NW Symposium in Melanoma May 22, 2010 Adoptive T Cell Therapy Cassian Yee MD Member Program in Immunology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
T Cell Melanoma Cell
T Cell Melanoma Cell
T Cell Tumor Cell TCR Target Antigen
RBCs platelets WBCs B cells T cells WBCs
1 in 100,000 T Cell Tumor Cell TCR Target Antigen CD8+
DC CD8 CD4 Normal Tumor Tumor Immune Surveillance
Immune evasion T cell frequency : Tumor burden Possible Reasons For Failure of Tumor Immune Surveillance Highly functional T cells More of them
Vaccine Therapy Adoptive Therapy
DC CD8 CD4 Tumor Adoptive T Cell Therapy
WBCs LEUKAPHERESIS
Study in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Treated with T Cell Therapy Recruited patients with metastatic disease progressive failing 2nd and 3rd attempts to treat cancer
Patient Patient Before After T cell infusion
Study in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Treated with T Cell Therapy 30% Failed 30% Partial Response 30% Stabilized Response 10% near Complete Response 3 to > 30 months
20 Lymphoid Homeostasis
Increase 'space' for transferred T cells Eliminate 'suppressor cells' Supply Growth Factors Increase 'space' for transferred T cells Eliminate 'suppressor cells' Supply Growth Factors Lymphodepletion building a better environment
PROTOCOL # 2140 Adoptive T Cell Therapy following Cyclophosphamide Lymphodepletion Objectives :Eligibility Criteria : - Evaluate Safety - Stage IV (Metastatic) - Evaluate T Cell Persistence - HLA-A2 - Evaluate anti-tumor efficacy T Cell Infusion: - Antigen-specific CD8+ T cell clones - Targeting MART-1, gp100 - Dose: cells / m 2 CY 60 mg/kg x 2 Low-Dose IL-2 (250,000 U s.c q12 h)
T cell persistence in vivo 5.3% 1.1% D
Clinical Response PatientTargetToxicityPersistenceDisease SitesResponse TyrosinaseF,N,R>290 daysCervical,supraclavicular LN, Chest Wall, Breast Pulmonary nodules MR TyrosinaseF 16 daysMediastinal, Pulmonary nodulesPD gp100F,N,R>85 daysMesenteric LN, scapular subcutaneous dz CR (> 12 mths) MART-1F, N, Rn.d.Pulmonary, inguinal, subcutaneous SD MART-1F, N,Rn.d.Right and left kidneys, adrenal, liver PR MART-1F, N, Rn.d.Mediastinal, supra clavicular, mammary chain, periportal, portacaval nodes. PR
Future Directions
Future of Adoptive T Cell Therapy LATE-STAGE DISEASE EARLY-STAGE DISEASE COMBINATION THERAPY WHICH CANCER TYPES?
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Adoptive Therapy following Lymphodepletion FLU 25 mg/m 2 x 5 HD IL-2 720K u/kg TID CY 60 mg/kg x 2 TBI High-Dose IL-2 (600,000 u./kg q8) Low-Dose IL-2 (250,000 U s.c q12 h)
Adoptive Therapy following Cytoxan Lymphodepletion Protocol 2140 HD IL-2 720K u/kg TID CY 60 mg/kg x 2 High-Dose IL-2 (600,000 u./kg q8) Low-Dose IL-2 (250,000 U s.c q12 h)
Isolate/EnrichClone/Select Expand Translational Strategies to Augment the CD8 Effector Response CD8-FITC Tet-PE Genetically Modify Pre-infusion Immunomodulation Post-infusion Immunomodulation Intrinsic Extrinsic Phenotype - CD8/CD4 - Memory phenotype Cytokine modulation Lymphodepletion - Chemotherapy/TBI Cytokine help - Low-dose IL-2 - High-dose IL-2 - Other -chain receptor cytokines Vaccine + adoptive therapy TCR Chimeric receptor Costimulatory/Inhbitory modification Suicide gene Ê CD4 Fludarabine Hematol Oncol Clin North Am Jun;20(3):711-3
T Cell Expansion & Infusion Adoptive Therapy Using Antigen-Specific T cells Transferred Receptor Tumor Cell Chimeric TCR + zeta Chimeric Ig + zeta Receptor Transfer