Clinical Study of ssCART-19 Cells in Patients With CD19 Positive Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Primary Purpose
Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
China
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
ssCART-19 Cells
Fludarabine
Cyclophosphamide
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL):(1)Any Relaps after first remission OR (2)Any BM relapse after allogeneic SCT and must be ≥ 3 months from SCT at the time of ssCART-19 infusion OR (3)failed to reach CR after 2 cycles of induction chemotherapy regimen OR (4)Patients with Ph+ ALL are eligible if they are intolerant to or have failed two lines of TKI therapy, or if TKI therapy is contraindicated
- CD19 tumor expression demonstrated in bone marrow or peripheral blood by flow cytometry
- Bone marrow with ≥ 5% lymphoblasts by morphologic assessment
- Adequate organ function defined as:(1)left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50% by echocardiogram;(2)creatinine ≤ 1.6mg/dl;(3)ALT and AST≤3 times the ULN for age, total bilirubin ≤ 2.0mg/dl;(4)Must have a minimum level of pulmonary reserve defined as ≤ Grade 1 dyspnea and pulse oxygenation > 91% on room air
- Informed consent is signed by the subject
- Age 18 to 65
- Fertility of men, to ensure that sexual partners can effectively contraception; Women with fertility use effective contraceptive measures and agree to use contraceptive measures throughout the study period
- Qualified T cell amplification
- Eastern cooperative oncology group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
- Vascular conditions for apheresis
- The estimated survival time is more than 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Isolated extra-medullary disease relapse
- Combined with other malignant tumors
- Has had treatment with any prior anti-CD19/anti-CD3 therapy, or any other antiCD19 therapy
- Has had immunosuppressants or hormones within 2 weeks before signing informed consent, or plan to use immunosuppressants or hormones after signing informed consent
- Patients complying with any of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive, hepatitis B e antibody (HBe-Ab) and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBc-Ab) positive and HBV-DNA copies being more than the lower limit of detection, hepatitis C antibody (HCV-Ab) positive, anti-treponemia pallidum antibody (TP-Ab) positive, EBV-DNA, and CMV-DNA copies being more than the lower limit of detection
- Has uncontrolled bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycoplasma or other types of infections
- Infected with HIV, syphilis or COVID-19
- Has a history of severe immediate hypersensitivity to aminoglycosides
- Has past or present CNS diseases, such as epilepsy, cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage, dementia, cerebellar diseases or any CNS-related autoimmune diseases
- Has undergone cardiac angioplasty or stent implantation within 12 months before signing informed consent, or having a history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris or other clinically significant heart diseases
- With primary immunodeficiency
- Has had severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any drug to be used in this study
- Has had treat with live vaccine within 6 weeks prior to screening
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Has active autoimmune diseases
- Has active acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) before signing informed consent
- Patient has an investigational medicinal product within 3 months before signing informed consent
- Patients with other conditions making the patients unsuitable for receiving cell therapy as judged by the investigator
Sites / Locations
- Shanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co., Ltd.Recruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Label
ssCART-19 Cells
Arm Description
Route of administration: Intravenous injection. Lymphodepletion conditioning: Lymphodepletion will be conducted several days prior to ssCART-19 cells infusion. A combination of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide will be used for lymphodepletion.
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
Determine the safety and tolerability of ssCART-19 in patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Safety measures include adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Overall Remission Rate (ORR), which includes Complete Remission (CR) and Complete Remission with Incomplete Blood Count Recovery (CRi)
Efficacy of ssCART-19 as measured by ORR during the 3 months after ssCART-19 infusion, which includes CR and CRi.
Duration of remission (DOR)
Statistical parameter:Duration of remission (DOR)
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Statistical parameter:Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Overall survival (OS)
Statistical parameter:Overall survival (OS)
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT04825496
First Posted
March 28, 2021
Last Updated
September 17, 2023
Sponsor
Shanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co.,Ltd
Collaborators
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04825496
Brief Title
Clinical Study of ssCART-19 Cells in Patients With CD19 Positive Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Official Title
Clinical Study of ssCART-19 Cells in Patients With CD19 Positive Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
May 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
April 9, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2023 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2024 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Shanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co.,Ltd
Collaborators
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
This is a single arm, open-label, non-randomized, dose-escalation, phase I study to determine the safety and efficacy of ssCART-19 in the treatment of patients with CD19 positive relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Detailed Description
This is a single arm, open-label, non-randomized, dose-escalation, phase I study to determine the safety and efficacy of ssCART-19 in the treatment of patients with CD19 positive relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Primary objectives:
Determine the safety and tolerability of ssCART-19 cells in patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Secondary objectives:
Observe the anti-tumor response of ssCART-19 cells to refractory or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Overall remission rate (ORR) assessment during the 3 months after ssCART-19 administration,ORR includes CR and CRi
Duration of response (DOR)
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Overall survival (OS)
To characterize the in vivo cellular pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of ssCART-19 cells.
To characterize the pharmacodynamic (PD) profile of ssCART-19 cells.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
18 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
ssCART-19 Cells
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Route of administration: Intravenous injection.
Lymphodepletion conditioning:
Lymphodepletion will be conducted several days prior to ssCART-19 cells infusion.
A combination of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide will be used for lymphodepletion.
Intervention Type
Genetic
Intervention Name(s)
ssCART-19 Cells
Intervention Description
Split-Dose of ssCART-19 cells will be infused, and classic "3+3" dose escalation will be applied.
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
Fludarabine
Other Intervention Name(s)
FA
Intervention Description
Fludarabine is used for lymphodepletion.
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
Cyclophosphamide
Other Intervention Name(s)
CTX
Intervention Description
Cyclophosphamide is used for lymphodepletion.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
Description
Determine the safety and tolerability of ssCART-19 in patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Safety measures include adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0.
Time Frame
28 days
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Overall Remission Rate (ORR), which includes Complete Remission (CR) and Complete Remission with Incomplete Blood Count Recovery (CRi)
Description
Efficacy of ssCART-19 as measured by ORR during the 3 months after ssCART-19 infusion, which includes CR and CRi.
Time Frame
3 months
Title
Duration of remission (DOR)
Description
Statistical parameter:Duration of remission (DOR)
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Description
Statistical parameter:Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Overall survival (OS)
Description
Statistical parameter:Overall survival (OS)
Time Frame
24 months
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
cellular pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of ssCART-19 cells
Description
Number of DNA copies of ssCART-19 cells
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Anti-drug antibody
Description
Detect titer of anti-drug antibody (ADA)
Time Frame
24 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
65 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL):(1)Any Relaps after first remission OR (2)Any BM relapse after allogeneic SCT and must be ≥ 3 months from SCT at the time of ssCART-19 infusion OR (3)failed to reach CR after 2 cycles of induction chemotherapy regimen OR (4)Patients with Ph+ ALL are eligible if they are intolerant to or have failed two lines of TKI therapy, or if TKI therapy is contraindicated
CD19 tumor expression demonstrated in bone marrow or peripheral blood by flow cytometry
Bone marrow with ≥ 5% lymphoblasts by morphologic assessment
Adequate organ function defined as:(1)left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50% by echocardiogram;(2)creatinine ≤ 1.6mg/dl;(3)ALT and AST≤3 times the ULN for age, total bilirubin ≤ 2.0mg/dl;(4)Must have a minimum level of pulmonary reserve defined as ≤ Grade 1 dyspnea and pulse oxygenation > 91% on room air
Informed consent is signed by the subject
Age 18 to 65
Fertility of men, to ensure that sexual partners can effectively contraception; Women with fertility use effective contraceptive measures and agree to use contraceptive measures throughout the study period
Qualified T cell amplification
Eastern cooperative oncology group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
Vascular conditions for apheresis
The estimated survival time is more than 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
Isolated extra-medullary disease relapse
Combined with other malignant tumors
Has had treatment with any prior anti-CD19/anti-CD3 therapy, or any other antiCD19 therapy
Has had immunosuppressants or hormones within 2 weeks before signing informed consent, or plan to use immunosuppressants or hormones after signing informed consent
Patients complying with any of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive, hepatitis B e antibody (HBe-Ab) and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBc-Ab) positive and HBV-DNA copies being more than the lower limit of detection, hepatitis C antibody (HCV-Ab) positive, anti-treponemia pallidum antibody (TP-Ab) positive, EBV-DNA, and CMV-DNA copies being more than the lower limit of detection
Has uncontrolled bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycoplasma or other types of infections
Infected with HIV, syphilis or COVID-19
Has a history of severe immediate hypersensitivity to aminoglycosides
Has past or present CNS diseases, such as epilepsy, cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage, dementia, cerebellar diseases or any CNS-related autoimmune diseases
Has undergone cardiac angioplasty or stent implantation within 12 months before signing informed consent, or having a history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris or other clinically significant heart diseases
With primary immunodeficiency
Has had severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any drug to be used in this study
Has had treat with live vaccine within 6 weeks prior to screening
Pregnant or lactating women
Has active autoimmune diseases
Has active acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) before signing informed consent
Patient has an investigational medicinal product within 3 months before signing informed consent
Patients with other conditions making the patients unsuitable for receiving cell therapy as judged by the investigator
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Xiaoyan Lou, Dr.
Phone
18721281671
Email
xiaoyan.lou@unicar-therapy.com
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Liqing Kang, Dr.
Phone
13162512992
Email
liqing.kang@unicar-therapy.com
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Shanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co., Ltd.
City
Shanghai
State/Province
Shanghai
ZIP/Postal Code
201210
Country
China
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Xiaoyan Lou, Dr.
Phone
18721281671
Email
xiaoyan.lou@unicar-therapy.com
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Liqing Kang, Dr.
Phone
13162512992
Email
liqing.kang@unicar-therapy.com
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