CD19 CAR and PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells for CD19 Positive Malignant B-cell Derived Leukemia and Lymphoma
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Burkitt Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1.Children and adults (age 70 years or younger) with high risk/relapsed CD19+ haematological malignancy:
- Resistant disease (>25% blasts) at end of UKALL 2011 or equivalent induction
- ALL with persistent high level MRD at 2nd time point of frontline national protocol (currently > 5 x 10-3 at week 14 UKALL2011 or equivalent)
- High risk infant ALL (age < 6 months at diagnosis with MLL gene rearrangement and either presenting white cell count > 300 x 109/L or poor steroid early response (i.e circulating blast count >1x109/L following 7 day steroid pre- phase of Interfant 06)
- Intermediate risk infant ALL with MRD > 10-3 at end of Interfant06 induction
- Very early (< 18 months from diagnosis) bone marrow or extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
- Early (within 6 months of finishing therapy) bone marrow, or combined extramedullary relapse of ALL with bone marrow minimal residual disease (MRD) > 10-3 at end of re-induction
- Any on therapy relapse of ALL in patients age 16-70
- Any relapse of infant ALL
- ALL post ≥ 2nd relapse
- Any refractory relapse of ALL
- ALL with MRD >10-4 prior to planned stem cell transplant
- Any relapse of ALL eligible for stem cell transplant but no available HLA matched donor or other contraindication to transplant
- Any relapse of ALL after stem cell transplant
- Any relapse of Burkitt's or other CD19+ lymphoma
- 2.Agreement to have a pregnancy test, use adequate contraception (if applicable)
- 3.Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria for registration:
- CD19 negative disease
- Active hepatitis B, C or HIV infection
- Oxygen saturation ≤ 90% on air
- Bilirubin > 3 x upper limit of normal
- Creatinine > 3 x upper limit of normal
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
- Stem Cell Transplant patients only: active acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) overall Grade ≥ II (Seattle criteria) or moderate/severe chronic GVHD (NIH consensus criteria) requiring systemic steroids
- Inability to tolerate leucapheresis
- Karnofsky (age ≥ 10 years) or Lansky (age < 10) score ≤ 50%
Exclusion criteria for CD19CAR T-cell infusion:
- Severe intercurrent infection at the time of scheduled CD19 CAR and PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells infusion
- Requirement for supplementary oxygen or active pulmonary infiltrates at the time of scheduled CD19 CAR and PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells infusion
- Allogeneic transplant recipients with active acute GVHD overall grade >2 or moderate/severe chronic GVHD requiring systemic steroids at the time of scheduled CD19 CAR and PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells infusion
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
CD19 CAR
CD19 CAR and PD-1 knock out
Patients meeting the eligibility criteria will have leukapheresis to isolate the blood immune cells used to manufacture the CD19 CAR T-cells. Patients will receive lymphodepletion with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide prior to infusion of the CD19 CAR T-cells.
Patients meeting the eligibility criteria will have leukapheresis to isolate the blood immune cells used to manufacture the CD19 CAR and PD-1 knock out engineered T-cells. Patients will receive lymphodepletion with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide prior to infusion of the CD19 CAR and PD-1 knock out engineered T-cells.