-free survival.  NOTE:  Lesions detected by 18F-NaF-PET/CT only will 
not be used to define metastatic disease or disease progression.  The evaluation of these lesions 
by this method remains investigational, and analysis of changes in these lesions over time by this 
method will be performed in blinded fashion.  RECIST 1.1 criteria will be used to define 
metastatic disease (appearance of a visceral lesion > 10 mm by CT or MRI, lymph node > 15 
mm in short axis, or appearance of new lesions on bone scan consistent with metastatic disease).  
The 2-year metastasis-free survival will be determined by investigator review, blinded to 
treatment arm, of radiographic studies (CT/MRI and bone scintigraphy) performed 2 years after 
study initiation in subjects who have not already met criteria for radiographic progression. 
 
PSA doubling times will be calculated from all available values obtained within 6 months from 
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used to determine a pre-treatment PSA doubling time (PSADT).  Similarly, a post-treatment 
doubling time will be calculated from: 
 
(1) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 1 (week 0) and continuing until the end-of study (or 
month 24) value (PSADT0-24). 
 
(2) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 85 (month 3) to the day 253 (month 9) value (PSADT3-
9).  
 
 
 
 
9. 
Definition and Management of Limiting Toxicities and Adverse Events 
 
A treatment-limiting toxicity will be defined as any Grade 3 or greater toxicity (using the NCI 
Common Terminology Criteria version 4, Appendix C) and occurring between the pre-study visit 
and within one month of the final immunization.  For purposes of this study, a Grade 2 
autoimmune toxicity will be considered equivalent to a Grade 3 toxicity.  If a patient develops 
Grade 3 toxicity with an attribution of at least possibly related to vaccine, the vaccination 
schedule will be held until the toxicity resolves to Grade 2 or less (Grade 1 for autoimmune 
toxicity).  There will be no dose reductions due to adverse events.  If a patient develops a second 
Grade 3 event or any Grade 4 event, no further vaccinations will be given and the patient will be 
removed from study.  If the adverse event occurs during the six initial vaccinations, a treatment 
delay of up to one week will be permitted, with the expectation that the event resolve to < grade 
1 for retreatment, and that subsequent immunizations will follow at 2-week intervals.  A delay > 
1 week will result in a skipped dose.  If the adverse event occurs during the booster phase, 
vaccination will be held in the event of toxicity attributed to vaccination.  If the toxicity observed 
is believed to be a result of the immune response generated, a regimen of corticosteroids may be 
administered, as clinically indicated, and after discussion with the Medical Monitor.  The 
following dose schedule may be used: 
 
 
Day 1:  Intravenous Solu-Medrol at 1 mg/kg IV q12 hr 
 
Day 2:  Intravenous Solu-Medrol at 1 mg/kg IV x 1 
 
Day 3-4:  Prednisone at 30 mg p.o. bid 
 
Day 5-6:  Prednisone at 15 mg p.o. bid 
 
Day 7-8:  Prednisone at 10 mg p.o. bid 
 
Day 9-10:  Prednisone at 10 mg p.o. qd 
 
Day 11-12:  Prednisone at 5 mg p.o. qd 
 
Mild, low-grade fevers and chills, and local skin site reactions, are expected events following 
immunization and/or treatment with GM-CSF.  Grade 1 events will not be treated with anti-
inflammatory agents unless they persist 48 hours after an immunization.  Constitutional 
inflammatory events > grade 1, or persisting beyond 48 hours after immunization, will be 
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10. 
Plan of Treatment 
 
The following section describes the schedule for prescreening, vaccine/GM-CSF inoculations, 
clinical and laboratory evaluations.  When a chemistry panel is indicated the following tests are 
performed:  creatinine, glucose, SGOT, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, and LDH.  
(Note: serum glucose not required in expanded biomarker cohort).  This plan is summarized in 
the Schema. 
 
A. 
Prescreen (performed within 4 weeks of study registration unless otherwise noted) 
 
 
1. 
Confirm potential eligibility by history, pathology, diagnosis, and serial serum 
PSA levels; no exclusions by history 
2. 
CT scan of abdomen and pelvis, bone scan 
3. 
Sign consent form (to be done within 4 months prior to study registration) 
 
B. 
Screening Evaluation (performed within 2 weeks of study Day 1; can coincide with 
prescreen evaluation) 
 
1. 
Physical examination, including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score  
2. 
Evaluation of blood cell counts (CBC with platelets), chemistry panel, serum 
prostate specific antigen (PSA), serum PAP, serum testosterone. 
3. 
Randomization - treatment arm assignment  
4. 
Tetanus immunization: must be at least 24 hours before initial DNA 
immunization/GM-CSF treatment, and not to be completed until after blood and 
leukapheresis samples are collected for baseline immune studies.  
5. 
20 ml peripheral blood (red-top tubes) for sera to evaluate baseline antibody 
responses, and 100 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized tubes) for T-cell 
response evaluation. Must be collected prior to tetanus immunization. 
6. 
BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY:  Leukapheresis (~1.0 blood volume, 100 mL 
collection) for baseline T-cell response evaluation (can be performed +/- 7 days of 
this study visit, and replaces 100-ml peripheral blood requirement in 10.B.5 
above).  NOTE:  This is required at UWCCC site only.  As an alternative to 
leukapheresis, 200 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized tubes) can be 
collected at other clinical sites. This is for pre-treatment T-cell response 
evaluation and immune biomarker studies and must be collected prior to tetanus 
immunization. 
7. 
BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY:  NaF PET/CT (can be performed +/- 14 days of 
this screening time point).  NOTE:  This study is for research purposes only, will 
not be used to determine eligibility, and will not be used for clinical response 
evaluation or treatment decisions.  This study will only be performed at 
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C. 
First immunization/GM-CSF treatment visit (day 1) 
 
1. 
Physical examination,  including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score (not required if already obtained within 14 days) 
2. 
Blood draw for serum PSA and PAP (to be obtained prior to administration of 
immunization/GM-CSF). May be done up to 3 days in advance of Day 1. 
3. 
Immunization as described in sections 6 and 8 above.  Specifically, subjects will 
receive immunizations intradermally on the deltoid area of the lateral arm 
(preferentially left arm) with 0.25 cc administered at each of two adjacent sites. 
4. 
Following vaccinations, the subjects will be observed for 60 minutes for 
unanticipated adverse events.   
 
D. 
Second, third, fifth and sixth biweekly treatment visits (days 15, 29, 57 and 71, each +/- 2 
days) 
 
1. 
Symptoms assessment  
2. 
Immunization/GM-CSF and post-treatment monitoring as described above 
 
E. 
Fourth immunization/GM-CSF treatment visit (day 43 +/- 2 days) 
 
1. 
Physical examination, including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score 
2. 
Blood draw for CBC, chemistry panel, serum PSA and PAP (to be obtained prior 
to administration of immunization/GM-CSF) 
3. 
Immunization/GM-CSF and post-treatment monitoring as described above 
 
F. 
End of initial vaccination series evaluation (2 weeks after sixth vaccination, i.e. month 3 
(day 85 +/- 2 days)  
 
1. 
Physical examination, including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score. 
2. 
Blood draw for CBC, chemistry panel, serum PSA and PAP (to be obtained prior 
to administration of immunization/GM-CSF) 
3. 
10 ml peripheral blood (red-top tubes) for sera to evaluate antibody responses, 
and 100 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized tubes) for T-cell response 
evaluation 
4. 
Immunization/GM-CSF and post-treatment monitoring as described above  
5. 
BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY:  NaF PET/CT (can be performed +/- 14 days of 
this 3-month immunization/GM-CSF visit).  NOTE:  This study is for research 
purposes only and will not be used for clinical response evaluation or treatment 
decisions. This study will be performed only at designated sites (UWCCC and 
JHU). 
 
G. 
Day 127 (+/- 10 days) – BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY 
 
1. 
Blood draw for serum PSA and PAP (does not require a clinic visit; the purpose 
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corresponding with the 3-6 month period over which NaF PET/CT scans are 
obtained). 
 
H. 
Quarterly booster immunizations (every 3 months (days 169, 253, 337, 421, 505, 589, 
each +/- 7 days) – beginning at month 6 immunization – up to 6 total (to complete 2-year 
treatment course) 
 
1. 
Physical examination, including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score  
2. 
Blood draw for CBC, chemistry panel, serum PSA and PAP (to be obtained prior 
to administration of immunization/GM-CSF) 
3. 
Immunization/GM-CSF and post-treatment monitoring as described above 
4. 
CT scan abdomen/pelvis and bone scan – performed prior to second quarterly 
booster/treatment (i.e. 6 months after first immunization/treatment), and every 6 
months (every other visit) thereafter.  Can be performed +/- 7 days of study visit. 
5. 
10 ml peripheral blood (red-top tubes) for sera to evaluate antibody responses, 
and 100 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized tubes) for T-cell response 
evaluation (Quarterly for 1st year following initial series, 3 time points, only) 
6. 
BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY:  Leukapheresis (~1.0 blood volume, 100 mL 
collection) at month 6 evaluation for T-cell response evaluation (can be 
performed +/- 14 days of this study visit).  This leukapheresis replaces 100-ml 
peripheral blood requirement in 10.G.5 above for the month 6 time point.  NOTE:  
As an alternative to leukapheresis, 200 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized 
tubes) can be collected.  This is for T-cell response evaluation and immune 
biomarker studies.  
7. 
BIOMARKER COHORT ONLY:  NaF PET/CT (to be performed +/- 7 days of 
the 6-month immunization/GM-CSF visit).  NOTE:  This study is for research 
purposes only and will not be used for clinical response evaluation or treatment 
decisions.  This study will also be performed only at designated sites (UWCCC 
and JHU). 
 
I. 
End of Study Visit or 2-year (Day 672 +/- 7 days) Off-Study Visit 
 
1. 
Physical examination, including vital signs, symptoms assessment, and ECOG 
performance score 
2. 
Blood for CBC, chemistry panel, serum PSA, serum PAP 
3. 
10 ml peripheral blood (red-top tubes) for sera to evaluate antibody responses, 
and 100 ml peripheral blood (green-top heparinized tubes) for T-cell response 
evaluation. [Note: these specimens not required if subject off study prior to 12 
month visit.  However, these will continue to be drawn at quarterly intervals up to 
12 months after screening/randomization in all subjects, even if off-study prior to 
12 months.] 
 
J. 
Follow up for Subjects Who Come Off Study Prior to 12-Month Visit 
 
1. 
10-mL peripheral blood (red-top tubes) for sera to evaluate antibody responses, 
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evaluation – to take place quarterly (days 85, 169, 253, 337) for first year 
following initial series up to 12 months after screening/randomization.  
 
NOTE:  The study will be complete at the time the last off-study visit is complete for the 
last individual on treatment.  
 
 
K. 
Long-term Follow-Up 
 
1. 
Subjects will be contacted by telephone annually for up to 2 years to collect 
clinical information to identify any potential long-term risks.  This information 
has been requested by FDA for all gene delivery trials to assess potential long-
term risks.  The specific information to be collected annually will include:   
 Date of contact 
 Current medications 
 Hospitalizations (dates and reasons for hospital admission) 
 Stage of prostate cancer, treatments for prostate cancer, and recent 
serum PSA level 
 New cancer diagnoses 
 New autoimmune disorders 
 New hematologic or neurologic disorders 
 Other new medical diagnoses 
 Date of death if patient deceased 
 
 
11. 
Response Monitoring 
 
A. 
Radiographic Monitoring – Primary Endpoint 
 
CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis and bone scans will be obtained at 6-month intervals, or at 
times clinically indicated at the discretion of the treating physician.  Progression is defined as the 
appearance of metastases by radiographic imaging using the same criteria as for defining study 
eligibility – RECIST 1.1 criteria (appearance of a visceral lesion > 10 mm by CT or MRI, lymph 
node > 15 mm in short axis, or appearance of new lesions on bone scan consistent with 
metastatic disease).   
 
PSA rise will not be used to define disease progression, however PSA progression will be 
determined, as per Section 13 below.   
 
B. 
Immunological Monitoring 
 
Blood (120 mL) will be collected pre-immunization (or by leukapheresis in the biomarker cohort 
at this time point and at 6 months), after the initial biweekly immunization/treatment series, at 
quarterly intervals up to one year, and then at the final study visit, for immunological monitoring 
at the clinical trial sites.  From the heparinized blood or leukapheresis procedure, peripheral 
blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) will be prepared by density centrifugation over Ficoll-Paque 
using standard techniques (included in separate laboratory manual).  PBMC will be 
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draw, or 90% fetal calf serum, and 10% DMSO.  Sera will be prepared from the red-top tubes 
and stored in aliquots at –80°C for antibody analyses.  Samples drawn at non-UWCCC sites will 
be prepared as above, may be used immediately for immunological analysis, and will be stored at 
the research sites to be subsequently shipped in batch to the University of Wisconsin for central 
analysis.  All of the immunological analysis will be conducted by laboratory personnel blinded to 
the study treatment arm of individual subjects.  IFNγ and granzyme B ELISPOT analysis, and 
PAP-specific T-cell proliferation, may be conducted at the individual centers for subjects treated 
at those sites.  Similar studies will be performed for tetanus-specific immune responses, as a 
control for immunization.  Additional samples from those subjects, and from all samples from all 
other clinical trial sites, will be shipped to the UWCCC site for duplicate analysis.  In this way, 
the reproducibility of these specialized assays can be determined.  Other methods of T-cell 
response to PAP and other human tissue antigens may be used.   
 
B.1. 
Quantitative assessment of PAP-specific CD8+ T-cell effector immunity 
 
PAP-specific IFNγ- and granzyme B-secreting T-cell precursor frequency quantification by 
ELISPOT: ELISPOT will be used as the preferred methodology, as it permits analysis of low-
frequency events (LOD < 1:10,000 cells) and also permits simultaneous analysis of 
cryopreserved batched specimens.  Specifically, cryopreserved PBMC from subjects at the 
various time points will be rapidly thawed, and then transferred to 96-well nitrocellulose 
microtiter (ELISPOT) plates previously coated with monoclonal capture antibodies specific for 
IFNγ or granzyme B.  105 cells per well will be cultured in the presence of media (RPMI 1640 
supplemented with L-glutamine, penicillin/streptomycin, ß-mercaptoethanol and 10% human AB 
serum) only (no antigen), 2 µg/ml PAP protein, 2 µg/ml PSA protein (negative control), 250 
ng/ml tetanus toxoid, or 2.5 µg/ml PHA (positive mitogenic control) for 24-48 hours.  Plates will 
then be washed with PBS containing 0.05% Tween-20 and incubated for 2.5 hours at room 
temperature with 50 µl/well PBS containing 5 µg/ml biotinylated detection antibodies for either 
IFNγ or granzyme B.  After incubation, wells will be washed with PBS, and further incubated 
with 100 µl/well streptavidin-labeled alkaline phosphatase (BioRad, Hercules, CA) and then 
developed with 100 µl/well BCIP/NBT colorimetric substrate (BioRad).  The colorimetric 
reaction will be stopped by rinsing the plates under cool tap water, and wells will be allowed to 
dry completely before spots are enumerated with an ELISPOT automatic plate reader.  Results 
will be determined as either the number of spots per well or by T-cell frequencies, calculated by 
subtracting the mean number of spots obtained from the no antigen control wells from the mean 
number obtained in the experimental wells, normalized to 106 PBMC.  Comparison of 
experimental wells with control, no antigen, wells, and with pre-treatment experimental wells, 
will be performed using a Student’s t test, with p < 0.05 defined as a significant T-cell response.   
 
B.2. 
Assessment of PAP-specific memory T-cell immunity 
 
Ability of T-cell lines to proliferate in response to antigenic stimulation:  T-cell proliferation in 
response to antigen stimulation as a measure of memory T-cell responses will be assessed by a 
standard 5-day BrdU incorporation assay or by a PKH26 dye dilution assay.  As an example, T-
cell cultures with and without antigens will be established in replicates using 2x105 peripheral 
blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)/well, plated in 96-well round bottom microtiter plates 
(Corning, Cambridge, MA), in media consisting of RPMI 1640 (Gibco) and supplemented with 
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Costa Mesa, CA).  Antigens may include 1 µg/ml of the PAP peptide library, 2 µg/ml PAP 
(Research Diagnostics Inc., Flanders, NJ), 2 µg/ml PSA (Research Diagnostics Inc.), 2 µg/ml 
ovalbumin, 2 µg/ml streptokinase, 2 µg/ml human thyroglobulin, 250 ng/ml tetanus toxoid, and 
2.5 µg/ml phytohemaglutinin (PHA).  After 5 days of culture at 37oC/5% CO2, wells will be 
pulsed with 10 µM BrdU for 8-10 hours, and then the % of CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells proliferating 
in response to antigen will be determined by flow cytometry (BrdU Flow kit, BD Pharmingen).  
Ovalbumin and human thyroglobulin may be included as negative controls, and streptokine and 
PHA (a non-specific T-cell mitogen) may be included as positive controls.  Other cell surface 
markers will be stained to characterize the memory phenotype of proliferating cells (CD45R0, 
CCR7).  A proliferation index will be determined for each antigen as the ratio of the % of CD4+ 
or CD8+ T-cells with BrdU uptake following antigen-stimulation to the % of CD4+ or CD8+ T-
cells with BrdU uptake in media only.  Alternatively, T-cell precursor frequency will be 
determined by analysis of PKH26 dye dilution (ModFit software), and used as a quantitative 
measure of antigen-specific cellular proliferation. 
 
B.3. 
Quantitative assessment of antigen-specific antibody immunity 
 
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies responses to PAP:  
The presence of a coexisting humoral immune response to PAP will be evaluated by ELISA 
using an indirect method similar to that described previously [23].  Specifically, Immulon-4 
ELISA plates (Dynex Technologies Inc.) will be coated with 2 µg/ml purified PAP protein 
(Research Diagnostics, Inc.) in 0.1 M NaHCO3/Na2CO3 buffer (pH 9.6) overnight at 4oC.  After 
blocking with PBS/1% BSA for 1 hour at room temperature, wells will be washed with PBS + 
0.05% Tween-20 (PBS-Tween) and then incubated for 1 hour with human sera diluted 1:25, 
1:50, 1:100 and 1:200.  After washing, plates will then be sequentially incubated with a 
peroxidase-conjugated anti-human IgG detection antibody (Amersham), followed by peroxidase 
enzyme TMB substrate (Kierkegaard and Perry Laboratories).  The color reaction will be 
stopped with 1N H2SO4 and the optical density measured at 450 nm.  Antibody titers for PAP-
specific IgG antibodies will be determined as previously described [23]. 
 
B.4. 
Assessment of antigen-specific regulatory immune responses 
 
Trans-vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity (tvDTH) evaluation:  7.5-10 x 106 PBMC obtained 
from patients prior to and after (6 months) immunization will be co-injected into the footpads of 
6-to-8-week old SCID mice with 1 µg of PAP protein (Fitzgerald Industries, Acton, MA), or 
tetanus toxoid (TT/D; Aventis Pasteur, Bridgewater, NJ) as a recall antigen, versus phosphate-
buffered saline (PBS) alone as a negative control.  Antigen–driven swelling will be determined 
as previously described [63].  DTH reactivity after 24 hours will be shown as the change in 
footpad thickness in multiples of 10-4 inches, measured using a dial thickness gauge (Mitutoyo, 
Japan), and net swelling will be defined as the antigen-specific swelling subtracted for the 
contribution obtained with PBMC plus PBS.  To determine the effect of neutralizing antibodies, 
PBMC will be mixed with 1 µg of PAP antigen and 25 µg of either control IgG or rabbit anti-
human TGF-β, goat anti-human IL-10 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), or 1 µg of mouse anti-
human CTLA-4 monoclonal Ab (clone AS32, Ab Solutions, Mountain View, CA) and injected 
into the footpads of SCID mice as above.  The extent of bystander suppression, defining an 
antigen-specific regulatory response, will be measured as inhibition of recall antigen (tetanus) 
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control) and calculated as previously described [64].  Given the nature of the testing and the 
requirement for SCID mice, data will be shown derived from single measurements, but with key 
experiments repeated 2-3 times for confirmation.   
REPORTING AND RESPONSE DEFINITION:  These are not strictly quantitative assays.  An 
antigen-specific (PAP-specific) regulatory response for these purposes will be defined as an 
inhibition of a recall antigen (tetanus toxoid) DTH response by > 50% when performed in the 
presence of PAP; i.e. a DTH response in the presence of PAP+TT that is < 50% of that obtained 
with TT only.   
 
B.5. 
Assessment of antigen-spread to other prostate-associated antigens 
 
High-throughput immunoblot (HTI):  An exploratory objective of the study will be to determine 
if patients treated develop “off-target” prostate cancer antigen-specific immune responses as 
evidence of antigen spread.  Future studies may evaluate T-cell responses to non-targeted 
antigens.  However, the primary evaluation will be to evaluate IgG responses to a panel of 
prostate-associated antigens as we have previously reported in patients treated with vaccines or 
other immune-modulating agents [65, 66, 67].  IgG specific for 126 antigens, including 29 
cancer-testis antigens [68, 69] and 97 prostate antigens frequently immunologically recognized 
[70, 71, 72, 73] will be identified by screening a high-density phage array expressing these 
individual antigens, as we have previously reported [65, 67, 68].  An alternative to this approach 
may include the evaluation of responses to panels of protein antigens fixed to support 
membranes provided by commercial vendors.  The primary analysis will be conducted using sera 
obtained at 6 months, and compared with IgG responses identified at baseline, to determine 
whether IgG specific for individual antigens are elicited over time.  Other time points will be 
assessed to determine the durability and kinetics of immune response development, and 
confirmatory ELISA studies will be performed where feasible.   
REPORTING AND RESPONSE DEFINITION:  A positive IgG response will be defined as an 
immunoreactive spot to a defined antigen, scored by at least 3 of 4 independent reviewers, and 
detectable to at least 2 of 3 replicates per immunoblot membrane, or by statistically defined 
criteria using commercial antigen sources.  An IgG response resulting from immunization will be 
defined as an immunoreactive antigen identified at the 6-month (or other post-treatment time for 
subsequent analyses) time point that was not identified at the pre-treatment time point.   
 
C. 
Serum PSA Doubling Time Response 
 
See Section 13 for further details.  Serum PSA doubling-time response will be considered a 
secondary endpoint.  The pre-treatment serum PSA doubling time will be calculated from all 
serum PSA values available from the same clinical laboratory using the same assay for the three-
six month period prior to study treatment, not on other treatments for prostate cancer, up to and 
including the PSA value obtained at screening, using the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer 
Center 
nomogram(http://www.mskcc.org/applications/nomograms/prostate/PsaDoublingTime.aspx). 
The post-treatment PSA doubling time will be calculated using the same nomogram from: 
 
(1) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 1 (week 0) and continuing until the end-of study (or 
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(2) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 85 (month 3) to the day 253 (month 9) value (PSADT3-
9).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  An increase in the PSA doubling time to at least double the baseline value, and at least 15 
months, will be considered a PSA doubling time “response” [7]. 
 
D. 
Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) using NaF PET/CT 
 
An assessment of small volume bone metastatic disease (potentially not detected by standard 
bone scintigraphy) and tumor growth rates will be conducted using QTBI.  Patients accrued to 
the Biomarker Cohort at designated clinical trial sites will be assessed at baseline, 3 months and 
6 months by NaF PET/CT.  Metastatic prostate cancer lesions in bone will first be localized and 
identified based on functional NaF PET uptake, assisted with the anatomical information 
provided by CT scans. Segmentation will be performed using an automatic segmentation method 
(e.g. a fixed SUV threshold), and adjusted with physician guidance. Scans from different time 
points will be registered to one another using an articulated registration technique employing a 
rigid registration of skeletal elements (bones) from CT followed by registration optimization by 
combining with deformable registration of bones and lesions from NaF PET/CT. The lesions 
between pre-treatment and follow-up scans will be matched to establish longitudinal 
correspondence of the lesions. For each patient, comprehensive treatment response metrics will 
be calculated, consisting of SUVtotal (total disease burden), SUVmax (maximum intensity lesion), 
SUVmean (average intensity), the number of lesions, and total volume of bone lesions. In 
addition, imaging response metrics will be calculated for each individual lesion. This 
methodology will specifically be used to assess the growth rate of bone metastatic disease by 
evaluating changes from baseline to month 3 and from month 3 to month 6.  In terms of logistics, 
each of the clinical centers has the capacity and expertise to perform NaF PET imaging.  
 
NaF-PET/CT IMAGING PROCEDURES:  To ensure uniformity as well as optimal data 
interpretation, a standardized image acquisition protocol will be utilized and the overall imaging 
analyses will be conducted centrally under the supervision of Dr. Robert Jeraj, PhD (co-
investigator) at the University of Wisconsin Image Analysis Core (IMAC) facility, with all 
analysis blinded to study treatment arm.  Please refer to the Standard Operating Procedures 
(SOP) document for NaF-PET/CT procedures, which will be adhered to at both sites, for details 
of image acquisition, image analysis, image interpretation, image submission for central review, 
and other imaging-related details.   
 
 
12. 
Reporting Adverse Events 
 

 
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Please see section 15 below, which contains in detail the policy and procedures for patient safety 
monitoring and adverse event reporting. 
 
A. 
Definition 
 
An adverse event is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign (including abnormal 
laboratory finding unless they are grade 1 and deemed clinically insignificant), symptom or 
disease temporally associated with a medical treatment or procedure, regardless of whether it is 
considered related to the treatment or procedure.  Note that for this study grade 1 laboratory 
values deemed clinically insignificant will not be reported as adverse events. Adverse events are 
categorized as definite, probable, possible, unlikely or unrelated in relation to the medical 
treatment or procedure performed.  A life-threatening event is defined as any adverse event that 
places the subject, in the view of the investigator, at immediate risk of death from the reaction. 
All nonserious and serious adverse events will be collected from time of informed consent 
through 30 days after the final dose of study drug or any time after the 30 days if felt to be at 
least possibly related.  Serious adverse events are any events occurring that result in any of the 
following outcomes: 
 
1. 
Subject death 
2. 
Life-threatening adverse event 
3. 
In patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization 
4. 
Persistent or significant disability/incapacity 
5. 
Congenital anomaly or birth defect 
 
Adverse events are classified by organ system and graded by severity according to the current 
NIH Common Terminology Criteria, as described in Appendix A.  The defined grades use the 
following general guidelines: 
 
 
0 
No adverse event or within normal limits 
 
1 
Mild adverse event 
 
2 
Moderate adverse event 
 
3 
Severe adverse event 
 
4 
Life-threatening or disabling adverse event 
 
5 
Fatal adverse event 
 
B. 
Procedure for Reporting Adverse Events 
 
Regulations defining the responsibilities for reporting adverse events are defined by the National 
Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (NCI CTEP, http://ctep.info.nih.gov).  
Please see the details of adverse event reporting in Section 15.D 
 
Appropriate clinical, diagnostic, and laboratory measures to attempt to delineate the cause of the 
adverse reaction in question must be performed and the results reported.  All tests that reveal an 
abnormality considered to be drug- or treatment-related will be repeated at appropriate intervals 
until the course is determined or a return to normal values occurs.  Information will be recorded 
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13. 
Statistical Considerations 
 
Experimental Design: 
In this multi-center, randomized, controlled phase II study, the primary endpoint is the 2-year 
metastasis-free survival probability.  Participants will be randomly assigned in 1:1 fashion to 
either a PAP-encoding DNA vaccine with rhGM-CSF as an adjuvant or placebo with rhGM-
CSF.  Time to metastasis is measured from randomization date to the metastasis confirmation 
date (via radiographic imaging).  Metastasis-free patients at 24 months of follow-up are 
considered censored at the date of most recent evaluation.  For those participants who have not 
already met criteria for radiographic imaging progression, metastasis assessment will be made by 
reviewer assessment of the CT images and bone scans obtained at the 24-month time point.  
 
Power Calculation:  
The primary efficacy endpoint is the 2-year metastasis-free survival probability. Slovin et al 
reported a median MFS of 19 months in patients with rising prostate-specific antigen values 
following surgery or radiation therapy [5]. Based on these results, it is anticipated that the 2-year 
MFS rate in the placebo/GM-CSF arm will be approximately 40%. For the DNA vaccine 
encoding PAP with rhGM-CSF arm, it is anticipated that the 2-year MFS rate is at least 70%, 
based on promising efficacy results from the previous phase I/II trial with the same DNA vaccine 
in high-risk stage D0 prostate cancer patients. A sample size of 56 subjects (28 on each arm) with 
stage D0 prostate was initially proposed for this trial, and this cohort of patients (accrued at UW 
and UCSF sites only) is specifically being evaluated under the original DOD sponsor.  An 
additional cohort of 50 subjects (25 patients on each arm) with the same inclusion/exclusion 
criteria will be treated in identical fashion, but will undergo further evaluation as described 
above for the biomarker analyses.  This cohort of subjects is not under the oversight of the 
original DOD sponsor, rather a separate corporate sponsor (MVI).  Hence, the proposed total 
sample size for this extended trial is 106 subjects (53 per arm). There will be no interim analysis 
conducted after the initial cohort of 56 patients has been accrued. The sample size of the original 
study (56 patients) was chosen to detect the anticipated difference of 40% versus 70% with 80% 
power at the relatively large one-sided 10% significance level. For a phase II trial such as the 
proposed study, it is desirable to limit the type II error to be 10% or less. The proposed total 
sample size 106 of the extended trial will be adequate to warrant sufficient power (>90%) to 
detect the anticipated difference of 40% versus 70% in the 2-year MFS rate at the one-sided 5% 
significance level, assuming an attrition rate of up to 15%. After the last subject is randomized, 
each subject will be followed for at least 24 months for metastasis. The following table shows 
the attainable power levels to detect various differences in the 2-year MFS rates between the two 
study arms at the one-sided 5% significance level, assuming a sample size of 53 subjects per arm 
with an attrition rate of 15%.  
 
Table: Attainable power levels to detect differences in the 2-year MFS rates between study arms 
at the one-sided 5% significance level, assuming a sample size of 53 subjects per arm with an 
attrition rate of 15% 
 
2-year MFS rate in DNA vaccine 
 encoding PAP/rhGM-CSF arm 
2-year MFS rate in  
placebo/GM-CSF arm 
0.66 
0.68 
0.70 
0.72 
0.74 

 
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0.38 
0.87 
0.91 
0.94 
0.96 
0.97 
0.40 
0.82 
0.87 
0.91 
0.94 
0.96 
0.42 
0.77 
0.82 
0.87 
0.91 
0.94 
0.44 
0.70 
0.77 
0.82 
0.87 
0.91 
    
Hence, if the true 2-year MFS rate in the Placebo/GM-CSF arm is 40% or less and the true 2-
year MFS rate in the DNA vaccine encoding PAP/rhGM-CSF arm is greater than 70%, then the 
proposed sample size of 53 subjects per arm will provide at least 91% power to detect the 
difference in 2-year MFS rates between arms at the one-sided 5% significance level. 
Analogously, a difference of 40% versus 72% will be detected with 94% power while a 
difference of 40% versus 66% will provide 82% power.  
 
Study Endpoints: 
 
Primary endpoint:  Metastasis-free survival (MFS) 
 
Secondary endpoints:  
1)  Median PSA doubling time in patients with clinical stage D0 prostate cancer, in each study 
arm, prior to and after treatment.  Pre-randomization serum PSA doubling time (PSA DT) is 
calculated from all available serum PSA values provided by the same clinical laboratory using 
the same assay three to six months prior to randomization.  This value will be obtained using the 
Memorial 
Sloan-Kettering 
Cancer 
Center 
nomogram 
(http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/10088.cfm).  Post-randomization serum PSA doubling time 
will be calculated from day 1 to the 24 month follow up (end of study), and from month 3 to 
month 9  in the same fashion using:  
 
(1) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 1 (week 0) and continuing until the end-of study (or 
month 24) value (PSADT0-24). 
 
(2) 
All PSA values obtained from the same clinical laboratory using the same PSA assay 
beginning with the PSA value at day 85 (month 3) to the day 253 (month 9) value (PSADT3-
9).  
 
 
 
 
A two-fold increase or higher in the post-treatment (PSADT0-24, PSADT3-9) versus pre-treatment 
PSA doubling time and with a value greater than 15 months, will be considered a PSA doubling 
time “response” for an individual patient. 
 
2)  Safety and tolerability of the PAP-encoding DNA vaccine with GM-CSF as an adjuvant in 
patients with clinical stage D0 prostate cancer. 
 
3)  Median progression-free survival, and PSA progression-free survival, in patients with clinical 
stage D0 prostate cancer, in each study arm.  Progression is defined as the appearance of 
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10 mm by CT or MRI, lymph node > 15 mm in short axis, or appearance of new lesions on bone 
scan consistent with metastatic disease), and median progression will be calculated from the date 
of randomization to the first evidence of metastatic disease.  Progression will also be defined as 
the off-study date for those patients coming off-study prior to the 24-month time point to pursue 
other treatments, without evidence of metastasis.  PSA progression is defined as a PSA value that 
is at least twice as large as its baseline (day 1) counterpart.  PSA progression must be confirmed 
with a repeat PSA blood test at least two weeks later.  The time to PSA progression will be 
defined as the interval between day 1 and the first time when a PSA value at least twice as large 
as the baseline value, also confirmed in the subsequent repeat PSA test, has been observed. All 
post-treatment PSA values have to been obtained from the same laboratory using the same assay.  
PSA progression-free survival times of subjects not experiencing PSA progression by the end of 
the follow-up period (24 months after the last patient has been randomized) will be censored. If 
lost-to-follow-up, the PSA progression-free survival time will be censored at the last available 
serum PSA measurement date.  Similarly, if a patient experiences disease progression due to the 
appearance of metastases, PSA progression-free survival time will be censored at the date of the 
last available serum PSA measurement at the off-study time-point. 
 
Laboratory endpoints: 
An immune response will be defined as a PAP-specific T-cell frequency (by ELISPOT) or 
proliferation precursor frequency (by T-cell proliferation studies) at the completion of treatment 
that is at least 3-fold higher than the baseline T-cell frequency, and statistically different from 
media-only controls.  An IgG immune response will be defined as a titratable PAP-specific IgG 
antibody response by ELISA, with titer of at least 1:100, detectable after immunization that was 
not detectable pre-immunization.    
 
Biomarker endpoints:   
1)  Baseline immune responses specific for PAP (by antigen-specific T cell proliferation, 
cytokine release or regulatory response by tvDTH) will be evaluated in all subjects, blinded to 
treatment arm.   
2)  Sera obtained at baseline and at 6 months will be used to identify whether antibody responses 
are elicited to other prostate-associated antigens.  
3)  Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) will be evaluated in a blinded fashion at baseline, 3 
months and 6 months. QTBI parameters will include: Standardized Uptake Values (SUV): 
SUVmax, SUVtotal, SUVmean, SUVpeak and volume.  These image data will be used: 
1. To determine whether the presence of lesions detected by NaF PET/CT at baseline is 
associated with early disease progression (within 1 year) by standard radiographic 
imaging methods (CT and bone scintigraphy) 
2. To determine whether NaF18F- PET/CT reveals different patterns of disease progression 
with respect to treatment arm. 
3. To determine if growth rates, and changes in growth rates, determined by NaF PET/CT 
are associated with PSA doubling time and changes in PSA doubling time (PSADT0-24, 
PSADT3-9). 
 
Statistical Analysis Plan 
 
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Intent-to-Treat (ITT) Population: The primary population for the efficacy analysis will be the 
ITT population, defined as all patients who have been randomized and have received at least one 
dose of pTVG-HP/rhGM-CSF or rhGM-CSF treatment. 
 
Evaluable Efficacy Population: The secondary population for the efficacy analysis will be the 
Evaluable Efficacy Population. The Evaluable Efficacy Population consists of all patients who 
have been treated according to protocol, i.e., all inclusion/exclusion criteria are satisfied, 
adequate compliance with treatment (having received all pTVG-HP/rhGM-CSF or rhGM-CSF 
treatment until a study endpoint was reached), and have completed all radiographic assessment 
(until a study endpoint was reached). 
 
Safety Population: The Safety Population for assessment of safety consists of all patients who 
received at least one dose of pTVG-HP/rhGM-CSF or rhGM-CSF treatment. 
 
Primary endpoint:  
The 2-year MFS rates, as defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria, will be summarized in tabular format, 
stratified by study arm. The stratified Mantel-Haenszel test will be used to compare the 2-year 
MFS rates between arms. The stratification factors will include: Study cohort (initial vs. 
biomarker cohort), Gleason score (< 7 or > 7), PSA doubling time (< 3 months, 3-6 months, or 6-
12 months), and baseline PSA at the time of screening (< 10 ng/mL or > 10 ng/mL).  The 
survival function for metastasis-free survival will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, 
and the comparison between the two arms will be made using a stratified logrank test at the one-
sided 5% significance level. As available, meaningful quantiles of the metastasis-free survival 
time obtained based on Kaplan-Meier curves will be reported in each study arm. As an 
exploratory analysis of MFS, both univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models 
will be used where study cohort (initial vs. biomarker cohort), Gleason score, baseline PSA 
doubling time and baseline PSA value will be included as covariates [62]. 
 
Secondary endpoints: 
1)  PSA DT response rates (based on both (PSADT0-24 and PSADT3-9) will be obtained for each 
study arm and will be summarized by standard descriptive statistics: means, standard deviations, 
medians and ranges. Fold changes in PSA DT from baseline to post-treatment (both (PSADT0-14 
and PSADT3-9) will be calculated and the corresponding standard errors will be obtained by 
fitting a linear regression model (with log(PSA).  PSA doubling times in the two study arms will 
be compared using a weighted (by the inverse of the standard errors) Wilcoxon Rank Sum test 
and a 95% confidence interval for the difference will be constructed.  A logistic regression model 
will be used to assess the treatment effect on PSA doubling time response rates, while adjusted 
for key prognostic factors that include Gleason score, baseline PSA doubling time and baseline 
PSA.   
 
2)  Adverse events and toxicities observed will be categorized according to the most recent 
version of the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.  Each toxicity/adverse 
event observed will be assigned an attribution: unrelated, unlikely, possible, probable, or 
definite.  The number and severity of observed toxicities will be analyzed descriptively in tabular 
format.  Ninety-five percent confidence intervals of toxicity rates will be constructed for each 
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3) As available, both median PSA PFS (PPFS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in the pTVG-
HP DNA vaccine/GM-CSF arm will be compared to their counterparts in the placebo/GM-CSF 
arm using quantile regression methods for censored data [74].  PPFS and PFS will be 
summarized in each arm using Kaplan-Meier curves.  For both PPFS and PFS, univariate and 
multivariate Cox proportional hazards models stratified by the aforementioned stratifying factors 
will be used to compare the two trial arms.  The multivariate Cox proportional hazards model 
will adjust for treatment group and age at randomization. 
 
Biomarker endpoints: 
An immune response by ELISPOT or antigen-specific proliferation that is at least 3-fold higher 
than the baseline T-cell frequency will be analyzed as binary data, and its response rate estimated 
with a 95% confidence interval for each trial arm. An IgG immune response will also be 
analyzed as a binary data, and its response rate estimated with a 95% confidence interval for 
each trial arm.  The comparison of immune responses between the two trial arms will be 
conducted using a stratified Mantel-Haenszel test.  
 
It will be evaluated whether the presence of specific immune responses present at baseline are 
associated with the development of Th1-biased immune responses after treatment and with 2-
year metastasis-free survival. Specifically, in order to determine if baseline immune responses 
specific for PAP are predictive (or not) for these immunological and clinical endpoints, logistic 
regression analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis will be conducted.  
 
The detection of antigen spread to other prostate associated antigens, and the identification of 
specific antigens recognized, will be analyzed descriptively.  In addition, logistic regression 
analysis will be conducted to evaluate whether antigen spread is associated with the generation 
of PAP-specific immune responses elicited as a result of treatment.  The dependent variables will 
be the detection of IgG responses to > 1 “off-target” antigen at 6 months (and not present pre-
treatment) while treatment arm and 6-month PAP-specific immune responses (no vs. yes) will be 
included as covariates.  The results will be reported in terms of odds ratios and the corresponding 
95% confidence intervals. 
 
Results from the QTBI analysis will be used to determine whether individuals with identifiable 
bone lesions exhibit early disease progression (within 1 year) by standard bone scintigraphy 
and/or CT scans, and whether the time to metastatic disease is different with respect to treatment 
group.  Specifically, the association between baseline QTBI parameters and time to disease 
progression will be evaluated using Cox proportional hazard analysis. Analogously, logistic 
regression analysis will be conducted to evaluate presence of lesions detected by NaF PET/CT at 
baseline is associated with early disease progression (within 1 year) rate. 
 
Furthermore, % changes in QTBI parameters from the baseline to the 3 and 6 months assessment 
will be calculated and summarized in terms of means, standard deviations, medians and ranges, 
stratified by treatment arm. A linear mixed effects model with subject specific a random effects 
will be used to evaluate the association between changes in QTBI parameters and changes in 
PSA doubling time.  
 
Due to the exploratory nature of the biomarker evaluations proposed in this trial, no adjustments 
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at the one-sided 5% significance level, all other comparisons will be made using a two-sided test 
at a significance level 0.05 without adjustment for multiplicity. Data analysis will be conducted 
using SAS software (SAS Institute, Carey NC), version 9.3 or greater.  
 
 
14. 
Administrative Considerations 
 
A. 
Specimen Handling 
 
Upon entry into the study, each subject will be assigned a unique identification number.  All 
materials collected on that subject will be labeled with that number only, for reasons of 
confidentiality.  Lymphocytes collected will be stored in liquid nitrogen, and sera will be 
aliquoted and stored at –80°C in research laboratories at the investigator sites, and shipped in 
bulk to the central UWCCC laboratory for immune analysis.  
 
B. 
Future Use of Samples 
 
Not all of the blood components obtained during this study may be required for the tests that are 
part of the clinical trial.  Following the conclusion of the study, the samples may be used for 
future cancer research at University of Wisconsin or other sites.  This research will help to 
understand disease subtypes, drug response and toxicity, and possibly identify new drug targets 
or biomarkers that predict subject response to treatment.  Patients will be given the option to opt 
out of the sample banking process. 
 
Samples will be coded with the subject’s unique study identification number and date sample 
was drawn, which can be linked back to individually identifiable information.  The link between 
the unique subject identification number and the identifiable information will be stored in a 
secure location in a password protected computer, with only appropriately trained staff having 
access to this link. Samples will be stored in the research laboratory of the University of 
Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison, Wisconsin.  This is a secure facility and only 
appropriate people will have access to the blood samples.   
 
C. 
Institutional Review Board 
 
In accordance with federal regulations (21 CFR 312.66), an Institutional Review Board (IRB) 
that complies with the regulations in 21 CFR 56 must review and approve this protocol and the 
informed consent form prior to the initiation of the study at each investigator site.  In addition, 
the study cannot be instituted without FDA approval of the vaccine formulations.  Finally, the 
trial will be conducted with adherence to this protocol, following good clinical practice (GCP) 
guidelines, and in compliance with other applicable regulatory requirements.  Any modifications 
to the protocol must follow the procedure as outlined in Section 17 below. 
 
As the Coordinating Center for a trial, it is UWCCC’s responsibility for oversight of regulatory 
documentation for each participating site including verifying that the participating has an IRB 
and a Federal wide assurance to cover its activities. After UW Health Sciences Institutional 
Review Board (HS-IRB) and the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel 
Command’s (USAMRMC) Office of Research Protections (ORP), Human Research Protection 

 
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Office (HRPO) grant initial approval, the UWCCC GU Oncology Group staff will provide the 
approved protocol, and consent form to the participating site.  The participating site will use the 
UW HS-IRB approved consent document as a template.  No substantial changes, including 
changes to the risk language will be allowed without first receiving approval from the UWCCC 
GU Oncology Group. 
 
Each participating site must receive local IRB approval of both the current protocol and consent 
prior to activation of the study at their site.  The local IRB approval notice, approved HIPAA and 
consent will be forwarded to the UWCCC GU Oncology Group at the contact listed below either 
by mail, fax or email.  Once all of the UWCCC administrative requirements are completed, the 
UWCCC GU Oncology Group will issue an activation notice for the site and subjects can be 
enrolled into the study: 
 
In addition, the participating institution must provide the UWCCC GU Oncology Group with a 
copy of the institution’s approved continuing review.  Registration will be halted at the 
participating institution if a current continuing review approval is not on file at UWCCC.  
 
All local IRB approvals and informed consent documents should be forwarded to the UWCCC 
GU Oncology Group by email at uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu or fax at 608-265-5146 or regular 
mail at:  
UWCCC GU Oncology Group 
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center 
600 Highland Avenue, CSC K4/6 
Madison, WI 53792 
 
D. 
Consent 
 
The Principal Investigators or their associates must explain verbally and in writing the nature, 
duration, and purpose of the study and possible consequences of the treatment.  Patients must 
also be informed that they may withdraw from the study at any time and for any reason without 
jeopardizing their future treatment.  In accordance with Federal regulations (21 CFR 312), all 
patients must sign the IRB-approved consent form.   
 
Documentation of both the informed consent process and that the process occurred prior to a 
subject’s entry into the study should be recorded in the subject’s source documents.  The original 
consent form, signed and dated by the subject and by the person consenting the subject prior to 
the subject’s entry into the study, must be maintained in the investigator’s study files at each site. 
 
 
15. 
Data and Safety Monitoring Plan 
 
A. 
Oversight and Monitoring Plan 
 
For this trial there will be a designated independent medical monitor.  The medical monitor (Dr. 
Albertini, MD) is independent of the investigative team and possesses sufficient educational and 
professional experience to serve as the patient advocate.  The medical monitor will have the 
authority to stop a research study in progress, remove individual volunteers from a study, and 

 
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take whatever steps are necessary to protect the safety and well-being of research volunteers until 
the IRB can assess the medical monitor’s report.  The medical monitor will review all 
unanticipated problems involving risk to subjects or others, serious adverse events and subject 
deaths and provide an unbiased written opinion regarding the relationship to study participation 
and the outcome of the event or problem.  The monitor must also indicate whether he concurs 
with the details of the report provided the UWCCC Local Principal Investigator. 
The UWCCC Data and Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) is responsible for monitoring 
data quality and subject safety for all UWCCC clinical studies.  A summary of DSMC activities 
follows: 
• Review of all clinical trials conducted at the UWCCC for data integrity and safety 
• Review of all serious adverse events requiring expedited reporting as defined in the protocol 
• Review of reports generated by the UWCCC data quality control review process  
• Submit recommendations for corrective action to the Clinical Research Committee (CRC) 
• Notify the Study Chair of the DSMC recommendation to the CRC 
• The committee ensures that notification is provided to external sites participating in multiple-
institutional clinical trials coordinated by the UWCCC of serious adverse events requiring 
expedited reporting. 
 
The following information describes the data and safety monitoring plan specific to the UWCCC 
clinical trial site: 
 
Phase II Trials 
For patients enrolled at the UWCCC, data related to these trials are discussed at regularly 
scheduled Disease Oriented Working Group meetings where the result of each subject’s 
treatment is discussed and the discussion is documented in the minutes. The discussion will 
include the number of subjects, significant toxicities as described in the protocol, dose 
adjustments, and responses observed.  Twice yearly summaries will be submitted to the Data and 
Safety Monitoring Committee for review. 
 
B. 
Review and Oversight Requirements 
 
Adverse events requiring expedited reporting (as described in the protocol) that occur at a 
participating institution will be reported by phone within 24 hours to the UWCCC GU Oncology 
Office (phone: 608-263-7107; fax: 608-265-5146, email: uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu).  The 
UWCC GU Oncology Office will be responsible for reporting requirements listed below in 
sections B.1 and B.2 
 
B.1. 
Serious Adverse Event  – Reported Within 24 Hours : 
Serious Adverse Events requiring expedited reporting within 24 hours (as described in the 
protocol) will also be reported to the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) 
via saenotify@uwcarbone.wisc.edu and to the Principal Investigator and Medical Monitor within 
one business day.  Confirmation that all appropriate parties were notified will be done at this 
time.  Hardcopies or electronic versions of NCI ADEERS form(#3500) and/or any other 
documentation available at that time will also be reviewed by the Committee Chair who will 
determine if immediate action is required.  Within ten working days all subsequent SAE 

 
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documentation that is available will be submitted with a completed UWCCC SAE Routing form 
to the designated parties on the form and Committee Chair who will determine if further action is 
required.  All information will be tracked in the UWCCC Oncore database.    
 
If the SAE occurs on a multiple-institutional clinical trial coordinated by the UWCCC, the 
Outreach Coordinator will ensure that all participating sites are notified of the event and resulting 
action within one working day of the determination. 
 
In addition, it will be the responsibility for UWCCC GU staff to promptly report all 
unanticipated problems involving risk to subjects or others, serious adverse events related to 
participation in the study, and subject deaths related to participation in this study that occur at 
any of the participating sites to the USAMRMC’s Office of research Protections, Human 
Research Protection Office.  This reporting requirement and other reporting requirements for 
UWCCC are detailed in Section 18: Protocol Addendum Specific for UWCCC Site for 
USAMRMC Requirements.   
 
NOTE:  The reporting requirements to the USAMRMC pertain only to the 56 patients initially 
accrued at UWCCC and UCSF for whom the USAMRMC/DOD serves as sponsor.    
 
B.2. 
Serious Adverse Event  – Reported within 10 Days 
Serious Adverse Events requiring expedited reports in writing within 10 working days (as 
described 
in 
the 
protocol) 
will 
be 
sent 
to 
the 
UWCCC 
DSMC 
Coordinator 
via datasafetymonitoring@uwcarbone.wisc.edu. Hardcopies or electronic versions of NCI 
ADEERS form (#3500) or other required forms will be submitted along with a copy of the SAE 
Routing Form.  The Committee Chair will review these forms and determine if further action is 
required.  This information will be tracked in the UWCCC ONCORE database. 
If the SAE occurs on a multiple-institutional clinical trial coordinated by the UWCCC, the 
Outreach Coordinator will ensure that all participating sites are notified of the event and resulting 
action within one working day of the determination. 
 
B.3. 
Study Progress Review 
Cumulative reports of serious adverse events requiring expedited reporting and any new serious 
adverse event requiring expedited reporting are also reviewed at the DSMC committee’s 
meetings at 6-month intervals. 
An overall assessment of accrual, toxicities as described in the protocol, and responses will 
enable the committee members to assess whether significant benefits or risks are occurring that 
would warrant study closure. This information is provided by Disease Group meeting minutes, 
internal audit and/or response review reports.  The committee may request external DSMB 
reports or further information from the Disease Groups, or Study Chair. 
The Data and Safety Monitoring Committee recommendations for modifications to the trial are 
forwarded to the Clinical Research Committee (CRC), composed of Cancer Center senior leaders 
that oversee all aspects of clinical research conducted at the UWCCC and makes final decisions 
on all issues related to clinical trials.  The Study Chair is notified of this recommendation in 
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trial, about the potential action.  At this time the Study Chair may submit to the CRC additional 
information that could affect the Committee’s decision.  The CRC will notify the Study Chair if 
they concur with the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee recommendations, including 
suspension or closure.  The Study Chair will notify all investigators involved with the study at 
UWCCC and external sites, the IRB, the sponsor and the funding agency and provide written 
documentation of these notifications to the CRC. 
 
C. 
Expedited Reporting of Adverse Events 
 
Adverse events requiring expedited reporting that occur at a participating institution will be 
reported by phone within 24 hours to the UWCCC GU Oncology Office (phone: 608-263-7107; 
fax: 608-265-5146, email: uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu).  The UWCC GU Oncology Office 
will be responsible for reporting requirements listed below: 
 
Depending on the nature, severity, and attribution of the serious adverse event an ADR report 
will be phoned in, submitted in writing, or both according to Table D-2 below.  Expedited 
Serious Adverse Events must also be reported to the UWCCC Data and Safety Monitoring 
Committee Chair within one working day of the event.  All expedited serious adverse events 
must also be reported to the UW IRB, and any sponsor/funding agency not already included in 
the list. 
 
E-mail initial report to: 
• Study principal investigator at dm3@medicine.wisc.edu 
• Medical Monitor at uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu.  
• GU coordinator at uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu (who will notify UWCCC Data and 
Safety Monitoring Committee Coordinator, the UW Institutional Biosafety Officer (via 
First Report form (http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/biosafety/emergency_prep.htm), and the 
USAMRMC ORP HRPO at hsrrb@det.amedd.army.mil for the initial 56 patients) 
within one working day of the event  
 
Written reports to: 
• Study principal investigator – FAX 608-265-5146 or deliver to K4/623 
• UWCC Data and Safety Monitoring Committee Coordinator – FAX 608-265-5676 or 
deliver to K4/6 Mailcode 6160 
• UW IRB – Copy of final written report to UW Institutional Biosafety Office 
• GU coordinator will submit written report to U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel 
Command, ATTN: MCMR-ZB-PH, 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-
5012 – NOTE: This pertains only to the initial 56 patients not treated on the biomarker 
cohort. 
• FDA and NIH OBA 
 
 
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Sites should follow this table for reporting adverse events to the University of Wisconsin.  The 
University of Wisconsin will then report the event to the FDA. 
Expedited Reporting Table D-2 
FDA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS (21 CFR Part 312) 
NOTE:  Investigators MUST immediately report to the study PI ANY Serious Adverse Events, whether or not they 
are considered related to the investigational agent(s)/intervention (21 CFR 312.64) 
 An adverse event is considered serious if it results in ANY of the following outcomes:   
1) 
Death 
2) 
A life-threatening adverse event  
3) 
An adverse event that results in inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization for ≥ 24 
hours  
4) 
A persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions  
5) 
A congenital anomaly/birth defect.  
6) 
Important Medical Events (IME) that may not result in death, be life threatening, or require hospitalization 
may be considered serious when, based upon medical judgment, they may jeopardize the patient or 
subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes listed in this 
definition. (FDA, 21 CFR 312.32; ICH E2A and ICH E6). 
 
 
Hospitalization 
Grade 1 
Timeframes 
Grade 2 
Timeframes 
Grade 3 Timeframes 
Grade 4 & 5 
Timeframes 
Resulting in 
Hospitalization  
≥ 24 hrs 
10 Calendar Days 
24-Hour 5 
Calendar Days 
Not resulting in 
Hospitalization  
≥ 24 hrs 
Not required 
10 Calendar Days 
1Serious adverse events that occur more than 30 days after the last administration of investigational 
agent/intervention and have an attribution of possible, probable, or definite require reporting as follows:  
Expedited 24-hour notification followed by complete report within 5 calendar days for: 
• All Grade 4, and Grade 5 AEs 
Expedited 10 calendar day reports for: 
• Grade 2 adverse events resulting in hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization  
• Grade 3 adverse events 
 
 
NOTE:  GRADE 2 AUTOIMMUNE REACTIONS WILL BE TREATED AS GRADE 3 
EVENTS FOR REPORTING PURPOSES. 
 
For Hospitalization Only – Any medical event equivalent to the CTC Grade 3,4,5 which 
precipitated hospitalization (or prolongation of existing hospitalization) must be reported 
regardless of requirements for phase of study, expected or unexpected and attribution. 
 
Expedited reporting may not be appropriate for specific expected adverse events for certain later 
phase 2 and phase 3 protocols.  In those situations the adverse events that will not have expedited 
reporting must be specified in the text of the approved protocol.  An expected Grade 3 event that 
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grade 3 diarrhea requiring hospitalization is expected, only diarrhea requiring ICU care (Grade 4) 
might be designated for expedited reporting. 
 
 
16. 
Potential Risks and Benefits, and Procedures to Minimize Risk 
 
A. 
Potential Risks 
 
A.1. 
From immunization with DNA plasmid encoding PAP 
 
Two potential toxicities might be predicted to occur from DNA-based vaccines.  The first would 
be immediate toxicity due to the vaccination itself, and a second would be due to immunological 
consequences of the vaccination targeting other unrelated tissues.  An intradermal route of 
administration will be used, and is preferred given the presence of Langerhans’ antigen-
presenting cells in the dermis.  Intradermal administrations, however, carry a risk of immediate 
allergic reactions.  For that reason, subjects will be monitored for 60 minutes following each 
treatment with evaluation of vital signs and examination of the skin site of treatment.  Subjects 
will also be asked to keep a record of unusual site or other reactions for two days after 
immunization.   
 
With respect to eliciting unwanted immunological reactions, PAP, a protein whose expression is 
essentially restricted to the prostate, does share homology with other tissue phosphatases, notably 
lysosomal acid phosphatase (LAP), most prevalent in pancreatic tissue.  No such toxicity has 
been reported in clinical trials targeting PAP by means of a dendritic cell vaccine, and the 
generation of PAP-specific CTL in rat models similarly did not elicit detectable evidence of 
autoimmune disease in non-prostate tissues.  Moreover, this was not seen in a previous phase I 
clinical trial with this DNA vaccine.  However, in order to further evaluate this potential toxicity 
in humans, subjects will be evaluated at each visit by a review of systems based on the NCI 
common toxicity criteria.  In addition, subjects will be examined and serum chemistries, 
including renal function tests, blood counts, liver function tests, and serum amylase, will be 
evaluated at 6-12 week intervals, as outlined above.  The serum amylase will be used as a serum 
marker to monitor for evidence of subclinical pancreatic inflammation.   
 
While there has been a suggestion that the plasmid DNA could insert into the host chromosomal 
DNA, this has not been documented in any other study, and several laboratory investigations 
have suggested the possibility of this occurring is less than the spontaneous mutation rate, and 
therefore not a real risk [75].  Even should this occur, there is little reason to suspect that this 
would put subjects at any increased risk, and in this patient population with treated prostate 
cancer, there is little risk of transfer to offspring.  There are no known risks to blood donation 
during or after immunization, however subjects will be requested to not donate blood from study 
entry until completion of all study procedures. 
 
The DNA itself is not hazardous (in that it encodes no viral proteins, is not radioactive, and is not 
itself a carcinogen) and does not pose additional risk to subjects or study personnel.  However, 
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A.2. 
From intradermal treatment with rhGM-CSF 
 
GM-CSF, administered intradermally with the vaccine, is being used as a vaccine adjuvant, and 
has demonstrated safety from multiple other vaccine trials in humans.  Common side effects 
include erythema and induration at the site of immunization (lasting for several days), and a 
transient decrease in peripheral white blood cell counts (lasting for several hours), mild flu-like 
symptoms (lasting for several hours).  It has also been observed and reported that T-cell and 
antibody responses can occur to GM-CSF, but without any known clinical sequelae [54].  
Uncommon and rare side effects, which have been less frequently observed with daily 
administration of higher doses of GM-CSF, include: vomiting; diarrhea; fatigue; weakness; 
headache; decreased appetite; feeling of faintness; facial flushing; pain in the bones, muscles, 
chest, abdomen, or joints; blood clots or unusual bleeding symptoms; rapid or irregular heartbeat 
or other heart problems; kidney and liver dysfunction; fluid accumulation or worsening of pre-
existing fluid accumulation in arms and legs, in the lungs, and around the heart that may result in 
breathing problems and heart failure; allergic reactions; sloughing of skin; liver enlargement; 
Guillain-Barré syndrome; hypotension; loss of consciousness; dyspnea.  In a previous phase I 
trial with this vaccine and GM-CSF, two patients experienced chest and back pain, attributed to 
the GM-CSF, which lasted less than 10 minutes and occurred within one hour of receiving GM-
CSF.  For this reason, all subjects will be monitored for one hour after receiving each 
immunization or GM-CSF treatment. 
 
A.3. 
From blood tests 
 
Drawing blood may cause temporary discomfort and bruising at the site of venipuncture.  Skin 
infections, while possible, are extremely rare as a result of blood draws 
 
A.4. 
From leukapheresis 
 
Adverse events from leukapheresis are uncommon.  Bruising at the site of venipuncture for 
venous access is possible, as is a rare risk of infection related to this venipuncture.  
Anticoagulants (ACD) are used during cell collection, but these have not been associated with 
subsequent bleeding problems.  There is a rare risk for citrate toxicity as a result of the citrate 
anticoagulation used during cell collection.  This can cause hypocalcaemia and muscle spasms.  
There is no associated increased risk of infection from removing white blood cells, however a 
mild anemia can result for 1-2 days, and for this reason a hematocrit must be measured within 1 
week of each leukapheresis; an hematocrit < 30% and/or platelet count <50,000 will be used as a 
contraindication for leukapheresis.   
 
A.5. 
From 18F-PET/CT imaging 
 
The main potential risk to subjects is during and immediately after the tracer injection, not 
because of the tracer, but because of the saline, which represents greater than 99% of the 
injection volume, so risks associated with any injection apply.  The NaF PET/CT scan will be 
performed for at least 60 minutes after the injection, so there is a built-in 60 minute observation 
period for adverse events.  The 60-minute time period for collection of AE’s will also cover the 
risk of radiation, which is very low, and no different than a standard PET procedure. For this 
study, subjects will be assessed for adverse events (AE) starting from immediately after the 

 
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injection of the Sodium Fluoride F-18 tracer for each of the NaF PET/CT scans until 60 minutes 
after the injection.  All events assessed as at least possibly related to the study procedure (NaF 
tracer or NaF PET/CT scan) will be collected.   
 
 
B. 
Potential Benefits 
 
No benefits are guaranteed.  It is hoped that individual patients treated with the DNA vaccine 
will derive a clinical response indicated by an increase in serum PSA doubling time and a 
prolonged time to PSA recurrence and the development of metastatic disease.  Moreover, GM-
CSF alone has been investigated as a treatment for prostate cancer.  Consequently, it is possible 
that patients treated with GM-CSF alone will also derive clinical benefit from treatment with 
GM-CSF.  While no direct benefit is guaranteed, the results from this trial will guide the 
direction of future vaccine trials targeting PAP or potentially other antigens for the treatment of 
prostate cancer.  Thus, it is hoped that future patients will benefit from research participation in 
the current study. 
 
 
17. 
Study Data Management and Procedural Issues 
 
A. 
Study Enrollment Procedures – Recruitment and Informed Consent Process: 
 
A.1. 
For Subjects enrolled at UWCCC  
 
Potentially eligible subjects at the UWCCC site will be patients regularly followed or referred to 
the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and seen in the Medical Oncology, Urology, 
or Radiation Oncology outpatient clinics at the University of Wisconsin.  No specific 
advertisement or recruiting tools will be used.  Subjects will be identified by their primary 
radiation, surgical, or medical oncologist, and informed about this study, alternatives to this 
study, and the possible risks and benefits.  Potentially eligible subjects will be informed that their 
decision to participate or not participate will in no way affect their ongoing medical care.  
Subjects who are interested at that point in obtaining more information will then be introduced to 
one of the GU research nurses (Jane Straus RN, Dottie Horvath RN, Mulusew Yayehyirad RN, 
or Mary Jane Staab RN) who will then present the study (review rationale, describe time 
commitment, discuss again possible risks and benefits, and answer procedural questions) to the 
subject and provide them with a consent form.  In order to allow research subjects time to review 
the consent form thoroughly with their family and referring or primary physician, the subject will 
be instructed to take the consent form home without signing.  If the patient wishes to proceed 
with enrollment, they are then asked to contact the GU research office (608) 263-7107.  To avoid 
the possibility of unintended coercion, incarcerated subjects and subjects unable to provide their 
own informed consent will not be considered eligible.  In addition, the research staff will call the 
patient to further discuss the study and its requirements.  Any questions the subject has will be 
addressed by the research staff or investigators, and the time commitment and alternatives to 
treatment will again be reviewed.  If the subject agrees to participate in the study, they will be 
instructed to return to clinic to meet with the research staff and to sign and date the consent form. 
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screening procedures done solely for purposes of the study will be obtained prior to the subject 
signing the consent form. 
 
Assignment to treatment arm will be determined by the UW Department of Biostatistics, as 
determined by the protocol randomization and stratification criteria described above in Section 
13.  The UW Department of Biostatistics will work with the investigational pharamacies at each 
site to provide a code for the study arm assignment.  In this fashion, pharmacies will not be 
blinded to arm assignment and treatment preparation, but investigators and research staff will 
remain blinded to treatment assignment.   
 
A.2. 
Enrollment Procedures For Subjects enrolled at Participating Institution: 
 
Eligible patients will be entered on study centrally at the University of Wisconsin by the Study 
Coordinator.  All sites should call the UWCCC GU Oncology Program at 608-263-7107 to 
verify a slot is available.   
 
To register a patient, the following documents should be completed by the research nurse or data 
manager and faxed 608-265-5146 or e-mailed uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu to the Study 
Coordinator: 
• Copy of required laboratory tests and other source documents verifying eligibility 
• Signed patient consent form 
• HIPAA authorization form 
• Eligibility checklist 
 
The research nurse or data manager at the participating site will then call 608-263-7107 or e-
mail uwcccgu@medicine.wisc.edu to verify eligibility.  To complete the registration process, the 
UWCCC will: 
• assign a patient study number 
• register the patient on study via UWCCC’s On-line Clinical Oncology Research Environment 
(ONCORE)  
• fax or e-mail the patient study number to the participating site 
 
 
B. 
Data Collection Procedures 
 
Electronic case report forms (e-CRFs) will be submitted to the UWCCC GU Oncology Office via 
UWCCC’s On-line Clinical Oncology Research Environment (ONCORE). Completion of the e-
CRFs will be done in accordance with the instructions provided by the UWCCC GU office in a 
study-specific data capture plan.  The e-CRFs are found in the study specific calendar that has 
been created in ONCORE.  The system will prompt the user to the forms that are required based 
upon the patient’s enrollment and treatment dates. 
 
Research personnel entering data into the ONCORE data base at both UWCCC and at the 
participating institution must have completed human subjects training and Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training.  The UWCCC GU Oncology Office will 
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The Principal Investigator at each institution will be responsible for assuring that all the required 
data is entered onto the e-CRFs accurately and within 2 weeks of the date in which the previous 
cycle was completed.   
 
Periodically, monitoring and/or auditing visits will be conducted by staff from the UWCCC GU 
Oncology Office. The Principal Investigator at each participating center will provide access to 
his/her original records to permit verification of data entry. 
 
All clinical safety and clinical response data will be collected by the study coordinators on 
electronic case report forms as noted in section 17.B. and maintained by the individual sites.   
The UWCCC will serve as the Coordinating Center responsible for initial study configuration 
and database setup and any future changes.  
 
Research data evaluating immune responses will also be recorded in the clinical trials databases.  
All primary source documentation will be maintained in individual laboratory research charts for 
each subject.  All laboratory analysis conducted at the UWCCC will be maintained in research 
charts in the laboratory of Dr. McNeel, and stored indefinitely.   
 
Adverse events, clinical responses, and issues related to disease progression are reviewed each 
week by the Genitourinary Malignancy clinical research Disease Oriented Working Group 
(DOWG), attended by Drs. McNeel, Liu, Cetnar, Bruce and Wilding, three GU malignancy 
research nurses, two data coordinators, and the GU malignancy program manager.  Minutes from 
these meetings are recorded, and bi-annual reports from this group are submitted to and reviewed 
by the UWCCC Data Safety and Monitoring Committee.  All clinical safety, immunological 
response, and clinical response data will be analyzed by the study statistician, Dr.Jens Eickhoff, 
with the University of Wisconsin Department of Biostatistics. 
 
All subject research charts will be maintained at individual treatment sites for a minimum of 
seven years after study completion.  All clinical information maintained in the UWCCC clinical 
trials database will be stored indefinitely.  All research samples and data derived from these 
specimens will be maintained indefinitely in the laboratory of the Study PI.  All information with 
patient identifiers or medical history information will be kept in locked cabinets or secured 
databases available only to the study personnel to maintain patient confidentiality.   
 
C. 
Description of Procedures to Maintain Confidentiality of Research Specimens 
 
All specimens obtained for the central immunological evaluation of this trial (blood specimens) 
will be cryopreserved and delivered in batch to the laboratory of Dr. McNeel.  Other 
immunological evaluation will be performed at individual trial sites.  Specimens received by Dr. 
McNeel’s lab will only be handled by laboratory personnel who have undergone HIPAA training 
and annual UWHC-mandated blood-borne pathogen safety training.  Receipt of specimens will 
be entered into a database that will provide a unique code for each specimen.  All stored 
specimens (sera, peripheral blood mononuclear cells) will be labeled with this unique code and 
the date of preparation.  Thus, all patient identifiers will be removed from the final stored 
samples, and any data generated will contain only the unique code as identifier.  A database will 
be maintained to link individual coded specimens with an individual subject (name, hospital 
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samples obtained at different time points from a specific individual, and ultimately for transfer of 
research data to the clinical trials database.  This research database will only be available to the 
study investigators, not other laboratory personnel, to maintain confidentiality.  Subject sera will 
be maintained indefinitely in the laboratory of the study principal investigator, stored in aliquots 
at –20°C to –80°C.  Peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be stored indefinitely in the 
laboratory of the study principle investigator, stored in aliquots in liquid nitrogen. 
 
D. 
Modifications of Protocol and Deviations from Protocol 
 
Any changes to the preceding protocol after approval by the University of Wisconsin IRB must 
be submitted as an amendment to this IRB with a description of specific changes.  All changes 
must be approved by the IRB before implementation.  If these changes were related to possible 
adverse events that could potentially affect subject safety, the consent form will also be 
modified, and submitted with the protocol to the IRB.  After approval, all enrolled subjects will 
be asked to review and sign the new consent form to proceed with treatment.  If these changes 
were related to a severe adverse event, or could affect the scientific integrity of the study, the 
events would also be reviewed internally by the DSMC, as described above, and the study could 
be placed on hold pending a protocol and consent form amendment, as described above, or study 
closure.  In addition, any information that might affect the immediate safety of currently enrolled 
subjects will be communicated with them directly as well. 
  
The UWCCC GU Oncology Group will forward a copy of all UW HS-IRB and USAMRMC 
ORP HRPO approved protocol and consent changes and new study information to the 
participating site.  The participating institution must provide the UWCCC GU Oncology Group 
with a copy of the institution’s approvals.  The UWCCC GU Oncology Group will maintain a 
copy of all amendments, consent forms and approvals from each participating institution.   
 
Note that any changes to the protocol will require approval from the UWCCC Study PI, Dr. 
Glenn Liu, and from the overall Protocol PI, Dr. Douglas McNeel.  
 
Deviations from the study protocol, for reasons other than patient safety, are not permitted.  Any 
possible deviations, intended or not, will be documented in the subjects’ research chart.  
Deviations that are unlikely to affect subject safety, such as missing a specific study lab draw, 
will be documented in the research chart and discussed with the UWCCC study PI.  Deviations 
that could potentially affect subject safety, such as missing safety labs, will be documented, 
repeated as soon as possible, and reviewed at the weekly UWCCC GU clinical research 
(DOWG) meetings, with prompt reporting as soon as any deviation is identified to the IRB if 
there are concerns for patient safety or scientific integrity of the study.     
 
 
E. 
Withdrawal from Study Protocol 
 
Subjects are informed during the consenting process, and in the consent form, that their 
participation is voluntary and they may withdraw consent at any time and for any reason.  If 
subjects wish to withdraw from the study, they will be asked, but not required, to perform the 
off-study procedures/blood draws.  They will be again informed that their decision to participate 
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which they were otherwise entitled.  In addition, subjects will be removed from study 
participation if there is a concern for patient safety, as described above, if they are unable to 
comply with study procedures, or if the study is terminated by local or national regulatory 
agencies. 
 
 
18. 
Protocol Addendum Specific for UWCCC (This Section Does Not Apply to Other 
Participating Sites) 
 
A. 
UWCCC Reporting Requirements 
 
The following are reporting requirements and responsibilities of the Principal Investigator to the 
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s (USAMRMC) Office of 
Research Protections (ORP), Human Research Protection Office (HRPO), and pertain only to the 
initial 56 patients treated on this protocol for whom the USAMRMC/DOD serves as sponsor and 
for whom the USAMRM ORP HRPO has oversight.   
 
        (1)  The protocol will be conducted in accordance with the protocol submitted to and 
approved by the USAMRMC ORP HRPO and will not be initiated until written notification of 
approval of the research project is issued by the USAMRMC ORP HRPO.   
 
        (2)  Accurate and complete study records will be maintained and made available to 
representatives of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command as a part of their 
responsibility to protect human subjects in research.  Research records will be stored in a 
confidential manner so as to protect the confidentiality of subject information.   
 
        (3)  All unanticipated problems involving risk to subjects or others, serious adverse events 
related to participation in the study and subject deaths related to participation in the study should 
be promptly reported by phone (301-619-2165), by email (hsrrb@det.amedd.army.mil), or by 
facsimile (301-619-7803) to the USAMRMC ORP HRPO.  A complete written report will follow 
the initial notification.  In addition to the methods above, the complete report will be sent to the 
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, ATTN: MCMR-ZB-PH, 504 Scott Street, 
Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012.   
 
        (4)  Any deviation to the protocol that may have an effect on the safety or rights of the 
subject or the integrity of the study must be reported to the USAMRMC ORP HRPO as soon as 
the deviation is identified.   
 
        (5)  Modifications to the research protocol must be submitted to the USAMRMC ORP 
HRPO for review and approval after review and approval by the local IRB, but before 
implementation. 
 
        (6)  A copy of the approved annual continuing review report and the local IRB approval 
notification must be submitted to the USAMRMC ORP HRPO as soon as these documents 
become available.  A copy of the approved final study report and local IRB approval notification 
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        (7)  The knowledge of any pending compliance inspection/visit by the OHRP or other 
government agency concerning clinical investigation or research, the issuance of Inspection 
Reports, warning letters or actions taken by any Regulatory Agencies including legal or medical 
actions and any instances of serious or continuing noncompliance with the regulations or 
requirements will be reported immediately to USAMRMC ORP HRPO.   
 
B.  
Roles and Responsibilities of Study Personnel at UWCCC 
 
Study Principal Investigator: 
 
Dr. Douglas McNeel MD PhD, Professor of Medicine, is a genitourinary medical oncologist, 
with a clinical research and laboratory interest in immune-based therapies for prostate cancer.  
He has served as the principal investigator for several other clinical trials, and has had formalized 
training in the ethics and conduct of clinical trials and human subjects protection.  He will be 
overall responsible for the conduct of the trial and its analysis, but will not participate in patient 
accrual, treatment of patients on study, or interpretation of clinical data during the time that 
patients are on study.  Dr. McNeel’s involvement will center on the scientific aspects of the 
project, including overall trial design and analysis of samples from the trial.  Dr. McNeel will 
participate as author on any manuscripts derived from this research. 
 
UWCCC Local Principal Investigator: 
 
Dr. Glenn Liu MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, is a genitourinary medical oncologist with 
a primary interest in genitourinary cancer clinical trials research. He will be the UWCCC local 
principal investigator for this study.  As UWCCC local PI he will be responsible for activities 
involving direct patient care and interaction, including recruitment, consent, clinical care and 
adverse event reporting. The UWCCC local PI will also assume the role of principal investigator 
on the protocol and UW HS-IRB submission, working with the UW HS-IRB as the responsible 
investigator to obtain and maintain UW HS-IRB approval for the study.  The UWCCC local PI 
will also be responsible for reviewing significant adverse events that occur at UWCCC and will 
oversee the care provided by the UWCCC co-investigators on this study. 
 
Medical Monitor: 
 
Dr. Mark Albertini MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, is a medical oncologist with a clinical 
expertise in melanoma, and a laboratory expertise in tumor immunology.  He has previous 
experience in the design and conduct of a DNA vaccine trial in melanoma, was the medical 
monitor for the phase I study using the current DNA vaccine, and thus has the experience 
necessary to anticipate and treat any unexpected adverse events.  In this capacity, while he will 
not be directly associated with this protocol, he will be able to provide appropriate medical care 
to research subjects for conditions that might arise during the conduct of the study.  Furthermore, 
he has no financial or research conflicts of interest in the outcome of the study, and hence can 
serve in an unbiased capacity.  
 
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Dr. Joshua Lang MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, is a genitourinary medical oncologist 
with a primary interest in phase I and genitourinary cancer clinical trials research.  He will be a 
clinical co-investigator for this study. 
 
Dr. Robert Jeraj PhD, Associate Professor Medical Physics, Radiology, Human Oncology, and 
Biomedical Engineering, serves as director of the UWCCC Translational Imaging Research 
Program and co-director of the UWCCC Image Analysis Core (IMAC) laboratory.  He will be 
responsible for analysis and interpretation of the Quantitative Total Bone Imaging (QTBI) data 
for patients treated in the biomarker cohort. 
 
Biostatistician: 
 
Dr. Jens Eickhoff, PhD is a biostatistician with a primary interest in cancer clinical trials.  He has 
been actively involved in the study design and he, or designee, will be primarily responsible for 
the statistical analysis of the study as proposed. 
 
Program Manager:  
 
Ms. Mary Jane Staab, RN, has worked with the GU DOWG for over ten years. She will be 
responsible for directly overseeing the efforts of the research nurses, for managing budgets, and 
for communication with local and national regulatory agencies. 
 
Laboratory Personnel: 
 
Laura Johnson, PhD has worked with Dr. McNeel since 2002 and has experience with all of the 
methods of immune analysis proposed.  She has also undergone human subjects’ protection 
training.  She will be primarily responsible for sample processing, storage, and the 
immunological analysis as described above. 
 
Study Coordinator / Research Nurses: 
 
Dorothea Horvath, RN will be the lead study coordinator for this protocol.  She will be assisted 
by Jane Straus, RN and Mulusew Yayehyirad, RN.  Ms. Horvath and Ms. Straus have worked as 
research nurses with the GU DOWG for over 10 years, and Ms. Yayehyirad for over 5 years. 
Together, they will be responsible for recruitment and consenting of subjects, maintaining study 
records, overseeing the administration of vaccines, and recording and reporting adverse events. 
 
Data Managers:  
 
UWCCC GU data managers will be  responsible for entering data into the UWCCC Oncore 
database, and will provide administrative support for the study nurses. 
 

 
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APPENDIX A 
 
NCI Common Terminology Criteria – Version 4 
 
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APPENDIX B 
 
Blood Draws for Research 
 
 
Screen1 
Month 
3 
Month 6 
Month 
9 
Month 
12 
End of 
Study 
Sera for 
Antibody 
20mL 
10mL 
10mL 
10mL 
10mL 
10mL 
Blood for T-cell 
response 
Leukapheresis 
Or 
2200mL 
100mL 
Leukapheresis 
Or 
2200mL 
100mL 
100mL 
100mL 
Approximate 
Total 
20mL 
(+Leuk.) 
Or 
220mL  
(-Leuk.) 
110mL 
10mL 
(+Leuk.) 
Or 
210mL 
(-Leuk.) 
110mL 
110mL 
110mL 
1Blood and leukapheresis samples at screening must be collected before tetanus immunization. 
2200mL peripheral blood draw is an alternative if leukapheresis is not feasible. 
 
Volumes in the table are approximate and are to be used for determining how many and which 
tubes are to be drawn per the protocol. Blood sera for antibody testing is to be collected 
in red top tubes and blood for T-Cell response is to be collected in green top heparinized 
tubes (or via leukapheresis at Screening and Month 6).