Recruiting
Phase 1

Expanded Lymphocytes

Sponsor:

Catherine Bollard

Code:

NCT02203903

Conditions

Relapsed/Refractory Hematopoietic Malignancies, Acute Myeloid Leukemia and MDS

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Tumor associated antigen lymphocytes (TAA-T)

Study Details

Brief summary:

This Phase I dose-escalation trial is designed to evaluate the safety of administering rapidly -generated tumor multi-antigen associated -specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, to HSCT recipients with high risk AML and MDS.

Conditions

Relapsed/Refractory Hematopoietic Malignancies, Acute Myeloid Leukemia and MDS

Study ID

NCT02203903

Start date

Apr 2, 2015

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jun 28, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Recipient Inclusion Criteria to Enter Protocol:

  • Aged 6 months to 80 years.
  • Anticipated myeloablative or non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
  • Patients with high risk AML and MDS who have received or will receive an allo-HSCT and have not had hematologic relapse of disease.
  • Karnofsky/Lansky score of ≥ 50.
  • Agree to use contraceptive measures during study protocol participation (when age appropriate).
  • Patient or parent/guardian capable of providing informed consent.
  • T cell chimerism > 94% if collected from recipient of allo-HSCT

Recipient Exclusion Criteria to Enter Protocol:

  • Patients with uncontrolled infections.
  • Current evidence of GVHD > grade 2 or bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, sclerotic GVHD, or serositis.
  • Pregnancy (female of childbearing potential).

Recipient Inclusion Criteria for TAA-T Administration:

  • Patients with high risk AML and MDS who have received an allo-HSCT and have not had hematologic relapse of disease.
  • Steroids less than 0.5 mg/kg/day prednisone or equivalent in the context of no escalation of treatment within the preceding 2 weeks
  • Karnofsky/Lansky score of ≥ 50.
  • Bilirubin < 2.5 mg/dL, AST/ALT <5x upper limit of normal, Serum creatinine < 1.0 or 2x the upper limit of normal (whichever is higher).
  • Pulse oximetry of > 90% on room air.
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 250/ µL (may be supported with Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF)).
  • Agree to use contraceptive measures during study protocol participation (when age appropriate).
  • Patient or parent/guardian capable of providing informed consent.
  • LVEF > 50% or LVSF > 27% (performed within the last 6 months) if history of TBI >500 cGy for arm A and B.
  • Total chimerism > 50%; or if cancer cells preclude this, donor T cell chimerism > 50% (performed within the last 6 months).

Recipient Exclusion Criteria for TAA-T Administration:

  • Patients who received ATG, Campath, or other T cell immunosuppressive monoclonal antibodies within 28 days prior to TAA-T infusion.
  • No investigational therapies (under IND, not extensively studied in the current clinical context) within 28 days prior to TAA-T infusion.
  • Uncontrolled infections.
  • Active Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, sclerotic GVHD, or serositis.
  • Active acute GVHD or chronic GVHD requiring escalation of treatment within preceding 2 weeks of any grade is exclusion for Arm C patients.
  • Pregnancy or lactating (female of childbearing potential).
  • Patients who have or will be receiving 2nd allogeneic HSCT

Donor Inclusion Criteria:

  • Donors for allogeneic (i.e. HLA matched or mismatched related or unrelated) stem cell transplants who have undergone eligibility evaluation as per FDA regulations outlined in 21 CFR 1271 subpart C. If a donor has been chosen for the transplant based on urgent medical need, that same donor will also be used for TAA-T generation provided that there are no new reasons for ineligibility since the transplant donor evaluation.
  • Aged 6 months to 80 years.
  • Donor or guardian of pediatric capable of providing informed consent.
  • Donor must have completed infectious Disease (ID) testing up to 7 days before or after the collection of blood from the donor (related or unrelated) for TAA-T manufacturing. The following tests will be performed:

  • HBsAg
  • HB Core antibody
  • HIV1/2 NAT
  • Syphilis (T. Pallidum IgG)
  • HTLV I/II
  • CMV total
  • HBV/HCV NAT
  • West Nile Virus NAT.
  • Cruz (Chagas) antibody
  • Hepatitis C
  • Female donors of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of blood collection for TAA-T manufacturing.

Donor Exclusion Criteria:

  • Donation of cells would pose a physical or psychological risk to the donor.
  • Female donors of childbearing age who are known to be pregnant.

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Tumor associated antigen lymphocytes (TAA-T)

TAA-T will be infused any time after neutrophil engraftment post-HSCT or day 30, whichever comes first. All infusions will be within 5 months post-HSCT.

Patients will receive a TAA-T cell dose of 4 x 107 cells/m2.

Interventions

Tumor associated antigen lymphocytes (TAA-T)

TAA-T may be generated from donors or recipients and will be tested for specificity to 3 tumor antigens commonly found in hematological malignancies (WT1, PRAME, and SURVIVIN,). The goal of this cell infusion will be to initiate an immune response to residual leukemia or lymphoma that includes multiple antigens and may prevent tumor evasion (through decreased expression of a single antigen).

Primary outcome measure

  • Safety of investigational product (TAA-T) [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
  • Safety of TAA-T cells [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
  • Safety of TAA-Ts [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
  • Event-free survival [ Time Frame: Twelve months post-HSCT ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Childrens National Medical Center

Recruiting

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Keri Toner, MD

Tania Jain, MD

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Contacts

Tania Jain, MD

tjain2@jhmi.edu

Principal Investigator:

Tania Jain, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Catherine Bollard

Last update posted

Aug 14, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Catherine Bollard on 2026-08-14.