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Adult T-Cell Lymphoma/LeukemiaPhase 1NCT04185220

Phase I Study of Recombinant Human IL-15 (rhIL-15) and Mogamulizumab for People With Refractory or Relapsed Adult T-Cell Leukemia and Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome

A Phase 1 study testing Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15) and Mogamulizumab in people with Adult T-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia and Sezary Syndrome, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Background: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome (MF/SS) are cancers that form in the T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps with the body's immune response. A combination of drugs might be able to better treat these cancers than existing therapies. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15) and Mogamulizumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
26 Feb 2020to 18 May 2022
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

None listed.

Who cannot join

  • Patients with other T-cell leukemias/lymphomas not specified in the inclusion criteria
  • Anti-cancer treatment within 2 weeks of the first dose of rhIL-15 and mogamulizumab (4 weeks for anti-cancer monoclonal antibody or investigational agents, 6 weeks for donor lymphocyte infusion,100 days for allogeneic stem cell transplant)
  • Systemic treatment for acute or chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) within 12 weeks of the first dose of rhIL-15 and mogamulizumab
  • Cohort 1 (Dose Escalation) only: history of grade 3/4 GVHD, or active grade 1/2 GVHD regardless of treatment
  • Persisting toxicity related to prior therapy of grade > 1, with the exception of the following: alopecia, sensory neuropathy grade less than or equal to 2, or other grade less than or equal to 2 not constituting a safety risk based on investigator's judgment
  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
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  • Current use of immunosuppressive medication, EXCEPT for the following:
  • Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injection (e.g., intra-articular injection)
  • Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses less than or equal to 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent; or,
  • Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., computed tomography (CT) scan premedication)
  • Patients with previous malignant disease other than the target malignancy within the last 3 years with the exception of basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or cervical carcinoma in situ
  • Cohort 1 (Dose Escalation) only: Active or history of any autoimmune disease thought to be unrelated to their malignancy; for Cohort 2 (Dose Expansion), patients with history of autoimmune disease who are not on active immunosuppressive therapy
  • Patients with asthma requiring chronic inhaled or oral corticosteroids, or history of asthma requiring mechanical ventilation. Patients with a history of mild asthma that are on or can be switched to non-corticosteroid bronchodilator regimens are eligible
  • Patients with active bacterial infections, documented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or positive HIV 1/2 antibodies at screening, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evidence for active or chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or positive screening hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) serology without documentation of successful curative treatment
  • Presence of uncontrolled intercurrent illnesses including but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, cognitive impairment, active substance abuse, or psychiatric illness/social situations that in the view of the Investigator would preclude safe treatment and limit compliance with study requirements
  • Inability or refusal to practice effective contraception during therapy or the presence of pregnancy or active breastfeeding. Because there is no significant preclinical information regarding the risks to a fetus or a newborn infant, all pregnant or breastfeeding woman will be excluded from participation in this trial
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to rhIL-15 or mogamulizumab, unless felt to be in the best interests of the patient in the opinion of the investigator
  • Patients who received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy. Vaccination with a live vaccine while on trial is prohibited. NOTE: Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: Phase 1 Study of Recombinant Human IL-15 (rhIL-15) and Mogamulizumab for Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Adult T-Cell Leukemia and Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome

Background:

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome (MF/SS) are cancers that form in the T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps with the body's immune response. A combination of drugs might be able to better treat these cancers than existing therapies.

Read more

Objective:

To test if the drugs interleukin-15 (IL-15) and mogamulizumab are safe and effective to treat people with Adult T-Cell Leukemia and Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome (ATLL or MF/SS).

Eligibility:

People ages 18 and older with relapsed ATLL or MF/SS that has not responded to at least one standard treatment

Design:

Participants will be screened with:

Medical history

Physical exam

Blood (including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C), urine, lung, and heart tests

Bone marrow tests (if needed): A needle inserted in the participants hip will take a small amount of marrow.

Computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans

Tumor biopsy (if needed): A needle will take out a small piece of the participants tumor.

Participants will get the study drugs by vein for up to six 28-day cycles. They will get IL-15 the first 5 days of each cycle. They will get mogamulizumab on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of cycle 1 and days 1 and 15 of the other cycles. They will be hospitalized for 1 week in cycle 1. They may need to get a midline catheter. This is a soft tube put into a vein leading to the heart.

Participants will have repeats of the screening tests throughout the study.

After treatment, participants will have visits every 60 days for 6 months, every 90 days for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Read the detailed description

Background:

  • Advanced mycosis fungoides, its leukemic form Sezary syndrome (MF/SS), and adult T- cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) are all aggressive mature T-cell malignancies which are considered incurable without an allogeneic stem cell transplant.
  • Mogamulizumab is a defucosylated monoclonal antibody directed towards C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 (CCR4), a chemokine receptor expressed by the majority of MS/SS and ATLL cells. It is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treatment of relapsed MF/SS and is recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network for treatment of ATLL.
  • Defucosylation of mogamulizumab is thought to enhance its capacity for antibody- dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC), which is mediated by natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages.
  • The immunologic effects of recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15), a stimulatory cytokine that promotes the differentiation and activation of natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes and long- term cluster of differentiation 8 (CD) 8+ memory T-cells, has been assessed in several phase I trials in cancer patients.
  • Concomitant administration of rhIL-15 with mogamulizumab may further enhance the ADCC capacity of the antibody and result in improved efficacy for patients with CCR4- expressing cancers.

Objectives:

-To determine the safety and toxicity profile and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of continuous intravenous infusion (civ) rhIL-15 administration in combination with standard intravenous (IV) mogamulizumab treatment

Eligibility:

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years of age
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of less than or equal to 1
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed mycosis fungoides/S(SqrRoot)(Copyright)zary syndrome or adult T- cell leukemia/lymphoma relapsed after or refractory to at least one line of systemic treatment.
  • Adequate organ and marrow function

Design:

  • Open-label, single-center, non-randomized phase I study
  • Standard "3 + 3" design will be used to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of dose-escalated recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15) with fixed dose of mogamulizumab, with an expansion cohort at the MTD
  • Maximum 6 cycles (28-day cycles) of combination therapy
  • To explore all dose levels, including further evaluation in a dose expansion cohort, and to account for unevaluable patients the accrual ceiling will be set at 20 patients.
Being tested
Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15), Mogamulizumab
Keywords
Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity (ADCC), CCR4, Monoclonal Antibody
Medical subject headings
Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Sezary Syndrome, Mycosis Fungoides

What participants receive

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

  • Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15)Drug

    Also called Human interleukin 15

    Interleukin 15 (IL-15) will be administered by continuous intravenous infusion in a dose-escalation 3 + 3 system with a starting dose of 2 mcg/kg/day and a second dose level of 4 mcg/kg/day on days 1-5 of each of six cycles.

  • MogamulizumabBiological

    Also called Poteligeo

    Mogamulizumab (intravenous (IV) over at least 1 hour) will be administered at a dose of 1 mg/kg on days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of cycle 1 and days 1 and 15 of each subsequent cycle. Treatment will continue for a maximum of 6 cycles.

Study groups in NCT04185220
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1- Experimental Treatment: Dose EscalationExperimentalInterleukin-15 (IL-15) by continuous intravenous (CIV) infusion at escalating doses of 2 and 4 mcg/kg/day on days 1-5 of each 28-day cycle (max 6 cycles) with mogamulizumab by intravenous (IV) infusion at a dose of 1 mg/kgdays 1, 8, 15 and 22 of cycle 1 and days 1 and 15 of each subsequent cycle to determine MTD.
Receives: Drug: Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15); Biological: Mogamulizumab
2- Experimental Treatment: Dose ExpansionExperimentalInterleukin-15 (IL-15) by continuous intravenous (CIV) infusion at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) on days 1- 5 of each 28-day cycle (max 6 cycles) with mogamulizumab by intravenous (IV) infusion at a dose of 1 mg/kgdays 1, 8, 15 and 22 of cycle 1 and days 1 and 15 of each subsequent cycle.
Receives: Drug: Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15); Biological: Mogamulizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Recombinant Human Interleukin 15 (IL-15) (rhIL-15)

    The MTD is the dose level at which no more than 1 of up to 6 patients experience DLT during the DLT evaluation window(s), or the dose below that at which at least 2 (of ≤6) patients have DLT. A dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) is defined as: any grade 3, 4, or 5 toxicity if not incontrovertibly due to disease progression or an extraneous cause, and deemed possibly, probably or definitely related to IL-15 or mogamulizumab.

    Measured: 28 days

  2. Number of Grade 1-4 Treatment Related Adverse Events

    Adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0). Grade 1 is mild. Grade 2 is moderate. Grade 3 is severe. Grade 4 is life-threatening. And Grade 5 is death related to adverse event.

    Measured: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 5 months and 25 days for dose level 1, and 4 months and 14 days for dose level 2.

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Event Free Survival

    Event-free survival (EFS) is defined as the duration of time from the date of study enrollment until time of disease relapse, disease progression, alternative therapy for lymphoma given (such as radiation), or death, whichever occurs first.

    Measured: Up to one year

  2. Progression-free Survival

    Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the duration of time from the date of study enrollment until time of disease relapse, disease progression, or death, whichever occurs first. Progressive Disease (PD) is new or increased lesions.

    Measured: Up to one year

  3. Number of Participants Overall Response

    Overall response was assessed by the Response Criteria for Adult T-cell Leukemia-Lymphoma. The response rate was determined and reported along with a 95% confidence interval. Complete Response (CR) is disappearance of all disease. Unconfirmed Complete Response (CRu) is stable residual mass in bulky lesion. Partial Response (PR) is regression of disease. Relapsed Disease (RD)/Progressive Disease (PD) is new or increased lesions. And Stable Disease (SD) is failure to attain CR/PR and no PD.

    Measured: 6 cycles (one cycle is 28 days)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted4 Dec 2019
  2. Study start26 Feb 2020
  3. Primary completion6 Nov 2020
  4. Study completion18 May 2022

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04185220
Sponsor's protocol ID
200011
Other IDs
20-C-0011
Status last verified
Dec 2022
First submitted
3 Dec 2019
Last updated
4 Jan 2023
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Gordon MJ, Dubois S, Miljkovic MD, Ng S, Bryant B, Lakhotia R, Melani C, Pittaluga S, Conlon K, Waldmann T, Staudt LM, Wilson WH, Roschewski M. A phase 1 study of interleukin-15 in combination with mogamulizumab in relapsed and refractory T-cell malignancies. Blood Neoplasia. 2024 Nov 2;2(1):100054. doi: 10.1016/j.bneo.2024.100054. eCollection 2025 Feb.

    PubMed 40546724
  • Dubois SP, Miljkovic MD, Fleisher TA, Pittaluga S, Hsu-Albert J, Bryant BR, Petrus MN, Perera LP, Muller JR, Shih JH, Waldmann TA, Conlon KC. Short-course IL-15 given as a continuous infusion led to a massive expansion of effective NK cells: implications for combination therapy with antitumor antibodies. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Apr;9(4):e002193. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002193.

    PubMed 33883258

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Recombinant human Interleukin-15 (rhIL-15) and Mogamulizumab in people with Adult T-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia and Sezary Syndrome, 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 0 inclusion and 18 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Jan 2023. 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 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.

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

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 14 Dec 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Recombinant Human Interleukin 15 (IL-15) (rhIL-15) (time frame: 28 days). 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 NCT04185220, which also lists 2 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 4 Jan 2023.

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