Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Surgically debulked stage III or IV ovarian epithelial cancer Must be able to obtain adequate number of viable cells from excised tumor mass Must have received 6 courses of combination chemotherapy comprised of either paclitaxel and cisplatin OR paclitaxel and carboplatin Must be clinically tumor free following completion of chemotherapy (i.e., no metastasis by physical examination and CT of the abdomen and pelvis and serum CA-125 less than 35 IU/L) Not on a Phase III GOG protocol
• •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: GOG 0 or 1 Hematopoietic: Hematocrit at least 25% WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing No active infections HIV negative Hepatitis B surface antigen negative Hepatitis C antibody negative No active autoimmune disease No prior invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or superficial bladder cancer
• •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics 4-12 weeks since prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent systemic corticosteroids Radiotherapy: At least 6 months since prior major field radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics