Anti-NY ESO-1 mTCR Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes

Pilot Study of Adoptive Cell Transfer for the Treatment of Metastatic Cancer That Expresses NY-ESO-1 Using Lymphodepleting Conditioning Followed by Infusion of Anti-NY ESO-1 Murine TCR-Gene Engineered Lymphocytes

This pilot clinical trial studies the side effects of anti-ESO (cancer/test antigen) murine T-cell receptor (mTCR)-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes and combination chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and fludarabine phosphate in treating patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and expresses the gene NY-ESO-1. Donor white blood cells that are treated in the laboratory with anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)3 may help treat metastatic cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide and fludarabine phosphate, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells. Aldesleukin may stimulate white blood cells, including natural killer cells, to kill metastatic cancer cells. Giving anti-ESO (cancer/test antigen) mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes together with combination chemotherapy and aldesleukin may kill more cancer cells.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain; Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm; HLA-A2 Positive Cells Present
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Biological: Filgrastim; Biological: Aldesleukin; Biological: Anti-thyroglobulin mTCR-transduced Autologous Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes; Drug: Fludarabine Phosphate

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety and tolerability of the administration of anti-ESO (cancer/test antigen) mTCR (T cell receptor)-engineered peripheral blood lymphocytes (anti-thyroglobulin mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes) plus high-dose aldesleukin following a nonmyeloablative lymphoid depleting preparative regimen in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 positive patients with metastatic cancer expressing the ESO antigen.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the in vivo survival of T-cell receptor (TCR) gene-engineered cells.

II. Determine the objective response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive standard cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days -7 to -6 and fludarabine phosphate via intravenous piggy back (IVPB) over 30 minutes on days -5 to -1 followed by anti-ESO (cancer/test antigen) mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes IV over 20-30 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 15 minutes approximately every 8 hours on days 0-4. Patients also receive filgrastim subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-4.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 weeks, annually for 5 years, and then periodically for 10 years thereafter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 3
• Phase: Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
      • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 66 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Measurable metastatic cancer that expresses NY ESO-1 as assessed by one of the following methods: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on tumor tissue, or by immunohistochemistry of resected tissue, or serum antibody reactive with ESO
• Confirmation of diagnosis of metastatic cancer by the Laboratory of Pathology at the Montefiore Medical Center
• Patients must have previously received systemic standard care (or effective salvage chemotherapy regimens) for metastatic disease, if known to be effective for that disease, and have been either non-responders (progressive disease) or have recurred
• 3 or fewer brain metastases; Note: if lesions are symptomatic or greater than or equal to 1 cm each, these lesions must have been treated and stable for 3 months for the patient to be eligible
• More than four weeks must have elapsed since any prior systemic therapy at the time the patient receives the preparative regimen, and patients' toxicities must have recovered to a grade 1 or less (except for toxicities such as alopecia or vitiligo); Note: patients may have undergone minor surgical procedures within the past 3 weeks, as long as all toxicities have recovered to grade 1 or less or as specified in the eligibility criteria
• Eight weeks must have elapsed from the time of any antibody therapy that could affect an anti-cancer immune response, including anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA 4) therapy, at the time the patient receives the preparative regimen to allow antibody levels to decline; Note: patients who have previously received ipilimumab and have documented gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity must have a normal colonoscopy with normal colonic biopsies
• Willing to sign a durable power of attorney
• Able to understand and sign the informed consent document
• Clinical performance status of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1
• Life expectancy of greater than three months
• Patients must be HLA-A*0201 positive
• Patients of both genders must be willing to practice birth control from the time of enrollment on this study and for up to four months after cells are no longer detected in the blood

• Serology:

  • Seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody; (the experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system; patients who are HIV seropositive can have decreased immune-competence and thus be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities)
  • Seronegative for hepatitis B antigen, and seronegative for hepatitis C antibody; if hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then patient must be tested for the presence of antigen by RT-PCR and be hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) negative
• Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test because of the potentially dangerous effects of the treatment on the fetus
• Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1000/mm^3 without the support of filgrastim
• White blood cell (WBC) >= 3000/mm^3
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
• Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dl
• Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< to 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
• Serum creatinine =< to 1.6 mg/dl
• Total bilirubin =< to 1.5 mg/dl, except in patients with Gilbert's Syndrome who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dl

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the treatment on the fetus or infant
• Any form of primary immunodeficiency (such as severe combined immunodeficiency disease)
• Active systemic infections, coagulation disorders or other major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory or immune system, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease
• Concurrent opportunistic infections (the experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system; patients who have decreased immune competence may be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities)
• Concurrent systemic steroid therapy
• History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any of the agents used in this study
• History of coronary revascularization or ischemic symptoms
• History of or active central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) involvement

• Documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than or equal to 45%; testing is required in patients with:

  • Clinically significant atrial and/or ventricular arrhythmias including but not limited to: atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, second or third degree heart block
  • Age >= 60 years old

• Pulmonary function testing in patients with:

  • A prolonged history of cigarette smoking (20 pk/yr of smoking within the past two years)
  • Symptoms of respiratory dysfunction

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: Treatment (mTCR, aldesleukin); Patients receive standard cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -7 to -6 and fludarabine phosphate via IVPB over 30 minutes on days -5 to -1 followed by anti-ESO (cancer/test antigen) mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes IV over 20-30 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 15 minutes approximately every 8 hours on days 0-4. Patients also receive filgrastim SC on days 1-4.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Correlative studies; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Given IV; Other Names: Cytoxan; CTX; (-)-Cyclophosphamide; 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate; Carloxan; Ciclofosfamida; Ciclofosfamide; Cicloxal; Clafen; Claphene; CP monohydrate; CYCLO-cell; Cycloblastin; Cycloblastine; Cyclophospham; Cyclophosphamid monohydrate; Cyclophosphamidum; Cyclophosphan; Cyclophosphane; Cyclophosphanum; Cyclostin; Cyclostine; Cytophosphan; Cytophosphane; Fosfaseron; Genoxal; Genuxal; Ledoxina; Mitoxan; Neosar; Revimmune; Syklofosfamid; WR- 138719; Biological: Filgrastim; Given SC; Other Names: G-CSF; r-metHuG-CSF; Neupogen; Recombinant Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor; rG-CSF; Tevagrastim; Filgrastim XM02; Tbo-filgrastim; Biological: Aldesleukin; Given IV; Other Names: Proleukin; 125-L-Serine-2-133-interleukin 2; r-serHuIL-2; Recombinant Human IL-2; Recombinant Human Interleukin-2; Biological: Anti-thyroglobulin mTCR-transduced Autologous Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes; Given IV; Other Names: Anti-thyroglobulin mTCR-transduced Autologous PBL; Drug: Fludarabine Phosphate; Given IVPB; Other Names: 2-F-ara-AMP; Beneflur; Fludara; 9H-Purin-6-amine, 2-fluoro-9-(5-O-phosphono-.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl)-; Oforta; SH T 586

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Toxicity Graded According to NCI-CTCAE Version 4.0	Toxicity graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) Version 4.0.	Up to 15 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Demonstrating in Vivo Survival of TCR Gene-engineered Cells	TCR and vector presence will be quantitated in PBMC samples (5-10mL) using established PCR techniques. This will provide data to estimate the in vivo survival of lymphocytes derived from the infused cells. In addition, measurement of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells will be conducted and studies of these T-cell subsets in the circulation will be determined by using specific PCR assays capable of detecting the unique DNA sequence for each retroviral vector engineered T-cell. Descriptive statistics will be used to determine the in vivo survival of TCR gene-engineered cells.	6 weeks post evaluations scan and at 3, 6, and 12 months and annually thereafter
Number of Participants Demonstrating Objective Response Rate (Complete Response + Partial Response) Using RECIST Criteria	Objective Response Rate will be graded based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 criteria. Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study (this includes the baseline sum if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study Descriptive statistics will be used to determine the objective response rate.	Up to 15 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ira Braunschweig, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 20, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): August 4, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 16, 2016
• First Posted (Estimated): May 17, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 4, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Neoplastic Processes; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Second Primary; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Antiviral Agents; Anti-HIV Agents; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Analgesics; Sensory System Agents; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Antirheumatic Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Myeloablative Agonists; Adjuvants, Immunologic; Aldesleukin; Cyclophosphamide; Lenograstim; Fludarabine; Fludarabine phosphate; Interleukin-2
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2015-5254 (Other Identifier: Albert Einstein College of Medicine); P30CA013330 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2015-01781 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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