Intratumoral Gene Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy in Patients With Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03131037

Last Updated: 2025-07-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-04

Study Completion Date

2023-09-20

Brief Summary

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This is a phase I dose escalation study of CAN-2409 plus prodrug in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The primary clinical objective of the study is to evaluate the safety of CAN-2409 plus prodrug when combined with standard surgery for NSCLC. The primary scientific objective is to determine the immunologic changes induced by CAN-2409 plus prodrug.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this open-label, dose escalation clinical trial is to investigate the safety of CAN-2409 (aglatimagene besadenovec) plus prodrug prior to surgery in patients with NSCLC. CAN-2409 is a viral immunotherapy approach which utilizes intratumoral administration to selectively induce tumor cell death and elicit both an innate and an adaptive systemic anti-tumor immune response against the injected tumor and uninjected metastases. Local delivery enables these effects while aiming to minimize systemic toxicity. Standard of care surgical resection will be performed about 3 weeks after the CAN-2409 injection. Chemotherapy and/or radiation may begin 6-8 weeks after resection surgery. Choice of chemotherapy depends on the treating oncologist. CAN-2409 (aglatimagene besadenovec) was previously known as AdV-tk, and the combination of CAN-2409 plus prodrug was previously known as GMCI.

Conditions

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Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Open Label

Study Groups

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Study Arm

CAN-2409 + valacyclovir

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CAN-2409 + valacyclovir

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

CAN-2409 will be administered intratumorally followed by oral valacyclovir. Valacyclovir will be administered orally at a fixed dose for 14 days after each injection.

Interventions

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CAN-2409 + valacyclovir

CAN-2409 will be administered intratumorally followed by oral valacyclovir. Valacyclovir will be administered orally at a fixed dose for 14 days after each injection.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pathologically documented non-small cell carcinoma (cytology or histology) that is accessible via standard-of-care staging procedures: (1) EBUS or (2) surgical approaches (eg mediastinoscopy, mediastinotomy or VATS).
* Resectable with negative lymph nodes based on imaging with histologic confirmation at time of the staging procedure prior to AdV-tk injection
* The tumor must be 4cm or greater in diameter based on imaging
* ECOG Performance status of 0 or 1.
* Granulocyte count (ANC) ≥ 1,000/mm3
* Peripheral lymphocyte count ≥ 500/mm3
* Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl
* Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3
* Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal
* SGOT (AST) ≤ 3x upper limit of normal
* Serum creatinine \< 2mg/dl
* Calculated creatinine clearance \> 30ml/min
* Patients must give study specific informed consent prior to enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

* Radiotherapy and/or treatment with chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic, or immunologic agents within 4 weeks prior to infusion of the vector.
* Known immunodeficiency such as HIV infection
* Active liver disease, including known cirrhosis or active hepatitis
* Use of systemic corticosteroids (\>10 mg prednisone per day or equivalent) or other systemic immunosuppressive drugs
* Patient is pregnant or breast-feeding. Female patients of childbearing age must have negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 1 week of beginning therapy. Subjects must use acceptable means of birth control until 30 days after the vector injection.
* Presence of any other life-threatening illness, such as unstable angina, severe oxygen dependence, significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), end-stage liver or renal disease. COPD will be considered significant if disease limits activities of daily living, results in the inability to walk up 1 flight of stair, or requires home oxygen.
* Presence of known untreated brain metastases.
* Prior bone marrow transplants (including stem cells) except autologous stem cell transplant without immunosuppression is NOT considered an exclusion.
* Known sensitivity or allergic reactions to valacyclovir
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Candel Therapeutics, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Predina JD, Haas AR, Martinez M, O'Brien S, Moon EK, Woodruff P, Stadanlick J, Corbett C, Frenzel-Sulyok L, Bryski MG, Eruslanov E, Deshpande C, Langer C, Aguilar LK, Guzik BW, Manzanera AG, Aguilar-Cordova E, Singhal S, Albelda SM. Neoadjuvant Gene-Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Safety and Immunologic Activity. Mol Ther. 2021 Feb 3;29(2):658-670. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.11.001. Epub 2020 Nov 5.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 33160076 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33160076/

Neoadjuvant Gene-Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Safety and Immunologic Activity

Other Identifiers

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LuTK01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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