ThisCART19A Bridging to alloHSCT for R/R B-ALL

Phase 1

Recruiting

• Conditions: CAR; Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Relapsed Adult ALL
• Interventions: Drug: Treatment

• Registration Number: NCT05679687
• Lead Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Brief Summary

This is a phase 1, open-label study to assess the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of ThisCART19A (Allogeneic Anti CD19 CAR-T) bridging to HSCT in patients with refractory or relapsed B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL).

Detailed Description

This is a phase 1, single-center, nonrandomized, open-label, dose-escalation study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of ThisCART19A bridging to HSCT in patients with CD19 positive r/r B-ALL and identify a treatment regimen most likely to result in clinical efficacy while maintaining a favorable safety profile. Before initiating ThisCART19A infusion, subjects will be administered lymphodepletion chemotherapy composed of fludarabine、cyclophosphamide and VP-16. At Day 0 of the Treatment Period, subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) infusion of ThisCART19A. All subjects are monitored during the treatment period through Day 28. All subjects who receive a dose of ThisCART19A will be followed up to 2 years.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-11-30
• Study Completion: 2025-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1. Voluntarily sign a documented IRB-approved ICF prior to any screening procedure.

2. No gender limitation, 14 years ≤ age ≤ 65 years.

3. Intention to HSCT therapy.

4. Meeting the diagnostic criteria of relapsed or refractory B-ALL. Relapsed B-ALL: Reappearance of blasts in the blood or bone marrow (>5%) or in any extramedullary site after a CR. Refractory B-ALL: Failure to achieve CR or CRi at the end of induction therapy (General refers to a 4-week regimen or a Hyper-CVAD regimen); Subjects with Ph+ disease are eligible if they are intolerant to TKI therapy, or if they have relapsed/refractory disease despite treatment with at least 2 different TKIs.

5. Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks at the time of enrollment.

6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score of 0 or 1.

7. Adequate bone marrow, renal, hepatic, pulmonary and cardiac function:

   1. Adequate marrow function for lymphodepletion chemotherapy assessed by the investigator.
   2. Creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula;
   3. ALT and AST ≤ 5 × ULN (the upper limit of normal), total bilirubin ≤ 2×ULN. (Subjects with Gilbert syndrome or liver involvement may be included if their total bilirubin is ≤ 3 × ULN.)
   4. Oxygen saturation (SaO2) ≥ 92% on room air.
   5. Cardiac function：left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 40% assessed by echocardiography.

8. CD19-positive leukemia obtained from bone marrow or peripheral blood confirmed by flowcytometry or biopsy during screening.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Allergic to preconditioning measures.
2. History of allogeneic HSCT.
3. Other malignancies apart from B-cell malignancies within 5 years prior to screening. (Subjects with cured skin squamous carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, non-primary invasive bladder cancer, localized low-risk prostate cancer, in situ cervical/breast cancer can be enrolled.)
4. Severe active infection. (Simple urinary tract infection (UTI) and uncomplicated bacterial pharyngitis are permitted.)
5. Pulmonary embolism within 3 months prior to enrollment.
6. Severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and hereditary diseases intolerant to CAR-T therapy assessed by the investigator prior to enrollment.
7. Presence of symptomatic CNS involvement (both primary and secondary) at screening confirmed by imaging;
8. Active hepatitis B virus (defined as serum HBV-DNA ≥ 2000 IU/mL), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or active syphilis infection prior to enrollment. (Subjects with HBV-DNA < 2000 IU/mL can be enrolled, but should be administered antiviral drugs such as entecavir and tenofovir with relative clinical indicators monitored simultaneously during the treatment.)
9. Vaccinated with influenza vaccine within 2 weeks prior to lymphodepletion chemotherapy. (Subjects vaccinated with SARS-COV19 vaccine or inactivated, live/non-live adjuvant vaccines can be enrolled.)
10. Female subjects who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning for pregnancy within 1 year after CAR-T cell infusion, or male subjects whose partners are planning for pregnancy within 1 year after CAR-T cell infusion.
11. Any conditions that would, in the investigator's assessment, increase risks in patients or interfere with the outcomes of the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment	Treatment	In this study, allogeneic anti-CD19 CAR T cells (ThisCART19A) infusion is used as a bridge therapy to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to treat patients with refractory or relapsed CD19 positive B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Lymphodepletion conditioning before CAR T cell infusion consists of fludarabine, CTX and VP-16.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ORR	4 week	Overall response rate
MRD Negativity	4 week	MRD Negativity is assessed utilizing multicolor flow cytometry to detect leukemia cells with a sensitivity of 10\^ (-4).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
LFS	2 year	Leukemia-free survival
BFBM	2 year	Blast-free hypoplastic or aplastic bone marrow
PR	2 year	Partial response
DOR	2 year	Duration of response
CRi	2 year	CR with incomplete hematologic recovery
CR	2 year	Complete response
CRh	2 year	CR with partial hematological recovery
OS	2 year	Overall survival

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; 🇨🇳 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China