Natural Killer Cell (CYNK-001) IV Infusion or IT Administration in Adults With Recurrent GBM (CYNK001GBM01)

Celularity

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 1

Conditions: Analgesics; Glioblastoma Multiforme; Anti-infective Agents; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Sensory System Agents; Astrocytoma, Grade IV; Antiviral Agents; Cyclophosphamide; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Giant Cell Glioblastoma; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Analgesics, Non-narcotic; Immunologic Factors

Treatments: Biological: CYNK001-IV; Biological: CYNK001-IT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04489420

CYNK001-GBM-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will find the maximum safe dose (MSD) or maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of CYNK-001 which are NK cells derived from human placental CD34+ cells and culture-expanded. CYNK-001 cells will be given after lymphodepleting chemotherapy for the systemic cohort (IV) (intravenous). The intratumoral cohort (IT) will not be giving lymphodepletion. The safety of this treatment will be evaluated, and researchers want to learn if NK cells will help in treating recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Histologically confirmed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and are at first or second relapse.

2. ≥ 18 years of age

3. Have measurable disease of at least one solitary lesion with a dimension between 1 cm and 5 cm according to RANO

4. Karnofsky performance status (KPS) ≥ 60

5. Adequate organ function defined by laboratory values as follows: Creatinine < 140 µmol/L (1.6 mg/dL); if borderline, the creatinine clearance ≥40 mL/min, Bilirubin < 20% above the upper limit of normal, AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 the upper limit of normal.

6. Absolute Neutrophil count baseline (ANC) ≥1500 cells/uL, Hemoglobin baseline ≥ 9.0 g/dL and Platelets baseline ≥ 100,000 cells/uL prior to the start of study treatment.

7. Female of childbearing potential (FCBP) must not be pregnant and agree to not becoming pregnant for at least 42 days following the start of the treatment.

8. Patients with HIV/AIDs are eligible if they have not had an opportunistic infection within the past 12 months

9. Patients with chronic HBV infection or patients with current or a history of HCV infection are allowed if:

   1. have an HBV viral load below the limit of quantification and be on viral suppressive therapy
   2. have current HCV infection, they should be on concurrent HCV treatment and the HCV viral load must be below the limit of quantification
   3. have a history of HCV infection should have completed curative antiviral treatment and require HCV viral load below the limit of quantification

Exclusion criteria

1. Had prior radiation therapy within 12 weeks of screening MRI unless there is unequivocal histological confirmation of tumor progression
2. Subjects on growth factors therapy with less than 4 weeks washout period (for short-acting growth factors, such as G-CSF, GM-CSF 5-day wash-out for longer-acting factors (such as Neulasta) 10 days
3. Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other investigational agents within 4 weeks
4. Prior cellular or gene therapy at any time
5. Clinical or laboratory signs for immunodeficiency or under immunosuppressive medication or steroids greater than15 mg prednisone or equivalent per day
6. History of malignancy, other than GBM, unless the subject has been free of disease for > 3 years from the date of signing the ICF. Exceptions include the following noninvasive malignancies: basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, carcinoma in situ of the breast, Incidental histological finding of prostate cancer (TNM stage of T1a or T1b)
7. Active autoimmune disease other than controlled connective tissue disorder or those who are not on active therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3 participants in 2 patient groups

Intravenous IV ( Recurrent and Surgical ) GBM

Experimental group

Description:

Cohort 1A ( recurrent GBM) will receive CYNK-001 at a dose of 1.2 x 10\^9 cells intravenous ( IV) on Days 0, 7, and 14 and will include up to 6 subjects. The subjects will be followed for a 42 day DLT period from the initial CYNK-001 infusion (or 28 days after the last dose). No other treatment interventions are planned between the last day of CYNK-001. In the event of DLTs, Cohort 1C ( recurrent GBM dose-De escalation) will receive CYNK-001 at a dose of 600 x 10\^6 cells (IV) on Days 0, 7, 14, and will include up to 6 subjects who will be followed for a 42-day DLT period from the initial CYNK-001 infusion (or 28 days after the last dose. Cohort 1B (surgical cohort) will receive CYNK-001 at the maximum safe dose (MSD) (either 1.2x10\^9 cells or 600x10\^6 cells) (IV) at Days 0, 7, 14, and will include up to 6 subjects. The tumor resection surgery will be performed after the last CYNK-001 infusion during the DLT period.

Treatment:

Biological: CYNK001-IV

Intratumoral IT ( Recurrent and Surgical ) GBM)

Experimental group

Description:

The cohort 2A or cohort 2C (recurrent GBM) IT route of administration can be started only after the safety results were acceptable from the completion of cohort 1A or Cohort 1C (IV route of administration). The Treatment Period for the IT cohorts will begin with having the Ommaya catheter placement per institutional policy, which is planned to occur within one week prior to the CYNK-001 administration on Day 0. Cohort 2A will be treated with CYNK-001 IT at 200 x 10\^6 ± 50 x 10\^6 cells IT on Day 0, 7 and 14 includes up to 6 recurrent GBM subjects Cohort 2C ( dose de-escalation) will be treated with CYNK-001 200 x 106 ± 50 x 106 cells IT on Day 0, and Day 7 ( only two days dosing) and include up to 6 recurrent GBM subjects. Cohort 2B ( the surgical IT cohort) will be treated with CYNK-001 at the maximum safe dose ( MSD) (either 200 x 10\^6 ± 50 x 10\^6 cells on Days 0, 7 and 14 or at 200 x 10\^6 ±50x10\^6 cells on Days 0 and 7) and include up to 6 surgical GBM subjects

Treatment:

Biological: CYNK001-IT