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Cytomegalovirus InfectionsPhase 1/2ACESNCT03475212

Antiviral Cellular Therapy for Enhancing T-cell Reconstitution Before or After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

A Phase 1/2 study testing Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusion in people with Cytomegalovirus Infections and Adenovirus Infection, run by Pediatric Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Consortium at 30 sites in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether virus-specific T cell lines (VSTs) are safe and can effectively control three viruses (EBV, CMV, and adenovirus) in patients who have had a stem cell transplant and also in patients that have a primary immunodeficiency disorder with no prior stem cell transplant. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
What is being tested?
Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusion
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
52 participants
Where
30 sitesUnited States
Study dates
20 Jun 2018to 30 Jun 2025
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients who have received any type of allogeneic transplant or who have a primary immunodeficiency disorder will be eligible if they have CMV, adenovirus, and/or EBV infection/disease with failure of treatment after 7 days of standard therapy OR if unable to tolerate standard therapy.
  • Patients must meet one of the following criteria:
  • Recipient of prior myeloablative or non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant using either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell or single or double cord blood within the previous 18 months, OR
  • Have a diagnosed primary immunodeficiency disorder (as defined by clinical and laboratory evaluations) and not undergone HSCT.
  • Treatment of the following persistent or relapsed infections despite standard therapy:
  • CMV: Treatment of persistent or relapsed CMV disease or infection after standard therapy. For CMV infection, standard therapy is defined as antiviral therapy with ganciclovir, foscarnet or cidofovir for at least 14 days.
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  • Adenovirus: Treatment of persistent or relapsed adenovirus infection or disease despite standard therapy. Standard therapy is defined as antiviral therapy with cidofovir or brincidofovir.
  • EBV: Treatment of persistent or relapsed EBV infection despite standard therapy.
  • For EBV infection, standard therapy is defined as rituximab given at 375 mg/m2 in patients for 1-4 doses with a CD20+ tumor.
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients with simultaneous infections with CMV, EBV and/or Adenovirus infections are eligible if one or more infection(s) is persistent or relapsed despite standard therapy as defined above. Patients with multiple infections with one or more reactivation and one or more controlled infection are eligible to enroll.
  • Clinical status at enrollment that allows tapering of steroids to equal or less than 0.5 mg/kg/day prednisone (or equivalent) prior to infusion of the VST doses.
  • Negative pregnancy test in female patients if applicable (childbearing potential who have received a reduced intensity conditioning regimen).
  • Written informed consent and/or signed assent line from patient, parent or guardian.

Who cannot join

  • Patients receiving ATG, Campath, Basiliximab or other immunosuppressive monoclonal antibodies targeting T-cells within 28 days of screening for enrollment.
  • Patients who have received donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) or other experimental cellular therapies within 28 days.
  • Current therapy with ruxolitinib or other JAK inhibitors within the previous 3 days.
  • Patients with other uncontrolled infections, defined as bacterial or fungal infections with clinical signs of worsening despite standard therapy. For bacterial infections, patients must be receiving definitive therapy and have no signs of progressing infection for 72 hours prior to enrollment. For fungal infections, patients must be receiving definitive systemic anti-fungal therapy and have no signs of progressing infection for 1 week prior to enrollment.
  • Progressing infection is defined as hemodynamic instability, worsening physical signs, or radiographic findings attributable to infection. Persisting fever without other signs or symptoms will not be interpreted as progressing infection.
  • Patients with active and uncontrolled relapse of malignancy (if applicable).

Trial locations and contacts

30 sites in 1 country.

30 sites in 1 country

United States30 sites
  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

  • Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/ Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Buffalo, New York, 14263

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705

  • Spectrum Health - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

  • Riley Hospital for Children - Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90095

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 91016

  • St. Jude

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • Yale

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • Stanford Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

    Palo Alto, California, 94304

  • The Children's Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016

  • Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298

  • Children's Mercy

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229

  • Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229

  • UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, California, 94123

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Chlindren's/University of Washington School of Medicine

    Seattle, Washington, 98109

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010

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About this study

Official title: Antiviral Cellular Therapy for Enhancing T-cell Reconstitution Before or After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (ACES) PBMTC SUP1701

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether virus-specific T cell lines (VSTs) are safe and can effectively control three viruses (EBV, CMV, and adenovirus) in patients who have had a stem cell transplant and also in patients that have a primary immunodeficiency disorder with no prior stem cell transplant.

Read the detailed description

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate whether most closely HLA-matched multivirus-specific T cell lines obtained from a bank of allogeneic virus-specific T cell lines (VSTs) have antiviral activity against three viruses: EBV, CMV and adenovirus.

Reconstitution of anti-viral immunity by donor-derived VSTs has shown promise in preventing and treating infections associated with CMV, EBV and adenovirus post-transplant. However, the time required to prepare patient-specific products and lack of virus-specific memory T cells in cord blood and seronegative donors, limits their value. An alternative is to use banked partially HLA-matched allogeneic VSTs. A prior phase II study at Baylor College of Medicine using trivirus-specific VSTs generated using monocytes and EBV-transformed B cells gene-modified with a clinical grade adenoviral vector expressing CMV-pp65 to activate and expand specific T cells showed the feasibility, safety and activity of this approach for the treatment of refractory CMV, EBV and Adenovirus infections. More recent protocols utilizing synthetic viral peptide pools allow ex vivo expansion of T-cells targeting multiple viral antigens in 10-12 days without use of viral transduction.

The study will evaluate whether partially-HLA matched allogeneic multivirus-specific VSTs, activated using overlapping peptide libraries spanning immunogenic antigens from CMV, adenovirus and EBV, will be safe and produce anti-viral effects in immunodeficient recipients infected with one of more of the targeted viruses that are persistent despite conventional anti-viral therapy.

This study will evaluate safety and efficacy of partially-matched VST therapy in A) patients who have persistent viral infections in the post-HSCT period, and B) patients with primary immunodeficiency conditions who have persistent viral infections and have not undergone HSCT.

The study agent will be assessed for safety and antiviral activity.

Being tested
Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusion
Keywords
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Primary Immune Deficiency Disease
Medical subject headings
Cytomegalovirus Infections, Adenoviridae Infections, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

What participants receive

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

  • Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusionBiological

    Patients will receive partially HLA-matched VSTs as a single infusion. Patients who have a partial response (>1 log decrease in viral load without clearance) or no response and do not have treatment-related dose-limiting toxicities are eligible to receive up to 3 additional doses from day 30 after the initial infusion and at 2 weekly intervals thereafter. The viral load of the virus (or viruses) that patients are initially treated for are monitored by viral PCR.

Study groups in NCT03475212
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Virus specific T cell lines (VSTs) against three virusesExperimentalThe study will evaluate whether partially-HLA matched allogeneic multivirus-specific VSTs, activated using overlapping peptide libraries spanning immunogenic antigens from CMV, adenovirus and EBV, will be safe and produce anti-viral effects in immunodeficient recipients infected with one of more of the targeted viruses that are persistent despite conventional anti-viral therapy.
Receives: Biological: Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusion

What is being measured

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

  1. Feasibility to identify suitable HLA matched VST products

    Feasibility will be defined as the ability of the investigators to identify suitable partially HLA- matched VST products from the VST bank at Children's National Medical Center for referred study subjects. The percentage of referred patients with potential partially-matched VST products identified will be recorded, as will timing between patient referral and treatment.

    Measured: 30 days

  2. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    The safety endpoint, dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), will be defined as acute GvHD grades III-IV or grades 3-5 infusion-related adverse events or grades 4-5 non-hematological adverse events related to the T cell product within 30 days of each VST dose and that are not due to the pre-existing infection or the original malignancy or pre-existing co-morbidities as defined by the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), Version 4.03.

    Measured: 30 days

  3. Efficacy of VST at 30 days as measured by viral load

    Peripheral blood and, where relevant, stool and urine will be monitored for CMV, EBV, and/or adenovirus viral load. For patients with multiple viral infections, the response against the primary viral target will determine the classification. For the infection under treatment response in viral load will be assessed at 30 days after the first VST infusion

    Measured: 30 days

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Reconstitution of Antiviral Immunity following VST infusions

    Patient serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be monitored for virus-specific activity during the 3 months following VST infusion by the following measures:

    1. T cell phenotyping by flow cytometry (including % CD3, CD4, CD8, TCRalpha/beta and CD45RA-/CCR7+, among other markers)
    2. Antiviral T cell responses to CMV, EBV, and/or Adenovirus antigens by IGN-g ELIspot (spot forming units) and Intracellular cytokine staining ( %IFN-gamma and TFNa+ of CD4 and CD8 cells)
    3. T cell repertoire and antiviral specificity by TCR sequencing (%clonotype frequencies)

    Measured: 3 months

  2. Persistence of infused VSTs

    Persistence of infused T cells will be monitored at 1 month and 3 months following VST infusion using deep sequencing and additional tests as indicated to track the TCR v-beta repertoire in the patient peripheral blood prior to and post-infusion.

    Measured: 1 month and 3 months

  3. Effects on Clinical Signs of Viral Infection

    If a patient has organ involvement, clinical response will be monitored. For patients with EBV lymphoma and measurable disease, response will be assessed by RECIST criteria.

    Measured: 3 months

  4. Survival

    Overall survival at 6 and 12 months post VST infusion will be computed.

    Measured: 6 months and 12 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted23 Mar 2018
  2. Study start20 Jun 2018
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2025 (estimated)

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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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
52 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03475212
Sponsor's protocol ID
PBMTC SUP1701
Acronym
ACES
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
13 Jan 2018
Last updated
11 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Virus Specific T-cell (VST) infusion in people with Cytomegalovirus Infections and Adenovirus Infection, run by Pediatric Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Consortium at 30 sites 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 14 inclusion and 6 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 30 sites 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?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Feasibility to identify suitable HLA matched VST products (time frame: 30 days). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 11 May 2025.

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