IVIG for Infection Prevention After CAR-T-Cell Therapy

Last updated: April 18, 2025
Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Lymphoma

Hematologic Neoplasms

Treatment

Biospecimen Collection

Immune Globulin Infusion (Human), 10% Solution

Electronic Health Record Review

Clinical Study ID

NCT05952804
RG1123550
R01CA276040
20082
NCI-2023-04889
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This phase II trial compares the effects of immunoglobulin replacement therapy with a placebo for preventing infectious complications in patients receiving CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy. Hypogammaglobulinemia is a common complication in patients who receive CD19 CAR-T cell therapy. This is a condition in which the level of immunoglobulins (antibodies) in the blood is low and the risk of infection is high. Immunoglobulin replacement therapy works by replacing the body's immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies with donor blood product derived IgG antibodies that may help prevent infection. IgG antibodies are often depleted as a result of CAR-T therapy. Giving immunoglobulin replacement therapy may prevent infectious complications in patients receiving CD19 CAR-T cell therapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Capable of understanding the investigational nature, potential risks and benefits ofthe study, and able to provide valid informed consent

  • For patients with medical incapacity or impaired consciousness such that they arenot able to give fully informed voluntary consent, the subjects' legalrepresentative must sign an institutional review board (IRB) approved informedconsent document prior to the initiation of any screening or study-specificprocedures

  • Participants must be 18 years of age or older

  • Participants will receive an Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved CD19-CART-cell product for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Patients receiving anFDA-approved product are eligible even if the product is being administered as partof a clinical trial or expanded access program (e.g., product is 'out ofspecification'; concomitant anti-tumor treatment such as acalabrutinib)

  • Serum total IgG < 600mg/dL within the prior three months

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Received an FDA-approved CD19-CAR T-cell product for thetreatment of hematologic malignancies

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Primary congenital selective IgA deficiency

  • Prior serious adverse event/s related to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG)administration

  • Known serious allergy to any component of IVIG

  • Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, lab abnormality, orother circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere withthe patient's ability to participate for the full duration of the study or would putthe patient at undue risk as judged by the investigator, such that it is not in thebest interest of the patient to participate in this study

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Ongoing symptoms of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and/orimmune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) meeting criteria forgrade 3 or higher

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Primary congenital selective IgA deficiency

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy,lab abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the studyor interfere with the patient's ability to participate for the full duration of thestudy or would put the patient at undue risk as judged by the Investigator, suchthat it is not in the best interest of the patient to participate in this study

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Receipt of additional therapy for persistence or relapse ofthe patient's primary malignancy

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Receipt of bone marrow transplant (allogeneic or autologous)

  • SUBSEQUENT INFUSIONS: Any serious adverse event (SAE), clinically significantadverse event (AE), severe laboratory abnormality, intercurrent illness, or othermedical condition that indicates to the Investigator that continued participation isnot in the best interest of the participant

Study Design

Total Participants: 150
Treatment Group(s): 7
Primary Treatment: Biospecimen Collection
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
June 10, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
July 31, 2028

Study Description

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IGRT) with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) within 14 days prior to CD19 CAR-T-cell infusion. Patients then undergo CD19 CAR-T therapy. Patients receive IVIG monthly, starting 28 days after CD19 CAR-T therapy for up to 4 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity, relapse of the underlying disease, or subsequent hematopoietic cell transplant. Patients also undergo blood sample collection throughout the study.

ARM II: Patients receive placebo with normal saline IV within 14 days prior to CD19 CAR-T treatment. Patients then undergo CD19 CAR-T-cell infusion. Patients receive normal saline monthly, starting 28 days after CD19 CAR-T therapy for up to 4 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity, relapse of the underlying disease, or subsequent hematopoietic cell transplant. Patients also undergo blood sample collection throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up monthly through up to 6 months after CD19 CAR-T-cell infusion.

Connect with a study center

  • City of Hope Cancer Center

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

    Seattle, Washington 98109
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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