B7-H3 CAR-T for Recurrent or Refractory Glioblastoma

Last updated: December 25, 2022
Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Gliomas

Astrocytoma

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT04077866
SAHZJU-RCT-BP102
  • Ages 18-75
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a randomized, parallel-arm, phase I/II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of B7-H3 CAR-T in between Temozolomide cycles comparing to Temozolomide alone in treating patients with glioblastoma that has come back or does not respond to the standard treatment. The antigen B7-H3 is highly expressed in glioblastoma of a subset of patients. B7-H3 CAR-T, made from isolated patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells, can specifically attack patient glioblastoma cells that expressing B7-H3.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorizedrepresentative.
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of World Health Organization (WHO) classificationgrade IV glioblastoma (GBM).
  • Clinical Pathology confirms B7-H3 positive tumor expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) at the initial tumor presentation or recurrent disease (H-score >= 50).
  • Relapsed/refractory disease confirmed by radiographic evidence after standard therapy.
  • Suitable for the surgery of the placement of the Ommaya catheter.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) =0 or 1 (need to be confirmed beforeintratumoral or intracerebroventricular injection)
  • >= 8 weeks after completion of front-line radiation therapy
  • >= 6 weeks after completion of nitrourea chemotherapy
  • >= 14 days after completion of Temozolomide or other chemotherapy
  • 2 weeks of wash-out time after completion of targeted therapy with related adverseevents (AE) on baseline (4 weeks for Bevacizumab). Patients with other chronic AEs arein the investigator's judgement
  • Blood cell count: White blood count (WBC) >= 2000/μL;Neutrophil count >= 1500/μL;Platelets >= 100 x 103/μL;Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
  • Serum Creatinine <= 1.5×ULN or Creatinine Clearance Rate (Cockcroft and Gault) > 30mL/min/1.73 m2
  • Alanine Transaminase (ALT) <= 5×ULN and total bilirubin < 2.0mg/dL
  • Lung function: Oxygen (O2) saturation >= 92% on room air and < CTCAE grade 1 dyspnea
  • Heart function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 40% by multigatedacquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiogram
  • Normal coagulation function: prothrombin time (PT),activated partial thromboplastintime (APTT) and international normalized ratio (INR)
  • Good blood vessel condition for leukapheresis
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): negative urine or serum pregnancy test
  • Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method ofbirth control or abstain from heterosexual activity within one year after B7-H3 CAR-Tinfusion

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Other active malignancy in the past 2 years except non-melanoma skin cancer,completely surgical removed low grade tumor, post-therapeutic limited-stage prostatecancer, biopsy confirmed in situ cervical carcinoma, PAP test confirmed squamousintraepithelial lesions
  • Participant is undergoing or planning to take other anti-tumor therapies
  • Participant is systematic steroid-dependent, or is expecting to be treated withsystematic steroid
  • Active immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection
  • Active infection from fungi, bacteria and/or viruses
  • Known history of the following cardiac diseases in the past 6 months: New York HeartAssociation (NYHA) defined grade III or IV heart failure, cardiac angioplasty,myocardial infarction, unstable angina and other clinically significant heart diseases
  • Known history and/or clinically evident central nerve system diseases: seizure,epileptic seizure, aphasia, paralysis, stroke, severe brain damage, dementia,Parkinson's Disease, cerebellar diseases, organic brain syndrome and psychiatricdisorders
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding females
  • Therapeutic doses of corticosteroid within 7 days before leukapheresis or 72 hoursbefore B7-H3 CAR-T infusion
  • Cytotoxic chemotherapy without lymphocytotoxicity within 1 week before leukapheresisexcept that the treatment has been stopped for more than 3 half-lives of the drug
  • Lymphocytotoxic chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide and bendamustine) within 2weeks before leukapheresis
  • Other clinical trials drugs within 4 weeks before leukapheresis except that the drughas no effect or the disease has progressed, and the treatment has been stopped formore than 3 half-lives of the drug
  • Radiotherapy within 6 weeks before leukapheresis
  • Prior trials of CAR-T or other cell therapy
  • Any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate thesubject's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinicalstudy procedures
  • Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able tocomply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related tofeasibility/logistics)

Study Design

Total Participants: 40
Study Start date:
June 01, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
August 01, 2025

Study Description

Background

  • B7-H3 is expressed in 70% of patients with glioblastoma

  • B7-H3 is not expressed in normal tissues especially not in central nervous system. Therefore, it is an attractive GBM target for CAR-T therapy

  • The investigators constructed a retroviral vector encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting B7-H3, which can mediate CAR transfer into patient T cells with high efficiency.

Objectives

  • To evaluate the safety and tolerability intratumoral/intracerebroventricular injection of B7-H3 CAR-T when used in between Temozolomide cycles

  • To compare the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of R/R GBM patients treated with B7-H3 CAR-T in between Temozolomide cycles vs Temozolomide alone

  • To access the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of B7-H3 CAR-T in between Temozolomide cycles

Design

  • Experimental group: Patients autologous T cells are activated and transduced with retrovirus containing B7-H3 CAR. CAR-T cells are expanded ex vivo and infused back to patients via intratumoral or intracerebroventricular injection through an Ommaya catheter. 3 injections of CAR-T are planned at two different doses with 1-2 weeks intervals. The CAR-T injections occur in between Temozolomide (TMZ) cycles. Temozolomide treatment during the cycles of CAR-T injections will be stopped and resumed next cycle. Patients may receive additional CAR-T cycles at the discretion of the principal investigator and oncologist.

  • Control group: Patients will receive regular cycles of Temozolomide treatment with 5 days of treatment and 23 days of interval.

Connect with a study center

  • the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Huzhou Central Hospital

    Huzhou, Zhejiang 313003
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Ningbo Yinzhou People's Hospital

    Ningbo, Zhejiang 315040
    China

    Site Not Available

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