Intra-pleural Administration of GL-ONC1, a Genetically Modified Vaccinia Virus, in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: Primary, Metastases and Mesothelioma

Phase I Study of Intra-pleural Administration of GL-ONC1, a Genetically Modified Vaccinia Virus, in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: Primary, Metastases and Mesothelioma

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of the GL-ONC1 vaccinia virus at different dose levels. The investigators want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, it has on the patient and the malignant pleural effusion. A malignant pleural effusion is a build up of fluid in the chest cavity cause by the cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: GL-ONC1

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 18
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of histologically or cytologically documented, malignant pleural effusions (primary non-small-cell lung carcinoma, mesothelioma, and other histologies), who have free pleural space (partial or total) that permits the intrapleural drug instillation. This includes cytologically negative pleural effusion in conjunction with histologically proven malignancy involving the pleura.
• Age must be ≥ 18 years.
• All acute toxic effects of any prior radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or surgical procedures must have resolved to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE, Version 4.0) Grade ≤ 1.
• Any surgery, where general anesthesia was administered, must have occurred at least 14 days prior to study enrollment.
• Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy must have stopped more than 7 days prior to receiving study drug; however, small field palliative radiotherapy, TKI therapies and hormonal therapies are allowed.
• Patients with stage IV malignancy (non-mesothelioma) must have had a brain scan (MRI or CT with contrast) showing no evidence of disease progression within 8 weeks of study enrollment.
• ECOG Zubrod ≤ 2.
• Required baseline laboratory data include:
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109 [SI units 10^9/L],
• Platelets ≥ 100 ×10^9 [SI units 10^9/L],
• Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL [SI units gm/L],
• Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN),
• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN,
• AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 × ULN (≤ 5 × ULN in the presence of liver metastases)
• Negative pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
• Patients with fever or any active systemic infections, including known HIV, hepatitis B or C.
• Patients on immunosuppressive therapy or with immune system disorders, including autoimmune diseases.
• Concurrent steroid use of more than an equivalent of 20 mg/day prednisone (or equivalent).
• Prior splenectomy.
• Previous organ transplant.
• Patients with clinically significant dermatological disorders, e.g., eczema or psoriasis, as judged by the principal investigator, or any unhealed skin wounds or ulcers.
• Clinically significant cardiac disease (New York Heart Association, Class III or IV).
• Dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit informed consent.
• Other severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality, that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the principal investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for this study.
• Known allergy to ovalbumin or other egg products.
• Prior gene therapy treatments or prior therapy with cytolytic virus of any type.
• Concurrent therapy with any other investigational anticancer agent.
• Concurrent antiviral agent active against vaccinia virus (e.g. cidofovir, vaccinia immunoglobulin) during the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: GL-ONC1; This is an open-label, dose-escalating, non-randomized, single-center Phase I therapeutic study of GL-ONC1 originally administered intrapleurally as a single dose and now escalating to three consecutive daily doses in patients with a diagnosis (histologically or cytologically documented) of malignant pleural effusions.	Biological: GL-ONC1; Patients will be enrolled in groups of three and individually assessed for safety and dose limiting toxicity (DLT).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)	MTD is to provide a dosing recommendation for subsequent Phase II studies. Three patients will be enrolled in each cohort at the dose levels shown in the table below in order to determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD). At the beginning of a new dose level, only one patient will be treated. The first patient in each cohort must be treated and complete 14 days of post-treatment evaluation prior to the treatment of the remaining two patients in that cohort.	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
safety	The safety, tolerability and feasibility of GL-ONC1 will be assessed by the evaluation of the type, frequency, and severity of adverse events (AEs), changes in clinical laboratory tests (hematological and chemistry), immunogenicity and physical examination. All AEs and laboratory toxicities will be graded on the CTCAE (version 4).	2 years
detection of virus in body fluids	Patients will undergo serial sampling of blood, sputum, urine samples and pleural drainage for evaluation of viral particles by VPA immediately before treatment, and on days 2, 3, 4 and 5 pretreatment.	days 2, 3, 4, & 5. pretreatment
evaluation of viral appearance in tumor	Unless medically contraindicated, patients will undergo Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) with pleural biopsies to assess for green fluorescent protein (GFP) viral expression in tumor and surrounding tissues, and if appropriate, to perform pleurodesis at 2-7 days after intrapleural instillation of virus. Random pleural biopsies and GFP-directed biopsies will be performed to allow for assessment of viral presence. Viral plaque assays (VPA) will be performed in tumor biopsies. Immunohistochemical (IHC) and beta-glucuronidase assay staining for GL-ONC1 will be performed on both GFP (-) and (+) areas at videothoracoscopy (if applicable).	2-9 days after intrapleural instillation of virus
Therapeutic efficacy	Therapeutic efficacy will be investigated with CT scans pretreatment and at Day 60 (+/-10) posttreatment. Response by RECIST criteria (and by modified RECIST - for mesothelioma tumors) will be summarized for each dose level using descriptive statistics.	day 60 post treatment (+/-10 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Genelux Corporation
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Valerie Rusch, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 9, 2013
• First Posted (Estimated): January 11, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 9, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: GL-ONC1; pleural effusion; 12-169
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Pleural Diseases; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; DNA Virus Infections; Adenoma; Neoplasms, Mesothelial; Pleural Neoplasms; Poxviridae Infections; Mesothelioma; Pleural Effusion, Malignant; Pleural Effusion; Vaccinia
• Other Study ID Numbers: 12-169

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No