CD19-specific CAR-T Cells in CLL/SLL, DLBCL and ALL
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03960840 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : May 23, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 8, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma; Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Drug: YTB323 and ibrutinib Drug: YTB323 single agent | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 225 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I, Open Label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation Study of YTB323 in Adult Patients With CLL/SLL, DLBCL and ALL |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 27, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 30, 2027 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 30, 2027 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: CLL/SLL
Dose escalation and expansion of YTB323 in combination with ibrutinib
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Drug: YTB323 and ibrutinib
Single infusion of YTB323 and daily ibrutinib |
Experimental: DLBCL
Dose escalation and expansion of YTB323 single agent in DLBCL
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Drug: YTB323 single agent
Single infusion of YTB323 |
Experimental: Adult ALL
Dose escalation and expansion of YTB323 single agent in adult ALL
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Drug: YTB323 single agent
Single infusion of YTB323 |
- Dose recommendation: incidence and nature of Dose Limiting Toxicities (Dose Escalation part only) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Safety: incidence and severity of AEs and SAEs, including changes in laboratory values, ECG and vital signs [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tolerability: ibrutinib dose modifications in the CLL/SLL arm [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Manufacture success: number of patients infused with planned target dose [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Cellular kinetics: CAR transgene levels by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in peripheral blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Immunogenicity: cellular and humoral responses to the CAR transgene [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in CLL/SLL: CR/PR per iwCLL response criteria [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in DLBCL: ORR/CR/PR per Lugano criteria [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Duration of response (DOR) in CLL/SLL and DLBCL [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: ORR as assessed by an Independent Review Committee [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: DOR as assessed by an Independent Review Committee [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: EFS as assessed by an Independent Review Committee [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: ORR as assessed by local Investigator [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: DOR as assessed by local Investigator [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tumor response in ALL: EFS as assessed by local Investigator [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Overall survival in adult ALL [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- MRD negative status by flow cytometry in adult ALL [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Quality of life in adult ALL patients enrolled in the expansion part by use of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) as per EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Quality of life in adult ALL patients enrolled in the expansion part by use of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) as per EQ-5D-3 questionnaire [ Time Frame: 24 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- ECOG performance status 0-1
- CLL or SLL diagnosis according to iwCLL criteria
- CLL/SLL in SD or PR after at least 6 months of ibrutinib, either as second or subsequent line of therapy
- DLBCL diagnosis by local histopathology
- DLBCL relapsed or refractory after 2 or more lines of therapy, including autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
- Refractory or relapsed CD19-positive ALL
- ALL with morphologic disease in the bone marrow
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior CD19-directed therapy
- Prior administration of a genetically engineered cellular product
- Prior allogeneic HSCT
- Richter's transformation
- Active CNS lymphoma
- Targeted small molecule or kinase inhibitor within 2 weeks from leukapheresis

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): NCT03960840
Contact: Novartis Pharmaceuticals | 1-888-669-6682 | novartis.email@novartis.com | |
Contact: Novartis Pharmaceuticals | +41613241111 |

Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03960840 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CYTB323A12101 |
First Posted: | May 23, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 8, 2023 |
Last Verified: | March 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
CAR-T, ibrutinib, CLL, DLBCL, ALL, BLRM, YTB323 |
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Lymphoma Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases |
Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Leukemia Leukemia, Lymphoid Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Leukemia, B-Cell |