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Abstract CT244: Trial in progress: Phase 1/2 study of OBX-115 engineered tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy in patients with advanced solid tumors

A. Shoushtari, A. Schoenfeld, K. He, J. Chesney, Juan Carlos Varela, J. Moyers, G. In, Y. Samhouri et al.

Cancer Research, 2025

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Abstract

Non-engineered TIL cell therapy was recently approved for patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-resistant melanoma (Chesney JITC 2022) and shows promising efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer ([NSCLC]; Creelan Nat Med 2021, Schoenfeld Cancer Discov 2024), but has a treatment-related mortality rate of 7.5% in melanoma and requires co-administration of systemic high-dose IL2, with well-described high-grade toxicity. OBX-115 TIL are expanded from patient tumor tissue and engineered with a transgene to express membrane-bound human IL15 (mbIL15), regulated by acetazolamide (ACZ), eliminating the need for IL2. A first-in-human single-institution study evaluating the safety of OBX-115 in metastatic melanoma has completed enrollment (NCT05470283; Amaria ASCO 2024). The current study (NCT06060613) is enrolling patients with melanoma and NSCLC at multiple US sites using centralized manufacturing.

This phase 1/2, single-arm, open-label, nonrandomized, multicenter study will assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the OBX-115 engineered autologous TIL cell therapy regimen in patients with unresectable Stage IIIC-IV metastatic melanoma (excluding uveal) with radiographic progression after systemic therapy containing PD-1-targeted ICI (≤2 prior lines; neoadjuvant/adjuvant considered prior line if progressed during treatment or within ≤12 weeks of last dose) OR metastatic NSCLC previously treated with an approved systemic therapy for metastatic disease (including an…

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