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Donor Regulatory T-cells for cGVHD in Patients Who do Not Obtain Complete Remission With Ruxolitinib

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Chronic Graft vs Host Disease
Interventions
Biological: Regulatory T-cell enriched infusion
Registration Number
NCT05095649
Lead Sponsor
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla
Brief Summary

Phase II clinical trial to assess the efficacy of donor regulatory enriched T cells in steroid-refractory chronic graft versus host disease patients who did not obtain complete remission under treatment with ruxolitinib

Detailed Description

A number of 15 patients will be included to assess the efficacy of donor regulatory enriched T cells in steroid-refractory chronic graft versus host disease patients who did not obtain complete remission after 12 weeks of treatment with ruxolitinib.

The doses of Treg-enriched cells will be 2x10\^6 cells/kg.

Survival at 1 year after Treg infusion will be represented based on the clinical data with Kaplan Meier curves.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria
  • Recipient of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Participants must have steroid-refractory cGVHD and had obtained any response other than progression after at least 12 weeks of treatment with ruxolitinib. Steroid-refractory cGVHD is defined as having persistent signs and symptoms of cGVHD despite the use of prednisone at ≥ 0.25 mg/kg/day (or 0.5 mg/kg every other day) for at least 4 weeks (or equivalent dosing of alternate glucocorticoids) without complete resolution of signs and symptoms.
  • Stable dose of glucocorticoids for 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • No addition or subtraction of other immunosuppressive medications (e.g., calcineurin-inhibitors, sirolimus, mycophenolate-mofetil) for 4 weeks prior to enrollment. The dose of immunosuppressive medicines may be adjusted based on the therapeutic range of that drug.
  • No age limit. In the case of children participating in the study, the informed consent will be signed by a parents or legal guardians.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale performance status 0-2
  • Participants must have adequate organ function
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria
  • Ongoing prednisone requirement >1 mg/kg/day (or equivalent).
  • Concurrent use of calcineurin-inhibitor plus sirolimus (either agent alone is acceptable).
  • History of active thrombotic microangiopathy, hemolytic-uremic syndrome or thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the last 6 months.
  • New immunosuppressive medication in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Extra-corporeal Photopheresis or rituximab therapy in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Post-transplant exposure to T-cell or interleukin-2 targeted medication within 100 days prior to enrollment.
  • Donor lymphocyte infusion within 100 days prior to enrollment.
  • Active malignant relapse.
  • Active uncontrolled infection.
  • Organ transplant (allograft) recipient.
  • HIV-positive individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible.
  • Individuals with active uncontrolled hepatitis B or C are ineligible as they are at high risk of lethal treatment-related hepatotoxicity after hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
  • Other investigational drugs within 4 weeks prior to enrollment, unless cleared by the Principal Investigator.
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Regulatory T-cell enriched infusionRegulatory T-cell enriched infusionThe doses of Regulatory T-cell enriched infusion will be 2x10\^6 cells/kg
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival1 year after Regulatory T-cell enriched infusion

Number of patients who survive after Regulatory T-cell enriched infusion

Number of Participants with overall response rate.1 year post-infusion

Obtain ≥75% the overall response rate at 1 year after infusion

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Immunologic monitoring and in vivo Treg tracking through lymphocyte1 year after infusion and after infusion

Detailed immunological evaluation of lymphocyte

Purity of Treg-enriched cell infusionBefore 24 hours to infusion up infusion day

Percentage of cells viability, negative gram stain/endotoxin, percentage of cluster of differentiation 4+ cluster of differentiation 25+ cells and cluster of differentiation 4+cluster of differentiation25+cluster of differentiation127- Treg in order to consider for the infusion.

Immunologic monitoring and in vivo Treg tracking through immune globulins1 year after infusion and after infusion

Quantitative immune globulins

Toxicity monitoring of Treg-enriched cellsWeeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and months 6, 9 and 12 after infusion

Number of grade 3 or higher Adverse Events and all Serious Adverse Events according to the Version 5.0 of the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.

Disease evaluation through Symptoms of the diseaseScreening, weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and months 6, 9 and 12 months after infusion

Symptoms of the disease through chronic graft-versus-host disease symptom scoring scale

Disease evaluation through measurement of quality of lifeScreening, weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and months 6, 9 and 12 months after infusion

Measurement of quality of life through Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Bone Marrow Transplantation

Free survival1 year after infusion.

To evaluate failure free survival (change of immunosuppression, mortality or relapse)

Immunologic monitoring and in vivo Treg tracking through mononuclear cells1 year after infusion and after infusion

Storage of additional mononuclear cells

Immunosuppressive requirements.Screening, month1, months 3, 6, and 12 after infusion

Evaluation of needs of additional permitted immunosuppressive treatment administered as concomitant medication

Immunologic monitoring and in vivo Treg tracking through plasma1 year after infusion and after infusion

Plasma banking

Immunologic monitoring and in vivo Treg tracking through Natural Killer cell subsets1 year after infusion and after infusion

Quantitative Natural Killer cell subsets

Life-threatening infectionsWeeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and months 6, 9 and 12 after infusion

Number of infections

Predictors of clinical response1 year after infusion

Quantify predictors of clinical response among patients receiving ruxolitinib

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

José Antonio Pérez Simón

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Sevilla, Spain

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