Autologous T Cells Redirected to EGFRVIII-With a Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Patients With EGFRVIII+ Glioblastoma

Pilot Study of Autologous T Cells Redirected to EGFRVIII-With a Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Patients With EGFRVIII+ Glioblastoma

An Open-Label Phase 1 Pilot Study to determine the safety and feasibility of CART-EGFRvIII (autologous T cells transduced with a lentiviral vector to express a chimeric antigen receptor specific for EGFRvIII) in the treatment of patients with EGFRvIII+ glioblastoma who have had their first recurrence as determined by standard imaging or have have residual disease after initial resection.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Patients With Residual or Reccurent EGFRvIII+ Glioma
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: CART-EGFRvIII T cells

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 11
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Francisco, California, United States
      • UCSF
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Abramson Cancer Center of The University of Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathological criteria: Glioblastoma (GBM) that is histologically confirmed by pathology review of surgically resected tissue.
• Tumor cells from resected tissue must be available for EGFRvIII testing. Patients who have previously been treated with an EGFRvIII-targeted therapy and recurred, must have a tumor sample obtained after their recurrence available for EGFRvIII testing.
• Age greater than 18 years.
• If the patient is on dexamethasone, the anticipated dose must be 4 mg/day or less for at least 5 days prior to apheresis.
• ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 Documented negative serum HCG for female patients of child-bearing potential.

• Participants with adequate organ function as measured by:

  • White blood count greater than or equal to 2500/mm^3; platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm^3, hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9.0 g/dL; without transfusion or growth factor support
  • AST, ALT, GGT, LDH, alkaline phosphatase within 2.5 x upper normal limit, and total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x upper limit of normal
  • Coagulation tests PT and PTT have to be within normal limits, unless the patient has been therapeutically anti-coagulated for previous venous thrombosis.
• Provide voluntary informed consent for Tissue Screening and Apheresis

Inclusion Criteria Step 2:

1. Subject met all Step 1 Eligibility Criteria.
2. Tumor cells test positive for EGFRvIII expression (by RT-PCR, next generation sequencing, or immunohistochemistry) and a CART EGFRvIII product has been manufactured and formulated. Patients who have previously been treated with an EGFRvIII-targeted therapy and recurred are only eligible if a tumor sample obtained after their recurrence tests positive for EGFRvIII.

3. Stage of disease:

   • Cohort 1: Patients with first relapse of previously diagnosed primary glioblastoma. Recurrence may be determined by imaging and clinical criteria alone.
   • Cohort 2: Patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with a less than 95% resection or greater than or equal to 1 cm^3 of residual disease on the post-operative MRI (typically post-operative day 1).
4. If the patient is on dexamethasone, the dose must be 4 mg/day or less prior to CART-EGFRvIII infusion.
5. It is anticipated that all patients in Cohort 2 will have completed standard of care external beam radiotherapy and chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) at the time of the pre-infusion safety visit.
6. Life expectancy less greater than 3 months
7. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1

9. Participants with adequate organ function as measured by:

• White blood count greater than or equal to 2500/mm^3; platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm^3, hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9.0 g/dL; without transfusion or growth factor support
• AST, ALT, GGT, LDH, alkaline phosphatase within 2.5 x upper normal limit, and total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL
• Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x upper limit of normal
• Coagulation tests PT and PTT have to be within normal limits, unless the patient has been therapeutically anti-coagulated for previous venous thrombosis.
• Adequate cardiac function (greater than EF 55%) 10. Provide voluntary informed consent for study treatment. 11. Female subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use a reliable method of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria Step 1:

• Female subjects of reproductive potential who are pregnant or lactating. Female study participants of reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test as part of Step 1 eligibility confirmation.
• Uncontrolled active infection.
• Active or latent chronic hepatitis B [detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)] or active hepatitis C (positive serology [HCV Ab]) infection.
• HIV infection.
• Previous treatment with any gene therapy products.
• Known addiction to alcohol or illicit drugs.
• History of allergy or hypersensitivity to study product excipients (human serum albumin, DMSO, and Dextran 40)

Exclusion Criteria Step 2:

• Female subjects of reproductive potential who are pregnant or lactating. Female study participants of reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within two weeks prior to CART-EGFRvIII cell infusion. The safety of this therapy on unborn children is not known.
• Uncontrolled active infection.
• Use of immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine, MMF, tacrolimus, or rapamycin within 4 weeks of enrollment on Step 2.
• A minimal dose of corticosteroid (dexamethasone up to 4 mg/day) is permitted. Recent or current use of inhaled steroids is not exclusionary.
• Previous treatment with any gene therapy products.
• Subjects or their physicians anticipate use of any of the following concurrent treatment or medications including: a. Radiosurgery (except for the Standard of Care Fractionated External Radiation therapy is a part of the protocol regimen in Cohort 2) b. Chemotherapy (except for the Standard of Care Temozolomide therapy in Cohort 2) c. Interferon (e.g. Intron-A®) d. Allergy desensitization injections e. Any ongoing investigational therapeutic medication. f. Bevacizumab

• Participants who have another cancer diagnosis with history of visceral metastases at the time of pre-entry evaluation. The following diagnoses are examples that will be allowed:

  • squamous cell cancer of the skin without known metastasis
  • basal cell cancer of the skin without known metastasis
  • carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS or LCIS)
  • carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • prostate cancer with only PSA recurrence
  • any cancer that has not required systemic therapy (other than hormonal therapies) for the past three (3) years.
• Any uncontrolled active medical disorder that would preclude participation as outlined.
• Unstable angina and/or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening
• Known addiction to alcohol or illicit drugs.
• History of allergy or hypersensitivity to study product excipients (human serum albumin, DMSO, and Dextran 40)

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: Arm 1	Biological: CART-EGFRvIII T cells

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Number of adverse events	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Collaborators: University of California, San Francisco
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Susan Chang, MD, University of California, San Francisco; Principal Investigator: Donald O'Rourke, MD, Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• O'Rourke DM, Nasrallah MP, Desai A, Melenhorst JJ, Mansfield K, Morrissette JJD, Martinez-Lage M, Brem S, Maloney E, Shen A, Isaacs R, Mohan S, Plesa G, Lacey SF, Navenot JM, Zheng Z, Levine BL, Okada H, June CH, Brogdon JL, Maus MV. A single dose of peripherally infused EGFRvIII-directed CAR T cells mediates antigen loss and induces adaptive resistance in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Jul 19;9(399):eaaa0984. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa0984.
• Tang OY, Tian L, Yoder T, Xu R, Kulikovskaya I, Gupta M, Melenhorst JJ, Lacey SF, O'Rourke DM, Binder ZA. PD1 Expression in EGFRvIII-Directed CAR T Cell Infusion Product for Glioblastoma Is Associated with Clinical Response. Front Immunol. 2022 May 6;13:872756. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.872756. eCollection 2022.
• Yin Y, Boesteanu AC, Binder ZA, Xu C, Reid RA, Rodriguez JL, Cook DR, Thokala R, Blouch K, McGettigan-Croce B, Zhang L, Konradt C, Cogdill AP, Panjwani MK, Jiang S, Migliorini D, Dahmane N, Posey AD Jr, June CH, Mason NJ, Lin Z, O'Rourke DM, Johnson LA. Checkpoint Blockade Reverses Anergy in IL-13Ralpha2 Humanized scFv-Based CAR T Cells to Treat Murine and Canine Gliomas. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2018 Aug 28;11:20-38. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2018.08.002. eCollection 2018 Dec 21.
• Johnson LA, Scholler J, Ohkuri T, Kosaka A, Patel PR, McGettigan SE, Nace AK, Dentchev T, Thekkat P, Loew A, Boesteanu AC, Cogdill AP, Chen T, Fraietta JA, Kloss CC, Posey AD Jr, Engels B, Singh R, Ezell T, Idamakanti N, Ramones MH, Li N, Zhou L, Plesa G, Seykora JT, Okada H, June CH, Brogdon JL, Maus MV. Rational development and characterization of humanized anti-EGFR variant III chimeric antigen receptor T cells for glioblastoma. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Feb 18;7(275):275ra22. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa4963.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 18, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 4, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 4, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 4, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): August 5, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 22, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 20, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2019

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Astrocytoma; Glioma; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Glioblastoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: UPCC 35313, 820381