Recruiting
Phase 2

EBV-CTLs

Sponsor:

New York Medical College

Code:

NCT03266653

Conditions

Epstein-Barr Virus Infections

Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

cytotoxic t-lymphocytes

Study Details

Brief summary:

Related donor Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) manufactured with the Miltenyi CliniMACS Prodigy Cytokine Capture System will be administered in children, adolescents and young adults with refractory EBV infection post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AlloHSCT), with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) or post solid organ transplant.

Funding Source: FDA OOPD

Conditions

Epstein-Barr Virus Infections

Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder

Study ID

NCT03266653

Start date

Jul 7, 2020

Status verified date

Aug, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

1\. Patients with Epstein-Barr virus infections post allogeneic HSCT, primary immunodeficiencies or post solid organ transplant with:

  • Increasing or persistent quantitative EBV RT-PCR DNA copies despite two weeks of appropriate anti-viral therapy and/or
  • progressive clinical symptoms attributable to EBV, including biopsy proven colitis, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly AND/OR
  • Medical intolerance to anti-viral therapies including:
  • intolerance to rituximab Consent: Written informed consent given (by patient or legal representative) prior to any study-related procedures.

Performance Status > 30% (Lansky < 16 yrs and Karnofsky > 16 yrs) Age: 0.1 to 79.99 years Females of childbearing potential with a negative urine pregnancy test

2 Donor Eligibility 5.2.1 Related donor available with a T-cell response to the EBV MACS® GMP PepTivator antigen(s) causing the therapy-refractory EBV infection.

a. Third Party Related Allogeneic Donor: If original donor is not available or does not have a T-cell response: third party related allogeneic donor (family donor > 1 HLA A, B, DR match to recipient) with IgG positive to EBV and/or a T-cell response at least to the viral MACS® GMP PepTivator EBV Select (containing among other antigens, NA-1, LMP2A and BZLF-1).

AND Allogeneic donor disease screening is complete similar to hematopoietic stem cell donors (Appendix 1).

AND Obtained informed consents by donor or donor legally authorized representative prior to donor collection.

3 Patient exclusion criteria:

A patient meeting any of the following criteria is not eligible for the present study:

Patient with acute GVHD > grade 2 or extensive chronic GVHD at the time of CTL infusion Patient receiving steroids (>0.5 mg/kg prednisone equivalent) at the time of CTL infusion Patient treated with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) within 4 weeks prior to CTL infusion Patient with poor performance status determined by Karnofsky (patients >16 years) or Lansky (patients ≤16 years) score ≤30% Concomitant enrollment in another experimental clinical trial investigating the treatment of refractory EBV infection Any medical condition which could compromise participation in the study according to the investigator's assessment Known HIV infection Female patient of childbearing age who is pregnant or breast-feeding or not willing to use an effective method of birth control during study treatment.

Known hypersensitivity to iron dextran Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol or unable to give informed consent.

Known human anti-mouse antibodies

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Refractory EBV

Patients with refractory EBV will get one dose of EBV specific CTLs. If they don't show a response based on EBV PCRs, patients may get up to another 4 doses of EBV-CTLs (5 doses maximum)

Interventions

cytotoxic t-lymphocytes

EBV specific CTLs will be generated from HLA related matched and mismatched donors in a GMP facility and administered to the patient with refractory CTLs.

Primary outcome measure

  • Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability] [ Time Frame: Patients will be followed for 12 weeks after each infusion ]
  • Incidence of Response to Treatment [Efficacy] [ Time Frame: Patients will be followed for 12 weeks after each infusion ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Children's Hosptial Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Contacts

Neena Kapoor, MD

nkapoor@chla.usc.edu

University of California San Francisco

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Contacts

Julia Chu, MD

Julia.Chu2@ucsf.edu

Johns Hopkins

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Washington University

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63130

Contacts

Shalini Shenoy, MD

shalinishenoy@wustl.edu

New York Medical College

Recruiting

Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mitchell S. Cairo, MD

Nationwide Children's Hosptial

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Contacts

Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

New York Medical College

Last update posted

Aug 8, 2025

Last verified

Aug, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by New York Medical College on 2025-08-08.