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Status unknownNCT03321123Updated Oct 25, 2017

MB-CART19.1 in Patients With R/R ALL

A Phase 2 interventional study of MB-CART19.1 in Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia Refractory, sponsored by Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 2 Months to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-25.

Sponsored by Shanghai Children's Medical Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
2 Months to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Precursor-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in childhood. Despite major advances in ALL therapy, 20% of children and 40-50% of adults fail state-of-the art first-line treatment. But there is a strong need for alternative treatments to cure chemotherapy-refractory and relapsed B cell malignancies in pediatric patients. Relapsed and refractory B cell malignancies remain a therapeutic challenge, as these diseases are characterized by adverse survival. These cancers share a cell origin from the B-cell lineage and consequent surface expression of B-lineage markers such as CD19 and CD22. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) engineered T cell therapy has recently emerged as a new modality to target B cell malignancies. CARs couple a single-chain Fv (scFv) domain directed against a B-lineage-specific antigen to T-cell activating intracellular signaling domains. CAR gene-modified T cell interaction with target cells occurs in a HLA-independent fashion, so that a single vector can be used to treat all patients with cancers that express the target antigen. Miltenyi Biotec has established a semi-automated manufacturing process that can be made available to academic settings for systematic exploration of CAR strategies in advanced clinical studies. Closed-system operation, improved robustness, simplified work flows, and reduced labor intensity, while maintaining strict adherence to regulatory guidelines, allows for decentralized manufacturing. In the proposed phase II study, the investigator will explore autologous 2nd generation CD19 CAR T cell products in patients with relapsed and refractory disease incurable with standard therapies.

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This is an open-label, non-randomized phase II paediatric study. In this study, eligible patients will receive autologous T cells transduced with the lentiviral vector pLTG1563 (MB-CART19.1) at a doesage of 2x10e6 \~2x10e7 CAR-transduced T cells/kg.

Upon enrollment, leukapheresis will be performed for MB-CART19.1 generation. Patients with high disease burden at screening (e.g. ALL with M3 marrow and 10.000/L blasts in peripheral blood) may receive bridging chemotherapy after leukapheresis, to avoid critical tumor lysis syndrome and cytokine release syndrome (CRS) by subsequent lymphodepleting chemotherapy and CAR transfer.

All patients will receive lymphodepleting chemotherapy with fludarabine 30 mg/m2/d intravenously (iv) on days -5,-4,-3 and -2 cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/d iv on day -3,-2 before CAR T cell transfer to enhance the in vivo expansion of CAR T cells.

Patients will receive freshly prepared MB-CART19.1 on day 0, corresponding to day 12 (48 hours) of manufacturing, at a dose of 2x10e6 \~2x10e7/kg MB-CART19.1 T cells as defined in the study design section. The appropriate volume for the target cell dose will be drawn up and given as an IV injection over 30 minutes through a large vein peripherally or centrally.

The primary objectives are:

  • To assess the safety and tolerability of MB-CART19.1.
  • To evaluate the biological activity of adoptive transfer of autologous MB-CART19.1 in patients with R/R CD19-positive B cell lymphoblastic leukemia.

The primary endpoint is Overall response rate (ORR):ORR in ALL patients is defined as the rate of complete remission (CR, CRh) on day 28.

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Conditions studied

  • Precursor B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia Refractory

Keywords

  • B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • relapsed or refractory
  • CD-19 Positive
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In context

Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

38 studies on the registry are indexed under Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 44 across 33 interventional studies indexed under Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Children's Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 38 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Months to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≤18 years (if deemed fit by treating investigator)
  • CD19 expression must be detected on the malignant cells by flow cytometry.
  • Patients with disease with >5% blasts in BM (M2 or M3) after at least one standard chemotherapy and one salvage regimen who are ineligible for stem cell transplant (alloSCT)
  • Patients have refractory disease activity precluding alloSCT at this time, or patients who have relapsed post alloSCT at least 100 days post-transplant, with no evidence of active , and no longer taking agents for at least 30 days prior to enrollment.
  • Patients with combined extramedullary ALL are eligible if extramedullary disease has been successfully cleared by conventional therapy at the time of inclusion (e.g. intrathecal chemotherapy, orchiectomy). This includes patients with combined CNS-2 (\<5 WBC/µl CSF, with blasts on cytospin) or CNS-3 (5WBC/µl CSF, with blasts on cytospin) disease and patients with combined testicular relapse.
  • Patients and/or parents must give their written /assent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Rapidly progressive disease that in the estimation of live less than 12 weeks
  • Isolated extramedullary relapse (CNS and/or testicular) in ALL
  • Current disease, or history of autoimmune disease with potential CNS involvement
  • Active CNS dysfunction (including but not limited to uncontrolled seizure disorders, cerebrovascular ischemia or hemorrhage, dementia, paralysis)
  • History of an additional other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ unless disease free for ≥3 years.
  • Pulmonary function: Patients with pre-existing severe lung disease ( or FVC \< 65%) or an oxygen requirement of >28% O2 supplementation or active pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray at the time scheduled for T cell infusion
  • Cardiac function: Fractional shortening \<28% or \<50% by echocardiography
  • Renal function: \<50 mL/min/1.73 m2
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(11)

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Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

GVHD (graft-versus-host disease)

After a transplant from a donor, the donor’s immune cells attack the recipient’s body, often the skin, gut or liver.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Informed consent

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Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

FEV1

From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CRA treatment

    The drug for this trial is autologous T cells transduced with the lentiviral vector pLTG1563 (MB-CART19.1). The dose is 2x10e6 \~2x10e7 MB-CART19.1/kg. A leukapheresis for the patient will be performed for MB-CART19.1 generation. All patients will receive lymphodepleting chemotherapy with fludarabine 30 mg/m2/d intravenously (iv) on days -5,-4,-3 and -2 cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/d iv on day -3,-2 before CAR T cell transfer to enhance the in vivo expansion of CAR T cells.

    Drug: MB-CART19.1

Interventions

  • Miltenyi Biotec has established a semi-automated manufacturing process that can be made available to academic settings for systematic exploration of CAR strategies in advanced clinical studies. Closed-system operation, improved robustness, simplified work flows, and reduced labor intensity, while maintaining strict adherence to regulatory guidelines, allows for decentralized manufacturing. In this study, we will explore autologous 2nd generation CD19 CAR T cell products in patients with relapsed and refractory disease incurable with standard therapies.

    Also known as: Miltenyi CD-19 CAT-T cell

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate

    ORR in ALL patients is defined as the rate of complete remission (CR, CRh) on day 28

    Time frame: 1 Month

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall incidence and severity of adverse events.

    Overall incidence and severity of adverse events will measure in this trial. Including: 1,Risks related to targeting of CD19+ normal B-cells; 2,Allergic reactions to CAR T cell infusion; 3, Cytokine release syndrome (CRS); 4, neurological toxicities; 5,Risks related to transfer of donor T cells after previous alloSCT; 6, Risks related to lentiviral gene transfer into human cells.

    Time frame: 1 Months

  2. Rate of ALL patients achieving MRD negative CR

    The rate of ALL patients achieving MRD negative CR in D28; 3,6,12months.

    Time frame: 12 Months

  3. Relapse rate and time to relapse

    Overall rate of relapse and the time to relapse from CART cell transfused.

    Time frame: 12 Months

Other outcomes

  1. Disease-free and overall survival at 1 year after adoptive immunotherapy with MB-CART19.1 in patients not receiving alloSCT

    CART treatment is an adoptive immunotherapy, and the CART cells will disaper after infusion. Then the patient relapsed. Allo-SCT can rebuild a new immune system to detec and destory cancer cell.

    Time frame: 12 Months

  2. Level of circulating CAR T cells

    CART treatment is an adoptive immunotherapy, and the CART cells will disaper after infusion. The investigator need to detec the circulating CAR-T cell after infusion regularly.

    Time frame: 12 Months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 25, 2017, 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
NCT03321123
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Collaborators
Miltenyi Biomedicine GmbH
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 25, 2017
Start date
Dec 1, 2017 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 25, 2017

Study contacts

Jing Chen, MD, PhD
Contact
chenjing@scmc.com.cn
86 18930830632
Benshang Li, MD, PhD
Contact
libenshang@scmc.com.cn
86 18101893712
Jing Chen, MD,PhD
principal investigator · Shanghai Children Medicine Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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