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NCT Number: NCT06830733

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ARI0002h, for the Initial Treatment of Patients With Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia

Phase II, pilot, open-label, prospective, multicenter, non-randomized study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ARI0002h (cesnicabtagene autoleucel) in 20 patients with newly diagnosed primary plasma cell leukemia (PCL).

The study population is patients between 18 and 75 years of age with newly diagnosed primary plasma cell leukemia (pPCL), with a life expectancy of more than 3 months.

The primary objective is to assess the safety and efficacy of CARTBCMA ARI0002h (cesnicabtagene autoleucel) after initial treatment to induce response in patients with newly diagnosed primary plasma cell leukaemia.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients between 18 and 75 years old diagnosed with newly diagnosed primary plasma cell leukemia (the presence of 5% or more circulating plasma cells in peripheral blood smears in patients otherwise diagnosed with symptomatic multiple myeloma), according to International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG).
  • Disease measurable at diagnosis by monoclonal component in serum or urine, or by free light chains in serum according to the eligibility criteria for clinical trials of the "International Myeloma Working Group".
  • ECOG Performance Status from 0 to 2
  • Life expectancy greater than 3 months.
  • Adequate venous access and absence of contraindications for lymphoapheresis.
  • Patients who, after being informed, give their consent by signing the Informed Consent Document.
  • Up to two cycles of previous treatment for symptomatic control will be allowed before inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

  • No previous treatments, except for induction therapy for primary plasma cell leukemia.
  • Administration of any anti-BCMA therapy as part of induction
  • Not having achieved at least a minimal response with induction treatment (IMWG criteria)
  • Absolute lymphocyte count <0.1x109/L
  • Active immunosuppressive therapy except for prednisone 10 mg/day (or equivalent).
  • Any other concomitant neoplasia, unless it has been in complete remission for 3 years or longer, except for non-melanoma skin cancer or completely resected in situ carcinoma.
  • Active infection requiring treatment.
  • Active HIV, HBV, or HCV infection.
  • Uncontrolled medical illness
  • Severe organ impairment that meets any of the following criteria: EF<40%, DLCO <40%, GFR <30 ml/min, bilirubin >3 times the upper limit of normality (unless due to Gilbert syndrome)
  • Previous diagnosis of symptomatic AL amyloidosis,
  • Pregnant or lactating women. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at the screening phase.
  • Women of childbearing potential, including those whose last menstrual cycle was in the year prior to screening, who are unable or unwilling to use highly effective contraceptive methods* from the beginning of the study to completion of the study.
  • Men who are unable or unwilling to use highly effective contraceptive methods* from the beginning of the study to completion of the study.
  • Contraindication to receive lymphodepletive chemotherapy.

Treatment and study plan

ARI0002h

Genetic
  • Treatment with ARI0002h cells
  • Other names: CARTBCMA_J22.9-h:CD8TM:4-1BB:CD3. Adult differentiated autologous T cells from peripheral blood, expanded and transduced with a lentivirus to express a chimeric antigen receptor with anti-BCMA (TNFRSF17) specificity conjugated to the 4-1BB co-stimulatory domain and the CD3z signalling domain that has been humanized.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: 3 months after the first infusion

    Overall response rate (ORR) during the initial 3 months after the first infusion (at least presenting a partial response according to the International Myeloma Working Group criteria).

  2. Rate of patients who develop cytokine release syndrome and/or neurological toxicity

    Time frame: 30 days after CARTBCMA administration

    Rate of patients who develop cytokine release syndrome and/or neurological toxicity in the first 30 days after CARTBCMA administration, according to the criteria and grading defined in the international consensus document

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of response

    Time frame: From day 28 after infusion to study completion, an average of 24 months

    Duration of response calculated from the time of first disease evaluation

  2. Response rates

    Time frame: During the first year after administration

    Response rates

  3. Complete response rate

    Time frame: at 3, 6, and 12 months after the first infusion

    Complete response rate

  4. Overall response rate

    Time frame: at 6, and 12 months after the first infusion

    Overall response rate

  5. Time to complete response

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Time to complete response

  6. Time to best response

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Time to best response

  7. MRD negative rate in bone marrow

    Time frame: at 3, 6 12 and 24 months

    MRD negative rate in bone marrow by flow cytometry

  8. Response rate of extramedullary disease

    Time frame: at 3, 6 and 12 months.

    Response rate of extramedullary disease by PET-CT

  9. Progression-free survival

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    defined as the time between administration of ARI0002h and disease progression or death. Patients who are alive and in complete remission will be censored at the time of the last follow-up.

  10. Progression-free survival at 12 months after the first administration

    Time frame: 12 months

    Progression-free survival at 12 months after the first administration, defined as the time elapsed between the administration of ARI0002h and disease progression or death. Patients who are alive and in complete remission will be censored at the time of the last follow-up.

  11. Overall survival

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Overall survival, defined as the time between infusion of ARI0002h and death of the patient from any cause. Living patients will be censored at the time of last follow-up.

  12. Presence of infusion reactions

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Presence of infusion reactions, understood as the appearance of any of the following symptoms after the intravenous administration of CARTBCMA: cardiac events, chills, dyspnea, fatigue, sudden hypertension, hypotension, nausea, pain, fever, rash or urticaria.

  13. Tumour lysis syndrome

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Tumour lysis syndrome

  14. Cytokine release syndrome

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Cytokine release syndrome. According to the criteria and grading defined in the international consensus document

  15. Neurological toxicity

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months

    Neurological toxicity according to the criteria and grading defined in the international consensus document (Lee, Santomasso et al. 2019)

  16. Presence of prolonged cytopenias

    Time frame: between 4 weeks after infusion and study completion

    Presence of prolonged cytopenias, defined as a grade 4 decrease in peripheral blood neutrophil or platelet counts for more than 4 weeks after infusion.

  17. Quality of life of patients

    Time frame: during the first year after infusion

    Quality of life during the first year after infusion according to the Quality of life questionnaire 2008 EuroQol Group EQ-5D

Study contacts

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

Carlos Fernandez de Larrea, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+34932775400

Maria Joyera

CONTACT

[email protected]

+34932775400

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica

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Registry information

Official study title

Phase II, Multicenter, Open-label, Prospective, Non-randomized Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ARI0002h, a CAR-T Cell Against BCMA, for the Initial Treatment of Patients With Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia

Acronym: GEM-PLASMACAR

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2027
First posted
Feb 17, 2025
Registry last updated
Apr 25, 2025

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