CAR T Cells in Patients With MMP2+ Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma

A Phase 1b Study to Evaluate CHM-1101, a CAR T-Cell Therapy With a Chlorotoxin Tumor-Targeting Domain for Patients With Matrix Metallopeptidase 2 Positive (MMP2+) Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma Multiforme

This is a phase 1b study to evaluate the safety of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells with a chlorotoxin tumor-targeting domain (ie, CHM-1101, the study treatment) to determine the best dose of CHM-1101, and to assess the effectiveness of CHM-1101 in treating MMP2+ glioblastoma that has come back (recurrent) or that is growing, spreading, or getting worse (progressive).

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Glioblastoma Multiforme of Brain
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: CHM-1101 CAR-T cells

Detailed Description

This is a phase 1b, multicenter, feasibility/safety study of the dual delivery (administered through both intracavitary/intratumoral [ICT] and intraventricular [ICV] catheters) of CHM-1101, an autologous chlorotoxin-chimeric antigen receptor (CLTX-CAR) cell product, in participants with recurrent or progressive GBM. The investigational product is identified as CHM-1101 (CLTX(EQ)28ζ/CD19t+ CAR T cells).

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

• To determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) for dual ICT and ICV delivery of CHM-1101 in participants with MMP2+ recurrent or progressive GBM.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

• To assess the feasibility and safety of dual delivery of CHM-1101.
• To describe the persistence, expansion, immunogenicity, and phenotype of CHM-1101 and endogenous cells tumor cyst fluid (TCF), peripheral blood (PB), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

• In participants who receive at least 2 of the 3 planned doses of CHM-1101 in Cycle 1:

  • Estimate the progression-free survival (PFS) rates
  • Estimate the overall survival (OS) rates
• To evaluate the disease response rate.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 42
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Chimeric Therapeutics; Phone Number: 1-866-430-1081; Email: clinicaltrials@chimerictherapeutics.com

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • Not yet recruiting
      • City of Hope Medical Center
      • Contact: Cara Nolan; Phone Number: 626-825-7996
      • Principal Investigator: Behnam Badie
  • Texas
    • Austin, Texas, United States, 78704
      • Recruiting
      • St. David's South Austin Medical Center - Sarah Cannon - Austin
      • Contact: Araviad Ramakrishnan, MD; Email: araviad.ramakrishnan@hcahealthcare.com
      • Principal Investigator: Araviad Ramakrishnan, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented informed consent of the subject and/or legally authorized representative.
• Agreement to allow the use of archival tissue from diagnostic tumor biopsies.
• Age 18 years and older.
• ECOG status of 0 or 1.
• Life expectancy ≥12 weeks.
• Subject has a prior histologically confirmed diagnosis of a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) or a prior histologically confirmed diagnosis of a grade 2 or 3 malignant glioma and now has radiographic progression consistent with a grade 4 GBM (IDH wild type), grade 4 diffuse astrocytoma (IDH mutant), or has a unifocal relapse of GBM.
• Relapsed disease: radiographic evidence of recurrence/progression of measurable disease after standard therapy and ≥ 12 weeks after completion of front-line radiation therapy.
• Confirmed MMP2+ tumor expression by IHC (≥20% moderate/high MMP2 score [2+ or 3+]).
• Adequate venous access to perform leukapheresis.
• No known contraindications to leukapheresis or steroids.
• In-range baseline laboratory values for WBC (>2000/dL [or ANC ≥1000/mm^3]), platelets (≥75000/mm^3), total bilirubin (≤1.5xULN), AST (≤2.5xULN), ALT (≤2.5xULN), serum creatinine (≤1.5xmg/dL), and oxygen saturation (≥95% on room air)
• Seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by antigen/antibody (Ag/Ab) testing.
• Seronegative for hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C virus.
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test is required.
• Agreement by women AND men of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 3 months after the last dose of CHM-1101. (Childbearing potential is defined as not being surgically sterilized (women and men) or, for women, having not been free from menses for > 1 year.)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Within 3 months of having received prior bevacizumab therapy at the time of enrollment.
• Not yet recovered from toxicities of prior therapy.
• Uncontrolled seizure activity and/or clinically evident progressive encephalopathy.
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to study agent.
• Clinically significant uncontrolled illness.
• Active infection requiring antibiotics.
• Known history of HIV or hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.
• Other active malignancy.
• Women only-pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Any other condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment, contraindicate the subject's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures.
• Prospective subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment (CAR T cell therapy) 1; Arm 1 participants will undergo resection of their tumor. Participants receive half the CHM-1101 dose via Rickham catheters into the tumor cavity and half into the lateral ventricle. Cycle 1 (28 days) CHM 1101 total dose will be divided across 3 once-weekly administrations. After Cycle 1, additional cycles may be initiated in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity provided that the principal investigator and participant agree to continue and if adequate autologous CAR-T doses remain.	Biological: CHM-1101 CAR-T cells; Administered via ICT/ICV dual delivery; Other Names: Chlorotoxin (EQ)-CD28-CD3zeta-CD19t-expressing CAR T-lymphocytes (via ICT/ICV dual delivery); Chlorotoxin-CD28-CD3z-CD19t-expressing CAR T-cells
Experimental: Treatment (CAR T cell therapy) 2; Arm 2 participants will undergo resection of their tumor. Participants receive half the CHM-1101 dose via Rickham catheters into the tumor cavity and half into the lateral ventricle. Cycle 1 (28 days) CHM 1101 total dose will be divided across 3 once-weekly administrations. After Cycle 1, additional cycles may be initiated in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity provided that the principal investigator and participant agree to continue and if adequate autologous CAR-T doses remain.	Biological: CHM-1101 CAR-T cells; Administered via ICT/ICV dual delivery; Other Names: Chlorotoxin (EQ)-CD28-CD3zeta-CD19t-expressing CAR T-lymphocytes (via ICT/ICV dual delivery); Chlorotoxin-CD28-CD3z-CD19t-expressing CAR T-cells

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dose-limiting toxicity (DLT)	Assessed according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), version 5.0.	28 days
Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)	Assessed per American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) consensus grading guideline, evaluating levels and phenotype detected in tumor cyst fluid (TCF), peripheral blood (PB), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (absolute number per µL by flowcytometry).	up tp 15 years
All other adverse events and toxicities	Assessed per NCI CTCAE v5.0.	up to 15 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell	Assess levels and phenotype detected in tumor cyst fluid (TCF), peripheral blood (PB), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (absolute number per µL by flowcytometry).	up to 15 years
Endogenous T cell	Assess level and phenotype detected in TCF, PB, and CSF (absolute number per µL by flowcytometry).	up to15 years
Human anti-CAR antibody (HACA)	Serum samples will be evaluated for HACA against the CLTX(EQ)28ζ therapeutic agent.	up to 15 years
Progression free survival (PFS) time	Measured from the date of first infusion of CAR-T cells until the first date when progressive disease (PD) is objectively documented or death from any cause, whichever is earlier.	12 months
Overall survival (OS)	Measured from the date of first infusion of CAR-T cells until death.	up to 15 years
Disease response	Assessed by modified Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Criteria (RANO) criteria.	12 months
Clinical benefit rate	The proportion of participants who experience a complete response, a partial response, or stable disease that is 3 months or greater in duration.	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chimeric Therapeutics
• Investigators: Study Director: Jason Litten, MD, Chimeric Therapeutics

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 6, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2041

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 16, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): November 25, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Progressive or recurrent glioblastoma; MMP2+
• 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: CHM-1101-001

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