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NCT Number: NCT05945849

CD33KO-HSPC Infusion Followed by CART-33 Infusion(s) for Refractory/Relapsed AML

The purpose of this study is to provide a new type of treatment for AML. This treatment combines a new type of stem cell transplant along with treatment using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that have been engineered to recognize and attack your AML cells.

The first treatment is a modified stem cell transplant, using blood-forming stem cells donated from a healthy donor. From the same donor, we will also make CAR T-cells, which are leukemia fighting cells, which will be given to the patient via an infusion into the vein after the transplanted stem cells have started to grow healthy blood cells. The modification of the stem cell transplant means that the healthy bone marrow cells will be "invisible" to the CAR T-cells that are trying to kill the leukemia cells.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Abramson Cancer Center Clinical Trials Service

CONTACT

[email protected]

215-349-8245

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female 18 years of age or older
  • Subjects with AML unlikely to be cured with currently available therapies
  • AML that has not achieved a complete remission or morphologic leukemia free state by ELN criteria; partial remission or refractory disease (including primary refractory) are eligible; OR:
  • AML relapsed following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (including MDS evolved to AML post-allogeneic stem cell transplantation). Note: morphologic relapse is not required; persistent/recurrent disease-associated molecular, phenotypic or cytogenetic abnormalities (measurable residual disease, MRD) at any time after allogeneic HCT is eligible; OR:
  • Subjects with relapsed disease after prior transplant must be off systemic immunosuppression for at least 1 month at the time of enrollment.
  • Subjects must have a suitable stem cell donor.
  • Satisfactory organ function
  • Creatinine clearance > 40 ml/min
  • ALT/AST must be ≤ 5x upper limit of normal unless related to disease and < 20 x upper limit of normal if related to disease
  • Direct bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dl, unless subject has Gilbert's syndrome (≤ 3.0 mg/dL)
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 40% as confirmed by echocardiogram or MUGA
  • DLCO > 45% predicted
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Written informed consent is given
  • Subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use acceptable birth control methods

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or lactating (nursing) women
  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C or HIV infection
  • Concurrent use of systemic steroids or immunosuppressant medications
  • Any uncontrolled active medical disorder that would preclude participation as outlined
  • Subjects with signs or symptoms indicative of CNS involvement.
  • Known history of allergy or hypersensitivity to study product excipients (human serum albumin, DMSO, and Dextran 40)
  • Class III/IV cardiovascular disability according to New York Heart Association Classification
  • Subjects with clinically apparent arrhythmia, or arrhythmias that are not stable on medical management, within 2 weeks of the screening/enrollment visit.

Treatment and study plan

CD33KO-HSPC; CART33

Biological

CD33KO-HSPC: Stem cell transplant (also known as bone marrow transplant) is a common treatment used for patients with blood cancers, but for this transplant we will first modify the cells, in order to make the CAR T-cell treatment safer for when the patient receives them later. The modification is a type of gene editing - this means changing the DNA of the cells, so that a protein that the bone marrow stem cells usually show on their surface is not shown any more. This makes the bone marrow cells "invisible" to the CAR T-cells, and makes this therapy safer for the patient. The protein is called CD33.

CART33: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cells (CART) are immune cells which are modified by adding a CAR molecule, which makes them much more efficient at finding and killing cancer cells. In this case, the CAR T-cells are programmed to target a protein called CD33, which is found on the surface of leukemia cells, and on healthy bone marrow cells.

Primary outcomes

  1. Manufacturing feasibility

    Time frame: 1 month

    Proportion of subjects whose Product 1 (CD33KO-HSPC) meets release criteria.

  2. Occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities related to CD33KO-HSPC

    Time frame: 3 months

    Safety of alloHSCT: occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities related to CD33KO-HSPC

  3. Occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities related to CART-33

    Time frame: 6 months

    Safety of CART-33: occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities related to CART-33

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy of CD33KO-HSPC

    Time frame: 1 month

    Proportion of subjects with hematopoietic engraftment according to standard criteria

  2. Efficacy of at least 1 dose of CART-33

    Time frame: 6 months

    Proportion of subjects with residual or recurrent AML before CART-33 infusion who attain a clinical response

  3. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: 6 months, 12 months

    Proportion of patients who are alive at 6 months and at 12 months

  4. Progression free survival (PFS)

    Time frame: 6 months, 12 months

    Proportion of patients who remained in response at 6 and 12 months after attaining a response to the first CART-33 infusion. Median time to progression of AML from infusion of CART-33.

  5. Duration of Response (DOR)

    Time frame: 15 years

    Median number of months in remission. Median time to relapse in patients who receive CART-33 and attain a response.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Abramson Cancer Center Clinical Trials Service

CONTACT

[email protected]

215-349-8245

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Phase 1 Study of Lentivirally Transduced T Cells Engineered to Contain Anti-CD33 Linked to TCRζ And 4-1BB Signaling Domains In Combination With CD33KO-HSPC In Subjects With Refractory Or Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acronym: CART33

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2044
First posted
Jul 14, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 9, 2026

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