Purpose of this Pilot Study: The investigators want to study the safety, side effects, and benefits of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), when they are given with the drug ipilimumab. Ipilimumab is a type of immunotherapy - a drug that is used to boost the ability of the immune system to fight cancer, infection, and other diseases.
The primary endpoints of this pilot trial will be the safety and feasibility of administering ipilimumab with Adoptive Cell Therapy (ACT) using TIL. The data analysis will mainly be descriptive. All study results will be preliminary and of exploratory in nature due to the pilot status and small sample size of the trial. Feasibility is defined as the ability to deliver at least 50% (i.e., two out of four) of the planned doses of ipilimumab and successfully treat at least 60% (i.e., ≥ 6/10) of the patients with TIL. All participants will be evaluable for toxicity from the time of their first protocol treatment. Toxicity will be reported by type and severity according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI CTC) version 4.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
13
Pre-treatment with ipilimumab (cycle 1): Before the participant's tumor sample is taken to send to the lab for growing the TILs, they will start their first cycle of ipilimumab. This drug is given as an intravenous infusion (through a vein) over a period of about 90 minutes (an hour and a half). Cycle 2 of ipilimumab: About a week after the sample of the participant's tumor was collected for TIL growth (and 3 weeks after their first cycle of ipilimumab), participants will have their second cycle of ipilimumab. This will be another IV infusion, lasting about 90 minutes.
Tumor sample for TIL growth in the lab: About 2 weeks after the participant's first cycle of ipilimumab, a sample of their tumor will be collected and sent to the lab for TIL growth. Growing the TILs takes about 6 weeks. If their sample has grown enough TIL cells, participants will continue with the next part of the study. Depending on how long the TILs take to grow in the lab, they may need to repeat some of their laboratory and imaging tests (blood draws, X-rays, and CT or magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\] scans). TIL Infusion (inpatient): After completing lymphodepletion, participants will be admitted back into the hospital for IV infusion of the TIL cells.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
Occurrence of Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) Events
Occurrence of adverse events with dose limiting toxicity, per adverse event category.
Time frame: 3 months
Rate of Meeting Feasibility Requirements
Number of participants who were successfully treated with at least 2 doses of ipilimumab and received TIL. Feasibility is defined as the ability to deliver at least 50% (i.e., two out of four) of the planned doses of ipilimumab and successfully treat at least 60% (i.e., ≥ 6/10) of the patients with TIL.
Time frame: 3 months
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Overall Response: Complete Response (CR) + Partial Response (PR), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.1 for target lesions and assessed by computed tomography (CT) scan. CR: Disappearance of all target lesions. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions..
Time frame: 12 weeks
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival (PFS) per RECIST V1.1, defined as the time from study entry to disease progression, relapse or death due to any cause, whichever is earlier, will be summarized with the Kaplan-Meier curve. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as reference the smallest sum recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions.
Time frame: 42 months
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Lymphodepletion (inpatient hospital stay for about 2 days plus outpatient drug dosing for 5 days): About 4 weeks after their second cycle of ipilimumab, participants will be admitted to the hospital for their first two days of receiving the chemotherapy drug, cyclophosphamide. This drug will be given as an intravenous (IV, meaning through the vein) infusion. After 2 days of receiving cyclophosphamide, if their study doctor thinks that they are well enough, you will be discharged from the hospital and will return for the next 5 days in a row for outpatient IV infusions of the second lymphodepletion chemotherapy, fludarabine.
High dose IL-2 (continued inpatient): Participants will remain in the hospital following TIL infusion for receiving high dose IL-2 and recovery. The IL-2 will be given three times per day for about 3-5 days as an IV bolus (meaning through the vein, more quickly than other infusions - in about 15 minutes each dose). Participants will remain in the hospital for approximately 7-14 days until they have recovered from the IL-2 treatments.