Summary
This study is looking at how well a treatment called tabelecleucel works, and how safe it is, for people with a a type of blood cancer caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This cancer is called EBV-positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). The study is recruiting people with EBV+ PTLD in the setting of:
- solid organ transplant (SOT) after failure of rituximab (SOT-R) and rituximab plus chemotherapy (SOT-R+C), or
- allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) after failture of rituximab.
People are grouped based on the type of transplant they had and whether they can receive chemotherapy:
- SOT-Ro: Had a solid organ transplant and have not received chemotherapy, even though they do not have a medical reason to avoid it.
- SOT-R-Ci: Had a solid organ transplant and cannot safely receive chemotherapy.
- SOT-R+C: Had a solid organ transplant and already received rituximab plus chemotherapy.
- HCT group: Had a stem cell transplant.
Some people who received the commercial version of tabelecleucel - or a version made using a similar process - will also be included in the results.
Before joining the study, the research team must confirm that they can find a tabelecleucel product that is a partial match to the patient's immune system (specifically, a partial HLA match).
Treatment details
Tabelecleucel is given intravenously (IV) in cycles lasting 5 weeks. During each cycle, participants receive tabelecleucel on days 1, 8 and 15, followed by observation through day 35.