CD19-Specific T-cells in Treating Patients With Advanced Lymphoid Malignancies

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose of genetically modified, CD19-specific T cells administered into patients with CD19+ advanced lymphoid malignancies.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To screen for the development of host immune responses against the CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).

II. To describe the homing ability of the infused T cells. III. To assess disease response. IV. To determine persistence of CAR+ T cells.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study of CD19 positive chimeric antigen receptor T-cells.

LYMPHODEPLETING CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients may receive standard chemotherapy comprised of fludarabine phosphate intravenously (IV) over 1 hour and cyclophosphamide IV over 3 hours on days -5 to -3 or cyclophosphamide IV every 12 hours on days -5 to -3 at the discretion of the treating physician.

Within 30 days post completion of lymphodepletion, patients receive CD19 positive chimeric antigen receptor T-cells IV over 15-30 minutes on day 0, or split into two portions on days 0 and 1.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 15 years.

• Cyclophosphamide (Drug), also known as (-)-Cyclophosphamide, 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate, Carloxan, Ciclofosfamida, Ciclofosfamide, Cicloxal, Clafen, Claphene, CP monohydrate, CTX, CYCLO-cell, Cycloblastin, Cycloblastine, Cyclophospham, Cyclophosphamid monohydrate, Cyclophosphamidum, Cyclophosphan, Cyclophosphane, Cyclophosphanum, Cyclostin, Cyclostine, Cytophosphan, Cytophosphane, Cytoxan, Fosfaseron, Genoxal, Genuxal, Ledoxina, Mitoxan, Neosar, Revimmune, Syklofosfamid, WR- 138719: Given IV
• Fludarabine Phosphate (Drug), also known as 2-F-ara-AMP, 9H-Purin-6-amine, 2-fluoro-9-(5-O-phosphono-.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl)-, Beneflur, Fludara, SH T 586: Given IV
• Laboratory Biomarker Analysis (Other): Correlative studies
• Tisagenlecleucel (Biological), also known as CART-19, CART19, CTL019, CTL019 T-cells, Kymriah, Tisagenlecleucel-T: Given IV

Primary outcomes

• Maximum tolerated dose of genetically modified, CD19-specified T cells [Up to 30 days]: Will be defined as the highest dose for which the posterior probability of toxicity is closest to 25%. Demographic and clinical characteristics will be summarized using descriptive statistics by dose level. The number of patients with dose limiting toxicities will be reported at each dose level.

Secondary outcomes

• The proportion of patients for which a T cell product could not be prepared [Up to 1 year]: Computed with a corresponding 95% confidence interval.
• Proportion of patients experiencing response (complete response and partial response) [Up to 1 year]: Estimated with a corresponding 95% confidence interval.

Sex: All, ages: 1 Year to 80 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with a history of CD19+ lymphoid malignancy defined as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute biphenotypic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia with active disease defined by presence of > 5% malignant blasts in bone marrow and/or peripheral blood, and/or minimal residual disease by flow cytometry or molecular analysis for fusion proteins, and/or positive imaging for extramedullary disease; patients must have measurable disease at time of study treatment
* Confirmed history of CD19 positivity by flow cytometry for malignant cells
* Lansky/Karnofsky performance scale > 60%
* Patient able to provide written informed consent; parent or guardian of minor patient able to provide written informed consent
* Patient able to provide written informed consent for the long-term follow-up gene therapy study: 2006-0676; parent or guardian of minor patient able to provide written informed consent for the long-term follow-up gene therapy study: 2006-0676

Exclusion Criteria:

* Positive beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in female of child-bearing potential defined as not post-menopausal for 12 months or no previous surgical sterilization or lactating females
* Patients with known allergy to bovine or murine products
* Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
* Active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C
* Has received donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) product within 6 weeks of CAR T cell infusion
* Has received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant within 3 months of CAR T cell infusion; hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) > 3 months from CAR T cell infusion eligible

• Partow Kebriaei, Principal investigator, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center