Donor Natural Killer Cell Infusion, Rituximab, Aldesleukin, and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Relapsed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

NCT ID: NCT00625729

Last Updated: 2017-12-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-01-31

Study Completion Date

2010-04-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Aldesleukin may stimulate natural killer cells to kill cancer cells. Treating natural killer cells with aldesleukin in the laboratory may help the natural killer cells kill more cancer cells when they are put back in the body. Giving monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, and chemotherapy drugs, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, before a donor natural killer cell infusion helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying how well giving rituximab and chemotherapy followed by a donor natural killer cell infusion that has been treated in the laboratory with aldesleukin followed by aldesleukin works in treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine if allogeneic natural killer (NK) cells infused following chemoimmunotherapy can be safely expanded in vivo with aldesleukin.

Secondary

* To determine if interleukin-15 production at day 0 correlates with NK cells expansion.
* To determine overall response rate at 3 months.
* To determine time to progression and overall survival.
* To characterize the quantitative and qualitative toxicities of this treatment plan.
* To determine the incidence of donor products that do not meet release criteria and the NK cell numbers infused.
* To correlate clinical response with donor/recipient KIR ligand matching status, FcG receptor 3A genotype, and NK cells phenotype and function
* To determine pharmacodynamic and pharmacogenomic markers and correlate them with NK cell expansion and disease response.

OUTLINE:

* Conditioning regimen: Patients receive rituximab intravenously (IV) over 6-8 hours on days -8, -1, 6, and 13; fludarabine IV on days -6 to -2; and cyclophosphamide IV on day -5.
* Allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell administration: Patients receive aldesleukin-activated haploidentical NK cells IV over less than 1 hour on day 0. Within 4 hours after allogeneic NK cell infusion, patients receive aldesleukin subcutaneously (SC) 3 times a week for 6 doses. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) SC beginning on day 14 and continuing until absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is \> 2,500/mm³ for 2 consecutive days.

Patients who achieve a complete or partial response at 28 days are eligible for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Patients who achieve initial response at 3 months, clinically benefit from treatment, but subsequently relapse are eligible for retreatment provided all eligibility criteria are met.

Blood samples are collected periodically for correlative laboratory studies. Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) also undergo bone marrow aspiration periodically for correlative laboratory studies.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 1 year.

Conditions

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Leukemia Lymphoma

Keywords

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recurrent adult grade III lymphomatoid granulomatosis adult nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent mantle cell lymphoma recurrent marginal zone lymphoma recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treated Patients

Patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with donor natural killer cells infusion, rituximab, aldesleukin and chemotherapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

aldesleukin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Day 0-14, 10 million international units, 3 times per week for 6 doses

allogeneic natural killer cells

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Day 0 infusion of cells (1.5-8 x 10\^7 cells/kg).

rituximab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Administered Day -8, day -1, day +6 and day +13, intravenously (IV) 357 mg/m\^2

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

60 mg/kg intravenous (IV) on Day -5.

fludarabine phosphate

Intervention Type DRUG

Day -6 through day -2, 25 mg/m\^2 intravenous (IV)

Interventions

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aldesleukin

Day 0-14, 10 million international units, 3 times per week for 6 doses

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

allogeneic natural killer cells

Day 0 infusion of cells (1.5-8 x 10\^7 cells/kg).

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

rituximab

Administered Day -8, day -1, day +6 and day +13, intravenously (IV) 357 mg/m\^2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

cyclophosphamide

60 mg/kg intravenous (IV) on Day -5.

Intervention Type DRUG

fludarabine phosphate

Day -6 through day -2, 25 mg/m\^2 intravenous (IV)

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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IL-2 Natural Killer Cells Rituxan Cytoxan Fludara

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient 18 years or older with a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (NHL or CLL) and one of the following:

* Progression of NHL following at least 2 prior chemotherapy regimens, (must contain rituximab for all NHL and fludarabine for follicular NHL) defined as:

* failure to achieve partial remission (PR) with the last chemotherapy
* disease progression within 6 months following last chemotherapy
* Progression of CLL/SLL (small lymphocytic lymphoma) following at least 2 prior chemotherapy regimens (containing purine analogs ) in stage Rai III or IV or symptomatic disease.
* Relapsed NHL or CLL following stem cell transplantation for whom the option of donor lymphocyte infusion is not available or clinically indicated (e.g. recipients of autologous or umbilical cord blood \[UCB\] transplants).
* Available related HLA-haploidentical (human leukocyte antigen) natural killer (NK) cell adult donor by at least Class I serologic typing
* Karnofsky performance status \> 60%
* Measurable disease based on modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST)
* Have acceptable organ function as defined within 28 days of enrollment:

* Hematologic: platelets ≥ 80,000 x 10\^9/L; hemoglobin ≥ 9g/dL, unsupported by transfusions; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000 x 10\^9/L, unsupported by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF or GM-CS)F for 10 days or Neulasta for 21 days - the hematologic requirements are waived for patients with inadequate counts due to known bone marrow involvement by lymphoma who are otherwise eligible
* Renal: glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \> 50 ml/min
* Hepatic: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \< 3 x upper limit of normal and total bilirubin \<3 mg/dl
* Pulmonary function: \>50% corrected carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) and Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1)
* Cardiac: no symptoms of uncontrolled cardiac disease, left ventricular ejection fraction \>40%
* Off prednisone or other immunosuppressive medications for at least 3 days prior to Day 0
* Women of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (diaphragm, birth control pills, injections, intrauterine device \[IUD\], surgical sterilization, subcutaneous implants, or abstinence, etc.) for the duration of treatment.
* Voluntary written informed consent before performance of any study-related procedure not part of normal medical care.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or lactating. The agents used in this study may be teratogenic to a fetus and there is no information on the excretion of agents into breast milk. All females of childbearing potential must have a blood test or urine study within 2 weeks prior to registration to rule out pregnancy. Women of childbearing age must use appropriate contraceptive method.
* Active central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma/leukemia
* Active serious infection (pulmonary infiltrates or lesions are allowed only after the appropriate diagnostic testing is negative for infection or appropriate therapy was initiated for probable infection)
* Pleural effusion - large enough to be detectable on the chest x-ray
* Allergy to rituximab or IL-2
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and associated non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL)
* Active concurrent malignancy (except skin cancer) requiring systemic therapy in the past 2 years
* Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
* Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). If Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) is positive, Hepatitis B deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) will be evaluated. Positive anti HBcAb and undetectable viral load does not exclude the patient.
* Any experimental therapy in the past 30 days

Donor Selection:

* Related donors (sibling, parent, offspring, parent or offspring of an HLA identical sibling) ≥ age 18 years
* Able and willing to undergo lymphapheresis
* HLA-haploidentical donor/recipient match. If time permits and multiple donors are available, preference will be given to the Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) ligand mismatched donor (as predicted by HLA typing).
* HIV-1, HIV-2 negative, Human T-lymphotropic virus Type I (HTLV-1), HTLV-2 negative, West Nile virus (WNV) negative, Hepatitis B and C negative
* Adequate organ function defined as:

* Hematologic: CBC/diff/platelet count near normal limits,
* Hepatic: ALT \< 2 x upper limit of normal,
* Not pregnant or lactating
* In general good health as determined by the study physician
* Able to give informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Veronika Bachanova, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Locations

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Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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MT2007-12

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UMN-0707M13561

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P01CA065493

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2007LS064

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id