Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of 4th Generation Safety-engineered CAR T Cells Targeting Sarcomas

Overview

The aim of this clinical trial is to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of CAR T cells immunotherapy in patients who have sarcoma that is relapsed or late staged. Another goal of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the therapy that combines CAR T cells and IgT cells to treat sarcoma.

Detailed description

Patients with late staged and/or recurrent sarcoma have poor prognosis despite complex multimodal therapy. Therefore, novel curative approaches are needed.This study will combine two different ways to fight sarcoma: antibodies and CAR-T cells. Several immune checkpoint antibodies have been examined on various tumors with good outcomes. Sarcoma is known to express increased levels of surface antigens that can be targeted by CAR-T cells. Thus, in this study, the 4SCAR-IgT cells targeting sarcoma surface antigens will be infused in dose escalation cohorts.This study will assess the feasibility, safety, efficacy and side effects of CAR T cells immunotherapy in patients who have sarcoma that is relapsed or late staged.

Interventions

• Biological Sarcoma-specific CAR-T cells
  1 infusion, for 1x10\^6\~1x10\^7 cells/kg via IV

Primary outcome measures

• Safety of CART cells in patients using CTCAE version 4.0 standard to evaluate the level of adverse events [Time frame: 3 months]

Secondary outcome measures (1)

• Persistence and proliferation of CART cells in patients [Time frame: 3 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Stage Ⅲ，Ⅳ sarcoma patients or recurrent sarcoma patients;
• Age: ≥ 18 and ≤65 years of age at the time of enrollment;
• At least 4 weeks since any chemotherapy or radiotherapy and at least 1 week since immunosuppressive therapy such as using steroid hormone before enrollment;
• Side effects of chemotherapy have been well managed;
• Malignant cells are target antigen positive(higher than ++) confirmed by IHC, quantitative PCR or sequencing;
• Karnofsky /jansky score of 50% or greater;
• Expected survival > 6 weeks;
• ANC≥ 1×10\^6/L，PLT ≥ 1×10\^8/L;
• Pulse oximetry of≥90% on room air；
• Adequate hepatic function,defined as aspartate aminotransferase(AST)< 5 times upper limit of normal(ULN),serum bilirubin < 3 times ULN;
• Adequate renal function,defined as serum creatinine less than 2 times ULN,if serum creatinine more than 1.5 times ULN,creatinine clearance rate test is needed;
• Patients must have autologous transduced T cells at levels greater than 15%;
• Sign an informed consent and assent.

Exclusion criteria

• The disease is progresseing rapidly;
• The patient is receiving therapy of other new drugs;
• Evidence of tumor potentially causing airway obstruction;
• Epilepsy history or other CNS diseases;
• Patients who need immunosuppressive drugs because of GVAD;
• History of long QT syndrome or severe heart diseases;
• Uncontrolled active infection;
• Active hepatitis B virus,hepatitis C virus and HIV infection;
• Receiving systemic corticosteroid 2 weeks before enrollment except for inhaled steroids;
• Previous treatment with any gene therapy;
• Creatinine>2.5mg/dl or ALT/AST>3 times normal or bilirubin>2.0 mg/dl;
• Patients who have other uncontrolled diseases would preclude participation as outlined;
• Pregnant or lactating women;
• Patients previously experienced toxicity from cyclophosphamide;
• Patients who have CNS sarcoma;
• In condition that may bring risks to subjects or interference to clinical trials.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation

N/A

Model

Single group

Masking

Open label

Primary purpose

Treatment

Study locations

China · 1 center

• Shenzhen Geno-immune Medical Institute — Shenzhen

Publications

• Hattinger CM, Patrizio MP, Magagnoli F, Luppi S, Serra M. An update on emerging drugs in osteosarcoma: towards tailored therapies? Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Sep;24(3):153-171. doi: 10.1080/14728214.2019.1654455. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PMID 31401903

Identifiers

NCT: NCT03356782 · GIMI-IRB-17016

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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