NCT03354390Active, not recruitingPhase 1

HERV-E TCR Transduced Autologous T Cells in People With Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

A Phase I Study of HERV-E TCR Transduced Autologous T Cells in Patients With Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Background: Gene transfer is a new cancer therapy takes white blood cells from a person and grows them in a lab. The cells are changed with a virus to attack tumor cells, then returned to the person. Researchers want to see if this therapy fights kidney cancer cells. Objective: To see if gene transfer is safe and causes tumors to shrink. Eligibility: People at least 18 years old with certain kidney cancer Design: Participants will be screened with blood and urine tests. They may have: * Scans * Heart, lung, and eye tests * Lab tests * Tumor samples taken Participants will have leukapheresis. Blood will be removed by a needle in an arm. It will go through a machine that removes white blood cells. Plasma and red cells will be returned through a needle in the participant s other arm. Participants cells will be grown in the lab and genetically changed. Participants will stay in the hospital 2-3 weeks. There they will: * Get 2 chemotherapy drugs by catheter (thin plastic tube) inserted into a vein in the chest. * Get the changed cells via catheter. * Get a drug to increase white blood cell count and one to make the cells active. * Recover for about a week. * Have lab and blood tests. After leaving the hospital, participants will: * Take an antibiotic for several months. * Have leukapheresis. * Have one- or two-day clinic visits every few weeks for 2 years, and then as determined by their doctor. These will include blood and lab tests, imaging studies, and physical exam. Participants will have follow-up checks for up to 15 years.

Status (registry): Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry): Phase 1
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 17 (actual)
First submitted: 23 Nov 2017
Start date: 20 Jul 2018
Primary completion date: 31 Oct 2023
Lead sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Diseases: Kidney cancer
NCT number: NCT03354390

What you commit to

Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
Participants enrolled: 17
From 20 Jul 2018 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2023
1 site in 1 country
Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

Patients that require immediate therapy due to tumor mass effects or spinal cord compression.
Patients must not have had standard of care anti-VEGFR therapy (mean half-life around 30 hours), mTOR inhibitors (mean half-life around 30 hours), at least for the last 7 days prior to T-cell infusion and radiotherapy, or major surgery within the last 2 weeks prior to T-cell infusion. For PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors or CTLA-4 inhibitors, a 4-week period must have elapsed before T-cell infusion. For recent experimental therapies a 28-day period must have elapsed before infusing expanded T-cells.
Patients with active CNS involvement by malignancy either by imaging or cerebrospinal fluid involvement or biopsy-proven (due to poor prognosis and potential for neurological dysfunction that would confound evaluation of neurological and other adverse events) except for:
- Patients with 3 or fewer brain metasteses of \<1cm treated with either stereotactic or gamma knife radiotherapy and remained stable on MRI for 2 weeks are eligible.
- Patients with surgically resected brain metastases and no evidence of active disease in the CNS at the time of screening evaluation are eligible.
Any prior Grade greater than or equal to 3 immune-related adverse event (irAE) while receiving immunotherapy, including anti-CTLA4 treatment that requires long-term immunosuppressive therapy. Note: Active or history of vitiligo or hypothyroidism will not be a basis for exclusion.
Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the preparative chemotherapy on the fetus or infant.
Patients with autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis or pancreatitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus that requires treatment with chronic immunosuppressive therapy.
Systemic corticosteroid steroid therapy of any dose is not allowed within 2 days prior to enrollment.
Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with evaluation of the investigational product or interpretation of subject safety or study results.

Other illness

Patients with second malignancies in addition to their clear cell RCC are not eligible if the second malignancy has required systemic treatment within the past 4 years or is not in complete remission. There are exceptions to this criterion: successfully treated non-metastatic basal cell, squamous cell skin carcinoma, in situ non-invasive cervical cancer and in situ non-invasive breast cancer.
Active coagulation disorders or other major uncontrolled medical illnesses of the respiratory, endocrine, renal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary or immune system, uncontrolled systemic infection, active obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease.
Patients who have recent history of cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack should be cleared by the neurology consult service before enrolling this study.
Patients who have recent history of coronary artery disease or cardiac arrhythmia should be cleared by the cardiology consult service before enrolling this study.
Any form of primary immunodeficiency (such as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease).
The following are exceptions to this criterion:
- Intranasal, inhaled, and topical steroids
- Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent
- Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication).
History of severe immediate hypersensitivity reaction to any of the agents used in this study.

Lab values

Patients with hypercalcemia (\>10 mg/dL) of malignancy.

Other

Unable to understand the investigational nature of the study or give informed consent and does not have a legally authorized representative or surrogate that can provide informed consent.

Criteria the registry did not label

INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Patients must have histologically confirmed RCC with clear-cell component by the Laboratory of Pathology of the NIH and/or outside Pathology Department prior to entering this study.
Patients must be HLA-A 11:01 positive (confirmed by HLA typing at the NIH DTM)
Patients must have measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1 and have disease progression during or after the last treatment regimen and within 6 months before study enrollment
Patients must have received at least one antiangiogenic drug and an immune-checkpoint inhibitor (i.e. nivolumab) unless the patient has contraindications to receiving these medications, the agents are not available to the patient, or the patient declines to receive these drugs due to personal preference.
Patients must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, the duration of study participation and 180 days (female patients) or 90 days (male patients) after the end of the treatment if sexually active and able to bear or beget children. In addition, male patients must refrain from sperm donation for 90 days after the final dose of investigational product. Female patients must refrain from egg cell donation for 180 days after the final dose of investigational product
Patients must be between the ages of 18 and 75 years.
Patient must have an anticipated life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Patients must have a performance status of 0 or 1 ECOG performance status (PS) scale.
Patients must have a caregiver willing to stay with them during the first month of treatment (30 days +/- 7 days).
Patients receiving treatment with bisphosphonates or denosumab are eligible for enrollment if on a stable dose for greater than or equal to 4 weeks
Serology:
- Seronegative for HIV antibody. (The experimental treatment being evaluated in this protocol depends on an intact immune system. Patients who are HIV seropositive can have decreased immune-competence and thus be less responsive to the experimental treatment and more susceptible to its toxicities.)
- Seronegative for hepatitis B antigen, and seronegative for hepatitis C antibody. If hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then patient must be tested for the presence of antigen by RT-PCR and be HCV RNA negative.
Organ Function
- Hematology
- Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 500/ microL
- WBC greater than or equal to 1500/microL
- Platelet count greater than or equal to 75.000/microL (without transfusional support
- Chemistry
- Serum AST/ALT less than or equal to 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl except for patients with Gilbert s syndrome who must have a total bilirubin less than or equal to 3 mg/dl
- Creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 50 ml/min/1.73m\^2 by the method of CKI-EPI or \>=50 ml/min by the method of 24h Clearence of Creatinine Calculation
- INR \< 1.5
- Cardiology
- Estimated left ventricular ejection fraction by echocardiography greater than or equal to 45%
- Respiratory
- Predicted DLCO / Alveolar Volume Adjusted by PFT \>= 45%

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sites (1)

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Site	City	Country	Site status
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status	Bethesda	United States	Unknown status

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