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Background  Brachyury is a transcription factor overexpressed in chordoma and is associated with chemotherapy resistance and epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition. GI‐6301 is a recombinant, heat‐killed  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  yeast‐based vaccine targeting brachyury. A previous phase I trial of GI‐6301 demonstrated a signal of clinical activity in chordomas. This trial evaluated synergistic effects of GI‐6301 vaccine plus radiation.    Materials and Methods  Adults with locally advanced, unresectable chordoma were treated on a randomized, placebo‐controlled trial. Patients received three doses of GI‐6301 (80 × 10 7  yeast cells) or placebo followed by radiation, followed by continued vaccine or placebo until progression. Primary endpoint was overall response rate, defined as a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) in the irradiated tumor site at 24 months. Immune assays were conducted to evaluate immunogenicity.    Results  Between May 2015 and September 2019, 24 patients enrolled on the first randomized phase II study in chordoma. There was one PR in each arm; no CRs were observed. Median progressive‐free survival for vaccine and placebo arms was 20.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.7–37.5 months) and 25.9 months (95% CI, 9.2–30.8 months), respectively. Hazard ratio was 1.02 (95% CI, 0.38–2.71). Vaccine was well tolerated with no vaccine‐related serious adverse events. Preexisting brachyury‐specific T cells were detected in most patients in both arms. Most patients developed T‐cell responses during therapy, with no difference between arms in frequency or magnitude of response.    Conclusion  No difference in overall response rate was observed, leading to early discontinuation of this trial due to low conditional power to detect statistical difference at the planned end of accrual.    Implications for Practice  Chordoma is a rare neoplasm lacking effective systemic therapies for advanced, unresectable disease. Lack of clinically actionable somatic mutations in chordoma makes development of targeted therapy quite challenging. While the combination of yeast‐brachyury vaccine (GI‐6301) and standard radiation therapy did not demonstrate synergistic antitumor effects, brachyury still remains a good target for developmental therapeutics in chordoma. Patients and their oncologists should consider early referral to centers with expertise in chordoma (or sarcoma) and encourage participation in clinical trials.

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Randomized,  Double‐Blind ,  Placebo‐Controlled  Phase  II  Study of  Yeast‐Brachyury  Vaccine ( GI ‐6301) in Combination with  Standard‐of‐Care  Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced, Unresectable Chordoma