NCT03645928

Brief Summary

A prospective, open-label, multi-cohort, non-randomized, multicenter Phase 2 study evaluating adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with TIL \[LN-144/LN-145 (lifileucel)\] in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors or TIL \[LN-144/LN-145 (lifileucel) and LN-145-S1\] as a single agent therapy.

Trial Health

83
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
245

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2

Timeline
40mo left

Started May 2019

Longer than P75 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
8 countries

45 active sites

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress68%
May 2019Aug 2029

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 22, 2018

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 24, 2018

Completed
9 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 7, 2019

Completed
10.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 9, 2029

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 9, 2029

Last Updated

June 19, 2025

Status Verified

June 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

10.3 years

First QC Date

August 22, 2018

Last Update Submit

June 18, 2025

Conditions

Keywords

LN-144LN-145Cell TherapyAutologous Adoptive Cell TransferAutologous Adoptive Cell TherapyCellular Immuno-therapyTumor Infiltrating LymphocytesTILIL-2Multiple Tumor TypeLifileucelPembrolizumabLN-145-S1IpilimumabNivolumabICIImmune Checkpoint InhibitorAldesleukinNivolumab-relatlimabPlatinum doublet chemotherapy agentsCisplatinCarboplatinPaclitaxelNab-PaclitaxelNon-small cell lung cancerMelanoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Objective Response Rate

    To evaluate the efficacy of autologous TIL in combination with ICIs in metastatic melanoma, HNSCC, and NSCLC patients and as a single therapy in metastatic melanoma and NSCLC patients as determined by objective response rate (ORR) using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Investigator

    Up to 60 months

  • Safety Profile Measured by Grade ≥3 TEAEs

    To characterize the safety profile of autologous TIL in combination with ICIs in metastatic melanoma, HNSCC, and NSCLC patients and as a single therapy in metastatic melanoma and NSCLC patients as measured by the incidence of Grade ≥ 3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    Up to 60 months

  • To evaluate the feasibility of producing lifileucel using tumor samples obtained before (Cohort 3D) or during (Cohort 3E) frontline platinum doublet chemotherapy and pembrolizumab in patients with Stage IV NSCLC

    Feasibility is measured by the percentage of patients for whom lifileucel is successfully manufactured and meets release specification and defined as the number of patients with lifileucel product that meets specification divided by the total number of patients who had tumor resection.

    Up to 60 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Complete Response Rate

    Up to 60 months

  • Duration of Response

    Up to 60 months

  • Disease Control Rate

    Up to 60 months

  • Progression-Free Survival

    Up to 60 months

  • Overall Survival

    Up to 60 months

Study Arms (10)

Cohort 1A

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-144 therapy in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with Stage IIIC to IV unresectable or metastatic melanoma with ≤ 3 prior lines of systemic therapy, excluding immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI).

Biological: LifileucelDrug: Pembrolizumab

Cohort 1B

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-145-S1 therapy as a single agent in patients with Stage IIIC or Stage IV unresectable or metastatic melanoma, who have previously received systemic therapy with a PD-1 blocking antibody. If the tumor is proto-oncogene B-Raf (BRAF) V600 mutation positive, patients must have received a BRAF inhibitor with or without a mitogen-activated extracellular signal-related kinase (MEK) inhibitor.

Biological: LN-145-S1

Cohort 1C

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-144 Generation 3 (Gen 3) therapy as a single agent in patients with Stage IIIC or Stage IV unresectable or metastatic melanoma, who have previously received systemic therapy with a PD-1 blocking antibody. If the tumor is BRAF V600 mutation positive, patients must have received BRAF inhibitor with or without a MEK inhibitor.

Biological: Lifileucel

Cohort 2A

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-145 therapy in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic HNSCC, with ≤ 3 prior lines of systemic therapy, excluding ICIs.

Biological: LN-145Drug: Pembrolizumab

Cohort 3A

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-145 therapy in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic (Stage III or Stage IV) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ≤ 3 prior lines of systemic therapy, excluding ICIs, or ≤ 4 lines if 2 or more of the lines are TKI therapy for those with tumors that harbored actionable mutations (eg, EGFR, ALK, ROS).

Biological: LN-145Drug: Pembrolizumab

Cohort 3B

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-145 therapy as a single agent in patients with Stage III or Stage IV NSCLC, who have previously received 1-3 lines of prior systemic therapy. Patients with known oncogene drivers (eg, EGFR, ALK, ROS) who have mutations that are sensitive to targeted therapies are not required to have received prior systemic therapy with ICIs.

Biological: LN-145

Cohort 3C

EXPERIMENTAL

LN-145 therapy in combination with ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with Stage III or Stage IV NSCLC who have previously received 1 line of ICI monotherapy. No other systemic therapy for metastatic disease is allowed. Prior chemoradiation and/or chemotherapy in the adjuvant and/or neo-adjuvant settings are allowed.

Biological: LN-145Drug: IpilimumabDrug: Nivolumab

Cohort 1D

EXPERIMENTAL

The lifileucel regimen in combination with nivolumab-relatlimab in patients with Stage IIIC to IV unresectable or metastatic (advanced) melanoma who have had no prior therapy for advanced disease.

Biological: LifileucelDrug: Nivolumab-relatlimab

Cohort 3D

EXPERIMENTAL

The lifileucel regimen in combination with pembrolizumab with or without pemetrexed, after tumor resection before 4 cycles of frontline platinum doublet chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab, in patients with Stage IV NSCLC without EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 driver mutations, who have had no prior therapy for advanced disease.

Biological: LifileucelDrug: PembrolizumabDrug: CisplatinDrug: CarboplatinDrug: PaclitaxelDrug: Nab-PaclitaxelDrug: Pemetrexed

Cohort 3E

EXPERIMENTAL

The lifileucel regimen in combination with pembrolizumab with or without pemetrexed, after tumor resection during 4 cycles of frontline platinum doublet chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab, in patients with Stage IV NSCLC without EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 driver mutations.

Biological: LifileucelDrug: PembrolizumabDrug: CisplatinDrug: CarboplatinDrug: PaclitaxelDrug: Nab-PaclitaxelDrug: Pemetrexed

Interventions

LifileucelBIOLOGICAL

A tumor sample is resected from each patient and cultured ex vivo to expand the population of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. After NMA lymphodepletion, patients are infused with Lifileucel followed by aldesleukin administration. Lifileucel will be administered to patients once (on Day 0) during the study.

Also known as: LN-144/LN-145, TIL, autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, lifileucel
Cohort 1ACohort 1CCohort 1DCohort 3DCohort 3E
LN-145BIOLOGICAL

A tumor sample is resected from each patient and cultured ex vivo to expand the population of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. After NMA lymphodepletion, patients are infused with their autologous TIL (LN-145) followed by aldesleukin administration. TIL will be administered to patients once (on Day 0) during the study.

Also known as: TIL, autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
Cohort 2ACohort 3ACohort 3BCohort 3C

Humanized antibody. Pembrolizumab will be administered following tumor resection and will continue every 3 weeks or every 6 weeks thereafter for up to 2 years.

Also known as: Keytruda
Cohort 1ACohort 2ACohort 3ACohort 3DCohort 3E
LN-145-S1BIOLOGICAL

A tumor sample is resected from each patient and cultured ex vivo to expand the population of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. After NMA lymphodepletion, patients are infused with their autologous TIL (LN-145-S1) followed by aldesleukin administration. TIL will be administered to patients once (on Day 0) during the study.

Also known as: TIL, autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
Cohort 1B

Monoclonal antibody Ipilimumab will be administered as a single dose prior to tumor resection.

Also known as: Yervoy
Cohort 3C

Monoclonal antibody Nivolumab will be administered once prior to tumor resection. The second dose will be administered prior to TIL administration and dosing will continue every 4 weeks for up to 2 years.

Also known as: Opdivo
Cohort 3C

Nivolumab-relatlimab will be administered following tumor resection and will continue every 4 weeks thereafter for up to 2 years.

Also known as: Opdualag
Cohort 1D

Cisplatin administered intravenously at the protocol-defined dose every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles.

Cohort 3DCohort 3E

Carboplatin administered intravenously at the protocol-defined dose every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles.

Cohort 3DCohort 3E

Paclitaxel administered intravenously at the protocol-defined dose every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles.

Cohort 3DCohort 3E

Nab-Paclitaxel administered intravenously at the protocol-defined dose every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles.

Cohort 3DCohort 3E

Pemetrexed administered intravenously at the protocol-defined dose every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles. Optional continuation maintenance every 3 weeks, if applicable.

Cohort 3DCohort 3E

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Must have a confirmed diagnosis of malignancy of their receptive histologies: unresectable or metastatic melanoma Stage IIIC to IV (Cohorts 1A,1B and 1C), advanced, recurrent or metastatic HNSCC (Cohort 2A), or Stage III or Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (Cohorts 3A, 3B, and 3C). Stage IV NSCLC with no actionable mutations (EGFR, ALK, ROS1) with effective targeted therapy (Cohorts 3D and 3E).
  • Cohorts 1A, 1D, 2A, 3A, 3D and 3E: If previously treated, patients must have progressed on or after most recent therapy and must not have received ICIs as part of one of the counted lines of prior therapy. Patients must have radiologically documented disease progression while receiving or after the completion of the most recent prior treatment. Patients may have received up to 3 prior systemic anticancer therapies (except for Cohort 3A, where patients whose tumors harbor actionable mutations may have received up to 4 prior systemic therapies). Patients in Cohort 1D may have had no prior therapy for advanced disease. Patients in Cohorts 3D and 3E may have had no prior systemic therapy for Stage IV disease.
  • Cohorts 1B, 1C, 3B, and 3C: Unresectable or metastatic melanoma patients in Cohorts 1B or 1C must have previously received systemic therapy with a PD-1 blocking antibody. NSCLC patients in Cohort 3B must have previously received systemic therapy with any ICI (except for those patients with known oncogene driver mutations that are sensitive to targeted therapies) as part of 1 - 3 prior lines of therapy. NSCLC patients in Cohort 3C must have previously received 1 line of ICI monotherapy. No other systemic therapy for metastatic disease is allowed. Prior chemoradiation and/or chemotherapy in the adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant settings are allowed.
  • Must have at least 1 resectable lesion
  • Must have remaining measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 following tumor resection
  • Must be ≥ 18 years at the time of consent for Cohorts 1A, 1C, 1D, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E. Patients must be ≥ 12 years at the time of consent for Cohort 1B. Enrollment of patients \> 70 years of age may be allowed after consultation with the Medical Monitor.
  • Must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1, and an estimated life expectancy of ≥ 6 months.
  • Patients of childbearing potential or those with partners of childbearing potential must be willing to practice an approved method of birth control during treatment and for 12 months after their last dose of aldesleukin, 4 months after their last dose of pembrolizumab, 5 months after their last dose of ipilimumab or nivolumab, or nivolumab-relatlimab; 6 months after the last dose of carboplatin; 14 months after the last dose of cisplatin; and 6 months after the last dose of pemetrexed, paclitaxel, or nab-paclitaxel, whichever occurs later.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with melanoma of uveal/ocular origin.
  • Patients who have a history of allogeneic organ transplant or any form of cell therapy involving prior conditioning chemotherapy within the past 20 years. Patients being retreated with TIL, as part of this study are not excluded.
  • Patients who have symptomatic, untreated brain metastases or history of leptomeningeal metastases.
  • Patients who are on systemic steroid therapy \> 10 mg/day of prednisone or other steroid equivalent. Patients receiving steroids as replacement therapy for adrenocortical insufficiency at ≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or other steroid equivalent may be eligible.
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patients who have an active medical illness(es), which in the opinion of the Investigator, would pose increased risks for study participation
  • Cohort 1A, 1D, 2A, 3A, 3C, 3D and 3E patients may not have a medical history of autoimmune disorders (including pneumonitis) requiring treatment or active management.
  • Patients who have received a live or attenuated vaccination within 28 days prior to the start of treatment
  • Patients who have any form of primary immunodeficiency
  • Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any component of the study drugs to be administered in the pertinent cohort(s).
  • Patients who have a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 45% or who are New York Heart Association Class II or higher. A cardiac stress test demonstrating any irreversible wall movement abnormality in any patients ≥60 years of age or in patients who have a history of ischemic heart disease, cardiac chest pain, or clinically significant atrial and/or ventricular arrhythmias.
  • Patients with respiratory dysfunction or history of smoking are excluded if not meeting either of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) \> 0.7 or FEV1 \> 50%.
  • Patients who have had another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years
  • Participation in another interventional clinical study within 21 days prior to the initiation of treatment.
  • Patients in Cohorts 1D, 3D, or 3E who previously received adjuvant or neoadjuvant ICI(s) for non-metastatic disease and had an immune-related AE(s) requiring systemic steroid treatment or discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (45)

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

TERMINATED

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90007, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

University of Colorado

Denver, Colorado, 80045, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Georgetown University Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, Florida, 33140, United States

WITHDRAWN

Orlando Health Cancer Institute

Orlando, Florida, 32610, United States

RECRUITING

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, 40292, United States

RECRUITING

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

RECRUITING

Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

MD Anderson at Cooper

Camden, New Jersey, 08103, United States

RECRUITING

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

RECRUITING

Columbia University

New York, New York, 10027, United States

WITHDRAWN

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

TERMINATED

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43201, United States

RECRUITING

Avera Cancer Institute

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105, United States

WITHDRAWN

Huntsman Cancer Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

WITHDRAWN

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

RECRUITING

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

TERMINATED

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C1, Canada

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Centre Léon Berard

Lyon, 69008, France

WITHDRAWN

Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München

München, Bavaria, 81675, Germany

WITHDRAWN

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus

Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany

WITHDRAWN

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23538, Germany

RECRUITING

Laiko General Hospital of Athens

Athens, Attica, 11527, Greece

RECRUITING

Attikon University General Hospital

Athens, Attica, 12461, Greece

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital General

Málaga, Málaga, 29016, Spain

TERMINATED

University Hospital Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, 08035, Spain

WITHDRAWN

ICO l'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals

Barcelona, 08908, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

Madrid, 28007, Spain

WITHDRAWN

Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

Madrid, 28040, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Madrid, 28041, Spain

RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro

Madrid, 28050, Spain

RECRUITING

Universitätsspital Basel

Basel, 4031, Switzerland

WITHDRAWN

Universitaetsspital Bern

Bern, 3010, Switzerland

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

TERMINATED

Guy's Hospital

London, England, SE19RT, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

Bristol, BS2 8ED, United Kingdom

WITHDRAWN

Related Publications (1)

  • Hensel J, Metts J, Gupta A, Ladle BH, Pilon-Thomas S, Mullinax J. Adoptive Cellular Therapy for Pediatric Solid Tumors: Beyond Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T Cell Therapy. Cancer J. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;28(4):322-327. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000603.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

MelanomaSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Interventions

lifileucelToll-Like Receptor 1pembrolizumabIpilimumabNivolumabOpdualagCisplatinCarboplatinPaclitaxel130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxelPemetrexed

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neuroendocrine TumorsNeuroectodermal TumorsNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsNeoplasms, Nerve TissueNevi and MelanomasSkin NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue DiseasesCarcinoma, Squamous CellCarcinomaNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialHead and Neck NeoplasmsCarcinoma, BronchogenicBronchial NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic NeoplasmsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Toll-Like ReceptorsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Cell SurfaceMembrane ProteinsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodiesImmunoglobulinsImmunoproteinsBlood ProteinsSerum GlobulinsGlobulinsChlorine CompoundsInorganic ChemicalsNitrogen CompoundsPlatinum CompoundsCoordination ComplexesOrganic ChemicalsTaxoidsCyclodecanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsDiterpenesTerpenesGuanineHypoxanthinesPurinonesPurinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingHeterocyclic Compounds, Fused-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsGlutamatesAmino Acids, AcidicAmino AcidsAmino Acids, Dicarboxylic

Study Officials

  • Iovance Biotherapeutics Medical Monitor

    Iovance Biotherapeutics

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Iovance Biotherapeutics Study Team

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 22, 2018

First Posted

August 24, 2018

Study Start

May 7, 2019

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 9, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 9, 2029

Last Updated

June 19, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

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