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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hematol. 2016 Jun 11;104(1):29–41. doi: 10.1007/s12185-016-2031-1

Table 1.

Current Gene Therapy Trials using Suicide genes, Immunostimulation, and RNAi for Hematologic Malignancies

Gene Therapy Application Trial Identifier Title Phase Conditions Intervention Expected Completion
RNAi NCT01961063 Gene Therapy After Frontline Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 1 AIDS-related Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma|AIDS-related Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma|AIDS-related Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma|AIDS-related Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma|AIDS-related Lymphoblastic Lymphoma|AIDS- related Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma|HIV Infection Lentivirus vector rHIV7-shI-TAR- CCR5RZ-transduced hematopoietic progenitor cells Jun 2031
NCT02378922 Autologous Transplantation and Stem Cell Based-Gene Therapy With LVsh5/C46 (CAL-1), a Dual Anti-HIV Lentiviral Vector, for the Treatment of HIV-Associated Lymphoma 1 AIDS-Related Hodgkin Lymphoma; AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells with low CCR5 via RNAi and inhibititory for HIV-1 fusion via C46 antiviral peptide n/a
NCT02493829 B7.1/IL-2 Leukaemia Cell Vaccine for Non-Transplant AML RFUSIN2-AML2 (NTX) 1 AML AML Cell Vaccine Sep 2021
Suicide Gene Therapy for GVHD NCT01875237 A Phase 1/2 Trial Evaluating Treatment of Emergent Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD) With AP1903 After Planned Donor Infusions (DLIs) of T-cells Genetically Modified With the iCasp9 Suicide Gene in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies 1|2 Leukemia; Myeloma; Myeloproliferative Diseases Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI)|Drug: AP1903 n/a
NCT00710892 CASPALLO: A Phase I Study Evaluating the Use of Allodepleted T Cells Transduced With Inducible Caspase 9 Suicide Gene After Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation 1 ALL; NHL; MDS; CML Alloreactive T cell depletion with RFT5- dgA; iCasp9: AP1903 Jul 2026
NCT01744223 A Phase 1/2 Dose Escalation Study Evaluating Safety and Feasibility of BPX-501 T Cells After Partially Mismatched, Related, T Cell-Depleted HSCT (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant) 1|2 AML; ALL; Lymphoma iCasp9: BPX-501 cells and AP1903 Dec 2018
NCT02487459 A Phase I/II Safety Study of Planned BPX-501 T Cell Infusion After Partially Mismatched, Related, TCR αβ+T Cell Depleted HSCT in Adults With Advanced Hematologic Malignances at High Risk for Relapse 1|2 High-risk ALL in 1st or subsequent CR; High-risk AML in 1st or subsequent CR; CML refractory to at least 2 TKIs or resistant mutations or progression to blast phase CML; Intermediate/high risk MDS; HL or NHL:, relapsed or refractory; other high-risk hematologic malignancies otherwise eligible for stem cell transplantation without an HLA matched donor or in need of a fast transplant iCasp9: BPX-501 cells and AP1903
Immune modulation NCT01773395 Randomized Placebo-controlled Phase II Trial of Irradiated, Adenovirus Vector Transferred GM-CSF Secreting Autologous Leukemia Cell Vaccination (GVAX) Versus Placebo Vaccination in Patients With Advanced MDS/AML After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 2 AML; MDS-RAEB not in remission Adenovirus Vector Transferred GM-CSF Secreting Autologous Leukemia Cell Vaccination (GVAX) Jan 2033
Transplant related infection NCT02276820 Most Closely Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-Matched Adenovirus-specific T Lymphocytes (Viralym-A) 1 Adenovirus Infection Viralym-A Dec 2017
NCT02108522 Multivirus-specific T Cells for the Treatment of Virus Infections After Stem Cell Transplant 1 Infection Multivirus Specific T cells Mar 2018