Single Arm Pilot Trial of Letermovir for CMV Prophy in CAR T Cell

ConditionCell Therapy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

About this trial

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if a drug called Letermovir can help to prevent CMV reactivation.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18 years of age.

Have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.

The participant must be scheduled for SOC AXI-CEL.

The participant must be seropositive for CMV (defined as having anti-CMV IgG antibodies)

Disqualifiers

Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection not responding to treatment, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements.

Planned to receive any other anti-CMV therapy such as high dose acyclovir (500 mg/m2/dose intravenously every 8 hours or 800 mg orally 4 times a day) or high dose valacyclovir (2 grams three to four times daily or 2 grams three times daily) for the prophylaxis of CMV reactivation. Acyclovir or valacyclovir at lower doses for the prevention of HSV and VZV are allowed.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Letermovir

    Drug

    Given by mouth or intravenously

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Open label Single arm: LetermovirExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Safety and Adverse Events (AEs)

Incidence of Adverse Events, Graded According to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version (v) 5.0

Time frame
Through study completion; an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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