Gene Therapy and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT02337985

Last Updated: 2025-11-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-20

Study Completion Date

2026-09-08

Brief Summary

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This pilot clinical trial studies gene therapy following combination chemotherapy in treating patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Placing genes that have been shown in the laboratory to inhibit the growth and spread of the immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into the patient's peripheral blood stem cells may improve the body's ability to fight HIV. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving gene therapy after combination chemotherapy may improve the body's ability to fight HIV and AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To demonstrate the safety and feasibility of rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-treated hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPC) (lentivirus vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced hematopoietic progenitor cells) transplantation in AIDS patients completing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the effect of HIV infection on the presence of gene-marked blood cells as measured by woodchuck post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed before, during, and after ATI.

II. To demonstrate the engraftment of gene-modified progeny cells following such treatment.

III. To determine if selection of these gene-modified progeny cells occurs during analytical treatment interruption (ATI) of combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART).

OUTLINE:

Patients receive prednisone orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-5; rituximab intravenously (IV) on day 1; etoposide, doxorubicin hydrochloride and vincristine sulfate IV over 96 hours on days 1-4; and cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 5. Patients then receive filgrastim subcutaneously (SC) once daily (QD) beginning on day 6 and continuing until absolute neutrophil count recovers. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients then receive lentivirus vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells IV on day 0 (48 hours after the final combination chemotherapy course).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually for 10 years.

Conditions

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AIDS-Related Burkitt Lymphoma AIDS-Related Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma AIDS-Related Plasmablastic Lymphoma AIDS-Related Primary Effusion Lymphoma HIV Infection AIDS Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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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Treatment (R-EPOCH, rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced HSPC)

Patients receive prednisone PO BID on days 1-5; rituximab IV on day 1; etoposide IV over 96 hours, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 96 hours and vincristine sulfate IV over 96 hours on days 1-4; and cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 5. Patients then receive filgrastim SC QD beginning on day 6 and continuing until absolute neutrophil count recovers. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients then receive lentivirus vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells IV on day 0 (48 hours after the final combination chemotherapy course.)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prednisone

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

Rituximab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given IV

Etoposide

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Doxorubicin Hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Vincristine Sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Filgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given SC

Lentivirus Vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given IV

Interventions

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Prednisone

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

Rituximab

Given IV

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Etoposide

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Doxorubicin Hydrochloride

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Vincristine Sulfate

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Cyclophosphamide

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Filgrastim

Given SC

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Lentivirus Vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells

Given IV

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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MOAB IDEC-C2B8 Lastet VP 16 Adriamycin Kyocristine Oncovin VCR Vincasar G-CSF Nivestim r-metHuG-CSF Neupogen lentivirus-transduced hematopoietic progenitor cells

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV seropositive at or before the time of lymphoma diagnosis; all HIV positive patients are eligible regardless of HIV viral load or antiviral therapy (ART) status; all patients on study will receive ART as per standard guidelines
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 - 2
* Biopsy proven lymphoma for which rituximab, etoposide, prednisone, vincristine sulfate, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (R-EPOCH) is appropriate frontline therapy, e.g., Burkitt lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) NHL, including plasmablastic lymphoma and primary effusion lymphoma but not T-cell lymphoma; tissue histology will be reviewed at the treating institution
* No psychosocial conditions that would hinder study compliance and follow-up
* Pretreatment serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) =\< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Pretreatment serum bilirubin =\< 2.5 x ULN or total bilirubin \< 4.5 mg/dl with direct fraction =\< 0.3 mg/dl in patients for whom these abnormalities are felt to be due to protease inhibitor therapy
* Patients with evidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection must have no clinical evidence of cirrhosis
* Serum creatinine \< 2 x the institutional ULN; however, if serum creatinine \> 1.5 x ULN, a 24 hour urine creatinine clearance must be \> 50 ml/min unless there is renal involvement by lymphoma
* Absence of clinically significant cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure
* If the subject is female and of child bearing potential, subject must have negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days of treatment with research agent; men with partners of child-bearing potential and women of child-bearing potential must be willing to use medically effective birth control methods, e.g. contraceptive pill, condom, or diaphragm and continue this for one year post HSPC infusion
* Subjects must be on a prophylactic regimen for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, or agree to begin such treatment and remain on treatment until after completion of therapy and until the cluster of differentiation (CD)4 cells are greater than 200/mm\^3
* Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control or abstinence) prior to study entry and for 12 months following stem cell infusion; should a woman become pregnant or suspect that she is pregnant while participating on the trial, she should inform her treating physician immediately
* All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HSPC TRANSPLANTATION

* Patients must demonstrate \>= 75% disease reduction on computed tomography (CT) scan (confirmed by PET scan) after the third cycle of R-EPOCH relative to baseline, with no evidence of disease progression after the fifth cycle
* Subjects must complete the filgrastim (G-CSF)/plerixafor mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells, and subjects must have collected at least 5 x 10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg by apheresis after Cycle 4

Exclusion Criteria

* Any AIDS-related opportunistic infection occurring within the past year and for which treatment has been unsuccessful would be considered exclusionary, but this is done on a case-by-case basis as determined by the principal investigator (PI)
* Active cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis or other active CMV-related organ dysfunction; patients with a history of treated CMV infection are not excluded
* AIDS-related syndromes, infectious or otherwise, if perceived to cause excessive risk for morbidity post-HSPC infusion, as determined by the PI; examples include, but not limited to:

* Severe AIDS-related wasting
* Severe intractable diarrhea
* Active inadequately treated opportunistic infection of the central nervous system (CNS)
* Primary CNS lymphoma
* Pregnant or nursing women
* Any history of HIV-associated encephalopathy; dementia of any kind; seizures in the past 12 months
* Any perceived inability to directly provide informed consent (note: consent may not be obtained by means of a legal guardian)
* Any medical or physical contraindication or other inability to undergo HSPC collection
* Patients should not have any uncontrolled illness including ongoing or active infection other than HIV
* Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents, or concurrent biological, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to G-CSF/filgrastim (E. coli producing cell line) and plerixafor
* Patients with other active malignancies; however, patients with skin cancers, namely basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, and malignancies treated with curative intent having no known active disease present for \>= 2 years, may be eligible
* Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

City of Hope Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Amrita Krishnan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

City of Hope Medical Center

Mark J. Roschewski, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NCI Lymphoid Malignancy Branch

Locations

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NCI Lymphoid Malignancies Branch

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2014-02416

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

14004

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

U01CA183012

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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14004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id