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NCT Number: NCT03266653

EBV-specific Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) for Refractory EBV Infection

Related donor Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) manufactured with the Miltenyi CliniMACS Prodigy Cytokine Capture System will be administered in children, adolescents and young adults with refractory EBV infection post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AlloHSCT), with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) or post solid organ transplant.

Funding Source: FDA OOPD

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Key information

Age range

1 month–79 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Children's Hosptial Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

  • Patients with Epstein-Barr virus infections post allogeneic HSCT, primary immunodeficiencies or post solid organ transplant with:
  • Increasing or persistent quantitative EBV RT-PCR DNA copies despite two weeks of appropriate anti-viral therapy and/or
  • progressive clinical symptoms attributable to EBV, including biopsy proven colitis, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly AND/OR
  • Medical intolerance to anti-viral therapies including:
  • intolerance to rituximab Consent: Written informed consent given (by patient or legal representative) prior to any study-related procedures.

Performance Status > 30% (Lansky < 16 yrs and Karnofsky > 16 yrs) Age: 0.1 to 79.99 years Females of childbearing potential with a negative urine pregnancy test

2 Donor Eligibility 5.2.1 Related donor available with a T-cell response to the EBV MACS® GMP PepTivator antigen(s) causing the therapy-refractory EBV infection.

a. Third Party Related Allogeneic Donor: If original donor is not available or does not have a T-cell response: third party related allogeneic donor (family donor > 1 HLA A, B, DR match to recipient) with IgG positive to EBV and/or a T-cell response at least to the viral MACS® GMP PepTivator EBV Select (containing among other antigens, NA-1, LMP2A and BZLF-1).

AND Allogeneic donor disease screening is complete similar to hematopoietic stem cell donors (Appendix 1).

AND Obtained informed consents by donor or donor legally authorized representative prior to donor collection.

3 Patient exclusion criteria:

A patient meeting any of the following criteria is not eligible for the present study:

Patient with acute GVHD > grade 2 or extensive chronic GVHD at the time of CTL infusion Patient receiving steroids (>0.5 mg/kg prednisone equivalent) at the time of CTL infusion Patient treated with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) within 4 weeks prior to CTL infusion Patient with poor performance status determined by Karnofsky (patients >16 years) or Lansky (patients ≤16 years) score ≤30% Concomitant enrollment in another experimental clinical trial investigating the treatment of refractory EBV infection Any medical condition which could compromise participation in the study according to the investigator's assessment Known HIV infection Female patient of childbearing age who is pregnant or breast-feeding or not willing to use an effective method of birth control during study treatment.

Known hypersensitivity to iron dextran Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol or unable to give informed consent.

Known human anti-mouse antibodies

Treatment and study plan

cytotoxic t-lymphocytes

Drug

EBV specific CTLs will be generated from HLA related matched and mismatched donors in a GMP facility and administered to the patient with refractory CTLs.

Other names: CTLs

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]

    Time frame: Patients will be followed for 12 weeks after each infusion

    Patients will be monitored for adverse events related to the infusion of EBV CTLs

  2. Incidence of Response to Treatment [Efficacy]

    Time frame: Patients will be followed for 12 weeks after each infusion

    Patients will be followed for improvement in viral infection by monitoring EBV PCR weekly for response to treatment with CTLs

Study contacts

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

Lauren Harrison

CONTACT

[email protected]

6172857844

Mitchell Cairo, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

914-594-2150

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

New York Medical College

Other

Collaborators

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Indiana University
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Washington University School of Medicine

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Study in the Treatment of Refractory Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Infection With Related Donor EBV Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adult Recipients

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Aug 30, 2017
Registry last updated
Aug 8, 2025

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