A Seamless Phase 1/2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of A2B395, an Allogeneic Logic-gated Tmod™ CAR T, in Heterozygous HLA-A*02 Adults With Recurrent Unresectable, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Solid Tumors That Express EGFR and Have Lost HLA-A*02 Expression
Summary
The goal of this study is to test A2B395, an allogeneic logic-gated Tmod™ CAR T-cell product in subjects with solid tumors including colorectal cancer (CRC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and other solid tumors that express EGFR and have lost HLA-A\*02 expression. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Phase 1: What is the recommended dose of A2B395 that is safe for patients * Phase 2: Does the recommended dose of A2B395 kill the solid tumor cells and protect the patient's healthy cells Participants will be required to perform study procedures and assessments, and will also receive the following study treatments: * Enrollment in BASECAMP-1 (NCT04981119) * Preconditioning lymphodepletion (PCLD) regimen * A2B395 Tmod CAR T cells at the assigned dose
Detailed description
This is a seamless phase 1/2, multi-center, open-label study that enrolls adults with recurrent unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic (considered non-curative) CRC, NSCLC, HNSCC, TNBC, RCC, or other solid tumors with EGFR expression. Subjects must be germline HLA-A\*02 heterozygous, with tumors that express EGFR and have lost HLA-A\*02 expression. The purpose of Phase 1 of this study is to determine the safety and the optimal dose of A2B395 (after PCLD) in participants with solid tumor disease. The purpose of Phase 2 of this study is to determine the further safety and efficacy (how well it treats the solid tumor disease) of A2B395. The treatment available for these cancers and other solid tumors can be toxic, debilitating, and fatal. In the recurrent unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic setting, the intent of standard of care treatment is typically palliative rather than curative, and has not changed significantly in several decades. A2 Bio hypothesizes that A2B395 Tmod CAR T-cell therapy will enable the killing of tumor target cells (those cells that express EGFR and have loss of heterozygosity \[LOH\] for the HLA-A\*02 protein). Additionally, normal healthy cells that maintain HLA-A\*02 expression and co-express EGFR (eg, skin tissue) will not be targeted due to the blocker portion of the Tmod CAR T cell that acts as a self-regulated safety switch that protects normal tissue from damage. Furthermore, the blocker portion of the Tmod CAR T cell will act as a safety switch to protect normal tissue from graft versus host disease (GvHD) that could be caused by an allogeneic CAR T cell. A2 Bio intends this to provide a wider therapeutic safety window compared to previous solid tumor targeting therapies. This hypothesis will be explored in the study. Participants for this study must enroll and have confirmation of LOH in the pre-screening BASECAMP-1 study (NCT04981119). Upon disease progression the participant may screen for this study (DENALI-1). There is no time requirement between the studies, and patients may go directly from BASECAMP-1 to DENALI-1 based on their own disease course.
Arms & interventions
- BiologicalA2B395
Allogeneic logic-gated Tmod CAR T cells
- Diagnostic TestxT CDx with HLA-LOH assay
An investigational next generation sequencing (NGS) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical device
Outcome measures
Primary
Phase 1: Rate of adverse events and dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) by dose level
Adverse events and toxicity will be evaluated according to the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 (or current version). Cytokine release syndrome (CRS), immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), and graft versus host disease (GvHD) events will be graded according to the criteria described in the current protocol.
Time frame: From the time of Informed consent until 24 months (2 years) post A2B395 infusion
Phase 1: Recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D)
The RP2D will be identified utilizing a BOIN study design in addition to considering safety and biomarker analysis.
Time frame: 28 days post A2B395 infusion
Phase 2: The overall response rate (ORR) for patients
The ORR will be evaluated per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 and assessed by independent central review.
Time frame: 24 months post A2B395 infusion
Secondary
Persistence of A2B395
Time frame: up to 24 months post A2B395 infusion
Cytokine analysis
Time frame: up to 24 months post A2B395 infusion
Cytokine analysis
Time frame: up to 24 months post A2B395 infusion
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (10)
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gilbert, Arizona, 85234
UCSD Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, 92093
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90404
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33606
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10016
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, 98109
References
- DiAndreth B, Hamburger AE, Xu H, Kamb A. The Tmod cellular logic gate as a solution for tumor-selective immunotherapy. Clin Immunol. 2022 Aug;241:109030. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109030. Epub 2022 May 11.(PubMed)
- Oh J, Kirsh C, Hsin JP, Radecki KC, Zampieri A, Manry D, Ando Y, Miller S, Chan J, McLeod E, Cunningham KM, Wong LM, Xu H, Kamb A. NOT gated T cells that selectively target EGFR and other widely expressed tumor antigens. iScience. 2024 May 7;27(6):109913. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109913. eCollection 2024 Jun 21.(PubMed)
- Beroukhim R, Mermel CH, Porter D, Wei G, Raychaudhuri S, Donovan J, Barretina J, Boehm JS, Dobson J, Urashima M, Mc Henry KT, Pinchback RM, Ligon AH, Cho YJ, Haery L, Greulich H, Reich M, Winckler W, Lawrence MS, Weir BA, Tanaka KE, Chiang DY, Bass AJ, Loo A, Hoffman C, Prensner J, Liefeld T, Gao Q, Yecies D, Signoretti S, Maher E, Kaye FJ, Sasaki H, Tepper JE, Fletcher JA, Tabernero J, Baselga J, Tsao MS, Demichelis F, Rubin MA, Janne PA, Daly MJ, Nucera C, Levine RL, Ebert BL, Gabriel S, Rustgi AK, Antonescu CR, Ladanyi M, Letai A, Garraway LA, Loda M, Beer DG, True LD, Okamoto A, Pomeroy SL, Singer S, Golub TR, Lander ES, Getz G, Sellers WR, Meyerson M. The landscape of somatic copy-number alteration across human cancers. Nature. 2010 Feb 18;463(7283):899-905. doi: 10.1038/nature08822.(PubMed)
- Hwang MS, Mog BJ, Douglass J, Pearlman AH, Hsiue EH, Paul S, DiNapoli SR, Konig MF, Pardoll DM, Gabelli SB, Bettegowda C, Papadopoulos N, Vogelstein B, Zhou S, Kinzler KW. Targeting loss of heterozygosity for cancer-specific immunotherapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Mar 23;118(12):e2022410118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022410118.(PubMed)
- Hamburger AE, DiAndreth B, Cui J, Daris ME, Munguia ML, Deshmukh K, Mock JY, Asuelime GE, Lim ED, Kreke MR, Tokatlian T, Kamb A. Engineered T cells directed at tumors with defined allelic loss. Mol Immunol. 2020 Dec;128:298-310. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 1.(PubMed)