The purpose of this study is to determine whether an investigational drug called IOV-4001 is safe and beneficial in the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma or advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). IOV-4001 is an adoptive T cell therapy, a form of immunotherapy that uses the patient’s own T cells (tumor infiltrating lymphocytes-TILs), to focus the immune system to fight cancer. The treatment consists of specialized white blood cells (TILs) obtained from a piece of the patient’s tumor. Participants will undergo a tumor resection (surgery that removes a piece of the tumor to obtain TILs). This will be sent to a manufacturing facility where the patient’s T cells are isolated and grown to create IOV-4001. IOV-4001 will then be infused into the patient’s body, where the T cells may detect and attack the tumor. The therapy consists of a preconditioning regimen of chemotherapy medications (cyclophosphamide and fludarabine), which is given before the infusion of IOV-4001. After receiving the infusion, the patients will receive a medication called interleukin-2, which is a naturally occurring protein that helps regulate white blood cell activities and their immune response. Sponsor: Iovance Tumor Types: Melanoma, Non-small cell lung cancer
What is the full name of this clinical trial?
IOV-GM1-201: A Phase 1/2, open-label study of PD-1 knockout tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in participants with unresectable or metastatic melanoma or Stage III or IV non-small-cell lung cancer