Autologous T-cells Genetically Engineered to Express Receptors Reactive Against KRAS Mutations in Conjunction With a Vaccine Directed Against These Antigens in Participants With Metastatic Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06253520 |
Recruitment Status :
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First Posted : February 12, 2024
Last Update Posted : May 9, 2024
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Background:
Many cancer cells produce substances called antigens that are unique to each cancer. These antigens stimulate the body s immune responses. One approach to treating these cancers is to take disease-fighting white blood cells from a person, change those cells so they will target the specific proteins (called antigens) from the cancer cells, and return them to that person s blood. The use of the white blood cells in this manner is one form of gene therapy. A vaccine may help these modified white cells work better.
Objective:
To test a cancer treatment that uses a person s own modified white blood cells along with a vaccine that targets a specific protein.
Eligibility:
Adults aged 18 to 72 years with certain solid tumors that have spread after treatment.
Design:
Participants will undergo leukapheresis: Blood is removed from the body through a tube attached to a needle inserted into a vein. The blood passes through a machine that separates out the white blood cells. The remaining blood is returned to the body through a second needle.
Participants will stay in the hospital for 3 or 4 weeks. They will take chemotherapy drugs for 1 week to prepare for the treatment. Then their modified white cells will be infused through a needle in the arm. They will take other drugs to prevent infections after the infusion.
The vaccine is injected into a muscle; participants will receive their first dose of the vaccine on the same day as their cell infusion.
Participants will have follow-up visits 4, 8, and 12 weeks after the cell infusions. They will receive 2 or 3 additional doses of the boost vaccine during these visits.
Follow-up will continue for 5 years, but participants will need to stay in touch with the gene therapy team for 15 years.
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Metastatic Solid Cancers Colorectal Cancer Breast Cancer Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Ovarian Cancer Genitourinary Cancer | Drug: Aldesleukin Drug: Fludarabine Drug: Cyclophosphamide Biological: KRAS TCR-Transduced PBL Biological: GRT-C903/GRT-R904 | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 210 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase Ib Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Administration of Autologous T-cells Genetically Engineered to Express Receptors Reactive Against KRAS Mutations in Conjunction With a Vaccine Directed Against These Antigens in Participants With Metastatic Cancer |
Estimated Study Start Date : | May 14, 2024 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 15, 2031 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 15, 2033 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1/ KRAS TCR + vaccine
Non-myeloablative, lymphodepleting preparative regimen of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine + KRAS TCR-Transduced PBL + high-dose aldesleukin + vaccine (Day 0, weeks 4 and 8 and at week 12 (if no progression)
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Drug: Aldesleukin
Aldesleukin 600,000 IU/kg IV (based on total body weight) over 15 minutes approximately every 8 hours beginning within 24 hours of cell infusion and continuing for up to 4 days (maximum 10 doses). Patients in Cohort 3 may receive 72,000 IU/kg IV. Drug: Fludarabine Days -7 to -3: Fludarabine 25 mg/m2/day IVPB daily over 30 minutes for 5 days. Drug: Cyclophosphamide Days -7 and -6: Cyclophosphamide 60 mg/kg/day x 2 days IV in 250 mL D5W infused simultaneously with mesna 15 mg/kg/day over 1 hour x 2 days. Biological: KRAS TCR-Transduced PBL Day 0: Cells will be infused intravenously (IV) over 20-30 minutes (2-4 days after the last dose of fludarabine). Biological: GRT-C903/GRT-R904 Day 0 (GRT-C903): Injection of 1.0 mL at each of 2 bilateral vaccine injections. Weeks 4, 8 and 12 (as applicable, GRT-R904): Injection of 0.25 mL of diluted GRT-R904 at each of 2 bilateral vaccine injections |
- Complete response (CR) and/ or partial response (PR) [ Time Frame: Response assessed at 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks post-cell infusion, every 3 months x3, every 6 months x 2 years ]Clinical response rate ([PR+CR]/evaluable participants) will be determined and reported along with the corresponding 95% two-sided confidence interval.
- Safety [ Time Frame: All adverse Events (AE) per CTCAE v5.0, by type and grade of toxicity, from first dose through 4 weeks after the last treatment ]Safety and tolerability will be analyzed by reporting the number of patients experiencing toxicity, classified by type and grade to the experimental regimen. Adverse events assessed per CTCAE version 5.
- Safety [ Time Frame: From study treatment initiation up to 4 weeks after the last study treatment ]The number of participants with toxicity of grade 3 or higher related to the KRAS-TCR transduced cells or vaccine, according to type of toxicity. Adverse events assessed per CTCAE version 5.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 72 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Participants with an appropriate HLA match for available Surgery Branch KRAS TCRs with evaluable metastatic solid cancer (e.g., gastrointestinal, genitourinary, breast, ovarian, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid cancers) with known KRAS G12V or G12D mutation.
- Confirmation of diagnosis of cancer by the NCI Laboratory of Pathology.
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Refractory to standard systemic therapy. Specifically:
- Participants with metastatic colorectal cancer must have received oxaliplatin and/or irinotecan.
- Participants with breast and ovarian cancer must have received at least two systemic treatments.
- Participants with NSCLC must have received at least one platinum-based chemotherapy regimen and at least one FDA-approved targeted treatment (when appropriate).
- Participants with other solid tumors must have received at least one prior line of systemic treatment or have declined standard treatment.
- Participants with three (3) or fewer brain metastases that are < 1 cm in diameter each and asymptomatic are eligible. Lesions that have been treated with stereotactic radiosurgery must be clinically stable for one month after treatment for the participant to be eligible. Participants with surgically resected brain metastases are eligible.
- Age >= 18 years and <= 72 years.
- Clinical performance status of ECOG 0 or 1 (see Appendix A).
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use highly effective contraception (hormonal, intrauterine device [IUD, abstinence, surgical sterilization starting at the time of study entry, for the duration of study therapy, and 12 months after the last dose of combined chemotherapy
Men must agree to use an effective method of contraception (barrier, surgical sterilization, abstinence) for the duration of the study treatment and for 4 months after the last dose of combined chemotherapy. We also will recommend men with female partners of childbearing potential to ask female partners to be on highly effective birth control (hormonal, intrauterine device (IUD), surgical sterilization).
NOTE: WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone successful surgical sterilization or who is not postmenopausal.
NOTE: Certain malignancies may secrete hormones that produce false positive pregnancy tests. Serial blood testing (e.g. HCG measurements) and/ or ultrasound may be performed for clarification.
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Participants must have serology results as follows:
- Seronegative for HIV antibody.
- Seronegative for hepatitis B antigen, and seronegative for hepatitis C antibody. If hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then participant must be tested for the presence of antigen by RT-PCR and be HCV RNA negative.
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Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
--Hematology:
- ANC > 1000/mm^3 without growth factor support
- WBC >= 2500/mm^3
- Platelet count (Bullet) 80,000/mm3
- Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL. Subjects may be transfused to reach this cut-off.
- Chemistry:
- Serum ALT/AST <= 5.0 x ULN
- Serum creatinine <= 1.6 mg/dL
- Total bilirubin <= 2.0 mg/dL, except in participants with Gilbert s Syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dL.
- Participants must have completed any prior systemic therapy at the time of enrollment.
NOTE: Participants may have undergone minor surgical procedures or limited field radiotherapy within the four weeks prior to enrollment, as long as related major organ toxicities have recovered to grade 1 or less.
- For participants with NSCLC or lung metastases, more than two weeks must have elapsed since any prior palliation for major bronchial occlusion or bleeding at the time the patient receives the preparative regimen, and patient s toxicities must have recovered to a grade 1 or less.
- Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- Willing to sign a durable power of attorney.
- Participants must be co-enrolled on protocol 03-C-0277.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the treatment on the fetus or infant.
- Any form of secondary immunosuppression.
- Active systemic infections requiring anti-infective treatment, coagulation disorders, or any other active or uncompensated major medical illnesses.
- For participants with NSCLC or lung metastases, any major bronchial occlusion or bleeding not amenable to palliation.
- Any form of primary immunodeficiency (such as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease and AIDS).
- History of major organ autoimmune disease.
- Concurrent opportunistic infections (The experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system. Participants who have decreased immune-competence may be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
- History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, aldesleukin or vaccines.
- Clinically significant participant history which in the judgment of the Principal Investigator (PI) would compromise the participants ability to tolerate high-dose aldesleukin.
- History of coronary revascularization or ischemic symptoms.
- For select participants with a clinical history prompting cardiac evaluation: last known LVEF <= 45%.
- For select participants with a clinical history prompting pulmonary evaluation: known FEV1 <= 50% predicted.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT06253520
Contact: NCI SB Immunotherapy Recruitment Center | (866) 820-4505 | irc@nih.gov | |
Contact: Steven A Rosenberg, M.D. | (240) 858-3080 | sar@mail.nih.gov |
United States, Maryland | |
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center | Recruiting |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892 | |
Contact: NCI/Surgery Branch Recruitment Center 866-820-4505 irc@nih.gov |
Principal Investigator: | Steven A Rosenberg, M.D. | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT06253520 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
10001662 001662-C |
First Posted: | February 12, 2024 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 9, 2024 |
Last Verified: | February 20, 2024 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | .All collected IPD will be shared. All IPD recorded in the medical record will be shared with intramural investigators upon request. |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) |
Time Frame: | This study will comply with the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy, which applies to all new and ongoing NIH-funded research in the IRP, as of January 25, 2023, that is associated with a ZIA, with a clinical protocol that undergoes scientific review and/or will involve genomic data sharing. |
Access Criteria: | Clinical data will be made available via subscription to BTRIS and with the permission of the study PI. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
KRAS Mutations Gene Therapy Cell Therapy Immunotherapy Vaccine |
Neoplasm Metastasis Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Urogenital Diseases Neoplastic Processes Pathologic Processes Male Urogenital Diseases Aldesleukin |
Cyclophosphamide Fludarabine Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Myeloablative Agonists Anti-HIV Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents |