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Pancreatic CancerPhase 1/2NCT03190941

Administering Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Transduced With a Murine T-Cell Receptor Recognizing the G12V Variant of Mutated RAS in HLA-A*11:01 Patients

A Phase 1/2 study testing Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine and Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL in people with Pancreatic Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

Background: A new cancer therapy involves taking white blood cells from a person, growing them in the lab, genetically modifying them, then giving them back to the person. This therapy is called gene transfer using anti-KRAS G12V mTCR cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 72 years
What is being tested?
Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine and Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
110 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
21 Sep 2017to 29 Jun 2028
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 72 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Measurable (per RECIST V1.1 criteria, metastatic, or unresectable malignancy expressing G12V mutated KRAS as assessed by one of the following methods: RT-PCR on tumor tissue, tumor DNA sequencing, or any other CLIA-certified laboratory test on resected tissue. Patients shown to have tumors expressing G12V mutated NRAS and HRAS will also be eligible as these oncogenes share complete amino acid homology with G12V mutated KRAS for their first 80 N-terminal amino acids, completely encompassing the target epitope.
  • Patients must be HLA-A*11:01 positive as confirmed by the NIH Department of Transfusion Medicine.
  • Confirmation of the diagnosis of cancer by the NCI Laboratory of Pathology.
  • Patients must have:
  • previously received standard systemic therapy for their advanced cancer and have been either non-responders or have recurred, specifically:
  • Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer must have had at least two systemic chemotherapy regimens that include 5FU, leucovorin, bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan (or similar agents), or have contraindications to receiving those medications.
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  • Patients with pancreatic cancer must have received gemcitabine, 5FU, and oxaliplatin (or similar agents), or have contraindications to receiving those medications.
  • Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) must have had appropriate targeted therapy as indicated by abnormalities in ALK, EGFR, or expression of PDL- 1. Other patients must have had platinum-based chemotherapy.
  • Patients with ovarian cancer or prostate cancer must have had approved first-line chemotherapy.
  • OR
  • declined standard treatment
  • Patients with 3 or fewer brain metastases that are less than 1 cm in diameter and asymptomatic are eligible. Lesions that have been treated with stereotactic radiosurgery must be clinically stable for one month after treatment for the patient to be eligible. Patients
  • with surgically resected brain metastases are eligible.
  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years and less than or equal to 72 years.
  • Clinical performance status of ECOG 0 or 1
  • Patients must be willing to practice birth control from the time of enrollment on this study and 12 months after the last dose of combined chemotherapy for women and for 4 months after treatment for men.
  • Women of child-bearing potential must be willing to undergo pregnancy testing prior to the start of treatment because of the potentially dangerous effects of the treatment on the fetus.
  • NOTE: Certain malignancies may secrete hormones that produce false positive pregnancy tests. Serial blood testing (e.g. HCG measurements) and/ or ultrasound may be performed for clarification.
  • Serology
  • Seronegative for HIV antibody. (The experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system. Patients who are HIV seropositive may have decreased immune-competence and thus may be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
  • Seronegative for hepatitis B antigen, and seronegative for hepatitis C antibody. If hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then patient must be tested for the presence of antigen by RT-PCR and be HCV RNA negative.
  • Hematology
  • ANC greater than 1000/mm^3 without the support of filgrastim
  • WBC greater than or equal to 2500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than or equal to 80,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL. Subjects may be transfused to reach this cut-off.
  • Chemistry
  • Serum ALT/AST less than or equal to 5.0 times ULN
  • Total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL, except in patients with Gilbert s Syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL.
  • Patients must have either an eGFR > 60 mL/m (based on serum creatinine and lab nomogram) or a formal 6-24h CrCl > 60 mL/m.
  • Patients must have completed any prior systemic therapy at the time of enrollment.
  • Note: Patients may have undergone minor surgical procedures or limited field radiotherapy within the four weeks prior to enrollment, as long as related major organ toxicities have recovered to less than or equal to grade 1.
  • Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Willing to sign a durable power of attorney.
  • Subjects must be co-enrolled on protocol 03C0277.

Who cannot join

  • Large volume pulmonary irradiation.
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the treatment on the fetus or infant.
  • Concurrent systemic steroid therapy.
  • Active systemic infections requiring anti-infective treatment, coagulation disorders, or any other active or uncompensated major medical illnesses.
  • Any form of primary immunodeficiency (such as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease).
  • Concurrent opportunistic infections (The experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system. Patients who have decreased immune-competence may be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
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  • History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, or aldesleukin.
  • History of coronary revascularization or ischemic symptoms
  • For select patients with a clinical history prompting cardiac evaluation: last known LVEF less than or equal to 45%.
  • For select patients with a clinical history prompting pulmonary evaluation: known FEV1 less than or equal to 50% or DLCO less than 60%.
  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

NCI SB Immunotherapy Recruitment Center contact

(866) 820-4505

IRC@nih.gov

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

    For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact NCI/Surgery Branch Recruitment Center, 866-820-4505, irc@nih.gov

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I/II Study Administering Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Transduced With a Murine T-Cell Receptor Recognizing the G12V Variant of Mutated RAS in HLA-A*11:01 Patients

Background:

A new cancer therapy involves taking white blood cells from a person, growing them in the lab, genetically modifying them, then giving them back to the person. This therapy is called gene transfer using anti-KRAS G12V mTCR cells.

Read more

Objective:

To see if anti-KRAS G12 V mTCR cells are safe and can shrink tumors.

Eligibility:

Adults at least 18 years old with cancer that has the KRAS G12V molecule on the surface of tumors.

Design:

In another protocol, participants will:

Be screened

Have cells harvested and grown

Have leukapheresis

In this protocol, participants will have the procedures below.

Participants will be admitted to the hospital.

Over 5 days, participants will get 2 chemotherapy medicines as an infusion via catheter in the upper chest.

A few days later, participants will get the anti-KRAS G12V mTCR cells via catheter.

For up to 3 days, participants will get a drug to make the cells active.

A day after getting the cells, participants will get a drug to increase their white blood cell count. This will be a shot or injection under the skin.

Participants will recover in the hospital for 1-2 weeks. They will have lab and blood tests.

Participants will take an antibiotic for at least 6 months.

Participants will have visits every few months for 2 years, and then as determined by their doctor.

Visits will be 1-2 days. They will include lab tests, imaging studies, and physical exam. Some visits may include leukapheresis or blood drawn.

Participants will have blood collected over several years.

Read the detailed description

Background:

  • We generated an HLA-A*11:01-restricted murine T-cell receptor (mTCR) that specifically recognizes the G12V-mutated variant of KRAS (and other RAS family genes), expressed by many human cancers and constructed a single retroviral vector that contains alpha and beta chains that confer recognition of this antigen when transduced into PBL.
  • In co-cultures with HLA-A*11:01+ target cells expressing this mutated oncogene, mTCR transduced T cells lyse target cells and secrete IFN-gamma with high specificity.

Objectives:

Primary objectives:

  • Phase I: Determine the safety of administering PBL transduced with anti-KRAS G12V mTCR in concert with preparative lymphodepletion and high-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2; aldesleukin).
  • Phase II: Determine if anti-KRAS G12V mTCR-transduced PBL can mediate the regression of tumors harboring the RAS G12V mutation.

Eligibility:

Patients must be/have:

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years and less than or equal to 72 years
  • HLA-A*11:01 positive
  • Metastatic or unresectable RAS G12V-expressing cancer which has progressed after standard therapy (if available).

Patients may not have:

-Allergies or hypersensitivities to high-dose aldesleukin, cyclophosphamide or fludarabine.

Design:

  • This is a Phase I/II, single center study of PBL transduced with anti-KRAS G12V mTCR in HLA-A*11:01 positive patients with advanced solid tumors expressing G12V mutated RAS.
  • PBMC obtained by leukapheresis will be cultured in the presence of anti-CD3 (OKT3) and aldesleukin in order to stimulate T-cell growth.
  • Transduction is initiated by exposure of these cells to retroviral vector supernatant containing replication-incompetent virus encoding the anti-KRAS G12V mTCR.
  • All patients will receive a non-myeloablative, lymphodepleting preparative regimen of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine.
  • On day 0, patients will receive their PBL transduced with the anti-KRAS G12V mTCR and will then begin high-dose aldesleukin.
  • A complete evaluation of lesions will be conducted approximately 6 weeks (+/- 2 weeks) after treatment.
  • The study will be conducted using a phase I/II Simon minimax design, with two separate cohorts for the Phase II component: Cohort 2a, patients with RAS G12V pancreatic cancer, and Cohort 2b, patients with RAS G12V non-pancreatic cancer.

-A total of up to 110 patients may be required; approximately 24 patients in the phase I portion of the study and 86 (41, plus an allowance of up to 2 non-evaluable per phase II cohort) patients in the phase II portion of the study.

Being tested
Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL, Aldesleukin
Keywords
KRAS, HRAS, NRAS, Cell Therapy, Immunotherapy
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CyclophosphamideDrug

    Days -7 and -6: Cyclophosphamide 60 mg/kg/day x 2 days IV in 250 mL D5W infused simultaneously with mesna 15 mg/kg/day over 1 hour x 2 days.

  • FludarabineDrug

    Days -7 to -3: Fludarabine 25 mg/m2/day IVPB daily over 30 minutes for 5 days.

  • Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBLBiological

    Day 0: Cells will be infused intravenously on the Patient Care Unit over 20-30 minutes (2-4 days after the last dose of fludarabine).

  • AldesleukinDrug

    Aldesleukin 720,000 IU/kg IV (based on total body weight) over 15 minutes approximately every 8 hours beginning within 24 hours of cell infusion and continuing for up to 3 days (maximum 9 doses).

Study groups in NCT03190941
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1/Phase IExperimentalNon-myeloablative, lymphodepleting preparative regimen of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine + escalating doses of anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL + high-dose aldesleukin
Receives: Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Drug: Fludarabine; Biological: Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL; Drug: Aldesleukin
2/Phase IIExperimentalNon-myeloablative, lymphodepleting preparative regimen of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine + MTD of anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL + high-dose aldesleukin
Receives: Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Drug: Fludarabine; Biological: Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL; Drug: Aldesleukin

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Response rate

    Percentage of patients who have a clinical response (PR+CR) to treatment (objective tumor regression)

    Measured: 6 weeks and 12 weeks following administration of the cell product, then every 3 months x3, then every 6 months x 2 years, then per PI discretion

  2. Frequency and severity of treatment-related adverse events

    Grade and type of toxicity per dose level; fraction of patients who experience a DLT at a given dose level, and number and grade of each type of DLT

    Measured: From time of cell infusion to two weeks after cell infusion

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jun 2017
  2. Study start21 Sep 2017
  3. Primary completion29 Jun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion29 Jun 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
110 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03190941
Sponsor's protocol ID
170113
Other IDs
17-C-0113
Status last verified
11 Aug 2026
First submitted
16 Jun 2017
Last updated
24 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: All IPD recorded in the medical record will be shared with intramural investigators upon request.

Publications

  • Davis JL, Theoret MR, Zheng Z, Lamers CH, Rosenberg SA, Morgan RA. Development of human anti-murine T-cell receptor antibodies in both responding and nonresponding patients enrolled in TCR gene therapy trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Dec 1;16(23):5852-61. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1280.

    PubMed 21138872
  • Wang QJ, Yu Z, Griffith K, Hanada K, Restifo NP, Yang JC. Identification of T-cell Receptors Targeting KRAS-Mutated Human Tumors. Cancer Immunol Res. 2016 Mar;4(3):204-14. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-15-0188. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

    PubMed 26701267
  • Abrams SI, Khleif SN, Bergmann-Leitner ES, Kantor JA, Chung Y, Hamilton JM, Schlom J. Generation of stable CD4+ and CD8+ T cell lines from patients immunized with ras oncogene-derived peptides reflecting codon 12 mutations. Cell Immunol. 1997 Dec 15;182(2):137-51. doi: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1224.

    PubMed 9514698

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine and Anti-KRAS G12V mTCR PBL in people with Pancreatic Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 35 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact NCI SB Immunotherapy Recruitment Center ((866) 820-4505, IRC@nih.gov), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Response rate (time frame: 6 weeks and 12 weeks following administration of the cell product, then every 3 months x3, then every 6 months x 2 years, then per PI discretion). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03190941, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Aug 2026.

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