Vaccination of High Risk Breast Cancer Patients

You may be eligible if

• Female subjects of all races with histologically or cytologically confirmed stage IV breast cancer are eligible. The cancer may be newly diagnosed metastatic or relapsed after primary or adjunctive therapy and must not have required a treatment change for 2 months. Treatments with anti-estrogen therapy or chemotherapy are allowed. The chemotherapy regimen cannot contain steroids in the pre or post supportive care medications. If a subject is on an investigational drug, the drug must be cleared from the body over a period of 4 weeks.
• Disease staging will be done according to the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC), sixth edition.
• Age 18 years and older of all races and ethnicity.
• ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1.
• Subjects must not have an active infection requiring treatment with antibiotics.
• Subjects must not have other significant medical, surgical or psychiatric conditions, or require any medication or treatment, which may interfere with compliance of the treatment regimen.
• Subjects must not have a diagnosis or evidence of organic brain syndrome, significant impairment of basal cognitive function or any psychiatric disorder that might preclude participation in the full protocol.
• Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant (negative serum pregnancy test must be done 48 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study drug) or breastfeeding,due to the unknown effects of peptide/mimotope vaccines on a fetus or infant.
• Women of childbearing potential must be counseled to use an accepted and effective method of contraception (including abstinence) while on treatment and for a period of 18 months after completing or discontinuing treatment. Accepted methods include oral contraceptives, barrier method, Intrauterine Devices (IUDs), and abstinence.
• Subjects must have obtained a white blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 3,000/mm3 and platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3 within 2 weeks prior to registration.
• Subjects must have a serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/aspartate aminotransferase test (AST) and bilirubin ≤ 2 x institutional upper limit (IUL) of normal and serum creatinine ≤ 1.8 mg/dl, all obtained within 2 weeks prior to registration.
• Subjects must be immunocompetent as measured by responsiveness to two recall antigens by skin testing.
• All subjects who wish to participate in the study must sign an informed consent approved by the UAMS Institutional Review Board (IRB).
• Laboratory tests must be completed within 2 weeks before the first dose.