This single-arm, multicenter Phase 2 trial will treat adult patients who have relapsed or refractory B-ALL with an infusion of the patient's own T cells that have been genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that will bind to leukemia cells that express the CD19 protein on the cell surface. The study will determine if these modified T cells (called JCAR015) help the body's immune system eliminate leukemia cells. The trial will also study the safety of treatment with JCAR015, how long JCAR015 cells stay in the patient's body, the extent to which JCAR015 eliminates minimal residual disease, and the impact of this treatment on survival.
This is a single-arm, multicenter Phase 2 study to determine the efficacy and safety of JCAR015 in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-ALL. The study will have the following sequential phases: Part A (screening, leukapheresis, cell product preparation, and cytoreductive chemotherapy) and Part B (treatment and follow-up). The follow-up period for each participant is approximately 12 months after the final JCAR015 infusion. The total duration of the study is expected to be approximately 3 years. Long-term follow-up for survival, toxicity, and viral vector safety will continue under a separate long-term follow-up protocol per health regulatory authority guidelines, currently up to 15 years after the last JCAR015 infusion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
82
Part A: Following leukapheresis and concurrent with generation of JCAR015, participants received, at the Investigator's discretion, cytoreductive chemotherapy based on the Investigator's choice of regimens and/or supportive care. Part B: Participants who were eligible for treatment in Part B received two IV doses of JCAR015 CAR T cells separated by 14 to 28 days. JCAR015 infusion was preceded by lymphodepleting chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide alone or cyclophosphamide + fludarabine.
University of Alabama Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
City of Hope
Duarte, California, United States
University of California
San Francisco, California, United States
University of Colorado Denver -- Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/UMHC
Miami, Florida, United States
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Northwestern University Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center @ Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
...and 8 more locations
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission (CR) or Complete Remission With Incomplete Hematopoietic Recovery (CRi), as Determined by an Independent Review Committee (IRC)
Overall remission rate (ORR) is defined as the percentage of participants with CR or CRi based on IRC assessment. For CR, all of the following must be met: (1) in bone marrow, trilineage hematopoiesis and \< 5% blasts; (2) in peripheral blood, neutrophils \> 1,000/µL, platelets \> 100,000/µL, and circulating blasts \< 1%; (3) no clinical evidence of extramedullary disease by physical examination and no symptoms suggestive of CNS involvement (if additional assessments such as CSF assessment by lumbar puncture or Ommaya reservoir tap, CNS imaging, or biopsy are performed, results must show no evidence of disease); (4) no platelet and/or neutrophil transfusions ≤ 7 days before the date of peripheral blood sampling, and (5) no clinical evidence of recurrence for 4 weeks. For CRi, all criteria for CR are met except that one or more of the following exists in the peripheral blood: neutrophils ≤ 1,000/µL, platelets ≤ 100,000/µL, or platelet transfusions ≤ 7 days before blood sampling.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants With CR or CRi, as Determined by an IRC
ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with CR or CRi based on IRC assessment (refer to criteria in Outcome Measure #1)
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a CR or CRi, as Determined by an IRC
Best overall response (BOR) is defined as the best disease response recorded from the time of the last JCAR015 infusion until the start of another anticancer therapy (refer to Outcome Measure #1 for criteria for CR and CRi).
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a CR or CRi, as Determined by an IRC
BOR is defined as the best disease response recorded from the time of the last JCAR015 infusion until the start of another anticancer therapy (refer to Outcome Measure #1 for criteria for CR and CRi).
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)-Negative CR or CRi
Percentage of participants who achieved a CR or CRi, as determined by an IRC, with no evidence of MRD in the bone marrow (refer to Outcome Measure #1 for criteria for CR and CRi). MRD-negative is defined as undetectable leukemic cells in the bone marrow as determined by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a MRD-Negative CR or CRi
Percentage of participants who achieved a CR or CRi, as determined by an IRC, with no evidence of MRD in the bone marrow (refer to Outcome Measure #1 for criteria for CR and CRi). MRD-negative is defined as undetectable leukemic cells in the bone marrow as determined by a PCR-based assay.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Relapse-Free Survival (RFS), as Determined by an IRC
RFS is defined as the interval from the first documentation of CR or CRi (refer to Outcome Measure #1) to the earlier date of relapse or death due to any cause. Participants who proceeded to hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) after JCAR015 infusion were censored at the time of HSCT.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
RFS, as Determined by an IRC
RFS is defined as the interval from the first documentation of CR or CRi (refer to Outcome Measure #1) to the earlier date of relapse or death due to any cause. Participants who proceeded to HSCT after JCAR015 infusion were censored at the time of HSCT.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Event-Free Survival (EFS)
EFS is defined as the time from the date of the first JCAR015 infusion to the earliest of the following events: death from any cause, relapse, or treatment failure (defined as no response and subsequent discontinuation from the study for adverse event, lack of efficacy or progressive disease, or new anticancer therapy). Participants who proceeded to HSCT after JCAR015 infusion were censored at the time of HSCT.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
EFS
EFS is defined as the time from the date of the first JCAR015 infusion to the earliest of the following events: death from any cause, relapse, or treatment failure (defined as no response and subsequent discontinuation from the study for adverse event, lack of efficacy or progressive disease, or new anticancer therapy). Participants who proceeded to HSCT after JCAR015 infusion were censored at the time of HSCT.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Overall Survival (OS)
OS is defined as the interval from the date of the first JCAR015 infusion to the date of death due to any reason.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
OS
OS is defined as the interval from the date of the first JCAR015 infusion to the date of death due to any reason.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Duration of Remission (DOR) as Determined by an IRC
DOR is defined as the interval from the first documentation of CR or CRi to the earlier date of relapse or death due to ALL.
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a CR or CRi, as Determined by an IRC, at Month 6 After the Final JCAR015 Infusion
ORR at Month 6 is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a CR or CRi at Month 6 after the final JCAR015 infusion without HSCT during the time period between the final JCAR015 infusion and the Month 6 response assessment (refer to Outcome Measure #1 for criteria for CR and CRi).
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 6 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Morphologic Remission Within 6 Months After the Final JCAR015 Infusion and Then Proceeded to HSCT
Percentage of participants who achieved a morphologic remission within 6 months after the final JCAR015 infusion and then proceeded to HSCT prior to 12 months after the final JCAR015 infusion
Time frame: Day 1 (first JCAR015 infusion) up to 12 months after the last JCAR015 infusion
Maximum Concentration of JCAR015 (Cmax) in the Peripheral Blood by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
Cmax is defined as the highest measured number of copies of JCAR015 transgene per microgram of genomic DNA in peripheral blood cells as assessed by qPCR.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of each JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion; and Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the second JCAR015 infusion (if applicable)
Maximum Concentration of JCAR015 (Cmax) in the Peripheral Blood by Flow Cytometry
Cmax is defined as the highest measured concentration of JCAR015 CAR T cells per microliter of peripheral blood as measured by flow cytometry.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of each JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion; and Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the second JCAR015 infusion (if applicable)
Time to Maximum Concentration of JCAR015 (Tmax) in the Peripheral Blood as Measured by qPCR
Tmax is defined as the time after the JCAR015 infusion at which the maximum concentration (Cmax) as measured by qPCR is observed. If Cmax occurred after the second infusion, Tmax was calculated from the time of the second infusion.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of each JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion; and Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the second JCAR015 infusion (if applicable)
Tmax in the Peripheral Blood as Measured by Flow Cytometry
Tmax is defined as the time after the JCAR015 infusion at which the Cmax as measured by flow cytometry of the JCAR015 CAR is observed. If Cmax occurred after the second infusion, Tmax was calculated from the time of the second infusion.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of each JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion; and Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the second JCAR015 infusion (if applicable)
Area Under the Concentration-vs-Time Curve (AUC) for JCAR015 in the Peripheral Blood as Measured by qPCR
AUC is defined as the area under the concentration-vs-time curve from Day 1 to Day 29 after the first JCAR015 infusion as measured by qPCR of the JCAR015 transgene. AUC calculation includes pharmacokinetic (PK) results up to the second JCAR015 infusion for subjects who received the second infusion prior to Day 29 after the first JCAR015 infusion.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of the first JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion
AUC for JCAR015 in the Peripheral Blood as Measured by Flow Cytometry
AUC is defined as the area under the concentration-vs-time curve from Day 1 to Day 29 after the first JCAR015 infusion as measured by flow cytometry of the JCAR015 CAR. AUC calculation includes PK results up to the second JCAR015 infusion for subjects who received the second infusion prior to Day 29 after the first JCAR015 infusion.
Time frame: Pre-dose Day 1 of the first JCAR015 infusion; Day 4, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, and Day 28 after the first JCAR015 infusion until receipt of the second infusion
Percentage of Participants Who Developed Anti-Therapeutic Antibodies Against JCAR015
Percentage of participants who developed anti-therapeutic antibodies against JCAR015
Time frame: Part B Screening; Day 14 after the first JCAR015 infusion; Pre-Dose Day 1 of the second JCAR015 infusion; Day 14 after the second JCAR015 infusion; and Day 28, Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 after the last JCAR015 infusion
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