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A Phase 1 Study of Orca-Q in Recipients Undergoing Allogeneic Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies

A Phase 1 Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of Orca-Q, an Engineered Donor Graft Derived From Mobilized Peripheral Blood, in Recipients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03802695
Enrollment
300
Registered
2019-01-14
Start date
2019-04-08
Completion date
2027-12-01
Last updated
2026-07-01

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Conditions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Brief summary

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of engineered donor grafts ("OrcaGraft"/"Orca-Q") in participants undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (alloHCT) transplantation for hematologic malignancies.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALOrcaGraft (Orca-Q)

engineered donor allograft

Sponsors

Orca Biosystems, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 78 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age at the time of enrollment: 1. For MAC with fully matched donor (Arm A with 8/8 donor and Arm C) and NMA/RIC: Age ≥ 12 and ≤ 78 years 2. For MAC with mismatched donors (Arm A with 7/8 donor and Arm B): Age ≥ 12 and ≤ 65 years 2. Diagnosed acute myeloid, lymphoblastic or mixed phenotype leukemia, or high or very high risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) either in complete remission (CR) or with ≤ 10 percent of blast cells in bone marrow (BM) 3. Indicated for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHCT) 4. Matched to a 8/8 or 7/8 related or unrelated donor, or to a related haploidentical donor 5. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \> 50 mL/minute (MAC with tacrolimus) or \> 30 mL/minute (NMA/RIC or MAC without tacrolimus) 6. Cardiac parameters: Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 45 percent (MAC) or ≥ 40 percent (NMA/RIC) 7. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (adjusted for hemoglobin) ≥ 50 percent for MAC or ≥ 40 percent for NMA/RIC 8. Liver function: Total bilirubin \< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (MAC) or \< 3 times ULN (NMA/RIC); alanine transaminase (ALT)/aspartate transaminase (AST) \< 3 times ULN (MAC) or \< 5 times ULN (NMA/RIC) 9. Participants enrolling on NMA/RIC-alloHCT arms must be deemed unfit for a myeloablative alloHCT per assessment of the principal investigator (PI) Key

Exclusion criteria

1. Prior alloHCT 2. Currently receiving corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapy except for approved disease-specific therapy for the patient's underlying hematologic malignancy. Topical corticosteroids or oral systemic corticosteroid doses less than or equal to 10 mg/day are allowed 3. Planned donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) 4. Planned pharmaceutical in vivo or ex vivo T cell depletion, e.g., post-transplant cyclophosphamide (Cy) or alemtuzumab 5. Positive anti-donor HLA antibodies against a mismatched allele in the selected donor 6. Low performance score: For MAC: Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) \< 70 percent, For NMA/RIC: \<60 percent 7. High HCT-specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI): For MAC \> 4, For NMA/RIC \>6 8. Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infections (currently taking antimicrobial therapy and with progression or no clinical improvement) at time of enrollment 9. Seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or -2, human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1 or -2 or Hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) or anti-Hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) 10. Any uncontrolled autoimmune disease requiring active immunosuppressive treatment 11. Concurrent malignancies or active disease within 1 year, except non-melanoma skin cancers that have been curatively resected. Patients with concurrent indolent hematologic malignancies that do not require active treatment and are under active surveillance only (such as CLL, low-grade lymphomas, smoldering MM, MZL) may be included with the approval of Medical Monitor 12. History of idiopathic or secondary myelofibrosis 13. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose Limiting Toxicities through Day +28 (dose escalation)28 Days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftSafety and tolerability of Orca-Q (formerly OrcaGraft) in adults undergoing myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (MA-alloHCT) will be evaluated by identification of the following dose limiting toxicities: Grade ≥ 3 infusion-related reaction or cytokine release syndrome, Grade ≥ 3 acute GVHD, Any Grade ≥ 3 treatment-related non-hematologic event not clearly related to the underlying malignancy, intercurrent infection, the HCT conditioning regimen, or other pre-existing medical condition
Primary Graft failure through Day +28 (dose expansion)28 Days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftPrimary graft failure in the dose expansion phase, defined as being alive without recovery of neutrophils during the evaluation period

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Neutrophil Engraftment through Day +2828 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftNeutrophil engraftment defined as an absolute neutrophil count of \>/=500/mm3 for 3 consecutive days
Platelet Engraftment through Day +5050 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftPlatelet engraftment is defined as achieving a platelet count \> 20,000/mm3 for 3 consecutive days without platelet transfusion in the preceding 7 days, by Day +50
Secondary Graft Failure through Day +100100 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftSecondary graft failure is defined as neutrophil engraftment followed by subsequent decline in absolute neutrophil counts \< 500 cells/μL, unresponsive to growth factor therapy, by Day +100
Acute GVHD through Day +100100 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftAcute GVHD will be staged and graded per Mount Sinai Acute GvHD International Consortium (MAGIC) Standardization criteria
Chronic GVHD through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftChronic GVHD will be diagnosed per 2014 International NIH Chronic GVHD Diagnosis and Staging Consensus Working Group criteria
Incidence of Non-relapse Mortality (NRM) through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftNRM is defined as death without evidence of disease recurrence
Incidence of Disease Relapse through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftRecurrence of primary disease for transplant
GVHD-free and Relapse-free Survival (GRFS) through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftSurvival free from GVHD and relapse
Disease-free Survival (DFS) through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftDFS is the time from date of transplant to death or relapse, whichever comes first.
Overall Survival through Day +365365 days after administration of Orca-Q/OrcaGraftOS is defined as the time from the date of transplant to the date of death from any cause or, for surviving patients, to the date of last follow-up.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTTamara Zharkevich, MD, PhD
info@orcabiosystems.com650-246-9601
CONTACTJames S McClellan, MD PhD
info@orcabiosystems.com650-246-9601
STUDY_DIRECTORJames S McClellan, MD, PhD

Orca Biosystems, Inc.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 2, 2026