E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Advanced Oesophago-gastric Cancer |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Generally, advanced gastro-oesophageal cancer means the cancer has spread from where it first started in the food pipe or stomach to other parts of the body. |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 17.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10056267 |
E.1.2 | Term | Gastroesophageal cancer |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004864 |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Is using the patient's own engineered cells as a therapy effective in treating oesophago-gastric cancer (as an example of a common epithelial malignancy) where there is a clear need for more effective therapies? Primary objective: To evaluate the response rate in Oesophagogastric cancer patients who are NYESO-1 and HLA-A2 positive to adoptive cell therapy targeted to NYESO-1 |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
1. Evaluating if this treatment is feasible, and if it is tolerated by the patient. 2. Evaluation of the duration of remission of the cancer. 3. Assessment of the time from when the treatment was given to time of death 4. Evaluation of blood samples to assess specific tumour marker responses. 5. Evaluation of the cancer response rate by a new unvalidated assessment method - Immune Response Criteria
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Pre-screening: • Patients must be HLA-A0201 positive on pre-screen blood test • If confirmed HLA-A0201 positive, subjects tumour sample must stain positive by immunohistochemistry for NY-ESO-1 and/or LAGE (either diagnostic or more recent biopsy is acceptable. Subject may require additional biopsy if insufficient tumour material available form diagnostic sample). Main Study: • Patients must have histologically confirmed oesophagogastric cancer and have received prior chemotherapy. • Confirmed evidence of measurable metastatic disease (by RECISTv1.1) • Patients may have had any previous systemic therapies provided they are otherwise fit for treatment • Age equal to or greater than 18 years • World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status of 0 or 1 • Life expectancy >3months • LVEF > 50% as measured by ECHO or MUGA • Haematological and biochemical indices: (i) Haemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 80 g/L (ii) Neutrophils ≥ 1.0 x 109/L (iii) Platelets (Plts) ≥ 100 x 109/L • Any of the following abnormal baseline liver function tests: (i) serum bilirubin 1.5 x ULN (ii) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 5 x ULN and/or Serum creatinine ≤ 150 μmol/L or creatinine clearance > 50 ml/min. These measurements must be performed prior to leukaphereses and again prior to commencing preconditioning chemotherapy. • The chemotherapy to be used in this trial is non-myeloablative, but where there is concern about a patient’s bone marrow reserves, for example due to multiple previous lines of myelosuppressive chemotherapy a backup stem cell harvest should also be obtained. • Female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test prior to treatment and agree to use appropriate medically approved contraceptive precautions for four weeks prior to entering the trial, during the trial, and for six months afterwards. • Male patients must agree to use barrier method contraception during the treatment and for six months afterwards. • Full written informed consent
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• Those receiving radiotherapy, biological therapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, systemic steroids, or chemotherapy during the previous four weeks (six weeks for nitrosoureas and Mitomycin-C) prior to treatment or during the course of the treatment. • All toxic manifestations of previous treatment must have resolved. Exceptions to this are alopecia or certain Grade 1 toxicities, which an investigator considers should not exclude the patient. • Participation in any other clinical trial within the previous 30 days or during the course of this treatment. • Previous allogeneic transplant. • Clinically significant cardiac disease. Examples would include unstable coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction within 6 months or Class III or IV AHA criteria for heart disease • Patients who are high medical risks because of non-malignant systemic disease, including those with, uncontrolled cardiac or respiratory disease, or other serious medical or psychiatric disorders which in the lead clinicians opinion would not make the patient a good candidate for adoptive T-cell therapy • Concurrent systemic infections (CTCAE Grade 3 or more) within the 28 days prior to treatment. • Prior history of malignancies at other sites, with the exception of adequately treated cone-biopsied in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. • Patients known or found to be serologically positive for Hepatitis B, C, HIV or HTLV. • History of systemic autoimmune disease which could be life-threatening if reactivation occurred (for example hypothyroidism would be permissible, prior rheumatoid arthritis or SLE would not). • Evidence of CNS involvement. • Patients who are likely to require systemic steroids or other immunosuppressive therapy. • Pregnant and lactating women. • Radiotherapy to >25% skeleton. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Response rate by RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors)criteria in oesophagogastric cancer patients who are NY-ESO-1 and HLA-A2 positive to adoptive cell therapy targeted to NY-ESO-1. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
CT scans to assess RECIST response will be conducted pre-treatment for baseline assessment, and then post-treatment at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, and 12 weekly thereafter until progression is confirmed. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Evaluation of feasibility and tolerability of adoptive cell therapy targeted to NY-ESO-1 in Oesophagogastric cancer patients who are NY-ESO-1 positive and HLA-A2 positive. - Evaluation of the duration of remission - Assessment of overall survival - Evaluation of response rate by Immune Response Criteria
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
- Feasibility will be assessed at the end of the study by the proportion of patients who received full therapy. Tolerability of therapy will be assessed by Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 throughout study duration, until patient progresses. - Progression free survival will be assessed throughout study, as patients followed up until progression. Overall figure will be calculated at recruitment of 15 patients, and then at completion of study. - Overall survival will be assessed at recruitment of 15 patients, and then at completion of study. - Response rate by Immune Response Criteria will be assessed pre-treatment for baseline assessment, and then post-treatment at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, and 12 weekly thereafter until progression is confirmed.
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 2 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 6 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 4 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 8 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 4 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 1 |