NCT05460533Active, not recruitingPhase 2
A Second Infusion (Early Reinfusion) of Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults With B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(B-ALL)
Phase II Open Label Multicenter Study of Early REinFusion of Tisagenlecleucel to Promote DUrable B-CEll ApLasia in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Relapsed/Refractory CD19-Positive B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (REFUEL)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The researchers are doing this study to see if early reinfusion of tisagenlecleucel can keep participants in B-CEll ApLasia at 6 months after their first infusion. The researchers will also look at the safety of early reinfusion and how effective it is at treating B-ALL.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Jul 2022
- Start date
- 12 Jul 2022
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- NCT number
- NCT05460533
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 30
- From 12 Jul 2022 to the primary completion date, Jul 2027
- 6 sites 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
- Received non-standard lymphodepleting chemotherapy (LDC) prior to initial tisagenlecleucel dose
- Loss of BCA at any timepoint prior to reinfusion
Other illness
- Other uncontrolled, symptomatic, intercurrent illness including but not limited to infection, psychiatric illness, or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements or in the opinion of the PI would pose an unacceptable risk to the subject
Lab values
- Clinically significant active infection confirmed by clinical evidence, imaging, or positive laboratory tests (e.g., blood cultures, PCR for DNA/RNA, etc.)
Other
- Greater than 60 days from first tisagenlecleucel infusion
- Ongoing severe toxicities from initial CAR T cell infusion
- Standard LDC is defined as:
- Fludarabine 30mg/m\^2/dose x 4 doses
- Cyclophosphamide 500mg/m\^2/dose x 2 doses
- Patient/parent/guardian unable to give informed consent or unable to comply with the treatment protocol
- Pregnant or lactating women; women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception while taking study treatment and for at least 12 months after the tisagenlecleucel infusion and until CAR T-cells are no longer present by flow cytometry on two consecutive tests.
- Sexually active males, unless they are willing to use a condom during intercourse while taking study treatment and for at least 12 months after the tisagenlecleucel infusion and until CAR T-cells are no longer present by flow cytometry on two consecutive tests.
- Any other issue which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make the patient ineligible for the study
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with R/R B-ALL who have received commercial tisagenlecleucel and have (an) additional dose(s) available for early reinfusion
- History of CD19 expressing (in peripheral blood or bone marrow by flow cytometry) BALL prior to tisagenlecleucel infusion
- Peripheral blood B-cell aplasia (BCA) within 14 days prior to reinfusion (See section 13.8: B-cell aplasia will be defined as peripheral blood (PB) absolute B lymphocyte count ≤ 50/μL. If BCA evaluation is repeated at any timepoint prior to reinfusion, it must be negative to proceed with reinfusion
- Minimal residual disease negative complete remission (CR/CRi) in bone marrow within 14 days prior to reinfusion, including resolution of extramedullary disease
- Patients with tisagenlecleucel that is deemed out of specification (OOS) will be permitted on this protocol if the reason for OOS is deemed to not impact the toxicity and efficacy profile of CAR T cell therapy
- °Reasons for product being OOS include cell viability \< 80%, total nucleated cell count \<2 × 10\^9 in leukapheresis product, failed interferon-γ release assay, leukapheresis product collected \>9 months prior, and determination of residual beads \>50 beads per 3 × 10\^6 cells
- Patients age: \< 26 years at time of first tisagenlecleucel order placement
- Recovered from severe toxicities following initial dose of tisagenlecleucel
- CRS
- Neurotoxicity/ICANS
- Adequate organ function at time of treatment is required and is defined:
- Hepatic: Serum bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL, unless benign congenital hyperbilirubinemia
- Hepatic: AST and ALT \< 5x the upper limit of normal for age, unless thought to be disease-related
- Renal: Serum creatinine \<1.5x normal for age. If serum creatinine is outside the normal range, then CrCl \> 60 mL/min/1.73m2 (calculated or estimated) or GFR (mL/min/1.72m2 ) \>55% of predicted normal for age
- Age Mean GFR +/-SD (mL/min/1.73 m2)
- 1 week 40.6 + / - 14.8
- 2 - 8 weeks 65.8 + / - 24.8
- \> 8 weeks 95.7 +/- 21.7
- 2 - 12 years 133 +/- 27
- 13 - 21 years (males) 140 +/- 30
- 13 - 21 years (females) 126.0 + / - 22.0 Abbreviations: GFR, glomerular filtration rate; SD, standard deviation. Greater than 2 years old: Normal GFR is 100 mL/ min. Infants: GFR must be corrected for body surface area.
- Cardiac: LVEF ≥ 50% by multi-gated acquisition scan (MUGA), resting echocardiogram, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 6 weeks of screening
- Pulmonary: Oxygen saturation as recorded by pulse oximetry of ≥ 90% on room air
- Adequate performance status:
- Age ≥ 16 years: ECOG ≤ 1 or Karnofsky \> 60% at treatment
- Age \< 16 years: Lansky \> 60% at treatment
- Patient must be enrolled on institutional CIBMTR reporting protocol for immune effector cells (IEC)/CAR T cells
- Each patient must be willing to participate as a research subject, and patient or legal guardian must sign an informed consent form, along with patient assent if between 7 to 17 years of age. Legally authorized representatives of adult patients with impaired decision-making capacity will also be able to sign consent.
Age in the registry: 1 day to 25 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Colorado (Data Collection Only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins University (Data Collection Only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Data Collection Only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (Data Collection Only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University (Data Collection Only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Immunotherapy in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.J Natl Compr Canc Netw · 2025 · PMID 41671463
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