Study to Evaluate the Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of CLL1 and CD38 Dual CAR-T in r/r AML

Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of CLL1 and CD38 Dual CAR-T Injection in the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This study is a single-center clinical study. The main purpose is an IIT clinical trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection in r/r AML subjects . The included population were patients with relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML) .

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection

Detailed Description

Single-center clinical study. The main purpose is an IIT clinical trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection in r/r AML subjects . The included population was patients with relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML) .

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 18
• Phase: Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sanbin Wang; Phone Number: (86)13187424131; Email: Sanbin1011@163.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Yunnan
    • Kunming, Yunnan, China, 650000
      • Recruiting
      • 920th Hospital of Joint LogisticsSupport Force of People's Liberation
      • Contact: Sanbin Wang, Professor; Phone Number: +86 13187424131; Email: Sanbin1011@163.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18-70 years old (including the critical value) when signing the informed consent form;
2. Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (excluding APL) according to the World Health Organization 2016 criteria and relapsed and refractory AML according to the ELN2022 criteria;
3. Positive expression of CLL1 and/or CD38 in malignant cells must be detected by immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry (≥20 % );
4. If there are AEs caused by previous chemotherapy, it must be restored to CTCAE V5.0 grade 1;
5. Estimated survival time ≥3 months;
6. ECOG score 0 or 1 during screening period;
7. Hemoglobin ≥80g/L (have not received red blood cell transfusion within 7 days before screening, use of recombinant human erythropoietin is allowed);

8. Adequate organ functional reserve:

   1. Alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase ≤2.5× ULN (upper limit of normal value);
   2. Serum total bilirubin ≤2× ULN, except for subjects with congenital bilirubinemia (for subjects with Gilbert syndrome, direct bilirubin needs to be ≤1.5× ULN);
   3. Serum creatinine clearance >45mL/min (calculated according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula);
   4. Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥35%;
   5. Basic oxygen saturation in indoor air environment is ≥ 92 %
9. Ability to discontinue corticosteroids (dexamethasone ≥3 mg/day or other equivalent doses of steroids) starting on day -7 and continuing until 30 days after CAR-T cell infusion;
10. Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test for human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) (immunofluorescence method) during the screening period and baseline period. Male subjects will need to agree not to donate sperm for at least one year after reinfusion. Males and sexual partners of childbearing potential agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures for at least 1 year after infusion;
11. Agree to perform follow-ups in accordance with the requirements of the protocol and informed consent form;
12. With the consent of the subject and the informed consent form voluntarily signed by the subject or his legal representative.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia;
2. clinical trial investigational drugs or cell therapies within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives ;
3. Acute myeloid leukemia of unknown lineage ;
4. Those who have active graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) at the time of enrollment or develop active acute or chronic GVHD within 4 weeks after enrollment or require immunosuppressive drugs to treat GVHD;
5. There is an active infection;
6. Suffering from other malignant tumors (except non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ cervical cancer, bladder cancer, and breast cancer with a disease-free survival period of more than 5 years);
7. The subject has had a stroke or epilepsy within 6 months before signing the informed consent form;

8. The subjects' cardiac function showed the following conditions:

   1. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure;
   2. Myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) occurred within 6 months before signing the informed consent form;
   3. A history of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia or syncope of unknown origin (not caused by vasovagal or dehydration);
   4. Have a history of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy;
   5. Cardiac dysfunction (left ventricular <35%) assessed by echocardiography or multiple gated acquisition scans, or other heart disease with clinical symptoms within 6 months before enrollment;
9. Active or previous central nervous system involvement, or clinically significant clinical manifestations of central nervous system involvement in subjects with acute myeloid leukemia ;

10. A positive virological test result for any of the following:

    1. Human immunodeficiency virus antibodies (HIV antibodies);
    2. Hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV antibody), those who are positive need to be tested for HCV-RNA, and those whose values are lower than the lower limit of the detection value can be enrolled;
    3. HBsAg positive; or HBcAb positive; if HBcAb is positive, further testing of HBV DNA copy number is required . Those who are lower than the lower limit of the detection value can be enrolled;
    4. Treponema pallidum antibodies (TPPA antibodies);
11. presence of pulmonary fibrosis;
12. Severe allergic history or allergic constitution;
13. The subject has undergone open injury or major surgery (referring to level III surgery and level IV surgery) within 2 weeks before signing the informed consent form, or plans to have surgery during the trial or within 2 weeks after reinfusion (excluding local anesthesia surgery) ;
14. for cyclophosphamide combined with fludarabine ;
15. Cannulae or drains other than central venous catheters;
16. Pregnant women, lactating women, or men who plan to give birth within 1 year of receiving treatment;
17. Any other circumstances that the researcher deems inappropriate for inclusion.

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: AML subjects; This study is a single-center clinical study. The main purpose is an IIT clinical trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection in r/r AML subjects . The included population was patients with relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML) .	Drug: CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection; CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dose limited toxicity (DLT);	Dose limited toxicity (DLT);	28 days after CAR-T infusion
Adverse events (AE)	• Adverse events (AE): CTCAE version 5.0 standards will be used for rating	48 weeks after CAR-T infusion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
• Overall response rate (ORR);	defined as the proportion of subjects who achieved CR, CR with partial hematologic recovery(CRh), CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi), morphologic leukemia-free status (MLFS), or partial remission (PR).	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Overall complete response rate (CRR);	defined as the proportion of subjects who achieved morphological complete response (CR),CR with partial hematologic recovery(CRh) and complete response with incomplete hematological recovery ( CRi ).	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Partial response rate (PRR);	defined as the proportion of subjects achieving partial response (PR).	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• The proportion of patients who achieved complete remission (CR) who tested negative for MRD (MRD-rate);	only used to evaluate subjects who achieve CR,CRh and CRi . In this study, the proportion of MRD-negative subjects was detected by flow cytometry. Sensitivity is defined as: collecting 100,000 nucleated cells in a bone marrow sample, of which the number of leukemia cells is less than 10 (i.e., MRD level <10 -4 ). Response with MRD detection at low-level (CRMRD-LL) is included in this category of CR, CRh or CRi with MRD-negative. CRMRD-LL is currently only defined for NPM1-mutant and CBF-AML	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Median bone marrow blast percentage decline;	Median bone marrow blast percentage decline;	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Relapse-free survival (RFS);	defined only for patients achieving CR, CRh, or CRi; measured from the date of achievement of remission until the date of hematologic relapse or death from any cause; patients not known to have relapsed or died at last follow-up are censored on the date they were last known to be alive.	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Event-free survival (EFS);	used to evaluate all subjects . It is calculated from the start of cell infusion until treatment failure, relapse or death (various reasons). Subjects without the above events will be counted until the last follow-up examination date. For patients who did not achieve CR/CRh/ CRi , EFS was calculated from the start of cell infusion until disease progression or death. The first event shall prevail.	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Overall survival (OS);	used to evaluate all subjects. The time from cell infusion to death from any cause was calculated.	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Duration of response (DOR);	refers to the time from the first evaluation of CR, CRh, CRi , MLFS or PR to the first evaluation of disease recurrence or progression or death from any cause.	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Expansion and persistence of CAR-T cells (CAR copy number and CAR - T cell number)	CAR copy number and CAR - T cell number	Days 4, 7, 10, 14 ,21,28 and months 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 after Fast Dual CAR-T infusion
• The proportion of subjects with RCL detected in peripheral blood and the insertion site of CAR-T cell lentivirus within 15 years after the infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection.	• The proportion of subjects with RCL detected in peripheral blood and the insertion site of CAR-T cell lentivirus within 15 years after the infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection.	within 15 years after the infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection
• CR with partial hematologic recovery rate (CRhR);	defined as the proportion of subjects who achieved CR with partial hematologic recovery.	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• CR with incomplete hematologic recovery rate (CRiR);	defined as the proportion of subjects who achieved CR with incomplete hematologic recovery	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion
• Morphologic leukemia-free state rate (MLFSR);	defined as the proportion of subjects who achieved Morphologic leukemia-free state	1month, 2 months, 3months, 6months ,9months,12months after CAR-T infusion

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
• Explore the correlation between serum cytokines, Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	• Explore the correlation between serum cytokines, Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	Days 4, 7, 10, 14 ,21,28 and months 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 after Fast Dual CAR-T infusion
• Explore the correlation between the number of CAR-T cells in the blood/bone marrow/tumor tissue of subjects and CRS and neurotoxicity after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	• Explore the correlation between the number of CAR-T cells in the blood/bone marrow/tumor tissue of subjects and CRS and neurotoxicity after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	Days 4, 7, 10, 14 ,21,28 and months 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 after Fast Dual CAR-T infusion
• Explore the correlation between CAR copy number and CRS and neurotoxicity in the blood/bone marrow/tumor tissue of subjects after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	• Explore the correlation between CAR copy number and CRS and neurotoxicity in the blood/bone marrow/tumor tissue of subjects after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual-target CAR-T injection;	Days 4, 7, 10, 14 ,21,28 and months 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 after Fast Dual CAR-T infusion
• Explore the proportion of subjects who has detectable anti-CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T antibodies within 48 weeks after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection;	• Explore the proportion of subjects who has detectable anti-CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T antibodies within 48 weeks after infusion of CLL1 and CD38 dual CAR-T injection;	48 weeks after CAR-T infusion

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China
• Collaborators: Gracell Biotechnology Shanghai Co., Ltd.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sanbin Wang, 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 10, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 26, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 31, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 31, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 26, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
• Other Study ID Numbers: GC12-132

Drug and device information, study documents

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