Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology|Immunology|Rare Disease|Haematology

TABELECLEUCEL for Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (Epstein-Barr virus-associated)

Phase III trial of TABELECLEUCEL for Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (Epstein-Barr virus-associated).

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Immunology|Rare Disease|Haematology
Trial Disease
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (Epstein-Barr virus-associated)
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Cell therapy
Paediatric Trial
Yes
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
03-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
27-09-2024

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase III trial across 19 sites in France, Italy, Spain and others.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
66
Trial Duration For Participant
1825

Eligibility

Recruits 66 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female who is breastfeeding or pregnant or female of childbearing potential or male with a female partner of childbearing potential unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected. The trial includes participants of any age (males and females of any age) and contains age-specific consent/assent documents. The protocol requires written informed consent from the participant or the participant's representative. Age-appropriate assent forms and parent/guardian information/consent forms are provided (documents for child assent and parent/guardian ICFs are present in multiple country-specific versions: e.g. assent forms for ages 6-11 and 12-17 in French; assent 7-11 and 12-17 in Italian; child assent in Spanish; assent forms in Dutch/French for Belgium). Performance status scoring differs by age (ECOG ≤3 for ≥16 years; Lansky score ≥20 for <16 years).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior SOT of kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, small bowel, or any combination of these (SOT cohort); or prior allogeneic HCT (HCT cohort).\n- Participant or participant's representative is willing and able to provide written informed consent.\n- A diagnosis of locally-assessed, biopsy-proven EBV+ PTLD.\n- Availability of appropriate partially HLA-matched and restricted tabelecleucel has been confirmed by the sponsor.\n- Measurable, 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG)-avid (Deauville score ≥ 3) systemic disease using Lugano Classification response criteria by positron emission tomography -diagnostic computed tomography, except when contraindicated or mandated by local practice, then magnetic resonance imaging may be used. For Participants with treated central nervous system (CNS) disease, head diagnostic computed tomography and/or brain/spinal magnetic resonance imaging as clinically appropriate will be required to follow CNS disease response per Lugano Classification response criteria.\n- Treatment failure of rituximab or interchangeable commercially available biosimilar monotherapy (SOT-R or HCT cohort) or rituximab plus any concurrent or sequentially administered chemotherapy regimen (SOT-R+C) for treatment of PTLD. Treatment failure is defined based on rituximab response as follows: a. Radiographic disease progression per Lugano Classification following a minimum cumulative dose of 1125 mg/m2 rituximab (typically, 3 weekly doses of 375 mg/m2), or b. Failure to achieve CR or PR, defined by Lugano radiographic criteria, after a minimum cumulative dose of 1500 mg/m2 rituximab (typically, 4 weekly doses of 375 mg/m2), or c. Relapse/progression of PTLD after a response to rituximab (SOT-R or HCT cohort) or rituximab plus chemotherapy (SOT-R+C), defined as radiographic and/or biopsy evidence of relapse/progression consistent with PTLD; if the underlying disease for which the subject underwent allogeneic HCT (HCT cohort) was lymphoma, biopsy confirmation of relapsed EBV+ PTLD is required.\n- Males and females of any age.\n- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 3 for Participants aged ≥ 16 years; Lansky score ≥ 20 for Participants < 16 years.\n- For HCT cohort only: If allogeneic HCT was performed as treatment for an acute lymphoid or myeloid malignancy, the underlying primary disease for which the participant underwent transplant must be in morphologic remission.\n- Adequate organ function: a. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/μL (SOT cohort) or ≥ 500/μL (HCT cohort), with or without cytokine support b. Platelet count ≥ 50,000/μL, with or without transfusion or cytokine support. For HCT cohort, platelet count < 50,000/μL but ≥ 20,000/μL, with or without transfusion support, is permissible if the participant has not had grade ≥ 2 bleeding in the prior 4 weeks (where grading of the bleeding is determined per the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0) c. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and total bilirubin each < 5 × the upper limit of normal; however, ALT, AST, and total bilirubin each ≤ 10 × the upper limit of normal is acceptable if the elevation is considered by the investigator to be due to EBV and/or PTLD involvement of the liver as long as there is no known evidence of significant liver dysfunction (e.g., elevated prothrombin time due to liver dysfunction, signs/symptoms of liver dysfunction such as asterixis, or similar)."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Currently active Burkitt, T cell, NK/T-cell lymphoma/LPD, Hodgkin, plasmablastic, transformed lymphoma, active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or other malignancies requiring systemic therapy.\n- Female who is breastfeeding or pregnant or female of childbearing potential or male with a female partner of childbearing potential unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception.\n- Inability to comply with study-related procedures\n- Any medical condition, or organ system dysfunction that, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the participant's safety or ability to complete the study.\n- Daily steroids of > 0.5 mg/kg prednisone or glucocorticoid equivalent, ongoing methotrexate, or extracorporeal photopheresis.\n- Untreated CNS PTLD or CNS PTLD for which the participant is actively receiving CNS-directed chemotherapy (systemic or intrathecal) or radiotherapy at enrollment. NOTE: Participants with previously treated CNS PTLD may enroll if CNS-directed therapy is complete.\n- Suspected or confirmed grade ≥ 2 graft-versus-host disease per the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research consensus grading system at enrollment.\n- Ongoing or recent use of a checkpoint inhibitor agent (eg, ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab) within 3 drug half-lives from the most recent dose to enrollment.\n- For HCT cohort only: Active adenovirus viremia.\n- Need for vasopressor or ventilatory support.\n- Antithymocyte globulin or similar anti-T-cell antibody therapy ≤ 4 weeks prior to enrollment.\n- Treatment with EBV-CTLs or chimeric antigen receptor T cells directed against B cells within 8 weeks of enrollment (SOT or HCT cohorts); or unselected donor lymphocyte infusion within 8 weeks of enrollment (HCT cohort only)."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- ORR (CR or PR) obtained following administration of tabelecleucel with up to 2 different HLA restrictions in each of the following analysis cohorts: •\tSOT •\tHCT •\tA combined population (SOT-R-Ci, SOT-R+C, and HCT) following administration of commercial product or a product manufactured using a comparable PV","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Objective response rate (ORR) defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR); assessed per Lugano Classification response criteria (FDG-PET/diagnostic CT - Deauville score ≥3 for measurable FDG-avid disease) in the defined cohorts (SOT, HCT, combined)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- DOR in the SOT and HCT cohorts separately.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of response measured from documented response to progression or death in each cohort (SOT and HCT) separately."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ORR and DOR in SOT and HCT cohorts combined.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Objective response rate and duration of response assessed as for primary endpoint, in pooled SOT+HCT population."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ORR and DOR in subjects who received commercial product or a product manufactured using a comparable PV in the following: SOT-R-Ci and SOT-R+C combined, and separately, HCT","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR and DOR measured as above in subgroups defined by product source (commercial or comparable process version) and cohort combinations."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DOR in a combined population (SOT-R-Ci, SOT-R+C, and HCT) who received commercial product or a product manufactured using a comparable PV","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of response in the specified combined population receiving commercial or comparable PV product."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rates of CR and PR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Rates of complete response and partial response as per Lugano radiographic criteria."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to response and time to best response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from treatment initiation to first documented response and to best documented response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- OS","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival measured from treatment initiation to death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rates of allograft loss/rejection episodes (for SOT cohort only)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of allograft loss or rejection episodes recorded for SOT participants."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
66
Recruitment Window Months
84
Consent Approach
Written informed consent is required from the participant or the participant's representative. Age-appropriate assent and parent/guardian information/consent documents are provided: country-specific SIS-ICF and assent forms exist (examples: French adult, parent and assent 6-11 and 12-17; Italian main ICF, parent/guardian ICF, assent 7-11 and 12-17; Spanish main ICF, child assent; Belgian Dutch/French assent forms). Consent/assent procedures and documents are provided in multiple languages corresponding to country submissions (French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German as evidenced by the uploaded ICF/assent documents).

Methods

  • Country-specific recruitment arrangements documents are provided (placeholder recruitment arrangements uploaded for France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium) indicating local recruitment procedures are defined per country (documents present but specific content not extractable).
  • Physician-to-physician referral (Doctor-to-Doctor referral letter) material present for Spain (K2_ES_Recruitment Material_Dr to Dr Referral Letter_Spanish) indicating recruitment via clinician referral in Spain.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
19
Total Number Of Participants
26

France

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-10-2024
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
8

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Department Name
Service Hématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire
Contact Person Name
Edouard Forcade
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
Department Name
Service des Maladies du Sang
Contact Person Name
Franck Morschhauser
Site Name
Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
Department Name
Hemato-Immunology Unit
Contact Person Name
Benedicte Neven
Contact Person Email
benedicte.neven@aphp.fr
Site Name
Hopitaux Universitaires Pitie Salpetriere
Department Name
Service Hématologie Clinique
Contact Person Name
Sylvain Choquet
Contact Person Email
sylvain.choquet@psl.aphp.fr
Site Name
Hopital Saint Antoine
Department Name
Département d'Hématologie
Contact Person Name
Eolia Brissot
Contact Person Email
eolia.brissot@sat.aphp.fr

Italy

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
28-10-2024
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
5

Sites

Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Department Name
Dipartimento di Oncologia e Ematologia Pediatrica
Contact Person Name
Patrizia Comoli
Contact Person Email
pcomoli@smatteo.pv.it
Site Name
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
Department Name
Dipartimento di Onco-Ematologia Pediatrica e Medicina Trasfusionale
Contact Person Name
Franco Locatelli
Contact Person Email
franco.locatelli@opbg.net
Site Name
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Department Name
Divisione di Ematologia e UTMO
Contact Person Name
Periana Minga
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
Department Name
Centro di Ematologia
Contact Person Name
Luisa Giaccone
Contact Person Email
luisa.giaccone@unito.it
Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
Divisione di Ematologia
Contact Person Name
Simona Sica
Contact Person Email
simona.sica@unicatt.it

Spain

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
27-02-2026
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
5

Sites

Site Name
Institut Catala D'oncologia
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Eva María González Barca
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Père Barba
Contact Person Email
pbarba@vhio.net
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Marques De Valdecilla
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Lucrecia Yañez
Contact Person Email
lucrecia.yanez@scsalud.es
Site Name
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Jose Perez Simon
Site Name
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Rebeca Bailén
Contact Person Email
rebeca.bailen@salud.madrid.org
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Juan Montoro
Contact Person Email
montoro_jua@gva.es

Austria

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
26-02-2026
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
4

Sites

Site Name
Allgemeines Krankenhaus Der Stadt Wien Universitatskliniken
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Transfusionsmedizin und Zelltherapie
Contact Person Name
Nina Worel
Contact Person Email
nina.worel@meduniwien.ac.at

Belgium

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
25-02-2026
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
4

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Liege
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Evelyne Willems
Contact Person Email
e.willems@chuliege.be
Site Name
UZ Leuven
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Daan Dierickx
Contact Person Email
daan.dierickx@uzleuven.be

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Pierre Fabre Medicament
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
France

Contract research organisations

Name
Icon Clinical Research Limited
Responsibilities
Sponsor duties codes: 1;12;2; contact CTIS-Biotech@iconplc.com; phone +35312912000

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 14; contact andrej.kramer@thermofisher.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 1; 12; 2; contact CTIS-Biotech@iconplc.com (phone +35312912000)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 14; contact andrej.kramer@thermofisher.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 14; contact andrej.kramer@thermofisher.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fortrea Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 15 (\"Safety report submissions for EU only\"); 8; contact atara@fortrea.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Voiant LLC","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 15 (\"Independent radiologic assessments\"); contact hgarrison@voiantclinical.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 15 (\"CMV Antibody test,EBV DNA test,EBV-CTLp plasma isolation and PBMC aliquots\"); contact ctasubmissions@labcorp.com","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
EBVALLO
Active Substance
TABELECLEUCEL
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous use
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
Advanced Therapy IMP, Somatic cell therapy medicinal product
Orphan Designation
Yes
Frequency
Administered on days 1 (up to +4 days), 8 (±2 days), and 15 (±2 days) of each 35-day cycle
Maximum Dose
2000000.00 million organisms million organisms

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