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Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Immunol. 2019;39(2):105–122. doi: 10.1615/CritRevImmunol.2019030788

TABLE 1:

Selected clinical trials using TCR ACT for cancera

Target, sequenceb HLA TCR; affinity-matured (yes/no/not specified); KD (if known) Cancer(s)c No. of patientsd Trial phase Responsee; trial status Sponsor,f country Trial ID, start date
1 p53:264–272; LLGRNSFEV HLA-A*02:01 p53 TCR; no74,75 Metastatic melanoma and other metastatic cancers 12 II No information NCI, USA NCT00393029, Oct 2006
2 p53 HLA-A*02:01 p53 TCR; not specified Progressive or recurrent metastatic cancer 3 II Terminated (withdrawal of collaborators’ support) NCI, USA NCT00704938, June 2008
3 MART-1, AAGIGILTV HLA-A*02:01 DMF4; no; KD = 170 μM63 Metastatic melanoma 15 13% OR (2/15) NCI, USA See ref. 62
4 MART-1, AAGIGILTV HLA-A*02:01 DMF5; yes; KD = 40 μM63 Metastatic melanoma 20 II 30% OR (6/20); 55% uveitis (11/20); 50% hearing loss (10/20) NCI, USA NCI-07-C-0175, NCT00509288, June 200743
5 MART-1, AAGIGILTV HLA-A*02:01 DMF5; yes; KD = 40 μM63 Metastatic melanoma 1 I, II Terminated (low accrual) NCI, USA NCT00924001, Aug 2007
6 MART-1, AAGIGILTV HLA-A*02:01 DMF5; yes; KD = 40 μM63 Metastatic melanoma 4 II Terminated (low accrual) NCI, USA NCT00612222, Jan 2008
7 MART-1 HLA-A*02:01 DMF5; yes; KD = 40 μM63 Melanoma 50 II Terminated (low enrollment) NCI, USA NCT00706992, June 2008
8 MART-1 HLA-A*02:01 DMF5; yes; KD = 40 μM63 Metastatic melanoma 13 II 69% tumor regression (9/13); 38% progressive disease (5/13); 54% stable disease (7/13) JCCC (UCLA), USA NCT00910650, Oct 200976,77
9 MART-1:26–35, EAAGIGILTV HLA-A*02:01 1D3 HM CysTCR; no78 Stage IV skin melanoma, eye melanoma 12 I, II Active, not recruiting, no results posted Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands NCT02654821, Mar 201279
10 gp100, KTWGQYWQV HLA-A*02:01 gp100154 mouse TCR; no Metastatic melanoma 16 II 19% OR (3/16); 25% uveitis (4/16); 31% mild hearing loss (5/16); Terminated NCI, USA NCI-07-C-0174, NCT00509496, June 200743
11 NY-ESO-1: 157–165, SLLMWITQC HLA-A*02:01 1G4-α95:LY; yes; KD = 730 nM80 Metastatic SCS, metastatic melanoma, metastatic SCS, metastatic melanoma Metastatic SCS: 6; metastatic melanoma: 11; metastatic SCS: 18; metastatic melanoma: 20 II Metastatic SCS: 66% OR (4/6); metastatic melanoma: 16% PR (1/6); metastatic SCS: 45% OR (5/11); metastatic melanoma: 18% CR (2/11), 61% OR (11/18), 55% OR (11/20) NCI, USA NCT00670748, April 200864; NCT00670748, April 200865
12 NY-ESO-1/LAGE-1: SLLMWITQC HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Multiple Myeloma 20 I, II 70% nCR/CR (14/20); 10% VGPR (2/20); 10% PR (2/20); active, not recruiting GSK, USA NCT01352286, May 201166
13 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Melanoma 4 I, II Terminated (lack of enrollment) Adaptimmune, USA NCT01350401, June 2011
14 NY-ESO-1/LAGE-1,SLLMWITQC HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, and/or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Metastatic SCS 12 I 50% OR (6/12); 42% PR (5/12); 8% CR (1/12); Recruiting GSK, USA NCT01343043, Sep 201282,83
15 NY-ESO-1:157–165, SLLMWITQC HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Malignant neoplasm 22 (est.) II Recruiting JCCC (UCLA), USA NCT01697527, Nov 2012
16 NY-ESO-1:157–165, SLLMWITQC HLA A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, and/or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Ovarian 6 II 0% response (not recruiting) Adaptimmune, USA NCT01567891, Jul 2013
17 NY-ESO-1 and/or LAGE-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Multiple myeloma 6 I, II Terminated (sponsor decision) Adaptimmune, USA NCT01892293, Oct 2013
18 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR with murine chains; no84 Melanoma, meningioma, breast cancer, NSCLC, HCC 43 II Recruiting NCI, USA NCT01967823, Oct 2013
19 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Metastatic melanoma 2 II Terminated (low accrual) NCI, USA NCT02062359, Feb 2014
20 NY-ESO-1:157–165 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Solid cancers 4 I Terminated (low accrual) JCCC (UCLA), USA NCT02070406, Jul 2014
21 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1 TCR (TBI-1301); not specified Solid cancers 9 I Active, not recruiting Mie University, Japan NCT02366546, Mar 2015
22 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A* 02 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Solid cancers 36 (est.) 1 Recruiting Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, China NCT02457650, Apr 2015
23 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, and/or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Advanced (stage IIIb or IV) NSCLC 10 (est.) I Recruiting GSK, USA NCT02588612, Feb 201685
24 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR with murine chains; no84 Metastatic cancers 10 (est.) Recruiting Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA NCT02774291, Aug 2016
25 NY-ESO-1 Not specified NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Advanced malignant solid tumors 15 (est) Recruitment status unknown Fudan University, China NCT03047811, Aug 2016
26 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1 TCR (TBI-1301); not specified Solid cancers 15 (est.) I Recruiting University Health Network, Canada NCT02869217, Sep 2016
27 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Advanced MRCLS 10 (est.) II Recruiting GSK, USA NCT02992743, Dec 2016
28 NY-ESO-1:157–165 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Stage IV or locally advanced solid tumors 12 (est.) I Recruiting JCCC (UCLA), USA NCT02775292, Jan 2017
29 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A2*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR TAEST16001; yes Advanced NSCLC 20 (est.) I Recruiting Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, China NCT03029273, Mar 2017
30 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A2*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR TAEST16001; yes Solid tumors 20 (est.) I Recruiting Zhujiang Hospital, China NCT03159585, Apr 2017
31 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Stage IV or locally advanced unresectable cancers 12 (est.) I Recruiting JCCC (UCLA), USA NCT03240861, July 2017
32 NY-ESO-1 /LAGE-1 HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, and/or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259; yes; KD = 730 nM81 Multiple myeloma 24 (est) II Recruiting GSK, USA NCT03168438,Aug 2017 (Follow-up; see ref. 83)
33 NY-ESO-1:157–165, SLLMWITQC HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified SCS 8 (est.) I, II Recruiting Takara Bio Inc., Japan NCT03250325, Sep 2017
34 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR with murine chains; no84 Recurrent or refractory ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube carcinoma 12 (est.) I Recruiting Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA NCT03017131, Dec 2017
35 NY-ESO-1 Not specified NY-ESO-1c259(GSK3377794); yes; KD = 730 nM81 200 (est.) I Recruiting GSK, USA NCT03391778, Apr 2018 (long-term follow-up of subjects exposed to NY-ESO-1c259 T cells)
36 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A2*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR TAEST; yes Sarcoma 20 (est.) I Recruiting Sun Yat-sen University, China NCT03462316, May 2018
37 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 NY-ESO-1 TCR (NYCE T cells); not specified Multiple myeloma, melanoma, SCS, MRCLS 18 (est.) I Recruiting UPenn, USA NCT03399448, Sep 2018
38 NY-ESO-1/LAGE-la HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:05, and/or HLA-A*02:06 NY-ESO-1c259(GSK3377794); yes; KD = 730 nM81 NSCLC 44 (est.) II Recruiting MSD, USA NCT03709706, Dec 2018
39 NY-ESO-1 HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-DP*04 NY-ESO-1 TCR; not specified Recurrent or refractory ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancers 15 (est.) I Recruiting Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA NCT03691376, Jan 2019
40 CEA, IMIGVLVGV HLA-A*02:01 PG13-CEA mouse TCR; yes86 Metastatic CRC 3 I 33% OR (1/3); 100% colitis (3/3) (CEA on normal colon mucosa); Terminated NCI, USA NCT00923806, Dec 200844
41 TRAIL/DR4 HLA-independent 2G-1 TCR; no87 Metastatic renal cancer 5 I, II Terminated NCI, USA NCT00923390, Mar 2009
42 MAGE-A3, KVAELVHFL, MAGE-A12, KMVELVHFL HLA-A*02:01 PG13-MAGE-A3 TCR9W11; yes88 Metastatic melanoma, SCS, esophageal cancer 9 I, II 11% CR (1/9); 44% PR (4/9); 22% neurotoxicity (2/9) (MAGEA12 in brain); Terminated NCI, USA NCT01273181, Dec 201055
43 MAGE-A3, EVDPIGHLY HLA-A*01 a3a TCR; yes; KD = 2.3 μM57 Melanoma, high-risk or relapsed myeloma 2 III, IV 2/2 deaths (cardiovascular toxicity to titin peptide: ESDPIVAQY in heart); Terminated UPenn, Adaptimmune, USA Dec 2011 (see refs. 56,57)
44 MAGE-A3 HLA-A*01 MAGE-A3 TCR; not specified Breast, cervical, renal, bladder cancers; melanoma 3 I, II Terminated NCI, USA NCT02153905, Jul 2014
45 MAGE-A3:248–258, QHFVQENYLEY HLA-DP0401 MAGE-A3-DP4 TCR; no89 Cervical, renal, urothelial, breast cancers; melanoma 107 (est.) I, II Recruiting NCI, USA NCT02111850, Feb 2014
46 MAGE-A3 and/or MAGE-A6 HLA-DPB1*04:01 MAGE-A3/A6 TCR (KITE-718); not specified Solid tumors 75 (est.) I Recruiting Kite (Gilead), USA NCT03139370, May 201790
47 MAGE-A4:143–151, NYKRCFPVI HLA-A*24:02 MAGE-A4 TCR (TBI-1201); no91 Solid cancers 12 (est.) I Persistence of TCR-transduced T cells in 50% of patients (5/10); Recruiting Mie University, Japan UMIN00000239, NCT02096614, Apr 201492
48 MAGE-A4:230–239, GVYDGREHTV HLA-A*02 MAGE-A4c1032 TCR; yes; not specified Urinary bladder, head and neck, ovarian, esophageal, gastric cancers; SCS, NSCLC, MRCLS, melanoma 42 (est.) I Recruiting Adaptimmune, USA, Canada NCT03132922, May 2017
49 MAGE A10:254–262, GLYDGMEHL HLA-A*02:01 and/or HLA-A*02:06 MAGEA10c796; yes; KD = 370 nM93 Advanced NSCLC 28 (est.) I Recruiting Adaptimmune, USA, Canada, Spain, LTK NCT02592577, Nov 201585
50 MAGE-A10 HLA-A*02:01 and/or HLA-A*02:06 MAGEA10c796; yes; KD = 370 nM93 Urothelial carcinoma, bladder urothelial carcinoma, head and neck cancer; melanoma 22 (est.) I Recruiting Adaptimmune, USA, Canada, Spain NCT02989064, Oct 201694
51 MAGE-A4:230–239 GVYDGREHTV, MAGE-A10:254–262, GLYDGMEHL HLA-A*02, HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:06 MAGE-A4c1032; yes; not specified; MAGEA10c796; yes; KD = 370 nM93 Solid and hematological malignancies 300 (est.) Enrolling by invitation Adaptimmune, USA, Canada NCT03391791, Feb 2018 (long-term follow-up of subjects exposed to genetically engineered TCRs)
52 WT1: 126–134 RMFPNAPYL HLA-A*02:01 Cys1 WT1 TCR; no95 AML, CML 7 I, II No results posted Cell Medica Ltd., UK NCT01621724, April 2012
53 WT1: 126–134 RMFPNAPYL HLA-A*02:01 WT1 TCRc4; no11 High-risk AML, MDS, CML 45 I, II Active, not recruiting, no results posted Fred Hutch, USA NCT01640301, Jul 2012
54 WT1:126–134 RMFPNAPYL HLA-A*02:01 WT1 TCRc4 (JTCR016: Celgene); no11 Stage III–IV NSCLC or mesothelioma 20 (est.) I, II Active, not recruiting, no results posted Fred Hutch, USA NCT02408016, May 2015
55 WT1 HLA-A*02:01 WT1 TCR (CMD-602); not specified MDS, AML 3 I, II No results posted Cell Medica Ltd., Belgium, Germany, UK NCT02550535, Sep 2015
56 WT1:126–134 RMFPNAPYL HLA-A*02:01 WT1 TCRc4; no11 AML 9 I, II Active, not recruiting Fred Hutch, USA NCT02770820, Nov 2017
57 Tyrosinase:368–376, 370D:YMDGTMSQV, 370N:YMNGTMSQV HLA-A*02:01 1383I TCR; no; KD = 10 μM96,97 Melanoma 14 I 33% tumor shrinkage (1/3); 66% vitiligo (2/3) Loyola University, USA NCT01586403, July 201297
58 Tyrosinase 368–376 370D:YMDGTMSQV, 370N:YMNGTMSQV HLA-A*02:01 1383I TCR; no; KD = 10 μM96,97 Melanoma 18 (est.) I Recruiting NCI, USA NCT02870244, Feb 2015
59 E6:29–38 TIHDIILECV HLA-A*02:01 HPV-16 E6 TCR; no98 HPV-associated cancers 12 I, II 1 CR; 1 PR NCI, USA NCT02280811, Oct 201499
60 E6:29–38
TIHDIILECV
HLA-A*02:01 HPV-16 E6 TCR; no98 High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion 200 (est.) I Recruiting NCI, USA NCT03197025, Jan 2018
61 E7:11–19 epitope of HPV E7 protein HLA-A*02:01 E7 TCR; not specified100 HPV-associated cancers 180 (est.) I, II Recruiting NCI, USA NCT02858310, Jan 2017
62 HBV antigen Not specified HBV antigen-specific TCR; not specified HCC 10 (est.) I Recruiting Lion TCR Pte. Ltd., China NCT02686372, Dec 2015
63 HERV-E–derived antigen: ATWLGSKTWK HLA-A* 11:01 HERV-E TCR; not specified Metastatic ccRCC 24 (est.) I Recruiting NHLBI, USA NCT03354390, July 2018
64 Human thyroglobulin (hTG) HLA-A*02:01 hTG mouse TCR; not specified Metastatic thyroid cancer 0 I, II Withdrawn NCI, USA NCT02390739, Mar 2015
65 PRAME HLA-A*02:01 PRAME TCR (BPX-701); not specified101 AML, MDS, uveal melanoma 116 (est.) I, II Recruiting Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, USA NCT02743611, Apr 2017
66 PRAME HLA-A2*02:01 MDG1011; not specified High-risk myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms 92 (est.) I, II Recruiting Medigene AG, Germany NCT03503968, Mar 2018
67 AFP:158–166
FMNKFIYEI
HLA-A*02:01 or HLA-A*02:642 AFPc332 TCR; yes; KD = 10.6 μM102 HCC 24 (est.) I Recruiting Adaptimmune, USA, Spain, UK NCT03132792, May 2017
68 KRAS G12V: (V) VVGAVGVGK, NRAS G12V, HRAS G12V HLA-A*11:01 KRAS G12V mouse TCR; no103 Pancreatic, gastric, gastrointestinal, colon, rectal cancers 110 (est.) I, II Recruiting NCI, USA NCT03190941, Sep 2017
69 G12D variant of mutated RAS HLA-A*11:01 KRAS G12D mouse TCR; no103 Gastrointestinal, pancreatic, gastric, colon, rectal cancers 70 (est.) I, II Recruiting NCI, USA NCT03745326, Apr 2019
70 Not specified HLA-A*02:01 IMA201; no Solid tumors; HNSCC, NSCLC 16 (est.) I Recruiting Immatics US, Inc., USA NCT03247309, Sep 2017
71 Not specified Not specified IMA202; no Solid tumors, including NSCLC and HCC 16 (est.) I Recruiting Immatics US, Inc., USA NCT03441100, Apr 2019
72 Not specified Not specified IMA203; no Refractory/recurrent solid tumors 16 (est.) I Recruiting Immatics US, Inc., USA NCT03686124, Mar 2019
73 HA-1: VLHDDLLEA HLA-A*02:01 HA-1 TCR; no104 Relapsed or refractory acute Leukemia 24 (est.) I Recruiting Fred Hutch, USA NCT03326921, Feb 2018
74 TGFβII HLA-A*02 Not specified; no CRC 5 (est.) I, II Recruiting Oslo University Hospital, Norway NCT03431311, Mar 2018
a

Previous or combination treatments are not listed.

b

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; HA-1: minor histocompatibility (H) antigen; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HPV: human papilloma virus; HERV-E–derived antigen: human endogenous retrovirus–derived antigen; MART-1: melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1; NY-ESO-1: New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1 [LAGE-1: cancer testis antigen homologous to NY-ESO-1 containing 157–165 peptide (SLLMWITQC)]; PRAME: preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma; TGFβII: transforming growth factor beta receptor type II; TRAIL/DR4: TNF-related apoptosis–inducing ligand bound to its receptor DR4; WT1: Wilms’ tumor antigen

c

AML: acute myeloid leukemia; ccRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinoma; CML: chronic myeloid leukemia; CRC: colorectal cancer; HCC: hepatocellular cancer; HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; MDS: myelodysplastic syndrome; MRCLS: myxoid/round cell liposarcoma; NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer; SCS: synovial cell sarcoma.

d

est.: estimated patient enrollment

e

CR: complete regression; nCR: near complete response; OR: objective regression; PR: partial response; VGPR: very good partial response

f

Fred Hutch: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; GSK: GlaxoSmithKline; JCCC (UCLA): Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, Los Angeles; MSD: Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp.; NCI: National Cancer Institute; NHLBI: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; UPenn: University of Pennsylvania