This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of Split-Course Bridging Radiotherapy (SC-BRT) prior to Commercial CD19 CAR T-Cell in treating patients with B-cell lymphoma that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). CAR T cells are a form of adoptive cellular therapy and unlike donor lymphocytes used for allogeneic transplantation, a CAR receptor is engineered to recognize a specific tumor antigen in an HLA-independent manner. Radiation therapy before CAR T cell therapy may help decrease bulky cancer and allow CAR T cells to be more effective and may lead to changes in cancer cells that may make it easier for CAR T cells to kill cancer cells.
Additional locations may be listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05574114.
See trial information on ClinicalTrials.gov for a list of participating sites.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the safety of split-course bridging radiotherapy + chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (SC-BRT+CAR T) at 1-month post-CAR T-cell infusion as defined by the number of patients who develop unanticipated severe toxicity events.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the feasibility of utilizing involved site radiotherapy (ISRT) principles to comprehensively treat patients with SC-BRT prior to CAR T-cell infusion.
II. To describe the rate and severity of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) using the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) criteria.
III. To describe the rate and severity of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) using ASTCT criteria.
IV. To evaluate the rate and severity of persistent cytopenias at day +90.
V. To evaluate the rate and severity of persistent hypogammaglobulinemia at day +90.
VI. To estimate the efficacy of BRT as measured by the in-field overall response rate (ORR) and complete response (CR) rate prior to CAR T-cell infusion.
VII. To estimate the efficacy of patients receiving a program of SC-BRT+CAR T as measured by best ORR and CR rate.
VIII. To estimate the efficacy of patients receiving a program of SC-BRT+CAR T as measured by progression free survival (PFS) from the time of CAR T-cell infusion.
IX. To describe the pattern of failure of patients who relapse following a program of SCBRT+CAR T.
X. To estimate the efficacy of patients receiving a program of SC-BRT+CAR T as measured by overall survival (OS) from the time of CAR T-cell infusion.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To study the changes in the character of the cancer cells and associated tumor microenvironment induced by the SC-BRT+CAR T program.
II. To summarize the proinflammatory and immune-suppressive cytokines across the study
time points in patients treated with SC-BRT+CAR T.
III. Assessment of CD19 status using clinical flow cytometry.
IV. To assess the feasibility of using circulating cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA) to track post-treatment response following a program of SC BRT+CAR T.
OUTLINE:
PART IA: Patients undergo 9 fractions of SC-BRT 20 days before CAR T cell infusion. Patients also receive conditioning chemotherapy consisting of fludarabine intravenously (IV) and cyclophosphamide IV day -5 to -3.
PART IB: Beginning 1 day after conditioning chemotherapy, patients undergo 1 final SC-BRT. Patents then receive CAR T-cell product (axicabtagene ciloleucel, lisocabtagene maraleucel or tisagenlecleucel) via infusion on day 0.
Patients undergo tumor biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3, 5, 7 10, 30, 90, and 180 days.
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorMaria Lia Palomba