A phase I/II dose-escalation multi-center study to evaluate the safety of infusion of natural killer cells or memory T cells as adoptive therapy in coronavirus pneumonia and/or lymphopenia : RELEASE study protocol

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BACKGROUND: Moderate/severe cases of COVID-19 present a dysregulated immune system with T cell lymphopenia and a hyper-inflammatory state. This is a study protocol of an open-label, multi-center, double-arm, randomized, dose-finding phase I/II clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, alloreactivity, and efficacy of the administration of allogeneic memory T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in COVID-19 patients with lymphopenia and/or pneumonia. The aim of the study is to determine the safety and the efficacy of the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of this treatment for patients with moderate/severe COVID-19.

METHODS: In the phase I trial, 18 patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia and/or lymphopenia with no oxygen requirement or with an oxygen need of ≤ 2.5 liters per minute (lpm) in nasal cannula will be assigned to two arms, based on the biology of the donor and the patient. Treatment of arm A consists of the administration of escalating doses of memory T cells, plus standard of care (SoC). Treatment of arm B consists of the administration of escalating doses of NK cells, plus SoC. In the phase II trial, a total of 182 patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia and/or lymphopenia requiring or not oxygen supplementation but without mechanical ventilation will be allocated to arm A or B, considering HLA typing. Within each arm, they will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio. In arm A, patients will receive SoC or RP2D for memory T cells plus the SoC. In arm B, patients will receive SoC or RP2D for NK cells plus the SoC.

DISCUSSION: We hypothesized that SARS-CoV-2-specific memory T-lymphocytes obtained from convalescent donors recovered from COVID-19 can be used as a passive cell immunotherapy to treat pneumonia and lymphopenia in moderate/severe patients. The lymphopenia induced by COVID-19 constitutes a therapeutic window that may facilitate donor engraftment and viral protection until recovery.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04578210 . First Posted : October 8, 2020.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Trials - 22(2021), 1 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 674

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

García-García, I [VerfasserIn]
Guerra-García, P [VerfasserIn]
Ferreras, C [VerfasserIn]
Borobia, A M [VerfasserIn]
Carcas, A J [VerfasserIn]
Queiruga-Parada, J [VerfasserIn]
Vicario, J L [VerfasserIn]
Mirones, I [VerfasserIn]
Solano, C [VerfasserIn]
Eguizabal, C [VerfasserIn]
Soria, B [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Martínez, A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allogeneic
COVID-19
Clinical Trial Protocol
Journal Article
Lymphopenia
Memory T cells
NK cells
Pneumonia
Protocol
Safety

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Date Completed 05.10.2021

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04578210

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13063-021-05625-7

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NLM33141869X