Clinical trial Recruiting at 35 sites Phase 3 Interventional

Treatment for Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disease After Transplant

Official title: Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase 3 Study of Tabelecleucel for Solid Organ or Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Subjects With Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease After Failure of Rituximab or Rituximab and Chemotherapy

Run by Pierre Fabre Medicament · NCT03394365 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing a new treatment called tabelecleucel for patients with a specific type of cancer related to Epstein-Barr virus who haven't improved with other therapies after receiving a transplant.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 3
Study typeInterventional
SexAll
Enrollment115 (estimated)
SponsorPierre Fabre Medicament
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsrituximab, ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, chimeric antigen receptor, chemotherapy, methotrexate, prednisone
Locations71 sites (Duarte, California and 70 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedDecember 29, 2017
Main results expectedMay 31, 2030
Study endsAugust 2030
Registry record updatedOctober 19, 2026
Trial IDNCT03394365 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates include individuals who have undergone solid organ or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants and have a confirmed diagnosis of EBV+ PTLD after failing prior treatments.

Probably not a fit

Patients who have not undergone a transplant or those with other types of lymphoproliferative disorders unrelated to EBV may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This phase 3 study evaluates the efficacy and safety of tabelecleucel for patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (EBV+ PTLD) who have not responded to rituximab or chemotherapy. It involves participants who have undergone solid organ transplants or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants. The treatment consists of administering tabelecleucel in cycles over a period of 5 weeks, with follow-up for up to 5 years to assess disease response and survival outcomes.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for patients with EBV+ PTLD who have limited treatment alternatives.

How similar studies have gone: While there have been studies on treatments for EBV+ PTLD, the specific use of tabelecleucel in this context is a novel approach.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Prior SOT of kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, small bowel, or any combination of these (C-SOT); or prior allogeneic HCT (C-HCT).
2. A diagnosis of locally assessed, biopsy-proven EBV+ PTLD.
3. Availability of appropriate partially HLA-matched and restricted tabelecleucel has been confirmed by the sponsor.
4. Measurable, 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG)-avid (Deauville score ≥ 3) systemic disease using Lugano Classification response criteria by positron emission tomography (PET)-diagnostic computed tomography (CT). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used when PET-CT is contraindicated, mandated by local practice, or when disease status cannot be assessed adequately in the investigator's opinion and is confirmed by the Sponsor. For participants with treated CNS disease, a head diagnostic CT and/or brain/spinal MRI as clinically appropriate will be required to follow CNS disease response per Lugano Classification response criteria.
5. Treatment failure to CD20-directed antibody, i.e. rituximab or interchangeable commercially available biosimilar monotherapy (SOT-R or HCT cohort) or rituximab plus any concurrent or sequentially administered chemotherapy regimen (SOT-R+C) for treatment of PTLD.
6. Males and females of any age.
7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 3 for participants aged ≥ 16 years; Lansky score ≥ 20 for participants \< 16 years.
8. For C-HCT only: If allogeneic HCT was performed as treatment for an acute lymphoid or myeloid malignancy, the underlying primary disease for which the participant underwent transplant must be in morphologic remission.
9. Adequate organ function.

   1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/μL, (C-SOT) or ≥ 500/μL (C-HCT), with or without cytokine support.
   2. Platelet count ≥ 50,000/μL, with or without transfusion or cytokine support. For C-HCT, platelet count \< 50,000/μL but ≥ 20,000/μL, with or without transfusion support, is permissible if the participant has not had grade ≥ 2 bleeding in the prior 4 weeks (where grading of the bleeding is determined per the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\], version 5.0).
   3. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and total bilirubin each \< 5 × the upper limit of normal; however, ALT, AST, and total bilirubin each ≤ 10 × upper limit of normal is acceptable if the elevation is considered by the investigator to be due to EBV and/or PTLD involvement of the liver as long as there is no known evidence of significant liver dysfunction.
10. Participant or participant's representative is willing and able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Currently active Burkitt, T-cell, NK/T-cell lymphoma/LPD, Hodgkin, plasmablastic, transformed lymphoma, active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or other malignancies requiring systemic therapy.
2. Daily steroids of \> 0.5 mg/kg prednisone or glucocorticoid equivalent, ongoing methotrexate, or extracorporeal photopheresis.
3. Untreated CNS PTLD or CNS PTLD for which the participant is actively receiving CNS-directed chemotherapy (systemic or intrathecal) or radiotherapy at enrollment. NOTE: Participants with previously treated CNS PTLD may enroll if CNS-directed therapy is complete.
4. Suspected or confirmed grade ≥ 2 graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) per the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research consensus grading system at enrollment.
5. Ongoing or recent use of a checkpoint inhibitor agent (eg, ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab) within 3 drug half-lives from the most recent dose to enrollment.
6. For C-HCT: active adenovirus viremia.
7. Need for vasopressor or ventilatory support.
8. Antithymocyte globulin or similar anti-T cell antibody therapy ≤ 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
9. Treatment with Epstein-Barr virus cytotoxic T lymphocytes or chimeric antigen receptor T cells directed against B cells within 8 weeks of enrollment (C-SOT or C-HCT), or unselected donor lymphocyte infusion within 8 weeks of enrollment (C-HCT only).
10. Female who is breastfeeding or pregnant or female of childbearing potential or male with a female partner of childbearing potential unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception.
11. Inability to comply with study-related procedures.
12. Any medical condition or organ system dysfunction that in the investigator';s opinion, could compromise the participant's safety or ability to complete the study.

Where it's running

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center (Adults only)
    Loma Linda, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Div. of Research Immunology/BMT (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (Adults only)
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Arthur M Blank Hospital - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Loyola University Medical Center (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Maywood, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine (Adults only)
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Children's Hospital (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke Cancer Institute (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Columbus, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Oregon Health and Science University Physicians Pavilion (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Portland, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Adults only)
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Oncology Division, Blood & Marrow Transplant Section (Pediatrics)
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Baylor Scott and White Research Institute (Adults only)
    Dallas, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Children's Medical Center (Pediatrics only)
    Dallas, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center (Pediatrics and Adult)
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead (Pediatrics only)
    Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Royal Adelaide Hospital (Adults only)
    Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Recruiting
  • The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (Pediatrics only)
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital (Adults only)
    Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Alberta Children's Hospital (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Sick Kids (Pediatrics only)
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Adults only)
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Duran i Reynals (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón - Institut de Recerca (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Santander, Cantabria, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Madrid, Madrid, Spain
    Recruiting
  • University Hospital Virgen del Rocio (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Seville, Spain, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario La Fe (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Adults only)
    Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Adults only)
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • City of Hope (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Duarte, California, United States
    Completed
  • University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center (Adults only)
    La Jolla, California, United States
    Completed
  • UCLA Medical Center (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Completed
  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (Adults only)
    Sacramento, California, United States
    Completed
  • Yale University (Adults and Pediatrics)
    New Haven, Connecticut, United States
    Completed
  • University of Florida (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Gainesville, Florida, United States
    Completed
  • Winship Cancer Institute (Adults only)
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Completed
  • University of Chicago Medical Center - Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine (Adults only)
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Completed
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine (Adults only)
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Completed
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (Adults only)
    New York, New York, United States
    Completed
  • Columbia University Medical Center (Adults and Pediatrics)
    New York, New York, United States
    Completed
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Adults and Pediatrics)
    New York, New York, United States
    Completed
  • Montefiore Medical Center (Adults only)
    The Bronx, New York, United States
    Completed
  • Montefiore Medical Center (Pediatrics only)
    The Bronx, New York, United States
    Completed
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Adults and Pediatrics)
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
    Completed

+21 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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