This is a two arm, open-labelled phase II randomised trial of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) in metastatic melanoma patients given with preconditioning chemotherapy and Interleukin-2 (IL2). Eligible patients will undergo surgical tumour excision from which TIL will be derived, cultured and expanded. Patients will receive preconditioning chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide (60mg/kg) day -7 and day -6, followed by fludarabine (25mg/m2) day -5 to day -1. The autologous TILs will be re-infused on day 0 and the patients will receive up to 12 doses of intravenous High Dose Interleukin-2 (HD-IL2) or Low Dose Interleukin-2 (LD-IL2) depending on the randomised arm. The primary objectives are response rate assessed and compared by CT scans carried out at week 6, week 12 and at 12 weekly intervals thereafter and the evaluation of feasibility and tolerability of TIL therapy with HD-IL2 versus LD-IL2.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Disease response according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria
Subject will have CT scan at 6,12,24 weeks post treatment to compare with baseline CT scan in order to assess disease response to therapy
Time frame: Best response
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