Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic HPV-specific T Cells in Adults With Recurrent or Metastatic HPV16+ Cancers

Last updated: October 22, 2025
Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Neoplasm Metastasis

Treatment

Non-myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplant from related donors vaccinated against HPV16

CD8 reduced peripheral blood cells taken from related donors vaccinated against HPV16

Clinical Study ID

NCT04713046
J21112
IRB00244082
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

In this study, haploidentical relatives of a patient with recurrent or metastatic HPV 16-associated malignancy will be vaccinated with a therapeutic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series to generate HPV-specific leukocytes. The cancer patient with recurrent or metastatic HPV16+ cancer will then be randomized to one of two arms: 1) non-myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplant or 2) cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8)-depleted donor lymphocyte infusion.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Have pathologically confirmed incurable, locally recurrent or metastatic HPV16+HNSCC

  2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age

  3. Have an human leukocyte antigen (HLA) partially mismatched (haploidentical) relateddonor. Acceptable donors include first degree relatives (parent, child, orhaploidentical sibling), half-siblings, or second degree relatives (aunt, uncle,cousin, niece, nephew). A patient who has inherited a recombinant haplotype from theparents is eligible if the donor shares at least 1 HLA antigen at each of the HLA-A,HLA-B, and HLA DR isotype (HLA-DR) loci.

  4. Prior treatment with a platinum-containing regimen

  5. Patients with an FDA-approved indication to receive an anti-programmed cell deathprotein-1 (PD-1) or anti-programmed death-ligand1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody musthave received at least one cycle of this therapy prior to receiving treatment onthis trial

  6. Life expectancy ≥ 4 months at time of screening

  7. Measurable disease using RECIST 1.1. Tumor lesions situated in a previouslyirradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been documented in suchlesions

  8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of < 2 (see AppendixA).

  9. Adequate organ function per the protocol, as defined below:

  • Left ventricular ejection fraction > 35% (within 30 days of eligibilityscreening)

  • Total bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dl unless from Gilbert disease

  • aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 4 xinstitutional upper limit of normal

  • Serum creatinine < 3.0 mg/dl

  1. Willing and able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Disease that is suitable for local therapy administered with curative intent

  2. Requires vasopressor or ventilator support

  3. Received antithymocyte globulin or similar anti-T-cell antibody therapy ≤ 4 weeksprior to Cycle 1 Day 1

  4. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy >10 mg/day ofprednisone or equivalent, or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of study treatment.

  5. Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (ie,with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs).Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroidreplacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a formof systemic treatment and is allowed.

  6. Active infection requiring systemic therapy

  7. History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or currentpneumonitis

  8. Received any live vaccine for up to 30 days prior to enrollment.

  9. Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma ofthe skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancernot associated with HPV16.

  10. Pregnancy or breastfeeding: females of childbearing potential must have a negativeserum pregnancy test.

  11. Female of childbearing potential or male with a female partner of childbearingpotential unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception (abstinence isacceptable) for the course of the study through 120 days after the last study dosesince the effects of this therapy on the developing human fetus are unknown.

  12. Inability to comply with study procedures

  13. Received chemotherapy or targeted small molecule therapy within 2 weeks of the firstdose of cyclophosphamide. Subjects must have recovered (ie, grade ≤ 1 or atbaseline) from adverse events (AEs) due to a previously administered agent. Subjectswith grade ≤ 2 neuropathy or grade ≤ 2 alopecia are an exception to this criterion.

  14. Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of the first dose of cyclophosphamide.Subjects must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not requirecorticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1- week washout ispermitted for palliative radiation (≤ 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-centralnervous system (CNS) disease.

  15. Carcinomatous meningitis; and/or active CNS metastases, unless metastases aretreated and stable and the subject does not require systemic steroids.

  16. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), known active hepatitis B virus (HBV; e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive), or hepatitis C virus (HCV; e.g., HCV ribonucleic acid [RNA] is detected)

  17. Prior treatment with HPV T cells

Study Design

Total Participants: 24
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Non-myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplant from related donors vaccinated against HPV16
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
October 18, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
October 01, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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