Dual-target CAR T-cell therapy for relapsed B-lineage leukemia

Dual Anti-CD22/CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor-directed T Cells (CART2219.1) for Relapsed Refractory B-Lineage Leukaemia

Phase1; Phase2 Interventional KK Women's and Children's Hospital · NCT05429905

This study is testing a new CAR T-cell therapy to see if it can help people aged 2 to 75 with relapsed B-lineage leukemia who haven't responded to other treatments.

Quick facts

PhasePhase1; Phase2
Study typeInterventional
Enrollment48 (estimated)
Ages2 Years to 75 Years
SexAll
SponsorKK Women's and Children's Hospital Government
Drugs / interventionsCAR-T, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, CART
Locations1 site (Singapore)
Trial IDNCT05429905 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of CART 2219.1, a dual-targeting CAR T-cell therapy, as a salvage treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory B-lineage leukemia. The study will involve patients aged 2 to 75 years who have not responded to standard treatments and are ineligible for stem cell transplants. The trial will be conducted in two phases to assess safety and efficacy, focusing on patients with persistent minimal residual disease or those who have relapsed after previous therapies.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates include children and adults aged 2 to 75 years with relapsed or refractory B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Not a fit: Patients who have not been diagnosed with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia or those who are not relapsed or refractory may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat relapsed or refractory B-lineage leukemia.

How similar studies have performed: Other studies have shown promise with CAR T-cell therapies for leukemia, indicating a potential for success with this dual-targeting approach.

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

All Cohorts:

* Age 2 to 75 years
* Absolute blood CD3+ T cell count ≥100/μl
* ECOG performance score of ≤2 if \>16 years old, or Lansky performance score of \>50 if ≤16 years old at screening
* Patients and/or parents must give their written informed consent/assent.
* Patients have relapsed/refractory B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, includes persistent minimal residual disease (MRD)

Cohort 1 (Phase I): Relapsed/Refractory B-ALL

* Patients must have relapsed/refractory (r/r) B-lineage ALL meeting one of the following disease-specific criteria:

  * Patients with r/r ALL with \>5% blasts in BM (M2 or M3) after at least one standard chemotherapy and one salvage regimen who are ineligible for allogeneic stem cell transplant (alloSCT) or have refractory disease activity (e.g. persistent MRD in bone marrow) precluding alloSCT, or
  * Patients with Ph+ ALL if they are intolerant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, or if they have r/r disease after treatment including TKI, or
  * Patients who have relapsed post-allogeneic HSCT and are at least 100 days post-transplant, with no evidence of active GVHD, \> 6 weeks post donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) and no longer taking immunosuppressive agents for at least 30 days prior to enrolment.
  * Patients who have relapsed after prior CAR-T therapy who are not eligible for stem cell transplant and have \< 5% circulating CAR-T prior to apheresis
* Patients with refractory/relapsed combined extramedullary ALL are eligible. This includes patients with combined CNS-2 (\<5 WBC/μl CSF, with blasts on cytospin) or CNS-3 (\>5 WBC/ul CSF, with blasts on cytospin) disease and patients with combined testicular relapse.

Cohort 2 (Phase II): B-ALL with persistent MRD (High Risk B-ALL)

• Patients must have persistent MRD \>0.1% blasts after frontline induction chemotherapy or \>0.01% blasts after consolidation therapy.

Cohort 3 (Phase II): Relapsed/Refractory Extramedullary B-ALL

* Patients with testicular leukaemia confirmed on biopsy
* Patients with CNS-3 B-ALL or Leptomeningeal disease
* Patients with combined bone marrow and extramedullary relapse (as defined in Cohort 1) are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

All Cohorts:

* Blasts are negative for both CD22 and CD19 on flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry, defined as \< 10% of blasts staining positive for CD22 and CD19 respectively \[IBFM 2016 Consensus Guidelines\].
* Current autoimmune disease, or history of autoimmune disease with potential CNS involvement
* Active clinically significant CNS dysfunction (including but not limited to uncontrolled seizure disorders, cerebrovascular ischemia or hemorrhage, dementia, paralysis)
* History of an additional malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ unless disease free for ≥3 years.
* Pulmonary function: Patients with pre-existing severe lung disease (FEV1 or FVC \< 65%) or an oxygen requirement of \>28% O2 supplementation or active pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray at the time scheduled for T cell infusion
* Cardiac function: Fractional shortening \<28% or left ventricular ejection fraction \<50% by echocardiography
* Renal function: Creatinine clearance \<50 mL/min/1.73 m2
* Liver function: Patients with a serum bilirubin \>3 times upper limit of normal or an AST or ALT \> 5 times upper limit of normal, unless due to leukemic liver infiltration in the estimation of the investigator
* Rapidly progressive disease that in the estimation of the investigator would compromise ability to complete study therapy
* Active Hepatitis B (HBsAg positive) or Hepatitis C (PCR positive), or known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
* Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women
* In relation to prior therapy:

  * Use of immunotherapy, cell-based or other investigational treatment within 30 days of CAR-T infusion

Where this trial is running

Singapore

Study contacts

How to participate

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Visit the official trial page on ClinicalTrials.gov for the most current contact information and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the listed study coordinator or principal investigator to request pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
Conditions Lymphoblastic LeukemiaLymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, ChildhoodLymphoblastic Leukemia in ChildrenLymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute AdultCARCAR T-cell therapyB-ALLRelapsed/ Refractory
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