Table 1.
IL-15 clinical trials in patients with metastatic malignancy
IL-15 agentMTD or expansion dose/dosing scheduleStudy populationSerious and notable adverse eventsMaximum fold increase in total NK cells at MTDMaximum fold increase in CD56bright NK cellsMaximum fold increase in CD8 T cellsBest clinical responseReferences
E. coli rhIL-15 0.3 µg/kg/d bolus i.v. for 12 d consecutively 18 patients with malignant melanoma or renal cell cancer Grade 3 hypotension; grade 3 thrombocytopenia; grade 3 ALT and AST elevations 2–3 3–4 Stable disease (five patients had 10–30% decrease in marker lesions and two had disappearance of lung lesions) Conlon et al., 2015  
E. coli rhIL-15 2 µg/kg/d CIV for 10 d 27 patients with metastatic solid tumors Two deaths (one due to gastrointestinal ischemia and one due to disease progression); grade 3 bleeding; grade 3 papilledema; grade 3 uveitis; grade 3 hepatic encephalopathy  38 358 5.8 Stable disease Conlon et al., 2019  
E. coli rhIL-15 2 µg/kg/d s.c. on days 1–5 and 8–12 19 patients with advanced solid tumors Grade 2 pancreatitis; grade 3 cardiac/chest pain 10.8 39.7 3.3 Stable disease Miller et al., 2018  
ALT-803 10 µg/kg i.v. or s.c. weekly for 4 wk 33 patients with hematological malignancies Two deaths (one due to sepsis, one due to intracranial hemorrhage); grade 4 sepsis; grade 2 pemphigus 1 CR, 1 PR, 3 SD Romee et al., 2018  
ALT-803 20 µg/kg s.c. for 4 wk consecutively every 6 wk 24 patients (11 i.v., 13 s.c.) with solid tumors Grade 4 congestive heart failure; grade 4 neutropenia; injection site reaction 3.3 6.3 1.3 No PR or CR Margolin et al., 2018  
ALT-803 + nivolumab 20 µg/kg ALT-803 s.c. combination with i.v. nivolumab every 2 wk 21 patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer Grade 3 myocardial infarction; injection site reaction NA Minor response 6 PR, 10 SD Wrangle et al., 2018  
IL-15 agentMTD or expansion dose/dosing scheduleStudy populationSerious and notable adverse eventsMaximum fold increase in total NK cells at MTDMaximum fold increase in CD56bright NK cellsMaximum fold increase in CD8 T cellsBest clinical responseReferences
E. coli rhIL-15 0.3 µg/kg/d bolus i.v. for 12 d consecutively 18 patients with malignant melanoma or renal cell cancer Grade 3 hypotension; grade 3 thrombocytopenia; grade 3 ALT and AST elevations 2–3 3–4 Stable disease (five patients had 10–30% decrease in marker lesions and two had disappearance of lung lesions) Conlon et al., 2015  
E. coli rhIL-15 2 µg/kg/d CIV for 10 d 27 patients with metastatic solid tumors Two deaths (one due to gastrointestinal ischemia and one due to disease progression); grade 3 bleeding; grade 3 papilledema; grade 3 uveitis; grade 3 hepatic encephalopathy  38 358 5.8 Stable disease Conlon et al., 2019  
E. coli rhIL-15 2 µg/kg/d s.c. on days 1–5 and 8–12 19 patients with advanced solid tumors Grade 2 pancreatitis; grade 3 cardiac/chest pain 10.8 39.7 3.3 Stable disease Miller et al., 2018  
ALT-803 10 µg/kg i.v. or s.c. weekly for 4 wk 33 patients with hematological malignancies Two deaths (one due to sepsis, one due to intracranial hemorrhage); grade 4 sepsis; grade 2 pemphigus 1 CR, 1 PR, 3 SD Romee et al., 2018  
ALT-803 20 µg/kg s.c. for 4 wk consecutively every 6 wk 24 patients (11 i.v., 13 s.c.) with solid tumors Grade 4 congestive heart failure; grade 4 neutropenia; injection site reaction 3.3 6.3 1.3 No PR or CR Margolin et al., 2018  
ALT-803 + nivolumab 20 µg/kg ALT-803 s.c. combination with i.v. nivolumab every 2 wk 21 patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer Grade 3 myocardial infarction; injection site reaction NA Minor response 6 PR, 10 SD Wrangle et al., 2018  

CR, complete response; NA, not available; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.

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