A Study of 131-I Apamistamab and CAR T-cell Therapy in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
This phase I trial is to find out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of 131-I apamistamab given before CAR T-cell therapy in treating patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that has returned after treatment (relapsed) or has not responded to treatment (refractory). CAR T-cells are genetically modified T cells made of patients' T cells and a gene (a small piece of DNA) from a virus, which may help the T cells recognize and destroy cancer cells. 131-I apamistamab is an anti-CD45 antibody linked with radioactive iodine, which allows it to deliver radiation directly to white blood cells in the immune system and kills these cells so they are no longer able to cause side effects. In addition, 131-I apamistamab may kill other immune cells that can prevent the CAR T cells from fighting the cancer effectively. Giving 131-I apamistamab before CAR T-cell therapy, may reduce the side effects of CAR T-cell therapy and help the therapy work better.
Inclusion Criteria
- To be eligible for leukapheresis, patients must have a CD19+ B-cell malignancy with relapsed or refractory disease, defined below. To be eligible for 131-I apamistamab conditioning and treatment with 19-28z CAR T-cells, patients must additionally have detectable evidence of residual malignancy at the time of assessment prior to CAR T-cell infusion (as defined below), regardless of therapy administered following leukapheresis * Patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (de novo or DLBCL transformed from an indolent lymphoma (follicular lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia [Richter syndrome]) or high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL): (“DLBCL patients”) ** Defined as relapsed or refractory DLBCL or high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL) following 2 or more prior chemoimmunotherapy regimens (with at least one course including an anthracycline and CD20-directed therapy) following diagnosis of de novo DLBCL/HGBL or DLBCL arising from indolent lymphoma, and requiring further treatment. Exception: patients with Richter syndrome (DLBCL arising from CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma) are eligible following 1 or more prior chemoimmunotherapy regimens (with at least one course including an anthracycline and CD20-directed therapy) and do not require a second course of chemoimmunotherapy to be eligible ** Patients must have at least one fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid (positron emission tomography [PET]-avid) measurable lesion ** Biopsy confirmation of relapsed of refractory DLBCL is required ** For patients who have received treatment for confirmed relapsed or refractory disease otherwise meeting criteria a.i.-a.iii. as above, within 6 weeks of study enrollment, active disease does not need to be re-confirmed or present immediately prior to Screening A for the patient to be eligible for leukapheresis. However, detectable evidence of residual malignancy must be present at Screening B in order for the patient to be eligible for 131-I apamistamab and CAR T-cell therapy * Patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or B lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL) or chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in lymphoid blast crisis: (“B-ALL patients”) ** Patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell ALL must have been refractory to at least 1 line of multi-agent chemotherapy or relapsed following at least 1 prior multiagent systemic chemotherapy regimen that included induction and consolidation therapy ** Patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL or CML in lymphoid blast crisis must have exhibited persistent disease following therapy with a second- or third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor ** Patients must have >= 5% bone marrow involvement and/or at least one FDG-avid (PET-avid) measurable extramedullary lesion ** For patients who have received treatment for confirmed relapsed or refractory disease otherwise meeting criteria b.i.-b.iii. as above, within 6 weeks of study enrollment, active disease does not need to be re-confirmed or present immediately prior to Screening A for the patient to be eligible for leukapheresis. However, detectable evidence of residual malignancy must be present at Screening B in order for the patient to be eligible for 131-I apamistamab and CAR T-cell therapy
- While prior CD19-targeted therapies, including CAR T-cell therapy, do not exclude participation, CD19 expression by immunohistochemical staining or flow cytometry must be confirmed prior to enrollment
- Age >= 18 years of age
- Creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min as calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula
- Direct bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/dL, unless liver dysfunction is thought to be related to underlying malignancy
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN), unless liver dysfunction is thought to be related to underlying malignancy
- Adequate pulmonary function as assessed by >= 92% oxygen saturation on room air by pulse oximetry
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 0.5k/uL (without requiring blood product or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor support in the past 7 days, unless cytopenias are attributed to underlying malignancy in the opinion of the investigator)
- Platelets >= 30k/uL (without requiring blood product or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor support in the past 7 days, unless cytopenias are attributed to underlying malignancy in the opinion of the investigator)
- Hemoglobin >= 7 g/dL (without requiring blood product or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor support in the past 7 days, unless cytopenias are attributed to underlying malignancy in the opinion of the investigator)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
Exclusion Criteria
- ECOG performance status >= 3
- Pregnant or lactating patients. Patients of childbearing age should use effective contraception while on this study and continue for 1 year after all treatment is finished
- Impaired cardiac function (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] < 40%) as assessed by echocardiogram or MUGA scan during screening
- Patients with active graft versus host disease following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation requiring systemic T-cell suppressive therapy are ineligible
- Patients with active autoimmune disease requiring systemic T-cell suppressive therapy are ineligible
- Patients with following cardiac conditions will be excluded: * New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage III or IV congestive heart failure * Myocardial infarction =< 6 months prior to enrollment * Any history of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia or unexplained syncope, not believed to be vasovagal in nature or due to dehydration * Any history of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with LVEF =< 20%
- Have current or prior positive test results for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV), with the following exceptions: * Subjects who have positive HBV test results due to having been previously vaccinated against hepatitis B, as evidenced by negative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), negative anti- hepatitis B core protein (HBc) and positive antibody to the HBsAg (anti-HBs) are not excluded * Subjects who have antibodies to HCV or who have hepatitis B core antibody, with undetectable viremia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and with adequate organ function as defined in the protocol, are not excluded
- Patients with uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, viral or other infection are ineligible
- Patients with any concurrent active malignancies as defined by malignancies requiring any therapy other than expectant observation or hormonal therapy, with the exception of squamous and basal cell carcinoma of skin
- Patients with history or presence of clinically significant neurological disorders such as epilepsy, generalized seizure disorder, severe brain injuries are ineligible
- Any other issue which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make the patient ineligible for the study
- Patients with circulating human anti-mouse antibodies to BC8 noted on initial screening
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the safety and tolerability of a single dose of iodine I 131 apamistamab (131-I apamistamab) given prior to autologous CD19-28z chimeric antigen receptor-expressing T-lymphocytes (19-28z CAR) T-cell) infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the incidence and severity of neurologic toxicity (all grades, as well as grade >= 3 neurologic toxicity) associated with 131-I apamistamab conditioning followed by 19-28z CAR T-cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL.
II. To assess anti-tumor efficacy of 131-I apamistamab followed by 19-28z CAR T-cells for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL as measured by rates of complete response (CR)/complete response with incomplete bone marrow recovery (CRi), objective response rate (ORR), and event free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS).
III. To assess the in vivo persistence and expansion of 19-28z CAR T-cells administered following 131-I apamistamab.
IV. To determine the incidence of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) (all grades, as well as grade >= 3 CRS) following 131-I apamistamab and 19-28z CAR T-cell infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell
ALL or DLBCL.
V. To describe additional Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 5.0 toxicities observed in the patient population.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To describe the immune cellular and cytokine microenvironment following 131-I apamistamab and 19-28z CAR T-cell infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL.
II. To determine levels of immunoregulatory cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) prior to and following 19-28z CAR T-cell infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL receiving 131-I apamistamab conditioning.
III. To summarize levels of normal B-cells and the incidence of B-cell aplasia following 131-I apamistamab and 19-28z CAR T-cell infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL.
IV. To describe the proportion of evaluable patients who achieve minimal residual disease (MRD)-negativity in peripheral blood and/or bone marrow following 131-I apamistamab and 19-28z CAR T-cell infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL or DLBCL.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of iodine I 131 apamistamab.
Patients receive iodine I 131 apamistamab intravenously (IV) over 4.5 hours once between days -7 to -5, and 19-28z CAR T-cell IV over 5-120 minutes on day 0 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) during screening. Patients also undergo computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography (PET), bone marrow biopsy and aspiration, blood sample collection, and lumbar puncture throughout the trial.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1, 2 ,3, and 4 weeks, once a month for 5 months, every 3 months up to 2 years, and then annually up to 15 years.
Trial PhasePhase I
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorMark Blaine Geyer
- Primary ID20-382
- Secondary IDsNCI-2021-01361
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT04512716