Clinical trial • Phase I • Oncology

MB-CART2219.1 for Relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies | Lymphoma | Acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

Phase I trial of MB-CART2219.1 for Relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies | Lymphoma | Acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) | Chronic lymphocytic leuke…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies | Lymphoma | Acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Trial Stage
Phase I
Drug Modality
Cell therapy
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
19-12-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
01-04-2025

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled, adaptive Phase I trial across 2 sites in Germany.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Adaptive
True - dose-finding/escalation design with DSMB oversight; pediatric cohort opening contingent on analysis of dose escalation cohort I and approval by DSMB/authorities
Biomarker Stratified
True, biomarker: CD19 and/or CD22 expression
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
36
Trial Duration For Participant
5475

Eligibility

Recruits 36 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Patient is a female who is pregnant, nursing, or breastfeeding, or who intends to become pregnant during participation in the study.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population includes pediatric patients (paediatric cohort/Cohort II). Consent requirements: "Patient or legal gurdian understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures." Cohort-specific age requirements: adults (Cohort I) ≥18 years at signing ICF; pediatric Cohort II ALL subjects ≥12 years at signing ICF (study opened for pediatrics after DSMB/authority approval of dose escalation). The record indicates legal guardian consent is required where applicable; no explicit separate assent procedures or age-specific consent language or languages provided in the record.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tFor Cohort I Lymphoma, adults: Subject is ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).\n- For Cohort II ALL, pediatrics: Subject is ≥ 12 years of age at the time of signing ICF.\n- Patient or legal gurdian understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures.\n- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements as well as agrees to continued follow up for up to 15 years as mandated by the regulatory guidelines for gene therapy trials\n- CD19 or CD22 expression must be detected on the malignant cells by flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry. Results of previous assessments after the last treatment with CD19 targeted therapies but preceding inclusion of the patient in this trial are acceptable, if available.\n- Female Subject of childbearing potential and male subjects with female partner of childbearing potential is willing to use highly effective contraceptive methods during treatment until 12 months after IMP exposure. For the purpose of this document, a woman is considered of childbearing potential (WOCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm apostmenopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient. For the purpose of this document, a man is considered fertile after puberty unless permanently sterile by bilateral orchidectomy. Woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must also: -\tHave a negative pregnancy test as verified by the Investigator, one negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) pregnancy test result at screening, prior to LD chemotherapy. This applies even if the subject practices true abstinence from heterosexual contact. -\tPerform pregnancy testing on a monthly basis for 12 months after IMP administration. A home test is sufficient. -\tAgree to abstain from breastfeeding during study participation and for at least 12 months after IMP administration. \t Male fertile subjects must also: Not donate sperm for at least 12 months following last MB-CART2219.1 infusion.\n- All subjects must agree to refrain from donating blood while on study drug and for 1 year after discontinuation from this study treatment.\n- Male or female patients must have relapsed refractory (r/r) CD19 or CD22 -expressing ALL or Lymphoma/CLL and meet the following disease-specific criteria:\n- Cohort I: Lymphoma (Richter’s Transformation /Burkitt-lymphoma/NHL/CLL), Adults ≥18 years of age: a.\tpatients with r/r lymphoma with following entities according to 5th edtion of the WHO Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: -B-lymphoblastic lymphomas -B-Chronic lymphocytic leukemia -Splenic B-cell lymphoma -Marginal zone lymphoma -Follicular lymphoma -Mantle cell lymphoma -Large B-cell lymphoma -Burkitt lymphoma -Transformation from indolent lymphoma after two or more systemic therapies, including one approved in label CAR-T-cell or bispecific antibody treatment option or with contraindications for such treatments. b.\tpatients with r/r CLL after established and approved treatment options including therapy with BTK-inhibitorshave failed. c.\tpatients with lymphoma recommended for autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) therapy by interdisciplinary boards, but not consenting or ineligible for this treatment (including patients with refractory disease precluding alloSCT at this time, which can be included in the study as bridge to alloSCT). d.\tPatients with with lymphoma relapse after SCT, or after CD19 or CD22 targeting therapies and with confirmed either CD19 or CD22 expression after relapse. e.\tPatients with CNS involvement by lymphoma are eligible if disease is successfully controlled at the time of inclusion.\n- Cohort II: Acute B-lymphoplastic Leukemia (B-ALL), pediatric patients aged ≥ 12 – 17 years (only opened after substantial amendment and approval of DSMB and authorities upon analysis of dose escalation cohort I: e.\tPatients with second or later relapse of ALL with >5% blasts in BM or rising molecular failure on two separate measurements and without an approved option for in label CAR-T cells or bispecific or cytotoxic antibody treatment. f.\tPatients with relapse after SCT or other CD19 or CD22 targeted treatment with confirmed either CD19 or CD22 expression after relapse. g.\tPatients not consenting or ineligible for allogeneic SCT or have refractory disease activity precluding allogeneic SCT at this time, or h.\tPatients with Ph+ ALL if they are intolerant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, or if they have r/r disease after treatment with at least 2 different TKIs, i.\tALL patients with combined bone marrow and CNS and/or testicular relapse are eligible only if the extramedullary disease has been successfully controlled by conventional therapy at the time of inclusion (e.g. intrathecal chemotherapy, orchiectomy). j.\tPatients with ALL in hematologic remission after induction treatment, but ineligible for full execution of further standardly recommended treatments because of medical or other reasons."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Subject received any of the following within the last 7 days of leukapheresis: -\tAny investigational agent -\tImmunsupressive medication -\tPlasmapheresis -\tMajor surgery (as defined by the investigator) -\tRadiation therapy other than local therapy for underlying malignancy -\tUse of any systemic anti-neoplastic drug therapy or immune suppressive medication applied for graft-versus-host-disease or other, including the use of high dose steroids e.g. >0,5 mg/kg BW methylprednisolone other than hydrocortisone replacement and other than intermittent topical, inhaled or intranasal corticosteroids which are allowed.\n- Subject has history of primary immunodeficiency.\n- Subject is positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), uncontrolled hepatitis B or C or active hepatitis A.\n- Subject with ongoing (incl. controlled) infections or infestations where inclusion of the patient into the clinical trials may significantly jeopardize the health and wellbeing of the patient, as determined by the investigator.\n- Subject with malignancy other than the underlying malignancy in this protocol, unless this disease has been controlled for ≥ 1 year and the exception of the following noninvasive malignancies: −\tBasal cell carcinoma of the skin −\tSquamous cell carcinoma of the skin −\tCarcinoma in situ of the cervix −\tCarcinoma in situ of the breast −\tIncidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (T1a or T1b using the TNM [tumor, nodes, metastasis] clinical staging system) or prostate cancer that is curative.\n- Patient is a female who is pregnant, nursing, or breastfeeding, or who intends to become pregnant during participation in the study.\n- Patient with known hypersensitivity to any component of MB-CART2219.1 product, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, and/or tocilizumab.\n- Patient has any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from participating in the study.\n- Patient has any further condition including the presence of further laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study.\n- Subject has ECOG > 3 at screening for inclusion in the trial\n- Subject has clinical evidence of pulmonary leukostasis, disseminated intravascular coagulation or active graft-versus-host-disease.\n- History or presence of clinically relevant CNS pathology such as epilepsy, seizure, paresis, aphasia, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage or other CNS bleed, severe brain injuries, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar disease, organic brain syndrome, or psychosis.\n- Subject has any of the following laboratory abnormalities: −\tAbsolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 500/μL −\tAbsolute lymphocyte count < 200/µL at time of leukapheresis −\tPlatelet count < 50,000 mm3 (platelet transfusion allowed) −\tSerum Creatinine Clearance (CrCl) < 45 mL/min −\tCorrected serum calcium > 13.5 mg/dL (> 3.4 mmol/L) −\tSerum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) −\tSerum total bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN or > 3.0 mg/dL for subjects with documented Gilbert’s syndrome −\tInternational ratio (INR) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) > 1.5 × ULN, or history of Grade ≥ 2 hemorrhage within 30 days, or subject requires ongoing treatment with chronic, therapeutic dosing of anticoagulants (eg, warfarin, low molecular weight heparin, Factor Xa inhibitors)\n- Patient has no adequate vascular access for leukapheresis.\n- Echocardiogram (ECHO) or multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) with left ventricular ejection fraction < 45%.\n- Patient with a history of Class III or IV congestive heart failure (CHF) or severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy, unstable or poorly controlled angina, myocardial infarction, or ventricular arrhythmia within the previous 3 months prior to starting study treatment.\n- Inadequate pulmonary function defined as oxygen saturation (Sa02) < 90 % on room air."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The objective of this trial is to assess feasibility, safety and preliminary efficacy of ex vivo generated MB-CART2219.1 in patients with relapsed or refractory CD19 and/or CD22 positive B cell malignancies.","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Disease Response (ORR, PR, CR) at 6 months\n- Dose/Response Relation\n- Progression free and overall survival\n- Non-Relapse Mortality\n- Progression-free survival on next line of treatment (PFS-2)\n- Expansion of CAR+ T cells in the peripheral blood and if applicable bone marrow, CSF or other body fluids by flow cytometry\n- Evaluate the level of CD19/CD22-expressing malignant cells in tumor tissue, and if applicable peripheral blood and bone marrow\n- Evaluate the immunophenotype and/or expression profile of MB-CART2219.1 cells and endogenous immune and other hematopoietic cells in the peripheral blood, the bone marrow and/or tumor tissue.\n- Evaluate levels of cytokines, chemokines, and soluble factors in the blood of subjects at baseline and after infusion of MB-CART2219.1 cells\n- Evaluate mechanisms of tumor sensitivity/resistance to MB-CART2219.1 cells\n- Evaluate the development of an anti-CAR cellular immune response after infusion of MB-CART2219.1 cells","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
36
Recruitment Window Months
24
Consent Approach
Informed consent must be obtained prior to any study assessments: "Patient or legal gurdian understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures." Pediatric cohort: subjects aged ≥12 years sign ICF (Cohort II); legal guardian consent is referenced for minors. No details on assent processes or languages available are provided in the record.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
2
Total Number Of Participants
36

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
07-03-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-04-2025
Processing Time Days
25
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
36

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
Department Name
Medizinische Universitätsklinik II, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Klinische Immunologie und Rheumatology
Contact Person Name
Wolfgang Bethge
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Abt. I (Allgemeinpädiatrie, Hämatologie/Onkologie)
Contact Person Name
Peter Lang

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
MB-CART2219.1
Active Substance
MB-CART2219.1
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENIOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENIOUS INFUSION
First In Human
Yes
Combination Treatment
Yes

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