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Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic B-Leukemia With IL-2 and CD-40 Autologous Tumor Cells

NCT00058786 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2012-05-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a research study to determine the safety and dosage of special cells that may make the patients own immune system fight the cancer. To do this, we will put a special gene into cancer cells that have been taken from the patient. This will be done in the laboratory. This gene will make the cells produce interleukin 2 (IL-2), which is a natural substance that may help the immune system kill cancer cells. Additionally, we will stimulate the cancer cells with another natural protein called CD40 ligand (CD40L), which preclinical human and animal studies suggest will help IL-2 perform better. Some of these cells will then be put back into the body. The cells are grown with normal embryonic fibroblasts. Studies of cancers in animals and in cancer cells that are grown in laboratories suggest that combining substances like IL-2 and CD40L helps the body kill cancer cells.

The purpose of this study is to learn the side effects and the safest effective dose of these special cells on the disease

Conditions

  • Chronic Lymphocytic B-Leukemia

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Injection of IL-2-secreting CD40L-expressing autologous B-CLL cells

Patients may be treated with a minimum of three up to six injections of their IL-2-secreting and CD40L-expressing autologous B-CLL cells, separated by one to two weeks in an immunological treatment window, i.e. in the absence of concurrent cytotoxic therapy. Any patient whose disease regresses after the administration of 6 injections may be offered further injections (i.e. more than 6 injections) of tumor vaccine at the dose level previously administered, if enough vaccines are available. Patients will receive a fixed dose of IL-2 secreting B-CLL cells throughout the entire treatment protocol (see Section 5.8), determined by previous studies in acute leukemia and in neuroblastoma, in which this level of IL-2 production has been safe. The dose escalation of CD40L-expressing cells is designed to reach the IL2/CD40L ratio shown to be effective in our preclinical models of neuroblastoma and lymphoma.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Malcolm K Brenner, MD · Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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