Study of B7-H3, EGFR806, HER2, And IL13-Zetakine (Quad) CAR T Cell Locoregional Immunotherapy For Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Diffuse Midline Glioma, And Recurrent Or Refractory Central Nervous System Tumors

Last updated: November 17, 2025
Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Neurofibromatosis

Cancer

Cancer/tumors

Treatment

SC-CAR4BRAIN

Clinical Study ID

NCT05768880
BrainChild-04
  • Ages 1-26
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a Phase 1 study of central nervous system (CNS) locoregional adoptive therapy with SC-CAR4BRAIN, an autologous CD4+ and CD8+ T cells lentivirally transduced to express to express combinations of B7-H3, EGFR806, HER2, and IL13-zetakine chimeric antigen receptors (CAR). CAR T cells are delivered via an indwelling catheter into the ventricular system in children and young adults with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and recurrent or refractory CNS tumors.

A child or young adult meeting all eligibility criteria, including having a CNS catheter placed into their ventricular system, and meeting none of the exclusion criteria will have their T cells collected. The T cells will then be bioengineered into a second-generation CAR T cell that target B7H3, EGFR806, HER2, and IL13-zetakine on tumor cells.

Patients will be assigned to 1 of 2 treatment Arms based on the type of their tumor:

  • Arm A is for patients with DIPG (meaning primary disease localized to the pons, metastatic disease is allowed) anytime after standard radiation OR after progression.

  • Arm B is for patients with non-pontine DMG (meaning DMG in other parts of the brain such as the thalamus or spine) anytime after standard radiation OR after progression. This Arm also includes other recurrent/refractory CNS tumors.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects must be age ≥ 1 and ≤ 26 years (except for the first 3 subjects, who mustbe age ≥ 12 and ≤ 26 years).

  2. Subject disease classified as one of the following:

  3. DIPG at any timepoint following completion of standard radiotherapy

  4. DMG at any timepoint following completion of standard radiotherapy

  5. Evidence of refractory or recurrent CNS disease for which there is no routinetherapy, defined by either of the following: i. New site or sites of measurable or evaluable disease by radiographic imaging orhistologic confirmation following completion of routine care first-line therapy forwhich curative salvage therapy is not available or amenable, OR ii. Measurable orevaluable disease that persists following completion of routine care first-linetherapy for which curative salvage therapy is not available or amenable

  6. Able to tolerate apheresis or already has an apheresis product available for use inmanufacturing

  7. CNS reservoir catheter, such as an Ommaya or Rickham catheter, present in the properlocation for CNS-directed therapy delivered as specified for BrainChild-04

  8. Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks

  9. Lansky or Karnofsky score ≥ 60.

  10. If patient does not have previously obtained apheresis product, patient must havediscontinued, and recovered from acute toxic effects of, all prior chemotherapy,immunotherapy, and radiotherapy and discontinue the following prior to enrollment:

  • ≥ 7 days post last chemotherapy/biologic therapy administration

  • 3 half lives or 30 days, whichever is shorter post last dose of anti-tumorantibody therapy

  • Must be at least 30 days from most recent cellular infusion

  • All systemically administered corticosteroid treatment therapy must be stableor decreasing within 1 week prior to enrollment with maximum dexamethasone doseof 2.5 mg/m2/day. Corticosteroid physiologic replacement therapy is allowed.

  1. Adequate organ function

  2. Adequate laboratory values

  3. Subjects of childbearing/fathering potential must agree to use highly effectivecontraception from the time of enrollment through 12 months following the last Tcell infusion

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of ≥ Grade 3 cardiac dysfunction or symptomatic arrhythmia requiringintervention

  2. Presence of primary immunodeficiency/bone marrow failure syndrome

  3. Presence of clinical and/or radiographic evidence of impending herniation in the CNS

  4. For Arm A subjects only: Presence of > Grade 3 dysphagia

  5. Presence of active malignancy other than the CNS tumor under study

  6. Presence of active severe infection, defined as either of the following:

  7. Positive blood culture within 48 hours of enrollment, OR

  8. Fever > 38.2ºC AND clinical signs of infection within 48 hours of enrollment

  9. Pregnant or breastfeeding

  10. Subject and/or authorized legal representative unwilling to provide consent/assentfor study participation, including participation in the 15-year follow-up period,which is required if CAR T cell therapy is administered

  11. Presence of any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would prohibitthe subject from undergoing treatment under this protocol

Study Design

Total Participants: 72
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: SC-CAR4BRAIN
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
May 05, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2043

Connect with a study center

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

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