C7R-GD2.CART Cells for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma and Other GD2 Positive … (NCT03635632) | Clinical Trial Compass
Active — Not RecruitingPhase 1
C7R-GD2.CART Cells for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma and Other GD2 Positive Cancers (GAIL-N)
United States94 participantsStarted 2019-04-23
Plain-language summary
This study is for patients with neuroblastoma, sarcoma, uveal melanoma, breast cancer, or another cancer that expresses a substance on the cancer cells called GD2. The cancer has either come back after treatment or did not respond to treatment. Because there is no standard treatment at this time, patients are asked to volunteer in a gene transfer research study using special immune cells called T cells. T cells are a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infection.
The body has different ways of fighting infection and disease. No single way seems perfect for fighting cancers. This research study combines two different ways of fighting cancer: antibodies and T cells. Both antibodies and T cells have been used to treat patients with cancers. They have shown promise but have not been strong enough to cure most patients.
We have found from previous research that we can put a new gene into T cells that will make them recognize cancer cells and kill them. In our last clinical trial we made a gene called a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) from an antibody that recognizes GD2, a substance found on almost all neuroblastoma cells (GD2-CAR). We put this gene into the patients' own T cells and gave them back to 11 neuroblastoma patients. We saw that the cells did grow for a while, but started to disappear from the blood after 2 weeks. We think that if T cells are able to last longer they may have a better chance of killing GD2 positive tumor cells.
Therefore, in this study we will add a new gene to the GD2 T cells that can cause the cells to live longer. T cells need substances called cytokines to survive and the cells may not get enough cytokines after infusion. We have added the gene C7R that gives the cells a constant supply of cytokine and helps them to survive for a longer period of time.
In other studies using T cells, investigators found that giving chemotherapy before the T cell infusion can improve the amount of time the T cells stay in the body and therefore the effect the T cells can have. This is called lymphodepletion and we think that it will allow the T cells to expand and stay longer in the body, and potentially kill cancer cells more effectively.
The GD2-C7R T cells are an investigational product not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The purpose of this study is to find the largest safe dose of GD2-C7R T cells, and also to evaluate how long they can be detected in the blood and what affect they have on cancer.
Who can participate
Age range1 Year – 74 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
✓. Evaluable neuroblastoma with persistent or relapsed disease
✓. Recurrent disease following completion of aggressive multi-drug frontline therapy.
✓. Progressive disease during aggressive multi-drug frontline therapy.
✓. Primary resistant/refractory disease (less than partial response by INRC) detected at the conclusion of at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug induction chemotherapy on or according to a standard high-risk treatment protocol
✓. Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
✓. Karnofsky/Lansky score of 50% or greater
✓. Absence of human anti-mouse antibodies (HAMA) prior to enrollment (only in patients that have been previously treated with murine antibodies or testing pending)
✓. Informed consent and assent (as applicable) obtained from parent/guardian and child
Exclusion criteria
✕. History of hypersensitivity to murine protein containing products (patients who have undergone desensitization and successful re-challenge without hypersensitivity reaction are eligible)
What they're measuring
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Determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of C7R-GD2.CART Cells
✕. Active autoimmune disease (requiring immunosuppressive treatment in the past 6 months)
✕. Primary brain tumor or known brain metastases (on evaluation by MIBG and/or PET if applicable, CT/MRI/LP not required)
✕. Currently receiving other investigational drugs.
✕. Received any investigational immunotherapies or checkpoint inhibitors within 6 weeks. Immunotherapies include adoptive cell therapies, gene therapies, and tumor vaccines.
✕. History of hypersensitivity to murine protein containing products (patients who have undergone desensitization and successful re-challenge without hypersensitivity reaction are eligible).
✕. History of cardiomegaly or bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph or CT. However, patients with cardiomegaly on imaging may be enrolled if they have an assessment of cardiac function (i.e., ECHO or MUGA) within 3 weeks of starting protocol therapy that is within acceptable limits (LVSF\>28% or LVEF\>50%). Additionally, patients with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on imaging may be enrolled if the lesions are not consistent with active neuroblastoma (i.e., negative on functional imaging with PET or MIBG, or by pathologic assessment) or not bulky in other diseases (\< 5 cm for each lesion) and patient meet FiO2 criteria (\>90% on room air). Baseline pulmonary function testing is required in patients with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (except young children unable to undergo testing). Patients with poor lung function based on PFT testing (Patients with FEV 1, FVC and DLCO/diffusion capacity \< 50%) will not be eligible for treatment on protocol. Patients with intermediate function (FEV 1, FVC and DLCO/diffusion capacity ≥ 50% and \< 70% predicted) will require assessment by a pulmonologist prior to treatment.
✕. Evidence of tumor potentially causing airway obstruction