This phase II trial studies the side effects and best dose for lymphodepleting chemotherapy given before chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy and to see how well it works in treating pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with CD19-positve leukemia that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) or that does not respond to treatment (refractory). Lymphodepleting chemotherapy with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide is given before CAR T cell therapy. The chemotherapy drugs help kill cancer cells in the body and help the CAR T cells to grow and work better. CAR T cell therapy combines two of the body’s basic disease fighters: antibodies and T cells. For this type of therapy, peripheral (circulating) immune cells are collected from the blood and then changed so that they can recognize an antigen. This antigen is a particle or 'flag' present on the surface of a cancer cell. If the CAR T cells 'see' the antigen on the cancer cell, they will attack and kill it. This study uses a CAR T cell that 'sees' an antigen called CD19 which is found on CD19-positive leukemia cancer cells. Giving lymphodepleting chemotherapy with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide followed by CAR T cell therapy may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with recurrent or refractory CD19-positive leukemia.
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United States
Tennessee
Memphis
Saint Jude Children's Research HospitalStatus: Approved
Contact: Aimee C. Talleur
Phone: 901-595-3300
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the proportion of patients achieving target exposure of fludarabine after treatment with lymphodepleting chemotherapy and autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cells SJCAR19 (CD19-CAR T) cell therapy.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the toxicity profile after treatment with CD19-CAR T cell therapy.
II. To evaluate the anti-leukemic activity of CD19-CAR T cells.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To study the expansion, persistence and phenotype of CD19-CAR T cells.
II. To analyze the functional state of transduced and untransduced cells pre- and post-treatment with CAR T cells.
III. To characterize cytokine profiles after treatment with CAR T cells.
IV. To estimate relapse rates and investigate mechanisms of resistance or response to, or relapse after, CAR T cell therapy.
V. To study the relationships between pharmacokinetics of lymphodepleting chemotherapy (fludarabine and cyclophosphamide) and immune cells, clinical efficacy and toxicity after treatment with CAR T cell therapy.
VI. To explore the association between cyclophosphamide pharmacokinetic parameters and drug-metabolizing enzymes (e.g., CYP2B6*6 status) and drug transporters.
VII. To assess the metabotype of patients treated with CAR T cell therapy, and study relationships between metabotype and chemotherapy pharmacokinetics, immune cells, clinical efficacy and toxicity after treatment with CAR T cell therapy.
VIII. To study electroencephalography (EEG) patterns in patients treated with CAR T cell therapy, and correlate findings with the presence and severity of neurologic signs and symptoms, including immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), and other treatment-related adverse events.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo leukapheresis to obtain peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for T cell product manufacturing. Patients then receive fludarabine intravenously (IV) on days -5, -4, -3, and -2, cyclophosphamide IV on days -5 and -4, and CD19-CAR T cells IV on day 0 or +1 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients that remain on-therapy and meet specified criteria may receive additional treatment courses on study. Additionally, patients undergo bone marrow aspiration as well as blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up on study for 1 year and then long-term per institutional protocol for 15 years post infusion.
Lead OrganizationSaint Jude Children's Research Hospital
Principal InvestigatorAimee C. Talleur