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The first 3 patients will receive a single infusion of bulk CMV-TCR transduced donor-derived T cells on first CMV reactivation post allogeneic HSCT, at a dose of 10\^4 T cells/kg recipient weight

If no cases grade III-IV GVHD in Cohort 1 the remaining patients (N=7) each receive a single infusion of bulk CMV-TCR transduced donor-derived T cells on first CMV reactivation post allogeneic HSCT, at a dose of 10\^5 T cells/kg recipient weight

If 1 case grade III-IV GVHD in Cohort 1, next three patients to be treated with a single infusion of bulk CMV-TCR transduced donor-derived T cells of 1 x 10\^3 T cells/kg recipient weight

CMV-TCR transduced donor-derived T cells

Emma Morris, Prof

Hans Stauss, Prof

The study will test the hypothesis that CMV TCR-transduced T cells, at a specific T-cell dose/kg, can generate a functional CMV immune response post-transplant, where CMV-specific donor T cells cannot be isolated by conventional means. This will be tested in the context of adult HLA-matched sibling allogeneic HSCT.

In the proposed trial, an HLA-A\*0201-restricted CMV pp65-specific T cell receptor (TCR) will be introduced into donor T cells via ex vivo GMP retroviral transduction. Donor T cells will be isolated from peripheral blood following a simple venesection procedure. The CMV TCR-transduced T cells will be tested for TCR expression, CMV-specific cytokine secretion and microbiological contamination before being frozen and stored at -80C. CMV seropositive transplant recipients will be tested weekly for CMV reactivation by quantitative PCR on peripheral blood. On first detection of CMV DNA \> 200 copies/ml, 104 (cohort 1) or 105 (cohort 2) bulk CMV TCR-transduced T cells/kg recipient weight will be infused into the patient.

Blood will be taken regularly to determine persistence and expansion of the CMV TCR-transduced T cells. Weekly CMV PCR will be continued. Patients will be examined at appropriate intervals (daily if inpatients, twice weekly in BMT clinic if outpatients) for the development of graft versus host disease (GVHD) or other potential side effects.

Reactivation of the latent human herpes virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), post allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT) can result in significant morbidity and mortality unless treated promptly. Anti-viral therapy is usually effective, but has serious side effects typically requiring prolonged inpatient admission, such as myelosuppression (Ganciclovir) or nephrotoxicity (Foscarnet). Cellular immunotherapy for CMV has been tested in Phase I/II trials in the UK and Europe. In these trials CMV-specific T cells were isolated from the peripheral blood of CMV seropositive donors and re-infused into recipients following CMV reactivation resulting in sustained anti-viral responses. It is clear that post-transplant recovery of CD8+ CMV-specific cytotoxic T-cells (CTL) abrogates the development of CMV-related disease. An advantage of cellular therapy for CMV reactivation is the transfer of immunological memory, which can reduce the number of subsequent reactivations. This is important, as rapidly increasing numbers of highly immunosuppressive (or T cell depleted) reduced intensity conditioning Allo-HSCTs are being performed in the UK. These approaches reduce the toxicity of transplantation in older patients with more co-morbidities. Reduced intensity allogeneic transplants are currently part of the UK MRC AML15 trial and are to be recommended in the proposed MRC/ECOG UKALL14 study and again in UK MRC AML17. In addition, a number of NCRN approved UK multicentre extended Phase II studies have recently started using reduced intensity Allo-HSCT in various lymphoma subtypes.

Transplant recipients with CMV seronegative donors cannot benefit from currently available cellular immunotherapy approaches due to the lack of CMV-specific memory T cells in these donors. At present, there is no reliable strategy to isolate virus specific T cells from uninfected naïve individuals, as the precursor frequency is low or absent and the in vitro priming of T-cell responses is inefficient. T-cell receptor (TCR) gene transfer offers a strategy to produce antigen-specific T cells independent of precursor frequency and without the need for T-cell priming. As approximately 50% of adult individuals have been previously infected with CMV, there are significant numbers of CMV 'mismatched' Allo-HSCT performed, where the donor is CMV seronegative and the recipient CMV seropositive. The proposed study will test the feasibility of generating donor-derived CMV-specific T cells via the ex vivo introduction of a CMV-specific T cell receptor using a GMP grade retroviral vector.

Study of Adoptive Immunotherapy With Donor-derived CMV-specific T Cells for Recipients of Allo-HSCT

CMV TCR Gene Therapy: A Phase I Safety, Toxicity and Feasibility Study of Adoptive Immunotherapy With CMV TCR-transduced Donor-derived T Cells for Recipients of Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

CMV-TCR transduced cells express vbeta13 and murine constant beta chain (mCb), both of which can be easily detected by flow cytometry. The frequency of vbeta13+/mCb+ is used to calculate the efficiency of transduction of donor-derived cells.

Flow cytometry and TCR repertoire analysis can be used to evaluate overall T-cell subset reconstitution.

Quantitative real-time PCR using primers specifically targeting nucleotide sequences that are only present in the introduced CMV-TCR can be used to determine the number of circulating CMV-TCR transduced cells post infusion.

Flow cytometry can be used to further characterise CMV-TCR transduced cells in terms of naive/memory subsets (based on the expression of CD45RO and CD62L differentiation markers), proliferation status (assessed by Ki-67) and ability to produce cytokines (such as IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha).

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Study of Adoptive Immunotherapy With Donor-derived CMV-specific T Cells for Recipients of Allo-HSCT	NCT02988258	Haematological ... CMV Infection	CMV-TCR transdu...	18 Years - 65 Years	University College, London
Study of Adoptive Immunotherapy With Donor-derived CMV-specific T Cells for Recipients of Allo-HSCT	NCT02988258	Haematological ... CMV Infection	CMV-TCR transdu...	18 Years - 65 Years	University College, London

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