QH103 Cell Injection for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A Dose-escalation Clinical Study of QH103 Cell Injection (CD19 CAR-γδT Cell Injection) in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL).

This is a single-arm, single-center, interventional, dose-escalation clinical study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of QH103 Cell Injection in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: QH103 Cell Injection; Drug: Fludarabine; Drug: Cyclophosphamide

Detailed Description

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of QH103 Cell Injection in the treatment of relapsed/refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and to evaluate dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 10
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Xiaoyu Zhu, Ph.D; Phone Number: +86 15255456091; Email: xiaoyuz@ustc.edu.cn
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Guangyu Sun; Phone Number: +86 13956970687; Email: sunguangyu_vip@foxmail.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Anhui
    • Hefei, Anhui, China, 230036
      • Recruiting
      • Anhui Provincial Hospital
      • Contact: Zhu Xiaoyu, Ph.D; Phone Number: +86 15255456091; Email: xiaoyuz@ustc.edu.cn
      • Contact: Sun Guangyu; Phone Number: +86 13956970687; Email: sunguangyu_vip@foxmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥14 years, gender is not limited;

2. Patients with clinically diagnosed relapsed/refractory B-ALL (except those presenting with extramedullary disease only), including any of the following:

   1. Failure to obtain CR after 2 cycles of standard chemotherapy;
   2. First induction of CR, but duration of CR is ≤12 months;
   3. Relapsed/refractory B-ALL that has failed to respond to the first or multiple salvage treatments;
   4. Relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, including hematological relapse and positive micro residual disease (MRD).
3. Cytological or histological confirmation of tumor cell immunophenotyping as CD19 positive;
4. Bone marrow with a ratio of ≥5% primitive/naïve lymphocytes (morphology);
5. Expected survival time of more than 3 months;
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0-2;
7. Vital organ function meets the following requirements: left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% on echocardiography; serum creatinine≤1.5 × upper limit of normal range (ULN); glutamine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase ≤3 times ULN, total bilirubin ≤1.5 times ULN;
8. Pregnancy tests for women of childbearing age should be negative, and both men and women should agree to use effective contraception during treatment and for the following 1 year.
9. Toxicity of prior antitumor therapy ≤ grade 1 (according to CTCAE version 5.0) or acceptable inclusion/exclusion criteria level.
10. No significant hereditary disease;
11. Be able to understand the requirements and matters of the trial and be willing to participate in the clinical study as required;
12. Sign the trial informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. with uncontrolled active central nervous system leukemia (CNSL) or a history of epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease
2. Pregnant or lactating women, or those who do not consent to the use of the drug during and within 1 year after treatment;
3. Other malignant tumors not in remission;
4. with primary immunodeficiency or autoimmune diseases requiring immunosuppressive therapy;
5. Patients who have received immune cell therapy within 6 months prior to enrollment and donor lymphocyte infusion within 6 weeks prior to enrollment.
6. Patients with confirmed positive serum anti-FMC63 and DSA reactions;
7. Patients who have participated in other clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
8. Uncontrolled infectious or other serious diseases, including but not limited to infections (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, acute or chronic active hepatitis B or hepatitis C), congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris cardiac arrhythmias, or conditions that the attending physician considers to be an unpredictable risk;
9. Uncontrollable plasma fluid, such as large pleural effusions or ascites;
10. History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 3 months prior to enrollment;
11. Major surgery or trauma within 28 days prior to enrollment, or major side effects from which you have not recovered;
12. History of allergy to any of the ingredients in the cellular product;
13. Inability to understand or unwillingness to sign the informed consent form;
14. Other reasons deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for the clinical trial.

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: Patients with relapsed/refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; A conditional chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide will be administered, followed by investigational therapy, QH103 Cells

Biological: QH103 Cell Injection; dose escalation (3+3) : dose 1 (3×10^8CAR+cells) ,dose 2 (1 × 10^9 CAR+cells）,dose 3 (3 × 10^9CAR+cells); Drug: Fludarabine; Intravenous fludarabine on days-5~-2,the infusion dose is adjusted according to the subject's condition; Other Names: Fludarabine Phosphate for Injection; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Intravenous cyclophosphamide on days -5~-3, the infusion dose is adjusted according to the subject's condition; Other Names: Cyclophosphamide for Injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)	AE is defined as any adverse medical event from the date of leukapheresis to 12 months after QH103 infusion. Among them, cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) were graded according to American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) criteria, graft-versushost disease (GVHD) according to criteria defined by the Mount Sinai Acute GVHD International Consortium. Other AEs were graded according to common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) v5.0	12 months
Incidence of Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)	DLT was defined as QH103 Cells-related events with onset within first 28 days following infusion: The development of Grade (G) III-IV acute GVHD according to the Mount Sinai Acute GVHD International Consortium criteria; The development of G3 or higher grade CRS lasting > 2 weeks; Any QH103 cells-related AE requiring intubation; All G4 non-hematologic toxicities. Symptoms of GVHD include but are not limited to skin rash, enterocolitis with diarrhea, liver dysfunction with jaundice, fever, weight loss, etc.	First infusion date of QH103 cells to 28 days end cell infusion
Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)	MTD is defined as the highest dose level of less than or equal to 2 DLT among the 6 subjects finally determined.	28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS）	OS is defined as the time from QH103 cells infusion to the date of death. Subjects who have not died by the analysis data cutoff date will be censored at their last contact date.	12 months
Progression Free Survival (PFS)	PFS is defined as the time from the QH103 cells infusion date to the date of disease progression assessed by investigators assessment, or death any cause. Participants not meeting the criteria for progression by the analysis data cutoff date were censored at their last evaluable disease assessment date.	12 months
Pharmacokinetics: Persistence of the QH103 cells	Persistence of the QH103 cells assessed by number in peripheral blood.	28 days
Pharmacodynamics: Peak level of cytokines in serum	The cytokines mainly include interleukin-2 (IL-2 ), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) etc. Peak was defined as the maximum post-baseline level of the cytokine.	28 days
Overall Response Rate(ORR)	Proportion of subjects with CR (complete response) and CRi (complete response with incomplete hemocyte recovery)	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Anhui Provincial Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Xiaoyu Zhu, Ph.D, Director of Hematology Department, Anhui Provincial Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 27, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 3, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 3, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 21, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 28, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 24, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 22, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: cell therapy; CD19; B-ALL; Allogenic CAR-γδT Cell
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Lymphatic Diseases; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Leukemia; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antirheumatic Agents; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Myeloablative Agonists; Cyclophosphamide; Fludarabine; Fludarabine phosphate
• Other Study ID Numbers: QH10302-B-01(0)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No