A Study to Evaluate Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Testing and Monitoring of B-cell Recovery to Guide Management Following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CART) Induced Remission in Children and Young Adults With B Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leu...

Active:	Yes
Cancer Type:	Leukemia	NCT ID:	NCT05621291
Trial Phases:		Protocol IDs:	10000792 (primary) NCI-2022-10068 000792-C
Eligibility:	1 - 25 Years, Male and Female	Study Type:	Diagnostic
Study Sponsor:	National Cancer Institute
NCI Full Details:	http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT05621291

Summary

Background:

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CART) therapy is a form of immunotherapy which can be
used to treat people with relapsed B-ALL. For those who achieve remission after CART
alone, it may cure up to 50% of people who receive this therapy. However, for people who
relapse after CART, it can be hard to achieve remission again. In patients where CART
fails, stem cell transplant (HCT) can be used to prevent relapse and achieve cure. But
HCT can cause serious side effects. Better testing is needed to distinguish people who
can be cured with CART alone from people who may also need to have HCT.

Objective:

To see if the use of a series of blood and bone marrow tests at regular intervals can
help monitor for B-ALL relapse after CART therapy.

Eligibility:

People aged 1 to 25 years with B-ALL who have had CART therapy within the past 42 days.
They must never have had a blood stem cell transplant; they must also have no measurable
blood cancer cells.

Design:

Participants will visit the clinic every 2 weeks starting 42 days after they receive CART
therapy. Each visit will be about the same amount of time as a regular clinic visit.
about 8 hours.

Participants will have blood drawn for testing on each visit.

Bone marrow biopsy/aspirate will be done during 4 of the visits at routine timepoints
after CART. A needle will be inserted to draw a sample of tissue from inside the bone in
the hip.

A small amount of blood and tissue will be tested with ClonoSEQ and to evaluate for
normal B-cells side by side with the standard tests.

The combined testing may help determine whether participants are eligible for HCT and/or
at risk of relapse after CART.

Participants will be in the study for 1 year

Objectives

Background:

- Given the dismal outcomes for patients who experience a relapse following CD19 CART
and the potential for using Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for post-CART
remission consolidation for relapse prevention, there is a clear opportunity to
improve outcomes for patients with B-ALL who proceed to CART. With a goal of
improving overall survival, it remains critically important to be able to predict
which patients are at high risk of relapse in whom an HCT would be indicated for
remission consolidation. Distinguishing this high-risk cohort from low-risk patients
who are able to maintain durable remission following CART and in whom HCT-associated
toxicities could be avoided is equally important.

- Thus, in the context of this biomarker-based study, we propose a systematic approach
utilizing the best-known biomarkers for remission monitoring which assess both
functional CART persistence and incorporates antigen immunophenotype agnostic
approach for disease detection will improve LFS post CD19 CART.

Objective:

-To assess efficacy of a novel biomarker-guided risk-based strategy to monitor remission,
both by assessing functional CART persistence and incorporating antigen immunophenotype
agnostic approach (NGS monitoring) for disease detection, to inform decisions regarding
post-CART HCT needed intervention, and to successfully collect biomarker samples at the
scheduled times in enrolled HCT naive B-ALL participants receiving CD19 CART.

Eligibility:

- Age >=1 year and <= 25 years old at the time of CD19 CART infusion

- Diagnosis of CD19+ B-ALL in a bone marrow morphologic complete remission and are
flow cytometry measurable residual disease (MRD) negative within 42 days post CD19
CART infusion.

- Unsupported neutrophil count > 500 cell/mm^3

- Must have an allogeneic HCT donor identified for potential HCT

- B-cell aplasia post CD19 CART persisting until the time of the first on-study
intervention

Design:

-This single-arm multicenter study will enroll pediatric and young adult participants to
evaluate the feasibility, and potential efficacy, of a risk-based, biomarker-driven,
consolidation HCT strategy following CD19 CART.

Treatment Sites in Georgia

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
1365 Clifton Road NE
Building C
Atlanta, GA 30322
winshipcancer.emory.edu

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