Anti-CEA CAR-T Cells to Treat Colorectal Liver Metastases

Last updated: March 9, 2022
Sponsor: Changhai Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Colorectal Cancer

Metastatic Cancer

Colon Cancer; Rectal Cancer

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT05240950
CHCRS-CEA CAR-T
  • Ages 18-75
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Recurrence of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer after R0 resection is mainly due to the invisible minimal residual disease, which are the main factors leading to metastasis and recurrence. Positive circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is the direct evidence of the minimal residual disease (MRD). In recent years, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Immunotherapy (CAR-T) has made great breakthroughs, and has achieved good therapeutic effects in hematological tumors, but the research on solid tumors is limited. CEA expression is generally elevated in gastrointestinal tumors and is associated with high aggressiveness of tumors. At present, solid tumor cell therapy targeting CEA has been carried out at home and abroad, and has achieved certain efficacy. Anti-CEA CAR-T cells targeting CEA have been constructed in the pre-clinical study of this project, and the pre-clinical study results suggest good safety and effectiveness. Formation of minimal residual disease is associated with circulating blood in the residual tumor cells. Using this feature, this project intends to conduct a phase I clinical study on patients with minimal residual disease /positive ctDNA after R0 resection of colorectal cancer liver metastasis, so as to conduct preliminary exploration of anti-CEA CAR-T cell therapy, evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the therapy, determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), and provide guidance for subsequent drug dosage and clinical trials.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. ≥18 years old, ≤75 years old, male or female;
  2. Patients diagnosed with liver metastasis of colorectal cancer underwent radicalsurgery for the primary lesion of colorectal cancer, and R0 resection was performedfor the liver metastasis (R0 resection was required for other organ metastasis). Therewas no measurable disease or tumor remnants (except invisible or unmeasurable disease)were found by imaging examination after surgery;
  3. Patients with CEA expression detected by immunohistochemistry in primary tumor andliver metastasis tumor tissues (CEA expression detected by pathology was more than 50%);
  4. Life expectancy ≥6 months;
  5. Performance status (PS) score 0-2, Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score above 60;
  6. Patients with ctDNA MRD still positive or positive again after adjuvant chemotherapy (including preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy);
  7. Important organ functions are sufficient, such as New York Heart Association (NYHA)heart function grade III or above, hemoglobin ≥90g/L, hypoxia; Liver function: totalbilirubin ≤1.5×ULN (total bilirubin ≤3×ULN in liver metastasis), ALT≤2.5×ULN,AST≤2.5×ULN (ALT or/and AST≤5×ULN in liver metastasis); Renal function: serumcreatinine ≤1.5×ULN and creatinine clearance rate ≥50 mL/min. The creatinine clearancerate was only calculated when serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN. Minimum reserve of lungfunction (dyspnea no higher than grade 1 and oxygen saturation > 91% without oxygen);
  8. Sufficient mononuclear cells (PBMC) can be obtained from peripheral veins withoutcontraindications;
  9. Patients of childbearing age had no birth plan within 1 year after cell infusion andtook effective contraceptive measures.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have a history of severe central nervous system diseases;
  2. Residual disease or tumor remnants can be seen in imaging, or tumor lesions cannot beresected in other tissues or organs;
  3. The presence of serious non-malignant diseases, including autoimmune diseases, primaryimmunodeficiency diseases or obstructive or restrictive respiratory diseases;
  4. Prior treatment with CAR-T or other gene-modified T cells;
  5. Participated in other clinical studies within 30 days prior to screening or plan toparticipate in other clinical studies during the study period;
  6. Patients with active Hepatitis B (HBV-DNA copy number >105copies/ml), active HepatitisC (HCV-RNA copy number >ULN), HIV infection, treponema pallidum infection at screeningtime;
  7. The existence of uncontrollable systemic infectious diseases;
  8. Other multiple malignant tumors in addition to colorectal cancer and its metastasis;
  9. Chinese herbal medicine, systemic glucocorticoids or other immunosuppressants may berequired within 2 weeks prior to enrollment or during the trial period, which maynegatively affect lymphocyte activity or number;
  10. Pregnancy and lactation;
  11. The existence of severe gastroduodenal ulcer, severe ulcerative colitis and otherserious intestinal inflammation;
  12. The existence of serious respiratory diseases;
  13. Those who cannot provide enough white tablets for tumor pathology for next-generationsequencing (NGS) detection (at least 3 white tablets are expected);
  14. The investigator judged that there were other conditions that were not suitable forthe clinical study.

Study Design

Total Participants: 18
Study Start date:
August 25, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
December 25, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Department of Colorectal Surgery in Changhai Hospital

    Shanghai, Shanghai 200433
    China

    Active - Recruiting

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