| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Previously treated ALL including philadelphia chromosome (BCR-Ab1) positive ALL who
meet all of the following criteria:
- Diagnosis of CD19-positive B-cell ALL based on the flow cytometry and histology
- Previously treated subjects with primary refractory disease OR after first or
subsequent relapse
- Subjects with detectable lymphoblasts in bone marrow (BM) or extramedullary
disease (EMD) that is radiographically measurable and amenable to repeat biopsies
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) > 45%
- Pulmonary function tests diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO)
(adjusted for hemoglobin) > 50% predicted
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated
creatinine clearance (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] can also be used in place of
creatinine or creatinine clearance [CrCl]) >= 60 ml/min for subject with creatinine
levels > 1.5 X institutional ULN
- Serum total bilirubin =< 1.5 X ULN OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for subjects with total
bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and
alanine transaminase (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X ULN OR =< 5
X ULN for subjects with liver metastases
- Albumin >= 2.5 mg/dL
- International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 X ULN unless
subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or partial thromboplastin
time (PTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
- Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving
anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use
of anticoagulants
- Beta human chorionic gonadotropin (beta HCG) negative
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): negative HIV antibody / polymerase chain reaction
(PCR)
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV): negative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and negative
hepatitis B core (HBc) antibody or positive HBc and negative HBV deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) by quantitative PCR
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV): negative viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) (if HCV antibody is
positive)
- Required screening laboratory data (within 28 days prior to administration of
pembrolizumab)
- Discontinuation of all therapy (including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, tyrosine-kinase
inhibitors [TKIs], immunotherapy or investigational therapy) for the treatment of
cancer as follows:
- At least 1 week or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) from the last dose of prior
anti-cancer therapy and the initiation of study therapy
- Exceptions or modifications to the above are as follows:
- Medications that are typically part of a maintenance therapy for ALL, such
as glucocorticoids or mercaptopurine, may be administered up to 3 days prior
to the first dose, except vinca alkaloids which must be discontinued at
least 14 days prior to the start of study treatment; TKIs are not permitted
to be continued at screening (e.g. Gleevec)
- Intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy may be dosed up to 7 days prior to first dose of
pembrolizumab (cytarabine [Ara-C] recommended)
- For biologics (e.g. monoclonal antibodies), washout period of 1 month beyond the
recommended dosing interval and at least 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is
longer) since the last dose
- All acute toxic effects of any prior antitumor therapy must be resolved to grade =< 1
before enrollment, with the exception of alopecia (any grade permitted), or bone
marrow parameters (any grades permitted)
- For female subjects of childbearing potential, willingness to abstain from
heterosexual intercourse or use 2 concurrent protocol recommended methods of
contraception from the screening visit throughout the study treatment period and to 30
days from the last dose of pembrolizumab; a negative serum pregnancy test is required
for female subjects at screening; lactating females must agree to discontinue nursing
before administration of study drugs
- For male subjects having intercourse with females of childbearing potential,
willingness to abstain from heterosexual intercourse or use 2 protocol-recommended
methods of contraception from the start of pembrolizumab throughout the study
treatment period and for 90 days following the last dose of pembrolizumab; also, male
subjects should refrain from sperm donation from the start of pembrolizumab throughout
the study treatment period and for 3 months following the last dose of study drugs
- In the judgment of the investigator, participation in the protocol offers an
acceptable benefit-to-risk ratio when considering current disease status, medical
condition, and the potential benefits and risks of alternative treatments for the
subject's ALL
- Willingness to comply with scheduled visits, drug administration plan, imaging
studies, laboratory tests, other study procedures, and study restrictions;
psychological, social, familial or geographical factors that might preclude adequate
study participation should be considered
- Have the ability to understand and sign a written informed consent form, which must be
obtained prior to initiation of study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of mature B-cell ALL (Burkitt's leukemia) according to World Health
Organization (WHO) classification, or lymphoid blast crisis of chronic myelogenous
leukemia (CML)
- A life threatening illness, medical condition or organ system dysfunction which, in
the investigators' opinion, could compromise the subject's safety or interfere with
the absorption or metabolism of pembrolizumab
- Active or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) disease
- For study purposes, a subject will not be considered as having active CNS disease
if the subject has documentation of prior CNS disease and has received prior
treatment (IT or radiation) and is:
- Asymptomatic for the last 28 days prior to screening and
- Has documented at least 2 negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology (which
must include 1 lumbar puncture [LP] within the study screening window)
- Uncontrolled undercurrent illness including but not limited to unstable angina
pectoris or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with
study requirements; subjects with active infection are permitted to enroll provided
that the infection is documented to be under control
- History of myelodysplastic syndrome or organ transplantation
- History of non-lymphoid malignancy except for the following:
- Adequately treated local basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin,
cervical carcinoma in situ, superficial bladder cancer, asymptomatic prostate
cancer without known metastatic disease and with no requirement for therapy or
requirement only hormonal therapy and with normal prostate specific antigen for >
1 year prior to the start of pembrolizumab, or any other cancer that has been in
complete remission without treatment for >= 5 years prior to enrollment
- Known hypersensitivity or intolerance to any of the active substance or excipients in
the formulations for pembrolizumab and blinatumomab
- Ongoing drug-induced liver injury, chronic active hepatitis C (HCV), chronic active
hepatitis B (HBV), HIV, alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis,
cirrhosis of the liver, or portal hypertension
- Prior allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Has known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis
- Concurrent participation in an investigational drug trial with therapeutic intent
defined as prior study therapy within 28 days prior to start of this study
- Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy
within 2 weeks prior to study day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., =< grade 1 or at
baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent
- Note: subjects with =< grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and
may qualify for the study
- Note: if subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from
the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy
- Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
(i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive
drugs); replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid
replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a
form of systemic treatment
- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with
cooperation with the requirements of the trial
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the
projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit
through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or
blinatumomab
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy
- Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study
of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational
device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment
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