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TerminatedNCT01948180CITADELUpdated Mar 13, 2019

Cellular Immunotherapy Treatment Antigen-Directed for EBV Lymphoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of baltaleucel-T in Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell and EBV, sponsored by Cell Medica Ltd. Terminated at 11 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-13.

Sponsored by Cell Medica Ltd · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Insufficient enrollment rate
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To investigate the efficacy of autologous EBV-specific T-cells for the treatment of patients with aggressive EBV positive extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma

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Conditions studied

  • Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell
  • EBV

Keywords

  • NKTCL
  • T cell
  • CITADEL
  • Epstein-Barr Virus
  • Natural Killer
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In context

Lymphoma

5,578 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma; 825 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 15 is below the median of 40 across 4,508 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma.

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Lead sponsor

Cell Medica Ltd is the lead sponsor of 8 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

FOR SCREENING PHASE:

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Diagnosis of extranodal NK/T lymphoma, per WHO classification, 4th ed., which must include EBV tumor positivity, measured either by EBV encoded RNA (EBER) or LMP1 immunostaining.
  2. a) Active Disease

(1) Clinically suspected or documented relapse/progression, in first or second relapse following at least one cycle of an asparaginase-based chemotherapy regimen OR (2) Initial disease or first or second relapse and unable to tolerate one full cycle of asparaginase-based chemotherapy regimen OR b) High-risk disease (stage III/IV, KPI groups 3-4 or IPI intermediate-high) prior to second CR regardless of previous chemotherapy.

  1. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age. 4. Weigh ≥ 35 kg. 5. ECOG performance score 0-2, inclusively. 6. Negative β-hCG test in women of childbearing potential. 7. Able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study and to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. CNS lymphoma.
  2. NK cell leukemia.
  3. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
  4. Positive for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis or human T Cell leukemia virus (HTLV).
  5. Use of systemic corticosteroids >0.5 mg/kg/day within 10 days prior to obtaining 200 mL whole blood starting material.
  6. Patient is pregnant or lactating.
  7. Active second malignancy.
  8. Any prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplant.
  9. Asparaginase refractory disease, defined by any one of the following:

    1. Progression at any time during initial asparaginase based chemotherapy and up to 3 months after end of initial asparaginase based chemotherapy, OR
    2. Failure to achieve at least PR with initial asparaginase based chemotherapy.
  10. Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) \<400/µL.
  11. Any previous autologous EBV specific T cell treatment.
  12. Systemic fungal, bacterial, viral or other infection that is not controlled.
  13. Third or greater relapse.

FOR TREATMENT PHASE:

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Documented relapse or progression following at least one prior cycle of an asparaginase-containing chemotherapy regimen.
  2. Active disease based on any one of the following present at the baseline study visit or within two weeks prior to the baseline study visit:

    1. Imaging (may use local imaging)
    2. Clinical sign(s) including skin lesions consistent with lymphoma, organ dysfunction or organomegaly not attributable to other causes; or other clinical sign(s)
    3. Detectable blood or plasma ENV DNA (may use local laboratory)
  3. Completed most recent course of chemotherapy at least 2 weeks prior to first study drug dose.
  4. Recovery from acute hematological, hepatic and renal chemotherapy-related toxicities as defined by ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE v4.0.
  5. Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Use of any investigational agents within prior 4 weeks.
  2. Radiotherapy within prior 3 weeks.
  3. Major surgery within prior 2 weeks.
  4. Systemic corticosteroids within 24 hours prior to study drug administration.
  5. Evidence of hepatic dysfunction based on serum total bilirubin >3 times upper limit of normal (ULN), or ALT >5 times ULN or AST >5 times ULN.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
15 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    baltaleucel-T

    Treatment consists of 2 infusions of 2x10E7 cells/m2 given on Days 1 and 15 intravenously via a peripheral or central line over a 1 to 10 minute period. Subjects who tolerate the study treatment well and who do not require treatment with an alternative chemotherapeutic agent will be eligible for up to 3 additional infusions of 2x10E7 cells/m2 administered at week 8, month 3 and month 6.

    Biological: baltaleucel-T

Interventions

  • Biologicalbaltaleucel-T

    Autologous EBV-specific T-cells

    Also known as: CMD-003

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate

    Defined as best observed response (complete response or partial response) per Lugano 2014 Disease Response Criteria.

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Complete Response Rate

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Response Duration

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Time to Response

    Time frame: 1 year

  4. Progression Free Survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  5. Disease Free Survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  6. Overall Survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  7. Adverse Events

    Time frame: 1 year

Other outcomes

  1. Immunological assessment of EBV-specific T-cell activity and phenotyping

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Monitor levels of plasma and whole blood EBV DNA (viral load)

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

11 sites
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Center
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
  • The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
  • Universitaire Ouest
    Paris, 75015, France
  • Centre Hospitalier de Lyon
    Pierre Bénite, 69310, France
  • Samsung Medical Center
    Seoul, 135-710, Korea, Republic of
  • Asan Cancer Center
    Seoul, 138-736, Korea, Republic of
  • University College London Hospital
    London, UK NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
  • The Christie Clinic
    Manchester, UK M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 13, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01948180
Lead sponsor
Cell Medica Ltd
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 23, 2013
Start date
Sep 2014
Primary completion
Apr 16, 2018
Completion
Sep 7, 2018
Last update
Mar 13, 2019

Study contacts

Helen Heslop, MD
principal investigator · Baylor College of Medicine
Kurt Gunter, MD
study director · Cell Medica

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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