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RecruitingNCT03266640Updated Aug 8, 2025

Virus Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes (CTLs) for Refractory Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

A Phase 2 interventional study of viral specific cytotoxic t-lymphocytes in Cytomegalovirus Infections and Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder, sponsored by New York Medical College. Recruiting at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Month to 79 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-08.

Sponsored by New York Medical College · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
1 Month to 79 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

CMV cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) manufactured with the Miltenyi CliniMACS Prodigy Cytokine Capture System will be administered in children, adolescents and young adults (CAYA) with refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV) 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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Conditions studied

  • Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder

Keywords

  • Cytomegalovirus
  • CMV
  • cytotoxic t-lymphocytes
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Month to 79 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

1. Patients with refractory CMV infection post allogeneic HSCT, with primary immunodeficiencies or post solid organ transplant with either

  • Increasing or persistent quantitative qRT-PCR DNA copies despite two weeks of appropriate anti-viral therapy AND/OR
  • Medical intolerance to anti-viral therapies including:
  • ANC \< 500/mm2 secondary to ganciclovir

    • 2 renal toxicity with foscarnet And/or
  • known resistance to ganciclovir and/or foscarnet

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

Donor Eligibility Related donor available with a T-cell response to the CMV MACS® GMP PepTivator antigen(s).

a. Third Party 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 CMV and/or a T-cell response to the CMV MACS® GMP PepTivator .

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 CMV CTL infusion Patient receiving steroids (>0.5 mg/kg prednisone equivalent) at the time of CMV CTL infusion Patient treated with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) within 4 weeks prior to CMV CTL infusion Thymoglobulin (ATG), Alemtuzumab or T cell immunosuppressive monoclonal antibodies within 30 days Patient with poor performance status determined by Karnofsky (patients >16 years) or Lansky (patients ≤16 years) score ≤30% CMV retinitis Concomitant enrollment in another experimental clinical trial investigating the treatment of refractory CMV 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 CMV retinitis, meningitis, encephalitis, and/or cerebritis

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Refractory CMV

    Patients with refractory CMV will be given one dose of CMV specific CTLs. HLA matched donors will get Dose 2.5 × 10(4) CD3/kg recipient weight; HLA mismatched will get 0.5x10(4) CD3/kg recipient weight. Additional doses may be given for a total of 5 doses if patients do not have a response to the first dose with a reduction in viral load to normal limits.

    Drug: viral specific cytotoxic t-lymphocytes

Interventions

  • Drugviral specific cytotoxic t-lymphocytes

    CMV specific CTLs will be collected from HLA matched or mismatched donors and manufactured in a GMP facility and administered to patients with refractory CMV infection.

    Also known as: CMV CTLs

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

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

    Patients will be monitored for adverse events following the administration of CMV CTLs

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

  2. Incidence of Response to Treatment

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

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

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Study locations

9 of 9 sites recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California 90027, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California San Francisco
    San Francisco, California 94158, United States
    Recruiting
  • Indiana University
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
    Recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
    • Kenneth Cooke, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Washington University
    St Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
    Recruiting
  • New York Medical College
    Valhalla, New York 10595, United States
    • Mitchell S Cairo, MD · Contact · mitchell_cairo@nymc.edu · 914-594-2150
    • Mitchell S. Cairo, MD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Nationwide Children's Hosptial
    Columbus, Ohio 43205, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
    Recruiting
  • Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03266640
Lead sponsor
New York Medical College
Collaborators
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Medical College of Wisconsin, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Francisco, Washington University School of Medicine, Indiana University, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Responsible party
Mitchell Cairo (Principal Investigator, New York Medical College) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 30, 2017
Start date
Nov 1, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 8, 2025

Study contacts

Mitchell S Cairo, MD
Contact
mitchell_cairo@nymc.edu
914-594-2150
Lauren Harrison, RN
Contact
lauren_harrison@nymc.edu
6172857844
Mitchell S Cairo, MD
principal investigator · New York Medical College

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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