Rituximab and LMP-Specific T-Cells in Treating Pediatric Solid Organ Recipients With EBV-Positive, CD20-Positive Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
EBV-Related Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Polymorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for EBV-Related Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must have a history of solid organ transplantation
Patients must have biopsy-proven newly diagnosed, relapsed or refractory polymorphic or monomorphic PTLD using the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and that is:
- CD20 positive
- EBV positive by Epstein-Barr virus early ribonucleic acid (RNA) (EBER) in situ hybridization (preferred) and/or LMP immunoperoxidase staining
There must be evaluable disease at study entry either by imaging or by serial endoscopic biopsies.
- Note: a measurable node must have an LDi (longest diameter) greater than 1.5 cm; a measurable extranodal lesion should have an LDi greater than 1.0 cm; all tumor measurements must be recorded in millimeters (or decimal fractions of centimeters)
- Patients must be considered medically refractory to decreased immunosuppression (50% or greater reduction) for at least 1 week or there must be documentation in the medical chart that decreased immunosuppression would be associated with an unacceptable risk of rejection
Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0 or 1
- Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
- Patients must have a life expectancy of >= 8 weeks
- Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
- Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: must not have received within 2 weeks of entry onto this study
- COHORT A and B: Patient must not have received therapy with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies within 90 days of entry onto this study
- COHORT C: Patient must have received rituximab at 375 mg/m^2 weekly for at least 3 doses within the last 90 days prior to study enrollment
- Must not have received any prior radiation to any sites of measurable disease
- Must not have received any prior stem cell transplant
- Must not have received investigational therapy within 30 days of entry onto this study
- Must not have received prior EBV or LMP-specific T cells within 90 days of entry onto this study
- Must not have received alemtuzumab or other anti-T-cell antibody therapy within 28 days of entry onto this study
- COHORT C: HLA typing is available and will be submitted at the time of enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Burkitt morphology
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement; CNS status must be confirmed by lumbar puncture
- Note: lumbar puncture can be performed at the time of diagnosis and does not need to be repeated unless there is a change in neurological status or it was performed more than 14 days prior to study entry
Bone marrow involvement (> 25%)
- Note: bone marrow aspiration/biopsy can be performed at the time of diagnosis and does not need to be repeated unless there is a change in peripheral blood counts or it was performed more than 14 days prior to study entry
Fulminant PTLD defined as: fever > 38 degrees Celsius (C), hypotension, and evidence of multi-organ involvement/failure including two or more of the following:
- Bone marrow (including pancytopenia without any detectable B-cell proliferation)
- Liver (coagulopathy, transaminitis and/or hyperbilirubinemia)
- Lungs (interstitial pneumonitis with or without pleural effusions)
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Any documented donor-derived PTLD
- Hepatitis B or C serologies consistent with past or current infections because of the risk of reactivation with rituximab
- Severe and/or symptomatic refractory concurrent infection other than EBV
- Pregnant females are ineligible since there is no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities
- Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants
- Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained
- Sexually active patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 12 months following completion of study therapy.
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Alabama
- Phoenix Childrens Hospital
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
- UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- Children's National Medical Center
- University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
- Riley Hospital for Children
- University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
- C S Mott Children's Hospital
- University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
- Washington University School of Medicine
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Rochester
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Duke University Medical Center
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Primary Children's Hospital
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Arm I (RTX)
Arm II (LMP-TC)
Patients with newly diagnosed PTLD who achieve a complete response (CR) after induction receive additional rituximab or biosimilar as in induction.
Patients with newly diagnosed PTLD who do not achieve a CR to induction, all relapsed patients after induction, and all patients with refractory disease who received rituximab or biosimilar within 90 days according to institutional guidelines, receive allogeneic LMP1/LMP2-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes IV over 1- 2 minutes on days 0 and 7. Cycle continues for up to 42 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with PR or SD after first cycle of cycle allogeneic LMP1/LMP2-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes receive an additional cycle.