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Dose-escalating Trial With UniCAR02-T Cells and PSMA Target Module (TMpPSMA) in Patients With Progressive Disease After Standard Systemic Therapy in Cancers With Positive PSMA Marker

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04633148
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : November 18, 2020
Last Update Posted : February 2, 2023
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
PHARMALOG Institut für klinische Forschung GmbH
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
AvenCell Europe GmbH

Brief Summary:
This dose-escalating phase I trial assesses for the first time the safety, the side effects and the harmlessness, as well as the therapeutical benefit of the new study drug UniCAR02-T-pPSMA in patients with progressive disease after standard systemic therapy in castration-resistant prostate cancers with positive PSMA marker. The UniCAR02-T-pPSMA drug is a combination of a cellular component (UniCAR02-T) with a recombinant antibody derivative (TMpPSMA) which together forms the active drug.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Prostate Cancer Drug: Cyclophosphamide (Non-IMP) Drug: Fludarabine (Non-IMP) Drug: UniCAR02-T-pPSMA Drug: UniCAR02-T (IMP) Phase 1

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 39 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Sequential Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Dose escalation follows an adaptive design.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Multicenter, Open-label, Adaptive Design Phase I Trial With Genetically Modified T-cells Carrying Universal Chimeric Antigen Receptors (UniCAR02-T) in Combination With PSMA Peptide Target Module (TMpPSMA) for the Treatment of Patients With Progressive Disease After Standard Systemic Therapy in Cancers With Positive PSMA Marker
Actual Study Start Date : November 23, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : July 2023
Estimated Study Completion Date : July 2024

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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: UniCAR02-T-pPSMA
Preconditioning (lymphodepletion) with cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, followed by combination treatment of genetically modified T-cells carrying universal chimeric antigen receptors (UniCAR02-T) with the peptide TMpPSMA.
Drug: Cyclophosphamide (Non-IMP)
Intravenous infusion for 3 days

Drug: Fludarabine (Non-IMP)
Intravenous infusion for 3 days

Drug: UniCAR02-T-pPSMA
Intravenous Infusion for 21 days

Drug: UniCAR02-T (IMP)
Intravenous infusion of single dose




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
    Incidence and intensity of adverse events graded according to CTCAE V5.0 with the exception of CRS and ICANS graded according to Lee et al. 2014 and Lee et al. 2019 respectively

  2. Incidence of dose limiting toxicity (DLT) [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
    DLT is defined as any adverse event at least possible related to TMpPSMA and/or UniCAR02-T

  3. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
    The dose for which the isotonic estimate of the DLT probability is closest to the target DLT probability of 0.2.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
    The RP2D will be determined based on MTD, all available efficacy data, and all available safety data, including information derived from additional treatment cycles.

  2. Antitumor activity [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
    Antitumor activity of UniCAR02-T-pPSMA at any time point according to irRECIST (immune-related) Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors): Complete remission (CR) and partial remission (PR), Objective response rate (ORR), Disease control rate (DCR), Best response rate, Duration of response (DOR),Progression free survival (PFS)

  3. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) response [ Time Frame: DLT period (infusion period of TMpPSMA + 7 days or + 14 days in patients with with myelosuppression) ]
  4. Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Until fifteen years after last UniCAR02-T administration ]
  5. Influence on Circulating tumor cells (CTC) [ Time Frame: Before start of lymphodepletion therapy until 6 resp. 12 months after start of last TMpPSMA application ]


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥ 18 years
  2. Patients diagnosed with progressive castration-resistant prostate cancer refractory to standard treatments and with no other available standard or curative treatment
  3. Measurable or non-measurable disease based on immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST) and positivity in PSMA Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
  5. Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  6. Adequate renal and hepatic laboratory assessments
  7. Adequate cardiac function, i.e. left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
  8. Permanent venous access existing (e.g. port-system) resp. acceptance of implantation of a device
  9. Able to give written informed consent
  10. Weight ≥ 45kg
  11. Using a highly effective method of birth control

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Central nervous system metastasis or meningeosis carcinomatosa
  2. Cardiac disease: i.e. heart failure (NYHA III or IV); unstable coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction or serious cardiac ventricular arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy within the last 6 months prior to study entry
  3. Patients undergoing renal dialysis
  4. Pulmonary disease with clinical relevant hypoxia (need for oxygen inhalation)
  5. Parkinson, epilepsy and stroke or presence or history of seizures, paresis, aphasia, central nervous system (CNS) or intracranial hemorrhage
  6. History or presence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) or thromboembolism
  7. Multiple sclerosis
  8. Hemolytic anemia
  9. Eye diseases with neovascularization
  10. Active infectious disease considered by investigator to be incompatible with protocol or being contraindications for lymphodepletion therapy
  11. Presence of urotoxicity from previous chemo- or radiotherapy or urinary outflow obstruction
  12. Vaccination with live viruses less than 2 weeks prior lymphodepletion therapy
  13. Any disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy
  14. Major surgery within 28 days (prior start of TMpPSMA infusion)
  15. Other malignancy requiring active therapy but adjuvant endocrine therapy is allowed
  16. Treatment with any investigational drug substance or experimental therapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the substance (whatever is shorter) prior to administration of TMpPSMA
  17. Prior treatment with gene therapy products
  18. Use of checkpoint inhibitors within 5 half-lives of the respective substance prior to administration of TMpPSMA
  19. Autoimmune diseases requiring systemic steroids or other systemic immunosuppressants (note that physiologic steroid replacement not exceeding 10 mg prednisolone equivalent per day is allowed)
  20. Psychologic disorders, drug and/or significant active alcohol abuse
  21. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or active/chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV)
  22. Presence of autoantibodies against La/SS-B or presence or history of autoimmune diseases (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus, SS/SLE overlap syndrome, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, neonatal lupus, primary biliary cirrhosis, Sjögren's syndrome)
  23. Known hypersensitivity to cellular component (UniCAR02-T) and/or targeting peptide module (TMpPSMA) excipients and/or contraindication to compounds of the lymphodepletion therapy (cyclophosphamide and fludarabine), and tocilizumab or corticosteroids as specified in the respective IB/SmPC
  24. Evidence suggesting that the patient is not likely to follow the study protocol (e.g. lacking compliance)
  25. Incapability of understanding purpose and possible consequences of the trial
  26. Patients who should not be included according to the opinion of the investigator

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Contacts
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Contact: Antje Schubert, Dr. +493514466450 ext 0 UC02-PSMA-01@cellex-treatment.me
Contact: Martin Lorkowski, Dr. +493514466450 ext 0 UC02-PSMA-01@cellex-treatment.me

Locations
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Germany
Universitätsklinikum Ulm Recruiting
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 89081
Contact: Andreas Viardot, Prof.       andreas.viardot@uniklinik-ulm.de   
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Recruiting
Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, 97080
Contact: Ralf Bargou, Prof.       Bargou_R@ukw.de   
Universitätsklinikum Dresden Recruiting
Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, 01307
Contact: Martin Wermke, Prof.       martin.wermke@uniklinikum-dresden.de   
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Recruiting
Hamburg, Germany, 20246
Contact: Gunhild von Amsberg, Prof.       g.von-amsberg@uke.de   
Sponsors and Collaborators
AvenCell Europe GmbH
PHARMALOG Institut für klinische Forschung GmbH
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Ralf Bargou, Prof. Wuerzburg University Hospital
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Responsible Party: AvenCell Europe GmbH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04633148    
Other Study ID Numbers: UC02-PSMA-01
2019-004211-32 ( EudraCT Number )
First Posted: November 18, 2020    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: February 2, 2023
Last Verified: January 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Disease Progression
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Cyclophosphamide
Fludarabine
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists