Subcutaneous Recombinant Human IL-15 (s.c. rhIL-15) and Alemtuzumab for People With Refractory or Relapsed Chronic and Acute Adult T-cell Leukemia (ATL)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

11 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-19

Study Completion Date

2021-06-15

Brief Summary

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Background:

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a rare blood cancer. Researchers want to see if a combination of two drugs - recombinant human interleukin 15 (rhIL-15) and alemtuzumab - is a better treatment for ATL.

Objectives:

To test if giving rhIL-15 combined with alemtuzumab improves the outcome of therapy for ATL. Also, to determine the safe dose of this combination and identify side effects and effects on the immune system.

Eligibility:

Adults 18 years and older with chronic or acute ATL who have not been helped by other treatments.

Design:

Participants will be screened with tests that are mostly part of their usual cancer care. They will sign a separate consent form for this.

Weeks 1 and 2: Participants will have a total of 10 visits. They will:

* Get rhIL-15 under the skin by needle.
* Have a physical exam and vital signs measured.
* Give blood samples.
* Answer questions about their health and their medicines.

Week 3: Participants will stay in the clinic. They will:

* Get alemtuzumab infusions in a vein through a small catheter on days 1, 2, 3, and 5.
* Take medicines to decrease side effects.
* Have a computed tomography (CT) scan to evaluate the treatment.
* Have a physical exam and vital signs measured.
* Give blood samples.

Answer questions about their health and medicines.

Weeks 4, 5, and 6 will repeat week 3, without the CT scan. Some patients will just have outpatient visits these weeks.

After treatment, participants will have follow-up visits every few months for up to 2 years. At these visits, participants will give blood samples and have CT scans.

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Detailed Description

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Background:

* A previous trial alemtuzumab (CAMPATH-1) in patients with chronic, acute and lymphomatous subtype HTLV-1 associated ATL showed appreciable initial activity but no clear long-term impact.
* Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) with polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), monocytes and natural killer (NK) cells acting as the effector cells is alemtuzumab s primary in vivo mechanism of action for depleting malignant leukemic or lymphomatous cells.
* The immunologic effects of Interleukin-15 (IL-15), a stimulatory cytokine that promotes the differentiation and activation of NK cells, monocytes and long-term cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8+) memory Tcells, has been assessed in several phase I trials in cancer patients.
* Administration of recombinant human (rh) IL-15 as an intravenous bolus (IVB), continuous intravenous infusion (CIV) or subcutaneous injections (SC) into adult cancer patients has produced 5 to 50 fold expansion in the number of circulating NK cells at well tolerated doses in these patients.
* Preclinical murine lymphoid malignancy models have shown efficacy from the administration of IL-15 and monoclonal antibodies, with improved survival compared to controls.

Objective:

-To determine the safety, toxicity profile and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of s.c. rhIL-15 in combination with standard three times per week IV alemtuzumab treatment.

Eligibility:

* Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status less than or equal to 1
* Diagnosis of adult T-cell leukemia (Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated, chronic or acute), peripheral T-cell lymphoma (angioimmunoblastic, hepatosplenic, or not otherwise specified), cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Stage III or IV, with leukemia involvement or erythrodemia), or T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL)
* Measurable or evaluable disease
* Adequate organ and bone marrow function as defined in the protocol.

Design:

* This is a single institution nonrandomized Phase I dose escalation study evaluating increasing doses of subcutaneous (SC) rhIL-15 in combination with alemtuzumab using a standard 3 + 3 dose escalation.
* Treatment will include s.c. rhIL015 daily Monday-Friday (M-F) weeks 1 and 2 (dose levels 0.5- 2 mcg/kg/dose), followed by intravenous (IV) alemtuzumab beginning in week 3 (escalating doses followed by standard dosing in weeks 4-6).
* Up to 30 patients will be enrolled in this study.

Conditions

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T-Cell Lymphoma Relapsed Adult T-Cell Leukemia (ATL) Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1A-Interleukin 15 (IL-15) Followed by Alemtuzumab

IL-15 for 10 doses over two weeks followed by alemtuzumab for 4 weeks per dosing schema to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IL-15 plus

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Recombinant Human IL-15 (subcutaneous (s.c.) rhIL-15) by s.c. injection Monday-Friday over two weeks.

alemtuzumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Alemtuzumab three times a week for a total of 4 weeks of alemtuzumab treatment.

1B - Interleukin-15 (IL-15) Followed by Alemtuzumab at the Maximum Tolerated Dose

IL-15 for 10 doses over two weeks followed by alemtuzumab for 4 weeks at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IL-15 plus

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Recombinant Human IL-15 (subcutaneous (s.c.) rhIL-15) by s.c. injection Monday-Friday over two weeks.

alemtuzumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Alemtuzumab three times a week for a total of 4 weeks of alemtuzumab treatment.

Interventions

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IL-15 plus

Recombinant Human IL-15 (subcutaneous (s.c.) rhIL-15) by s.c. injection Monday-Friday over two weeks.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

alemtuzumab

Alemtuzumab three times a week for a total of 4 weeks of alemtuzumab treatment.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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Interleukin-15 Campath

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 18 years; no upper age limit.
* Patients diagnosed with a leukemia or lymphoma as follows:

* Chronic or acute leukemia forms of Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated adult T-cell leukemia;
* Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (angioimmunoblastic, hepatosplenic, or not otherwise specified); or,
* Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma stage III or IV with circulating monoclonal cells (B1 or B2) and/or erythrodermia (T4)
* T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL)

NOTE: Diagnosis must be validated by the Pathology Department, National Cancer Institute (NCI).

-Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease.

NOTE: All patients with greater than 10% abnormal cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4+) homogeneous cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3) low strongly cluster of differentiation 25 (CD25+) expressing cells, or greater than 5% Szary cells/T-PLL, among the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in the peripheral blood will be deemed to have evaluable disease.

* Abnormal T cells must be cluster of differentiation 52 (CD52+) as assessed by flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry.
* Patients must have a life expectancy of greater than or equal to 2 months.
* Patients must have been refractory or relapsed following front line therapy for Adult T-cell Leukemia (ATL); those with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) or peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) who have cluster of differentiation 30 (CD30+) disease must have progressed during or after treatment with brentuximab vedotin, or are unable to receive treatment due to allergy or intolerance.
* Patients must have recovered to less than grade 1 or to baseline from toxicity of prior chemotherapy or biologic therapy and must not have had major surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or biologic therapy within 2 weeks prior to beginning treatment. NOTE: Exceptions to this include events not considered to place the subject at unacceptable risk of participation in the opinion of the PI (e.g., alopecia).
* Carbon monoxide diffusing capacity alveolar volume (DLCO/VA) and forced expiratory volume (FEV) 1.0 \> 50% of predicted on pulmonary function tests.
* Adequate laboratory parameters, as follows:

* Serum creatinine of less than or equal to 1.5 x the upper limit of normal
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 3 x the upper limit of normal
* Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/mm\^3 and platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm\^3.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) less than or equal to 1.
* Patients must be able to understand and sign an Informed Consent Form.
* All patients must use adequate contraception during participation in this trial and for 4 months following completing therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who have received any systemic corticosteroid therapy within 4 weeks prior to the start of therapy, or 12 weeks if given to treat graft versus host disease (GVHD), with the exception of physiological replacement doses of cortisone acetate or equivalent.
* Patients who have undergone allogeneic stem cell transplantation and have required systemic treatment for GVHD (including but not limited to oral or parenteral corticosteroids, ibrutinib, and extracorporeal phototherapy) within the last 12 weeks
* Clinical evidence of (parenchymal or meningeal) central nervous system (CNS) involvement or metastasis. In subjects suspected of having CNS disease, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain and lumbar puncture should be done to confirm.
* Documented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active bacterial infections, active or chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C.

* Positive hepatitis B serology indicative of previous immunization (i.e., hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAb) positive and hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) negative) or a fully resolved acute hepatitis B infection is not an exclusion criterion.
* If hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then the patient must be tested for the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and be HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) negative

NOTE: HIV-positive patients are excluded from the study. Alemtuzumab may produce a different pattern of toxicities in patients with HIV infection; in addition, the depletion of T cells produced by alemtuzumab may have adverse effects on HIV-positive individuals.

* Concurrent anticancer therapy (including other investigational agents).
* History of severe asthma or presently on chronic inhaled corticosteroid medications (patients with a history of mild asthma not requiring corticosteroid therapy are eligible).
* Patients with smoldering and lymphomatous ATL.
* Pregnant or nursing patients.
* Patients who have previously received alemtuzumab are ineligible. NOTE: Patients with relapsed T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) who have achieved at least a partial response to prior alemtuzumab are eligible.
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, moderate/severe graft versus host disease, cognitive impairment, active substance abuse, or psychiatric illness/social situations that, in the view of the Investigator, would preclude safe treatment or the ability to give informed consent and limit compliance with study requirements.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No