Genetically Engineered PBMC and PBSC Expressing NY-ESO-1 TCR After a Myeloablative Conditioning Regimen to Treat Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03240861

Last Updated: 2023-11-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-07-26

Study Completion Date

2023-10-19

Brief Summary

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This phase I clinical trial evaluates the safety and feasibility of administering NY-ESO-1 TCR (T cell receptor)engineered peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) after a myeloablative conditioning regimen to treat patients with cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. The conditioning chemotherapy makes room in the patient?s bone marrow for new blood cells (PBMC) and blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. Giving NY-ESO-1 TCR PBMC and stem cells after the conditioning chemotherapy is intended to replace the immune system with new immune cells that have been redirected to attack and kill the cancer cells and thereby improve immune system function against cancer.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine the safety of administering the combination of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) following a reduced intensity conditioning regimen, both of which have been genetically modified to express NY-ESO-1 TCR.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the feasibility of delivering the combination of TCR transduced autologous PBMC and CD34+ PBSC to patients.

II. To determine the persistence of NY-ESO-1 TCR transduced PBMC and the progeny of TCR transduced PBSC in serial peripheral blood samples.

III. Objective response rate (ORR).

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

I. To explore the use of positron emission tomography (PET)-based imaging using the PET tracer 9-4-\[18F\]fluoro-3-(hydroxymethyl)butylguanine (\[18F\]FHBG) with the goal of determining whether the adoptively transferred NY-ESO-1 TCR transduced PBSC home to bone marrow, differentiate into T cells and expand in secondary lymphoid organs and tumor deposits.

OUTLINE:

G-CSF AND PLERIXAFOR MOBILIZED LEUKAPHERESIS: Between 6 months and 3 weeks before infusion of cells, patients undergo G-CSF and plerixafor mobilization of CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells. Patients receive G-CSF subcutaneously (SC) on mobilization days 1-8 and plerixafor SC on mobilization days 4-7, during mobilization, patients will undergo mobilized leukapheresis to obtain PBSC. Patients also undergo an unmobilized leukapheresis on day -5 before infusion of cells in order to obtain PBMC.

CHEMOTHERAPY CONDITIONING REGIMEN: Patients receive busulfan intravenously (IV) on days -4 to -2 and fludarabine IV over 30 minutes on days -3 to -2.

Patients receive LV-NYESO TCR/sr39TK PBSC IV on day 0, and after approximately 24 hours, patients receive RV-NYESO TCR PBMC IV on day 1. Beginning on day 2, patients receive aldesleukin (interleukin-2 (IL) or IL-2) SC twice daily (BID) for up to 7 days. Patients undergo blood collection for safety and immune monitoring on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120. Patients receive the PET tracer 18F-FHBG IV, and after 1 hour, undergo PET/computed tomography (CT) on days 25 and 120.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 2-3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 5 years, and annually for 15 years.

Conditions

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HLA-A*0201 Positive Cells Present Locally Advanced Malignant Neoplasm NY-ESO-1 Positive Unresectable Malignant Neoplasm Sarcoma

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 (Genetically engineered PBMC and PBSC)

G-CSF AND PLERIXAFOR MOBILIZED LEUKAPHERESIS: Between 6 months and 3 weeks before infusion of cells, patients undergo G-CSF and plerixafor mobilization of CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells. Patients receive G-CSF SC on mobilization days 1-8 and plerixafor SC on mobilization days 4-7. Patients also undergo an unmobilized leukapheresis on day -5 before infusion of cells.

CHEMOTHERAPY CONDITIONING REGIMEN: Patients receive busulfan IV on days -4 to -2 and fludarabine IV over 30 minutes on days -3 to -2.

Patients receive LV-NYESO TCR/sr39TK PBSC IV on day 0, and after approximately 24 hours, patients receive RV-NYESO TCR PBMC IV on day 1. Beginning on day 2, patients receive aldesleukin SC BID for up to 7 days. Patients undergo blood collection for safety and immune monitoring on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120. Patients receive 18F-FHBG IV, and after 1 hour, undergo PET/CT on days 25 and 120.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

18F-FHBG

Intervention Type OTHER

Given IV

Aldesleukin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given SC

Busulfan

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Cellular Therapy

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given LV-NYESO TCR/sr39TK PBSC IV and RV-NYESO TCR PBMC IV

Computed Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo PET/CT

Filgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Given SC

Fludarabine

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IV

Leukapheresis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo leukapheresis

Plerixafor

Intervention Type DRUG

Given SC

Positron Emission Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo PET/CT

Interventions

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18F-FHBG

Given IV

Intervention Type OTHER

Aldesleukin

Given SC

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Busulfan

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Cellular Therapy

Given LV-NYESO TCR/sr39TK PBSC IV and RV-NYESO TCR PBMC IV

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Computed Tomography

Undergo PET/CT

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Filgrastim

Given SC

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Fludarabine

Given IV

Intervention Type DRUG

Leukapheresis

Undergo leukapheresis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Plerixafor

Given SC

Intervention Type DRUG

Positron Emission Tomography

Undergo PET/CT

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Reporter Probe 18F-FHBG 125-L-Serine-2-133-interleukin 2 Proleukin r-serHuIL-2 Recombinant Human IL-2 Recombinant Human Interleukin-2 1, 4-Bis[methanesulfonoxy]butane BUS Bussulfam Busulfanum Busulfex Busulphan CB 2041 CB-2041 Glyzophrol GT 41 GT-41 Joacamine Methanesulfonic Acid Tetramethylene Ester Methanesulfonic acid, tetramethylene ester Mielucin Misulban Misulfan Mitosan Myeleukon Myeloleukon Myelosan Mylecytan Myleran Sulfabutin Tetramethylene Bis(methanesulfonate) Tetramethylene bis[methanesulfonate] WR-19508 Cell Therapy CAT CAT Scan Computerized Axial Tomography Computerized Tomography CT CT SCAN tomography Filgrastim XM02 Filgrastim-sndz G-CSF Granix Neupogen r-metHuG-CSF Recombinant Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor rG-CSF Tbo-filgrastim Tevagrastim Zarxio Fluradosa Leukocytopheresis Therapeutic Leukopheresis AMD 3100 JM-3100 Mozobil SDZ SID 791 Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography PET PET SCAN Positron Emission Tomography Scan Positron-Emission Tomography proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Stage IV or locally advanced unresectable cancers for which no alternative therapies with proven survival advantage are available
* NY-ESO-1 positive malignancy by immunohistochemistry (IHC) utilizing commercially available NY-ESO-1 antibodies
* HLA-A\*0201 (HLA-A2.1) positivity by molecular subtyping
* Age greater than or equal to 16 years old; if patients 16-17 years old are enrolled in the trial, they will only be enrolled after 3 patients \>= 18 years old have been treated, and the treatment has been shown to be safe
* A minimum of one measurable lesion defined as:

* Meeting the criteria for measurable disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)
* Skin lesion(s) selected as non-completely biopsied target lesion(s) that can be accurately measured and recorded by color photography with a ruler to document the size of the target lesion(s)
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1
* Adequate bone marrow and major organ function to undergo a PBSC transplant determined within 30-60 days prior to enrollment using standard phase 1 criteria for organ function defined as:

* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1.5 x 10\^9 cells/L
* Platelets \>= 100 x 10\^9/L
* Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dL
* Aspartate and alanine aminotransferases (AST, ALT) =\< 2.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal) (=\< 5 x ULN, if documented liver metastases are present)
* Total bilirubin =\< 2 x ULN (except patients with documented Gilbert?s syndrome)
* Creatinine \< 2 mg/dl (or a glomerular filtration rate \> 60)
* Must be willing and able to accept at least three leukapheresis procedures
* Must be willing and able to undergo three research PET scans
* Must be willing and able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to purify \>= 2.5 x 10\^6 CD34-enriched cells/kg of patient weight from the pooled G-CSF mobilized leukapheresis products
* Previously known hypersensitivity to any of the agents used in this study; known sensitivity to busulfan or fludarabine
* Received systemic treatment for cancer, including immunotherapy, within 28 days prior to initiation of conditioning chemotherapy administration within this protocol
* Potential requirement for systemic corticosteroids or concurrent immunosuppressive drugs based on prior history or received systemic steroids within the last 2 weeks prior to enrollment (inhaled or topical steroids at standard doses are allowed)
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity or other congenital or acquired immune deficiency state, which would increase the risk of opportunistic infections and other complications during chemotherapy-induced lymphodepletion; if there is a positive result in the infectious disease testing that was not previously known, the patient will be referred to their primary physician and/or infectious disease specialist
* Hepatitis B or C seropositivity with evidence of ongoing liver damage, which would increase the likelihood of hepatic toxicities from the chemotherapy conditioning regimen and supportive treatments; if there is a positive result in the infectious disease testing that was not previously known, the patient will be referred to their primary physician and/or infectious disease specialist
* Dementia or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent and compliance with the requirements of this protocol
* Known clinically active brain metastases; prior evidence of brain metastasis successfully treated with surgery or radiation therapy will not be exclusion for participation as long as they are deemed under control at the time of study enrollment and there are no neurological signs of potential brain metastases
* Pregnancy or breast-feeding; female patients must be surgically sterile or be postmenopausal for two years, or must agree to use effective contraception during the period of treatment and for 6 months afterwards; all female patients with reproductive potential must have a negative pregnancy test (serum/urine) within 14 days from starting the conditioning chemotherapy; the definition of effective contraception will be based on the judgment of the study investigators
* Since IL-2 is administered following cell infusion:

* Patients will be excluded if they have a history of clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities, symptoms of cardiac ischemia with evidence of ischemia on a cardiac stress test (stress thallium, stress multigated acquisition \[MUGA\], dobutamine echocardiogram or other stress test)
* Similarly, patients with a baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 45% will be excluded.
* Patients with ECG results of any conduction delays (PR interval \> 200 ms, corrected QT \[QTC\] \> 480 ms), sinus bradycardia (resting heart rate \< 50 beats per minute), sinus tachycardia (heart rate \>120 beats per minute) will be evaluated by a cardiologist prior to starting the trial; patients with any arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, excessive ectopy (defined as \> 20 premature ventricular contractions \[PVCs\] per minute), ventricular tachycardia or 3rd degree heart block will be excluded from the study unless cleared by a cardiologist
* Patients with pulmonary function test abnormalities as evidenced by a (forced expiratory volume 1 \[FEV1\]/forced vital capacity \[FVC \] \< 70% of predicted for normality will be excluded
* Bone marrow involvement based on PET/CT scan at screening
* Active or recent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection or cytomegalovirus (CMV) based on symptoms with positive swab culture and/or positive IgM (immunoglobulin M) screening
* Liver metastases with no other metastatic sites
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Theodore Scott Nowicki, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Nowicki TS, Deen NNA, Peters CW, Comin-Anduix B, Medina E, Puig-Saus C, Carretero IB, Kaplan-Lefko P, Macabali MH, Garcilazo IP, Chen D, Pang J, Berent-Maoz B, Haile S, Rodriguez J, Kawakami M, Kidd CK, Champhekar A, Carlucci G, Vega-Crespo A, Chmielowski B, Singh A, Federman N, Schiller GM, Larson SJ, Allen-Auerbach M, Klomhaus AM, Zack J, Baltimore D, Yang L, Kohn DB, Witte ON, Ribas A. Human cancer-targeted immunity via transgenic hematopoietic stem cell progeny. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 1;16(1):5599. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60816-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40593578 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2017-00896

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Ribas NYESO SCT Cancer

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

15-000511

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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