Co-administration of CART22-65s and huCART19 for B-ALL

Use of Autologous Anti-CD22 CAR T Cells (CART22-65s) Co-administered With Humanized Anti-CD19 CAR T Cells (huCART19) in Children and Young Adults With Relapsed or Refractory B-ALL

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of administering two CAR T cell products, huCART19 and CART22-65s, in children with advanced B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL).

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; B Lineage Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD22 CAR T cell therapy (CART22-65s); Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy (huCART19)

Detailed Description

CD19-targeted CAR T cell therapy has transformed the treatment landscape for children and young adults with chemo-refractory or relapsed B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL). Despite remarkable initial response rates, approximately 50% of pediatric patients experience a subsequent disease relapse. The prognosis for these patients is dismal with a median survival of less than one year from the time of post-CART19 relapse. The primary mechanisms contributing to CART19 failure include CD19-antigen escape and loss of CAR T cell surveillance due to short CART persistence. This study aims to counter each driver of relapse by co-administering two next-generation CAR T cell products: an anti-CD22 CART (CART22-65s), designed to overcome CD19-antigen escape; and a humanized anti-CD19 CART (huCART19), designed to overcome immune-mediated rejection of murine CART19.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 93
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Laura Shinehouse; Email: shinehous1@chop.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Melissa Varghese; Phone Number: 8455535358; Email: Varghesem@chop.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Recruiting
      • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
      • Contact: Melissa Varghese; Phone Number: 845-553-5358; Email: Varghesem@chop.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 29 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Signed informed consent form

2. Patients with documented CD19+ and/or CD22+ ALL/LLy:

   1. Cohort A: Patients with relapsed or refractory ALL/LLy:
   2. Cohort B: Patients with poor response to prior B cell directed engineered cell therapy
3. Patients with prior or current history of Central Nervous System 3 disease will be eligible if Central Nervous System disease is responsive to therapy
4. Documentation of CD19 and/or CD22 tumor expression in bone marrow, peripheral blood, Cerebrospinal fluid, or tumor tissue by flow cytometry at the time of last detectable disease. If the patient has experienced a relapse after CD19-directed and/or CD22-directed therapy, flow cytometry should be evaluated after this therapy to demonstrate CD19 and/or CD22 expression.
5. Age 0-29 years
6. Adequate organ function
7. Adequate performance status defined as Lanksy or Karnofsky performance score ≥50.
8. Subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use acceptable birth control methods.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C
2. HIV infection
3. Active acute or chronic Graft Vs. Host Disease requiring systemic therapy
4. Concurrent use of systemic steroids or immunosuppression at the time of cell infusion or cell collection, or a condition, in the treating physician's opinion, that is likely to require steroid therapy or immunosuppression during collection or after infusion. Steroids for disease treatment at times other than cell collection or at the time of infusion are permitted. Use of physiologic replacement hydrocortisone or inhaled steroids is permitted as well.
5. Central nervous system disease that is progressive on therapy, or with Central nervous system parenchymal lesions that might increase the risk of central nervous system toxicity.
6. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women
7. Uncontrolled active infection

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dose Finding Arm; Phase 1 will evaluate the safety of co-administration of CART22-65s with huCART19 in patients who experienced a disease relapse after prior CAR T cell therapy. There is no planned dose escalation but a dose-deescalation will be made based on the incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicities	Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD22 CAR T cell therapy (CART22-65s); CART22-65s are autologous T cells that have been engineered to express an extracellular single chain antibody (scFv) with specificity for CD22 linked to an intracellular signaling molecule consisting of a tandem signaling domain comprised of the TCRζ signaling module linked to the 4-1BB costimulatory domain; Other Names: CART22-65s; Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy (huCART19); HuCART19 cells are autologous T cells that have been engineered to express an extracellular single chain antibody (scFv) with specificity for CD19 linked to an intracellular signaling molecule consisting of a tandem signaling domain comprised of the TCRζ signaling module linked to the 4-1BB costimulatory domain; Other Names: huCART19
Experimental: Expansion Arm; If at least one dose level of phase 1 is determined to be safe, the phase 2 dose expansion phase of the trial will be opened to enrollment. Subjects will receive the highest dose of CART 22-65s and huCART19 cells that were determined to be safe. 2 cohorts are planned: Cohort A (relapsed/refractory, CAR T cell naïve) & Cohort B (prior treatment with a prior CAR T cell product).	Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD22 CAR T cell therapy (CART22-65s); CART22-65s are autologous T cells that have been engineered to express an extracellular single chain antibody (scFv) with specificity for CD22 linked to an intracellular signaling molecule consisting of a tandem signaling domain comprised of the TCRζ signaling module linked to the 4-1BB costimulatory domain; Other Names: CART22-65s; Biological: Autologous, humanized anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy (huCART19); HuCART19 cells are autologous T cells that have been engineered to express an extracellular single chain antibody (scFv) with specificity for CD19 linked to an intracellular signaling molecule consisting of a tandem signaling domain comprised of the TCRζ signaling module linked to the 4-1BB costimulatory domain; Other Names: huCART19

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety of CART22-65s and huCART19 co-administration	The safety of the administering CART22-65s and huCART19 will be measured by the monitoring the frequency and severity of adverse events in patients with advanced or refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or B Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (B-LLy), including those previously treated with cell therapy.	1 year
Efficacy of CART22-65s and huCART19 co-administration	The efficacy of CART22-65s and huCART19 co-administration will be measured by the evaluating the overall response rate in patients with advanced or refractory B cell hematologic malignancies, including those previously treated with cell therapy.	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Manufacturing Feasibility	The manufacturing feasibility of manufacturing both CART22-65s and huCART19 will be measured by the percentage of manufactured products that do not meet release criteria for vector transduction efficiency, T cell product purity, viability, sterility or due to tumor contamination.	5 years
Anti-tumor response due to CART22-65s and huCART19 co-administration	Anti-tumor response due to CART22-65s and huCART19 co-administration will be measured by negative minimal residual disease (MRD) as measured by multiparameter flow cytometry at day 28.	Day 28
Event Free Survival	1-year Event-Free Survival (EFS) in subjects with relapsed/refractory B-ALL (Cohort A) and in subjects with poor response to prior B cell directed engineered cell therapy (Cohort B)	1 year
Relapse Free Survival	1-year relapse-free survival (RFS) rate in CAR-naïve subjects with relapsed/refractory B-ALL (Cohort A) and in CAR-exposed subjects with poor response to prior B cell directed engineered cell therapy (Cohort B)	1 year
Overall Survival	1-year overall survival (OS) rate in CAR-naïve subjects with relapsed/refractory B-ALL (Cohort A) and in CAR-exposed subjects with poor response to prior B cell directed engineered cell therapy (Cohort B).	1 year
CAR T Cell Therapy Persistence	CART22-65s and huCART19 persistence polymerase chain reaction (or flow cytometry) analysis of whole blood to detect and quantify survival of CART2265s and huCART19 over time.	1 year
Bioreactivity of CART22-65s and huCART19 when co-administered	The bioreactivity of CART22-65s and huCART19 when co-administered, as measured by elevations level in any of; Uric Acid, Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH), c-reactive protein (CRP), and cytokines (e.g.IL -10) before and after CART T cell infusions.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Stephan Grupp MD PhD
• Collaborators: University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Regina Myers, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 15, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 15, 2029

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): January 6, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 19, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: 22-020640; 22CT015 (Other Identifier: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)

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