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Genetically Modified T Cells in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma

NCT02408016

Description:

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of genetically modified T cells in treating patients with stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or mesothelioma. Many types of cancer cells, including NSCLC and mesothelioma, but not most normal cells, have a protein called Wilms tumor (WT)1 on their surfaces. This study takes a type of immune cell from patients, called T cells, and modifies their genes in the laboratory so that they are programmed to find cells with WT1 and kill them. The T cells are then given back to the patient. Cyclophosphamide and aldesleukin may also stimulate the immune system to attack cancer cells. Giving cyclophosphamide and aldesleukin with laboratory-treated T cells may help the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.

Related Conditions:
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Recruiting Status:

Active, not recruiting

Phase:

Phase 1/Phase 2

Trial Eligibility

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Title

  • Brief Title: Genetically Modified T Cells in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma
  • Official Title: Phase I/II Study in WT1-Expressing Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma, Comparing Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy With Polyclonal Autologous Central Memory to Naïve CD8+ T Cells That Have Been Transduced to Express a WT1-Specific T-Cell Receptor

Clinical Trial IDs

  • ORG STUDY ID: 2727.00
  • SECONDARY ID: NCI-2015-00329
  • SECONDARY ID: 2727
  • SECONDARY ID: 2727.00
  • SECONDARY ID: P30CA015704
  • NCT ID: NCT02408016

Conditions

  • Advanced Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma
  • HLA-A*0201 Positive Cells Present
  • Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
  • Recurrent Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma
  • Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer AJCC v7
  • Stage III Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma AJCC v7
  • Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer AJCC v7
  • Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer AJCC v7
  • Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer AJCC v7
  • Stage IV Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma AJCC v7
  • WT1 Positive

Interventions

DrugSynonymsArms
Aldesleukin125-L-Serine-2-133-interleukin 2, Proleukin, r-serHuIL-2, Recombinant Human IL-2, Recombinant Human Interleukin-2Arm I, Stage I (T lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, IL-2)
Autologous WT1-TCRc4 Gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn LymphocytesArm I, Stage I (T lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, IL-2)
Cyclophosphamide(-)-Cyclophosphamide, 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate, Carloxan, Ciclofosfamida, Ciclofosfamide, Cicloxal, Clafen, Claphene, CP monohydrate, CTX, CYCLO-cell, Cycloblastin, Cycloblastine, Cyclophospham, Cyclophosphamid monohydrate, Cyclophosphamidum, Cyclophosphan, Cyclophosphane, Cyclophosphanum, Cyclostin, Cyclostine, Cytophosphan, Cytophosphane, Cytoxan, Fosfaseron, Genoxal, Genuxal, Ledoxina, Mitoxan, Neosar, Revimmune, Syklofosfamid, WR- 138719Arm I, Stage I (T lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, IL-2)

Purpose

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of genetically modified T cells in treating patients with stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or mesothelioma. Many types of cancer cells, including NSCLC and mesothelioma, but not most normal cells, have a protein called Wilms tumor (WT)1 on their surfaces. This study takes a type of immune cell from patients, called T cells, and modifies their genes in the laboratory so that they are programmed to find cells with WT1 and kill them. The T cells are then given back to the patient. Cyclophosphamide and aldesleukin may also stimulate the immune system to attack cancer cells. Giving cyclophosphamide and aldesleukin with laboratory-treated T cells may help the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.

Detailed Description

      PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

      I. Determine the safety, and potential toxicities associated with treating patients with
      metastatic NSCLC and mesothelioma with polyclonal autologous central memory and naive cluster
      of differentiation (CD)8+ T cells that have been transduced to express a WT1-specific T-cell
      receptor (TCR) (Arm 1 and Arm 2).

      II. Determine the feasibility of treating patients with metastatic NSCLC and mesothelioma
      with polyclonal autologous central memory and naive CD8+ T cells that have been transduced to
      express a WT1-specific TCR (Arm 1 and Arm 2).

      III. Determine and compare the in vivo persistence in blood and tumor of transferred
      polyclonal autologous central memory and naive CD8+ T cells that have been transduced to
      express a WT1-specific TCR (Arm 1 and Arm 2).

      SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

      I. Determine the antitumor efficacy for patients with metastatic NSCLC and mesothelioma (Arm
      1), as measured by time to progression (TTP) based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in
      Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria.

      II. Determine the in vivo functional capacity of adoptively transferred polyclonal autologous
      CD8+ T cells that have been transduced to express a WT1-specific TCR, and assess the
      acquisition of phenotypic characteristics associated with T cell exhaustion (Arm 1 and Arm
      2).

      III. Determine the migration to tumor sites of adoptively transferred polyclonal autologous
      CD8+ T cells that have been transduced to express a WT1-specific TCR (Arm 2).

      IV. Evaluate the tumor response and T cell infiltration in tumors of patients with stage IIIA
      NSCLC treated in the neo-adjuvant setting.

      OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced
      CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes followed by a phase II study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 3
      treatment arms.

      ARM I, STAGE I: Patients receive autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn
      lymphocytes intravenously (IV) on days 0 and 14, cyclophosphamide IV on days 11 and 12, and
      aldesleukin (IL-2) subcutaneously (SC) twice daily (BID) for 14 days. Patients who have
      received radiation to the chest/lung tissue may receive T lymphocytes 90 days after
      completion of radiation.

      ARM I, STAGE II: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV on days -3 and -2, autologous WT1-TCRc4
      gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes IV on day 0, and aldesleukin SC BID for 14
      days.

      ARM II: Patients receive autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes
      IV between 24-96 hours after the last dose of chemotherapy and receive aldesleukin SC BID for
      14 days. Patients then undergo surgery within 3-4 weeks after the T-cell infusion.

      After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3, 6, and 12 months and then
      annually for 14 years.
    

Trial Arms

NameTypeDescriptionInterventions
Arm I, Stage I (T lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, IL-2)ExperimentalPatients receive autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes IV on days 0 and 14, cyclophosphamide IV on days 11 and 12, and aldesleukin SC BID for 14 days. Patients who have received radiation to the chest/lung tissue may receive gene-transduced T lymphocytes 90 days after completion of radiation.
  • Aldesleukin
  • Autologous WT1-TCRc4 Gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn Lymphocytes
  • Cyclophosphamide
Arm I, Stage II (T lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, IL-2)ExperimentalPatients receive cyclophosphamide IV on days -3 and -2, autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes IV on day 0, and aldesleukin SC BID for 14 days.
  • Aldesleukin
  • Autologous WT1-TCRc4 Gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn Lymphocytes
  • Cyclophosphamide
Arm II (T lymphocytes, IL-2, surgery)ExperimentalPatients receive autologous WT1-TCRc4 gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn lymphocytes IV between 24-96 hours after the last dose of chemotherapy and receive aldesleukin SC BID for 14 days. Patients then undergo surgery within 3-4 weeks after the T-cell infusion.
  • Aldesleukin
  • Autologous WT1-TCRc4 Gene-transduced CD8-positive Tcm/Tn Lymphocytes

Eligibility Criteria

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR ENROLLMENT/SCREENING (ARMS 1 AND 2): Histopathological documentation
             of NSCLC or mesothelioma

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR ENROLLMENT/SCREENING (ARMS 1 AND 2): Patients must be able to give
             informed consent

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR ENROLLMENT/SCREENING (ARMS 1 AND 2): Patients must be able to provide
             blood and tumor samples and undergo the procedures required for this protocol

          -  Arm 2 ONLY: Surgically operable NSCLC or mesothelioma

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Patients must express human leukocyte antigen
             (HLA)-A*0201

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Evidence of WT1 tumor expression

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Patients must have received at least one line of
             therapy for NSCLC or mesothelioma or previously documented to have declined therapy

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: NSCLC patients with a mutation in epidermal growth
             factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) must have demonstrated
             progression or intolerance to at least one of the corresponding targeted therapies
             (for example erlotinib or crizotinib)

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Bi-dimensionally measurable disease by palpation,
             clinical exam, or radiographic imaging (X-ray, computed tomography [CT] scan, positron
             emission tomography [PET] scan, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], or ultrasound)

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Ninety days must have passed since the last doses
             of radiation or chemoradiation treatment involving lung tissue or thorax prior to T
             cell infusion (to avoid confounding pneumonitis)

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 1: Patients treated with prior immunotherapy
             including and not limited to vaccines, cytokines, T cell stimulating agents, cytotoxic
             T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) inhibitors and programmed death (PD)-1 check point
             inhibitors are allowed on therapy provided they did not have any severe grade 4
             toxicities due to prior therapy and any toxicities due to prior therapy should have
             resolved, if resolvable to less than or equal to grade 1

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 2: Patients must express HLA-A*0201

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 2: Evidence of WT1 tumor expression

          -  ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT ON ARM 2: Ninety days must have passed since the last
             definitive doses of radiation or chemoradiation treatment prior to T cell infusion (to
             avoid confounding pneumonitis)

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  EXCLUSION FOR ENROLLMENT/SCREENING (ARMS 1 AND 2)

          -  Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status >= 2

          -  Active autoimmune disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis,
             infiltrating lung disease, inflammatory bowel disease) in which possible progression
             during treatment would be considered unacceptable by the investigators

          -  Any condition or organ toxicity deemed by the principal investigator (PI) or the
             attending physician to place the patient at unacceptable risk for treatment on the
             protocol

          -  Men or women of reproductive ability who are unwilling to use effective contraception
             or abstinence; women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy
             test within 2 weeks prior to first infusion

          -  Pregnant women and nursing mothers will be eligible for screening only to test HLA
             type by saliva or buccal swab and WT1 expression from previously collected tissue
             sample

          -  Clinically significant and ongoing immune suppression including, but not limited to,
             systemic immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine or corticosteroids, chronic
             lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection,
             or solid organ transplantation

          -  EXCLUSION FOR TREATMENT (ARMS 1 AND 2)

          -  Exclusions for the leukapheresis procedure (this can be performed at a later time of
             symptoms resolve):

               -  Infection, with or without antibiotic treatment

               -  Recent hepatitis exposure (hepatitis B or C antigenemia)

               -  Pregnancy or nursing

               -  HIV or human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection

               -  Positive result on standard test for syphilis (STS)

          -  Unable to generate antigen-specific WT1-specific CD8+ T cells for infusions; however,
             the patient will have the option to receive WT1-specific T-cells if a lower than
             planned number of cells is available

          -  Documented infections or known oral temperature > 38.2 degrees Celsius (C) fewer than
             72 hours prior to receiving study treatment or systemic infection requiring chronic
             maintenance; the start of treatment may be delayed

          -  Systemic steroids should be stopped 2 weeks before the start of treatment; topical and
             inhaled steroids are allowed

          -  Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastasis that are > 1 cm or symptomatic are
             not allowed; (patients with CNS metastases > 1 cm or symptomatic that have been
             treated and demonstrated to be radiologically and clinically stable for at least 4
             weeks are allowed)

          -  White blood cells (WBC) < 2,000/ul

          -  Hemoglobin (Hb) < 8 g/dL

          -  Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1,000/ul

          -  Platelets < 50,000/ul

          -  New York Heart Association functional class III-IV heart failure, symptomatic
             pericardial effusion, stable or unstable angina, symptoms of coronary artery disease
             (CAD), congestive heart failure, clinically significant hypotension or history of an
             ejection fraction of =< 30% (echocardiogram or multi-gated acquisition scan [MUGA])

          -  Clinically significant pulmonary dysfunction, as determined by medical history and
             physical exam; patients so identified will undergo pulmonary functions testing and
             those with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) < 2.0 L or diffusion capacity
             of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (corrected for Hb) < 50% will be excluded

          -  Creatinine > 1.5 x the upper limit of normal

          -  Aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) > 5 x upper limits of
             normal (ULN)

          -  Bilirubin > 3 x ULN that cannot be attributed to NSCLC metastasis

          -  HIV or HTLV infection
      
Maximum Eligible Age:N/A
Minimum Eligible Age:18 Years
Eligible Gender:All
Healthy Volunteers:No

Primary Outcome Measures

Measure:Evidence and nature of toxicity
Time Frame:Up to 6 months after the first T cell infusion
Safety Issue:
Description:Based on the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Measure:Frequency of transferred T cells at biopsied tumor sites between the T cell (Tn) and memory T cell (Tcm) groups
Time Frame:Up to 15 years
Safety Issue:
Description:Frequency of transferred T cells at biopsied tumor sites between the Tn and Tcm groups will be assessed.
Measure:Functional capacity of transferred cells, measured by production of intracellular cytokines
Time Frame:Up to 15 years
Safety Issue:
Description:Tetramer+ cells from peripheral blood, if detectable and available in sufficient number, evaluated for production of intracellular cytokines including interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and IL-2. Intranuclear Ki-67 expression assessed on recovered tetramer+ T cells. Based on available numbers, ex vivo proliferative capacity after infusion assessed by labeling cells with carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester dye and measuring dilution in response to peptide stimulation. Phenotype of tetramer+ antigen-specific cells assessed using established immunophenotyping
Measure:Time to progression (TTP) based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria and RECIST 1.1 mesothelioma modified
Time Frame:3 months after last infusion
Safety Issue:
Description:The potential efficacy of the infused cells will be assessed and the substrate cell (TN or TCM) that is most effective based on the TTP of patients who have persisting TN cells to that of patients who have persisting TCM cells 3 months after the last infusion will be determined.

Details

Phase:Phase 1/Phase 2
Primary Purpose:Interventional
Overall Status:Active, not recruiting
Lead Sponsor:Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Last Updated

July 1, 2020