Study of KTE-X19 in Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Positive B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

Phase 2 Study of KTE-X19 in Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Positive B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

This is a Phase 2 Study is to determine the efficacy and safety rate of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) participants in remission with minimal residual disease (MRD) after KTE-X19 CAR T-cell therapy

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Tecartus

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 60
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Connor Tate; Phone Number: 813-745-3783; Email: ICETtrials@moffitt.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
      • Recruiting
      • Moffitt Cancer Center
      • Sub-Investigator: Rawan Faramand, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Frederick Locke, MD
      • Principal Investigator: Bijal D. Shah, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Leidy Isenalumhe, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be an adult 18 years of age or older.
• Pathologically confirmed CD19 positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
• Treatment and full recovery from induction chemotherapy, with following exceptions:

A. Vincristine associated grade 1 peripheral neuropathy B. Steroid/asparaginase associated diabetes and/or hypertension C. Inotuzumab/chemotherapy associated cytopenias

• Patients must be in a complete remission with Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) following an induction regimen. MRD is defined herein as a bone marrow biopsy with fewer than 5% lymphoblasts. Complete remission implies the resolution of any extramedullary and/or Central Nervous Syndrome (CNS)-2-3/parenchymal disease.
• Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.
• Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
• Adequate renal, hepatic, pulmonary, cardiac function.
• Adequate hematopoietic reserve.

• Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening. A FCBP is considered when a sexually mature female:

  1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months.

• Subjects of both genders of child-bearing potential must be willing to practice birth control from the time of consent through 6 months after the completion of KTE-X19 infusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of L3 type Burkitt's lymphoma, Mixed-Lineage Leukemia (MLL) rearranged leukemia, biphenotypic leukemia, mixed phenotype acute leukemia, blast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia, or stem-cell leukemia.
• Any active infection requiring systemic therapy, including HIV, Hepatitis B, and/or Hepatitis C.
• History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator (including but not limited to unstable angina, pre-existing liver disease, recurrent pancreatitis, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, pulmonary hypertension, or severe Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).
• Recurrent thrombosis, or non-central venous catheter associated thrombosis within 3 months prior to enrollment.
• History of myocardial infarction, cardiac angioplasty or stenting, unstable angina, or other clinically significant cardiac disease within 12 months of enrollment.
• History or presence of any CNS disorder such as a seizure disorder, cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage, dementia, cerebellar disease, any autoimmune disease with CNS involvement, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), or cerebral edema.
• Active CNS/leptomeningeal leukemia.
• Severe comorbid conditions for which life expectancy would be <6 months.
• Patients with active (uncontrolled, metastatic) second malignancies are excluded.
• History of concomitant genetic syndrome associated with bone marrow failure such as Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome.
• Primary immunodeficiency or history of autoimmune disease (Crohns, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus) resulting in end organ injury or requiring systemic immunosuppression/systemic disease modifying agents within the last 2 years.
• Corticosteroid therapy at a pharmacologic dose (> 5 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent doses of other corticosteroids) and other immunosuppressive drugs must be avoided for 7 days prior to enrollment.
• Presence of any indwelling line or drain (percutaneous nephrostomy tube, indwelling Foley catheter, biliary drain, or pleural/peritoneal/pericardial catheter). Ommaya reservoirs and dedicated central venous access catheters such as a Port-a-Cath or Hickman catheter are permitted.
• Live vaccine ≤ 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
• Pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 3 months after the last dose of trial treatment.

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: Autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapy; Tecartus will be delivered at a target dose of 1x106 cells / kg. For those >100 kg, a flat dose of 1 x108 cells will be used. Tecartus will be administered on day 0, following 1 day of rest from conditioning chemotherapy.	Drug: Tecartus; Tecartus is a CD19 directed CAR T-cell therapy that utilizes CD28 costimulatory and CD3 zeta stimulatory domains. Tecartus is manufactured from purified autologous T-cells via retroviral transduction with a median time to product release of 13 days.; Other Names: KTE-X19; Brexucabtagene autoleucel

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Relapse Free Survival (RFS)	The primary endpoint is RFS, defined as the time from KTE-X19 infusion until clinical relapse or death from any cause. Patients proceeding to subsequent anti-cancer therapy, inclusive of allogeneic transplantation, without relapse will be censored in this analysis. Surviving patients not meeting criteria for relapse by the analysis data cutoff date will be censored at their last evaluable disease assessment date.	Up to 5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Molecular Response Rate	Measured as converting to a complete molecular remission following CAR T-cell immunotherapy. Molecular remission is defined as having fewer than 0.0001% clonotype sequences per one million nucleated cells.	Up to 5 years
Clinical Relapse Rate	Measured as >5% lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and/or the emergence of extramedullary leukemia.	Up to 5 years
Duration of Response (DOR)	Measured as time from enrollment until clinical relapse or death. In the case of death without documented relapse, patients will be censored.	Up to 5 years
Overall Survival	Measured as time from date of enrollment to date of death from any cause.	Up to 5 years
Rate of Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)	Participants rate of developing Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)	Up to 5 years
Rate of Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)	Participants rate of developing Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS).	Up to 5 years
Molecular Relapse Rate	Measured as achieving complete molecular remission at day 28 and followed until 5 years from infusion or the emergence of detectable disease. Molecular remission is defined as having fewer than 0.0001% clonotype sequences per one million nucleated cells.	Up to 5 years
Molecular Relapse Free Survival (MRFS)	Measured by complete molecular remission at day 28 and followed until 5 years from infusion or the emergence of detectable disease. Molecular remission is defined as having fewer than 0.0001% clonotype sequences per one million nucleated cells.	Up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Collaborators: Kite, A Gilead Company
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Bijal D. Shah, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 26, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): November 15, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 15, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 16, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): November 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 31, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 30, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Immune System Diseases; Infections; Virus Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Hematologic Diseases; DNA Virus Infections; Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Lymphoma; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections; Herpesviridae Infections; Tumor Virus Infections; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Burkitt Lymphoma; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Antineoplastic Agents; brexucabtagene autoleucel
• Other Study ID Numbers: MCC-22286

Drug and device information, study documents

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