KSD-101 Therapy for EBV-associated Haematologic Neoplasms: an Exploratory Clinical Trial

The primary objectives of this study is to evaluate the tolerability and safety of KSD-101 in Patients with EBV-associated haematologic neoplasms, observe the dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and and to explore the maximum tolerated dose (MTD).

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: EBV-associated Haematologic Neoplasms
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Autologous monocyte - derived DCs pulsed with EBV antigen

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 9
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Hubei
    • Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430000
      • Li Chunrui

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient or his legal guardian participated voluntarily and signed the informed consent form.
2. A patient aged 18 - 70 years ( inclusive ) on the day of signing the informed consent form, male or female.
3. A patient who is diagnosed with EBV - associated haematologic neoplasms，and fail to respond or relapse after conventional treatment, or voluntarily choose therapeutic DC vaccines as the salvage therapy.
4. ECOG performance score 0 - 1.
5. Meet apheresis or intravenous blood collection criteria and no other contraindications.
6. Adequate organ function:Hematology: neutrophils of ≥1×10^9 /L , hemoglobin of ≥ 70 g / L, platelets of ≥ 50 ×10^9 / L. Liver function: ALT, AST ≤ 3 × ULN and TBIL ≤ 1.5 × ULN.Renal function: creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN. Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF ) ≥ 40%. Coagulation function: fibrinogen ≥ 1.0 g / L, activated partial thromboplastin time ( APTT ) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, prothrombin time ( PT ) ≤ 1.5 × ULN.
7. A patient who has a lymph node area where subcutaneous injection can be performed.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. A patient who has received any anticancer therapy such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy (eg, immunosuppressive drugs) within one month prior to screening.
2. A female patient who is pregnant (positive urine/blood pregnancy test) or breastfeeding, or a male/female patient who plans to conceive in recent 1 year.
3. A patient who has positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb), with positive titer of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in peripheral blood; or has positive hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody, hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in peripheral blood, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody, or syphilis.
4. A patient who has central nervous system disorders (e.g., brain oedema, hormonal intervention indicated, or progression of brain metastases).
5. Patients had an uncontrollable infectious disease within the first 4 weeks of enrollment（ except the CTCAE toxicity grade is less than 2 of genitourinary infections and upper respiratory tract infections , EBV infection）
6. A patient who has serious underlying diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorder, renal insufficiency, coagulation disorder, autoimmune disease or immunodeficiency disease, etc.).
7. A patient who has had other active malignancies within the last 3 years, unless curable and clearly cured, such as basal or squamous cell carcinoma, carcinoma in situ of cervix or breast, etc.
8. A patient who has received prophylactic live or live-attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks prior to screening
9. A patient who has participated in other clinical studies within 4 weeks prior to screening
10. A patient who has a prior history of serious drug allergy or penicillin allergy.
11. A patient who has a history of drug abuse/addiction.
12. A patient who has any conditions resulting in ineligibility for enrollment as judged by the investigator.

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: KSD-101

Biological: Autologous monocyte - derived DCs pulsed with EBV antigen; Patients will receive approximately （5-10）x10^6 DC vaccine via subcutaneous injections bi-weekly,totally 3-5 times.Doses 4 and 5 are designated as booster doses. The need for booster treatment and the exploration of alternative immunization schedules shall be determined by the Investigator based on the subject's condition.For subjects in the dose expansion phase, concomitant therapy recommended by the Investigator is permitted if the subject has a high tumor burden. In the event of disease progression, the Investigator is allowed to select an appropriate treatment regimen based on the subject's condition, while the subject may choose to continue receiving treatment KSD-101. If the subject declines to continue treatment KSD-101 but agrees to survival follow-up, they will be transitioned to the survival follow-up phase.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) by dose group	Dose limiting toxicity will be assessed after injection in each dose group	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Incidence of maximally tolerated dose (MTD) by dose grouphaematologic neoplasms	Maximally tolerated dose will be assessed after injection in each dose group	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Type and incidence of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) by dose group	Calculate type and incidence of adverse events (AE), serious adverse event (SAE), including those happened after injection, those related to study drug, or those that led to withdrawal from the study. They will also be aggregated by systematic organ classification (SOC), preferred term (PT), and severity.	1 years after DC Vaccines injection

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
EBV-DNA load	The load levels of EBV-DNA will be detected at each time point	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Objective response rate (ORR)	The percentage of participants who achieved PR or better response	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Disease control rate (DCR)	The percentage of participants who achieved SD or better response	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Duration of response (DOR)	DOR will be calculated among responders (with a PR or better response) from the date of initial documentation of a response (PR or better) to the date of first documented evidence of progressive disease	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Progression-free survival (PFS)	The time from the start of CAR-GPRC5D treatment for the participants to the first time of disease progression or death for any reason	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Overall survival (OS)	OS is measured from the date of the initial injection of DC Vaccines to the date of the participant's death	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Levels of EBV-specific CD8+ T cells	EBV-specific CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood will be assessed to monitor changes	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Levels of B cells	B cells in peripheral blood will be assessed to monitor changes	1 years after DC Vaccines injection
Levels of NK cells	NK cells in peripheral blood will be assessed to monitor changes	1 years after DC Vaccines injection

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tongji Hospital
• Collaborators: Kousai Bio Co., Ltd.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Li Chunrui, Tongji Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 16, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 14, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 22, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 8, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: EBV; haematologic neoplasms
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Hematologic Diseases; Neoplasms; Hematologic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: KSD-101-CR001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

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