Autologous Cytokine Induced Killer Cells (CIK) for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients on Standard Drug Therapy

NCT00815321 | Completed Phase 2 DMC

• 1 other identifier: CIK#3/2008
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 11
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is an extension of our ongoing clinical trial using ex vivo expanded autologous Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells as an adoptive cellular immunotherapy for haematological malignancies. The pre-existing clinical trial targets patient with acute myeloid leukemia or MDS, and relapsed disease post allogeneic transplant. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease with good response to kinase inhibitors. There are however patients in transformed phase of the disease who do not respond to these treatment. A small proportion of patients with response to Imatinib may develop mutations resulting in drug resistance. In addition, the vast majority of patients with a good response to the kinase inhibitors still have persistent CML cells detectable at a molecular level. It is known that the CML progenitors are not sensitive to the kinase inhibitors. On the other hand, immune mediated mechanism is known to be able to eradicate CML as shown by efficacy of donor lymphocyte infusion in the allogeneic transplant setting. Early clinical trials have shown clearance of bcr-abl using peptide vaccination. There is also convincing mouse data showing eradication of CML at molecular level by autologous CIK cells, but no clinical trial has been done using CIK cells for CML. We therefore plan to expand our current CIK trial to include CML as a disease, for CML patients with various degree of response to the kinase inhibitors which have already offered its maximal effect. We aim to study whether autologous CIK cells may further improve disease response, either in the eradiation of minimal residual disease, or in conjunction with chemotherapy for control of high tumour load disease.

Conditions

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Keywords

chronic myeloid leukemia; autologous cytokine induced killer cells; Chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis treated with chemotherapy or kinase inhibitors; Chronic myeloid leukemia with mutation resistant to kinase inhibitors; chronic myeloid leukemia with good response to kinase inhibitor and stable persistence of residual disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• response of CML to Cytokine induced killer cell therapy

  6 -12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Sustainability of the response

  3 years

Interventions

Autologous CIK cell infusion BIOLOGICAL

4 CIK cells will be infused into patients at regular 3-weekly intervals for 4 infusions. The target cell dose per infusion is 1x10e10 CD3 cells. For patients with uncontrolled accelerated or blastic transformation undergoing chemotherapy, this will be given at the nadir of lymphopenia following chemotherapy. For other patients this will be given without interruption of the ongoing treatment with Imatinib or other kinase inhibitor.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Blast crisis / accelerated phase patients who have failed to response to the kinase inhibitors but are fit to undergo induction chemotherapy as for the acute leukemia.
• Blast crisis / accelerated phase patients who have achieved a haematological or cytogenetic response to the kinase inhibitors, but do not have further definitive curative options
• Patients with resistance to genetic or haematological level, and do not have transplant as a curative option.
• Patients who have achieved a stable but residual molecular evidence of CML, who are willing to explore additional means with a hope to eradication of MRD.
• Patients must understand the trial nature of this study and the additional leukapheresis procedure needed for harvesting mononuclear cells.

You may not qualify if:

• On recruitment :
• Renal impairment with Cr \>200mmol/uL
• Liver impairment with transaminase \>5x upper limit which is not due to disease
• Limited life expectancy \<3 months
• On day of infusion
• uncontrolled infection or significant bleeding
• unstable vital signs
• any degree of hypoxia requiring oxygen therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Singapore General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dept of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital

Singapore, 169608, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (12)

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  PMID: 15721470 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 11841399 BACKGROUND

• Alvarnas JC, Linn YC, Hope EG, Negrin RS. Expansion of cytotoxic CD3+ CD56+ cells from peripheral blood progenitor cells of patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2001;7(4):216-22. doi: 10.1053/bbmt.2001.v7.pm11349808.

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• Introna M, Borleri G, Conti E, Franceschetti M, Barbui AM, Broady R, Dander E, Gaipa G, D'Amico G, Biagi E, Parma M, Pogliani EM, Spinelli O, Baronciani D, Grassi A, Golay J, Barbui T, Biondi A, Rambaldi A. Repeated infusions of donor-derived cytokine-induced killer cells in patients relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a phase I study. Haematologica. 2007 Jul;92(7):952-9. doi: 10.3324/haematol.11132.

  PMID: 17606446 BACKGROUND

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Yeh Ching Linn, MBBS, MRCP

  Singapore General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2008
• First Posted: December 30, 2008
• Study Start: December 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2011
• Study Completion: November 1, 2011
• Last Updated: February 10, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Locations

SG (1)