LN-145 or LN-145-S1 in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Ovarian Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Osteosarcoma, or Other Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03449108 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : February 28, 2018
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Bone Sarcoma Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Malignancy in Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Malignant Solid Neoplasm Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Carcinoma Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma Recurrent Osteosarcoma Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma Refractory Osteosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma Thyroid Gland Anaplastic Carcinoma Thyroid Gland Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undifferentiated High Grade Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Bone | Biological: Aldesleukin Biological: Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes LN-145 Drug: Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes LN-145-S1 Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Fludarabine Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate efficacy using objective response rate (ORR) using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v)1.1 in each cohort.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the disease control rate (DCR) within and across cohorts. II. Determine the duration of response (DOR). III. Determine progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). IV. Further characterize the safety profile of adoptive cell therapy with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) across multiple tumor types.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Establish duration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) persistence. II. Compare the molecular and immunological features of tumors before and after TIL therapy.
III. Prospectively evaluate the existing immunotherapy response criteria (immune-related [ir]RECIST) as the best response assessment tool for TIL therapy among a diverse group of solid tumors.
IV. To investigate TIL attributes (CD8 percentage [%], CD27 and CD28 expression) and correlation with response to therapy.
V. Assess tumor marker (CA-125) response in patients who produce this tumor marker.
VI. To assess Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL).
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.
THYROID CANCER COHORT: Patients receive cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 2 hours on days -7 and -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -5 to -1, autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes LN-145 IV over 45 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 30 minutes on days 1-4 for up to 6 doses.
OVARIAN CANCER, OSTEOSARCOMA, OR OTHER BONE AND SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS COHORT: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 2 hours on days -7 and -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -5 to -1, LN-145-S1 IV over 45 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 30 minutes on days 1-4 for up to 6 doses.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 18 weeks, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months, then every 3 months for at least 3 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 80 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Clinical Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of LN-145/LN-145-S1 (Autologous Centrally Manufactured Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes) Across Multiple Tumor Types |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 27, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Ovarian Cancer and Sarcomas (LN-145-S1)
Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 2 hours on days -7 and -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -5 to -1, LN-145-S1 IV over 45 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 30 minutes on days 1-4 for up to 6 doses.
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Biological: Aldesleukin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes LN-145-S1 Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fludarabine Given IV
Other Name: Fluradosa Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies |
Experimental: Thyroid Cohort (LN-145)
Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 2 hours on days -7 and -6, fludarabine IV over 30 minutes daily on days -5 to -1, autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes LN-145 IV over 45 minutes on day 0 and aldesleukin IV over 30 minutes on days 1-4 for up to 6 doses.
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Biological: Aldesleukin
Given IV
Other Names:
Biological: Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes LN-145 Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fludarabine Given IV
Other Name: Fluradosa Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies |
- Objective response rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1. Estimation will use 80% confidence intervals by the Wilson score method.
- Disease control rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Duration of response [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Progression free survival [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- Incidence of adverse events of adoptive cell therapy with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) across multiple tumor types [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Duration of TIL persistence [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Determined by T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing of infused T cells serially isolated following LN-145 infusion, or alternatively iRepertoire assessment of messenger ribonucleic acid for the TCRs.
- Response as determined by the immune-related response criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression, when appropriate, will be used to quantify the relationship between phenotypic attributes (CD8 percentage [%], CD27 and CD28 expression, etc.) and response to therapy.
- Immunological phenotype of LN-145 by multichannel flow cytometry [ Time Frame: Day 0 ]Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression, when appropriate, will be used to quantify the relationship between phenotypic attributes (CD8 %, CD27 and CD28 expression, etc.) and response to therapy.
- Tumor assessment via immunohistochemistry, TCR sequencing, and transcriptional analysis [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 3 years ]Paired t-test will be used to examine the molecular and immunological features of tumors before and after TIL therapy.
- Health Related Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]Assessed per the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) questionnaire.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 18 and 70 (Subjects aged 16-70 may be enrolled into the osteosarcoma cohort).
- Subjects must be willing and able to provide informed consent. For patients < 18 years of age, their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.
- Clinical performance status of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1 at enrollment and within 7 days of initiating lymphodepleting chemotherapy.
- Subjects must have an area of tumor amenable to excisional biopsy (core biopsies may be allowed as detailed in protocol) for the generation of TIL separate from, and in addition to, a target lesion to be used for response assessment.
- Any prior therapy directed at the malignant tumor, including radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and biologic/targeted agents must be discontinued at least 28 days prior to tumor resection for preparing TIL therapy.
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/mm^3 (within 7 days of enrollment).
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL (transfusion allowed) (within 7 days of enrollment).
- Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3 (within 7 days of enrollment).
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Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) =< 2.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Patients with liver metastases may have liver function tests (LFT) =< 5.0 x ULN (within 7 days of enrollment).
- Calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault) >= 50.0 mL/min (within 7 days of enrollment).
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN (within 7 days of enrollment).
- Prothrombin time (PT) & activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN (correction with vitamin K allowed) unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy (which should be managed according to institutional norms prior to and after excisional biopsy) (within 7 days of enrollment)
- Negative serum pregnancy test (female subjects of childbearing potential) (within 7 days of enrollment)
- Subjects must not have a confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- Subjects must have a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) showing no active ischemia and Fridericia's corrected QT interval (QTcF) less than 480 ms.
- Subjects must also have a negative dobutamine stress echocardiogram.
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Subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to practice an approved highly effective method of birth control starting at the time of informed consent and for 1 year after the completion of the lymphodepletion regimen. Approved methods of birth control are as follows:
- Hormonal contraception (i.e. birth control pills, injection, implant, transdermal patch, vaginal ring).
- Intrauterine device (IUD).
- Tubal ligation or hysterectomy.
- Subject/partner status post vasectomy.
- Implantable or injectable contraceptives.
- Condoms plus spermicide.
- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
- Pulmonary function tests (spirometry) demonstrating forced expiratory value (FEV) 1 greater than 65% predicted or forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than 65% of predicted.
- Ovarian cancer cohort only: Subjects must have high-grade non-mucinous histology (carcinosarcomas are allowed).
- Ovarian cancer cohort only: Subjects must have failed at least two prior lines of chemotherapy (i.e. frontline adjuvant chemotherapy plus one additional line for recurrent/progressive disease), or have platinum resistant disease.
- Osteosarcoma cohort only: Subjects with osteosarcomas must have relapsed or become refractory to conventional therapy and have received a regimen including some combination of high-dose methotrexate, doxorubicin, cisplatin, and/or ifosfamide.
- Other bone and soft tissue sarcomas cohort only: Subjects with dedifferentiated chondrosarcomas, dedifferentiated giant cell tumor of bone, giant cell tumor of bone, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of bone, or high-grade unclassified sarcomas of bone must have received at least one prior line of therapy unless no standard first-line therapy exists in which case enrollment as initial therapy is allowed.
- Other bone and soft tissue sarcomas cohort only: Subjects with other soft tissue sarcomas who have received at least one line of therapy.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Pathologic findings supporting the clinical impression of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Diagnosis may include consistent with, or suggestive of terminology associated with: anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, squamous carcinoma; carcinoma with spindled, giant cell, or epithelial features; poorly differentiated carcinoma.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Measurable distant metastatic disease by RECIST v1.1.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Subjects who are planned for surgical resection of their tumor, or subjects who are planned for surgery to stabilize the airway (i.e., tracheostomy). Subjects who have a stable airway at the time of consent are eligible if there is tumor that can be resected for TIL manufacturing.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Previous external beam radiation to the neck is allowed as long as there is a measurable lesion that can be biopsied (separate from the area of radiated tumor) and at least one other for RECIST response assessment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active systemic infections requiring intravenous antibiotics, coagulation disorders or other major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory or immune system. Principal investigator (PI) or his/her designee shall make the final determination regarding appropriateness of enrollment.
- Patients with active viral hepatitis.
- Patients who have a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 45% at screening.
- Patients with a history of prior adoptive cell therapies.
- Persistent prior therapy-related toxicities greater than grade 2 according to Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)4.03, except for peripheral neuropathy, alopecia, or vitiligo prior to enrollment.
- Primary immunodeficiency.
- History of organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
- Chronic steroid therapy, however prednisone or its equivalent is allowed at =< 10 mg/day.
- Patients who are pregnant or nursing.
- Presence of a significant psychiatric disease, which in the opinion of the principal investigator or his/her designee, would prevent adequate informed consent.
- History of clinically significant autoimmune disease including active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease. Subjects with resolved side effects from prior checkpoint inhibitor therapy, vitiligo, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or resolved childhood asthma/atopy would be an exception to this rule. Subjects that require intermittent use of bronchodilators or local steroid injections would not be excluded. Subjects with hypothyroidism stable on hormone replacement or Sjogren's syndrome will not be excluded.
- History of clinically significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or other chronic lung disease.
- History of a second malignancy (diagnosed in the last 5 years). Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ cervical cancer that has undergone potentially curative therapy. For the thyroid cancer cohort, subjects have a higher likelihood of prior cancers. Therefore, for this cohort, history of prior thyroid cancer or other indolent cancers is not considered exclusionary if in the opinion of the treating physician such cancers are indolent or unlikely to affect the overall prognosis based on the active thyroid cancer.
- History of known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Subjects with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least four weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment and any neurologic symptoms have returned to baseline), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to initiation of lymphodepletion.
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the initiation of lymphodepletion.
- Patients who have a contraindication to or history of hypersensitivity reaction to any components or excipients of the TIL therapy or the other study drugs: non-myeloablative-lymphodepletion (NMA-LD) (cyclophosphamide, mesna, and fludarabine); IL-2; antibiotics of the aminoglycoside group (i.e., streptomycin, gentamicin); any component of the TIL infusion product formulation including human serum albumin (HSA), IL-2, and dextran-40.
- Any other condition that in the investigator's judgement would significantly increase the risks of participation.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: BRAFV600E mutated thyroid cancer.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Previous systemic therapy is not allowed except for chemotherapy used as a radiosensitizing agent.
- Anaplastic and poorly-differentiated thyroid cancer cohort only: Any disease that is untreated or patient refuses treatment that could lead to airway compromise during TIL manufacturing time.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03449108
Contact: Amir A Jazaeri | 713-745-1613 | aajazaeri@mdanderson.org |
United States, Texas | |
M D Anderson Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact: Amir A. Jazaeri 713-745-1613 aajazaeri@mdanderson.org | |
Principal Investigator: Amir A. Jazaeri |
Principal Investigator: | Amir A Jazaeri | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03449108 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2017-0672 NCI-2018-00918 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) 2017-0672 ( Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center ) |
First Posted: | February 28, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 9, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Carcinoma Neoplasms Sarcoma Osteosarcoma Ovarian Neoplasms Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Chondrosarcoma Carcinosarcoma Giant Cell Tumors Thyroid Neoplasms Bone Neoplasms Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous Thyroid Diseases |
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Endocrine System Diseases Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Gonadal Disorders Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed Head and Neck Neoplasms |