Pilot/Feasibility Study of CMV-Specific CD19-CAR T Cells Plus CMV-MVA Triplex Following Matched Related Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Patients With High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Summary
This early phase I trial tests the safety and side effects of allogeneic CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells plus CMV-MVA vaccine and how well it works in treating patients with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia after a matched related donor (allogeneic) hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHSCT). Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of treatment in which T cells (a type of immune system cell) are changed in the laboratory so they will attack cancer cells. T cells are taken from a patient's blood, in this study, the T cells are cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific. Then the gene for a special receptor that binds to a certain protein, CD19, on the patient's cancer cells is added to the CMV-specific T cells in the laboratory. The special receptor is called a CAR. Large numbers of the CAR T cells are grown in the laboratory and given to the patient by infusion for treatment of certain cancers. Vaccines made from three CMV tumor associated antigens, may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells. Giving allogeneic CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells plus CMV-MVA vaccine after matched related alloHSCT may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Assess the safety and describe the toxicity profile of allogeneic anti-CD19-CAR CMV-specific T-lymphocytes (CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells) (allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells) alone and when given in combination with multi-peptide CMV-modified vaccinia ankara vaccine (CMV-MVA) triplex vaccine following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHSCT) to treat participants with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the feasibility of allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cell manufacturing, as assessed by the ability to meet the required cell dose and product release requirements. II. Estimate the rate of CMV reactivation after CAR T cell infusion with 100 days of HSCT. III. Estimate the incidence of secondary graft failure. IV. Estimate the incidence and severity of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) at 100 days and chronic GVHD at 1 year after transplant. V. Estimate the rate of 100 day non-relapse mortality. VI. Estimate disease-free and overall survival (DFS/OS) rate at 12 months post alloHSCT. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine short and longer-term allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cell expansion and persistence; II. Assess whether the allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells respond to CMV-MVA triplex vaccine III. Assess whether the allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells respond to CMV-MVA triplex vaccine when administered to participants that received CAR T cells only in the safety lead-in portion in the expansion phased of the study (i.e., once safety of the CMV-MVA triplex vaccine is established in the feasibility portion of the study). OUTLINE: DONORS: Donors undergo leukapheresis over 2-4 hours. PART 1: Patients receive HSCT conditioning regimen followed by alloHSCT per standard of care. Starting 28-49 days after alloHSCT, patients receive allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells intravenously (IV) over 10-15 minutes on day 0. Patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA), blood and optional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample collection and bone marrow biopsy and aspiration throughout the study. Patient may also undergo chest x-ray and lumbar puncture as needed per principal investigator (PI) discretion and positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) or CT as clinically indicated throughout the study. Additionally, patients with neurological abnormalities at baseline may undergo MRI of brain throughout the study. PART 2: This is a dose-escalation study of followed by a dose-expansion study. Patients receive HSCT conditioning regimen followed by alloHSCT per standard of care. Starting 28-49 days after alloHSCT, patients receive allo CMV-specific CD19-CAR T cells IV over 10-15 minutes on day 0. Patients receive CMV-MVA triplex vaccine intramuscularly (IM) on day 28 in the absence of DLTs and may receive an additional CMV-MVA triplex vaccine IM on day 56 in the absence of DLTs during the second evaluation period. Patients undergo ECHO or MUGA, blood and optional CSF sample collection and bone marrow biopsy and aspiration throughout the study. Patient may also undergo chest x-ray and lumbar puncture as needed per PI discretion and PET/CT or CT as clinically indicated throughout the study. Additionally, patients with neurological abnormalities at baseline may undergo MRI of brain throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up monthly for the first year, then at 18, 24, 30 and 36 months after CAR T cell infusion. Patients are then followed up yearly for up to 15 years.
Arms & interventions
- ProcedureAllogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Undergo alloHSCT
- BiologicalAnti-CD19-CAR CMV-specific T-lymphocytes
Given IV
- ProcedureBiospecimen Collection
Undergo blood and optional CSF sample collection
- ProcedureBone Marrow Aspiration
Undergo bone marrow biopsy and aspiration
- ProcedureBone Marrow Biopsy
Undergo bone marrow biopsy and aspiration
- ProcedureComputed Tomography
Undergo CT or PET/CT
- ProcedureEchocardiography
Undergo ECHO
- ProcedureLeukapheresis
Undergo leukapheresis
- ProcedureLumbar Puncture
Undergo lumbar puncture
- ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
- BiologicalMulti-peptide CMV-Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine
Given IM
- ProcedureMultigated Acquisition Scan
Undergo MUGA
- ProcedurePositron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET/CT
- OtherTransplant Conditioning
Given HSCT conditioning regimen
- ProcedureX-Ray Imaging
Undergo chest x-ray
Outcome measures
Primary
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
Will be assessed using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 5.0. AEs will be summarized in terms of type (organ affected or laboratory determination), severity, time of onset, duration, probable association with the study treatment and reversibility or outcome.
Time frame: Up to 30 days after last dose of study treatment
Dose-limiting toxicities (DLT)
Will be graded according to NCI CTCAE v 5.0, and the revised American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Cytokine Release Syndrome Cytokine Release Syndrome grading system.
Time frame: Up to 28 days after T cell infusion
Secondary
Achieving required cell dose and product release requirements
Time frame: Up to first segment of the trial (6 weeks)
Disease status
Time frame: At days 0 and 72 and months 5 and 11
Secondary graft failure
Time frame: Up to 15 years
Cytomegalovirus reactivation requiring antiviral treatment
Time frame: Up to 100 days after transplant
Acute graft versus host disease (GVHD)
Time frame: From date of stem cell infusion to documented/biopsy proven acute GVHD onset date, assessed up 100 days
Chronic GVHD
Time frame: From approximately 80-100 days post-transplant to the documented/biopsy proven chronic GVHD onset date, assessed at 1 year
Non-relapse mortality (NRM)
Time frame: From start of protocol therapy until non-disease related death, or last follow up, whichever comes first, assessed at 100 days
Disease-free survival
Time frame: From the start of protocol therapy to the date of death, disease relapse, or last follow-up whichever occurs first, assessed at 1 year
Overall survival
Time frame: From start of protocol therapy to death, or last follow-up, whichever occurs first, assessed at 1 year
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (1)
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010