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RecruitingLast updated: 24 February 2026

ALLELE: Evaluating an immunotherapy (tabelecleucel) for the treatment of Epstein-Barr Virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease in the setting of solid organ transplant after failure of rituximab or rituximab plus chemotherapyTabelecleucel for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Subjects With EBV+ PTLD After Failure of Rituximab

Trial purpose

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Tumor type

Blood Cancers Haematological

Age

People0+

Trial acronym

ALLELE

Clinical summary

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.

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with Epstein-Barr Virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease

Eligibility

Inclusion

  1. Prior SOT of kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, small bowel, or any combination of these (C-SOT); or prior allogeneic HCT (C-HCT).
  2. A diagnosis of locally assessed, biopsy-proven EBV+ PTLD.
  3. Availability of appropriate partially HLA-matched and restricted tabelecleucel has been confirmed by the sponsor.
  4. Measurable, 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG)-avid (Deauville score ≥ 3) systemic disease using Lugano Classification response criteria by positron emission tomography (PET)-diagnostic computed tomography (CT), except when contraindicated or mandated by local practice, then magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used. For participants with treated central nervous system (CNS) disease, a head CT and/or brain/spinal MRI as clinically appropriate will be required to follow CNS disease response per Lugano Classification response criteria.
  5. Treatment failure of rituximab or interchangeable commercially available biosimilar monotherapy (C-SOT-R or C-HCT) or rituximab plus any concurrent or sequentially administered chemotherapy regimen (C-SOT-R+C) for treatment of PTLD.
  6. Males and females of any age.
  7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 3 for participants aged ≥ 16 years; Lansky score ≥ 20 for participants < 16 years.
  8. For C-HCT only: If allogeneic HCT was performed as treatment for an acute lymphoid or myeloid malignancy, the underlying primary disease for which the participant underwent transplant must be in morphologic remission.
  9. Adequate organ function.

    1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/μL, (C-SOT) or ≥ 500/μL (C-HCT), with or without cytokine support.
    2. Platelet count ≥ 50,000/μL, with or without transfusion or cytokine support. For C-HCT, platelet count < 50,000/μL but ≥ 20,000/μL, with or without transfusion support, is permissible if the participant has not had grade ≥ 2 bleeding in the prior 4 weeks (where grading of the bleeding is determined per the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE], version 5.0).
    3. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and total bilirubin each < 5 × the upper limit of normal; however, ALT, AST, and total bilirubin each ≤ 10 × upper limit of normal is acceptable if the elevation is considered by the investigator to be due to EBV and/or PTLD involvement of the liver as long as there is no known evidence of significant liver dysfunction.
  10. Participant or participant's representative is willing and able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion

  1. Currently active Burkitt, T-cell, NK/T-cell lymphoma/LPD, Hodgkin, plasmablastic, transformed lymphoma, active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or other malignancies requiring systemic therapy.
  2. Daily steroids of > 0.5 mg/kg prednisone or glucocorticoid equivalent, ongoing methotrexate, or extracorporeal photopheresis.
  3. Untreated CNS PTLD or CNS PTLD for which the participant is actively receiving CNS-directed chemotherapy (systemic or intrathecal) or radiotherapy at enrollment. NOTE: Participants with previously treated CNS PTLD may enroll if CNS-directed therapy is complete.
  4. Suspected or confirmed grade ≥ 2 graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) per the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research consensus grading system at enrollment.
  5. Ongoing or recent use of a checkpoint inhibitor agent (eg, ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab) within 3 drug half-lives from the most recent dose to enrollment.
  6. For C-HCT: active adenovirus viremia.
  7. Need for vasopressor or ventilatory support.
  8. Antithymocyte globulin or similar anti-T cell antibody therapy ≤ 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  9. Treatment with Epstein-Barr virus cytotoxic T lymphocytes or chimeric antigen receptor T cells directed against B cells within 8 weeks of enrollment (C-SOT or C-HCT), or unselected donor lymphocyte infusion within 8 weeks of enrollment (C-HCT only).
  10. Female who is breastfeeding or pregnant or female of childbearing potential or male with a female partner of childbearing potential unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception.
  11. Inability to comply with study-related procedures.
  12. Any medical condition or organ system dysfunction that in the investigator';s opinion, could compromise the participant's safety or ability to complete the study.

Inclusion

  • You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
  • You have had a certain type of treatment or surgical procedure.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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Trial Identifiers

Information on this page is partially produced from ClinicalTrials.gov, EU Clinical Trials Register *. View further details about this trial on the registry via the links below:

  • NCT03394365 *
  • 2024-516622-57-00 *
  • ALLELE (ATA129-EBV-302)

Trial sponsor

Atara Biotherapeutics

Scientific Title

Tabelecleucel for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Subjects With EBV+ PTLD After Failure of Rituximab

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