This is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm Phase 1B/2 study to assess the safety and efficacy of tabelecleucel in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of subjects with platinum-pretreated, recurrent/metastatic Epstein-Barr Virus-associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (EBV+ NPC).
This is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm Phase 1B/2 study to assess the safety and efficacy of tabelecleucel in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of subjects with platinum-pretreated, recurrent/metastatic EBV+ NPC. Tabelecleucel will be selected for each subject from the bank of available tabelecleucel cell products based on matching ≥ 2 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, at least one of which is a restricting HLA allele, shared between the tabelecleucel donor and the subject's EBV+ NPC. Sites will provide high resolution HLA typing of the subject and other information as required by the protocol. Phase 1B will identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and characterize the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) for tabelecleucel in combination with pembrolizumab in up to 24 subjects. In the absence of an MTD, the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) will be identified. Phase 2 will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination in 36 subjects at the recommended dose level from Phase 1B.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Tabelecleucel is an off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy for the treatment of EBV+ malignancies and diseases.
pembrolizumab IV infusion
City of Hope
Duarte, California, United States
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Palo Alto, California, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Atlantic Health System / Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
University of Pennsylvania (Adults and Pediatrics)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Cohort 1B: Number of Participants With Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)
The occurrence of any of the following toxicities during Treatment Cycle 1 will be considered a DLT, if assessed by the investigator to be possibly related or related to investigational product administration (either tabelecleucel and/or pembrolizumab): Grade (G) 4 nonhematologic toxicity; G4 hematologic toxicity lasting \>=7 days, except thrombocytopenia; any nonhematologic AE \>=G3, except G3 fatigue lasting =\<3 days; G3 diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting; G3 rash; Any G3/4 non-hematologic laboratory value if clinically significant medical intervention is required to treat the participant, abnormality leads to hospitalization, abnormality persists for \> 1 week, abnormality results in a Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI); G3/4 febrile neutropenia; \> 2 weeks delay in initiating Cycle 2; discontinue treatment during Cycle 1; missing \> 25% of study drugs doses as a result of investigational product-related AEs during the first cycle;G5 toxicity.
Time frame: From Day 1 through Day 21 of Cycle 1
Cohort 1B: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
The MTD is defined as the highest dose level at which the subject incidence of a DLTs during the first 21-day cycle of investigational product dosing is \< 33%
Time frame: From Day 1 through Day 21 of Cycle 21
Cohort 1B: Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of Tabelecleucel in Combination With Pembrolizumab
The RP2D is no higher than the maximum tolerated dose (highest dose level at which the number of participants with a DLTs during the first 21-day cycle of investigational product dosing is \< 33%) and is based on optimal benefit-risk, as determined by the Safety Data Review Committee (SDRC).
Time frame: From Day 1 through Day 21 of Cycle 1
Cohort 1B: Characterization of the Safety Profile: Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs)
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study drug without regard to possibility of causal relationship. A serious adverse event (SAE) is an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. The TEAEs are defined as any AE occurring after initiation of the first dose of study treatment through 30 days after the last administration of study drugs or any pre-existing AE (ie, started prior to the first dose of study drugs) that worsened after the first dose through 30 days after the last administration of study drugs or any related AE on or after first dose.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Characterization of the Safety Profile: Number of Participants With TEAEs and TESAEs
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study drug without regard to possibility of causal relationship. A SAE is an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. The TEAEs are defined as any AE occurring after initiation of the first dose of study treatment through 30 days after the last administration of study drugs or any pre-existing AE (ie, started prior to the first dose of study drugs) that worsened after the first dose through 30 days after the last administration of study drugs or any related AE on or after first dose
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Objective Response Rate (ORR)
For this study, radiographic tumor assessment was performed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) and immune RECIST (iRECIST) criteria. Per RECIST v1.1, ORR is defined as percentage of participants with complete response (CR) (disappearance of all extranodal target lesions and all pathological lymph nodes must have decreased to \<10 mm in short axis) or partial response (PR) (at least a 30% decrease in sum of the longest diameters of target lesions taking as reference baseline sum diameters). Per iRECIST, immune complete response (iCR) is defined as resolution of all lesions and immune partial response (iPR) is defined as the target lesion sum of diameters (initial target lesions) not above initial progressive disease threshold, no significant growth in non-target lesion overall, and no new lesion or appearance of any new factor.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Complete Response (CR) Rate
The CR rate is defined as percentage of participants with complete response. Per RECIST v1.1, CR is defined as disappearance of all extranodal target lesions and all pathological lymph nodes must have decreased \< 10 mm in short axis.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Duration of Response (DOR)
Per RECIST v1.1, the DoR is defined as the time from the date of first documented confirmed response until date of documented progression or death in the absence of disease progression.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Progression Free Survival (PFS)
The PFS is defined as the time from the first dose of investigational product until the date of RECIST v1.1 defined progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Overall Survival (OS)
The OS is defined as the time from the first dose of investigational product to the date of death due to any cause.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
Cohort 2: Immune Response Rate (iRR)
iRR is iCR + iPR. Per iRECIST, iCR is defined as resolution of all lesions and iPR is defined as the target lesion sum of diameters (initial target lesions) not above initial progressive disease threshold, no significant growth in non-target lesion overall, and no new lesion or appearance of any new factor.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)
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Cohort 2: Duration of Immune Response (DOiR)
DOiR is duration of iCR + iPR. Per iRECIST, iCR is defined as resolution of all lesions and iPR is defined as the target lesion sum of diameters (initial target lesions) not above initial progressive disease threshold, no significant growth in non-target lesion overall, and no new lesion or appearance of any new factor.
Time frame: From Day 1 to end of study (1 year after the last dose or until disease progression, whichever occurred first) (approximately 27 months)