About this trial
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).
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Signed informed consent form
Cohort B: Patients with poor response to prior B cell directed engineered cell therapy
Patients with prior or current history of Central Nervous System 3 disease will be eligible if Central Nervous System disease is responsive to therapy
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.
Disqualifiers
Active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C
HIV infection
Active acute or chronic Graft Vs. Host Disease requiring systemic therapy
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.
Trial design
Sequential
Treatments tested in this trial
Autologous, humanized anti-CD22 CAR T cell therapy (CART22-65s)
Biological/VaccineCART22-65s 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
Autologous, humanized anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy (huCART19)
Biological/VaccineHuCART19 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
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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.
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.
Secondary outcomes
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.
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.
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)
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)
Sponsors and contacts
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Stephan Grupp MD PhD
Lead sponsor
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Sponsor institution
University of Pennsylvania
Collaborator