Safety and Efficacy of CAR-T Cell Therapy for Relapsed/refractory Neuroblastoma and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors: a Single-arm, Open-label Trial.

Last updated: February 25, 2025
Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Neuroblastoma

Treatment

CART therapy

Clinical Study ID

NCT06836505
TXEC-2024-025
  • Ages 1-50
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Title: Safety and efficacy of CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumors: a single-arm, open-label trial.

The CART used in this study will be provided by Shanghai YaKe Biotechnology Ltd.

Aims:

  1. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of GD2/B7H3 CAR-T therapy for relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma, and observe its pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics and the survival of CAR-T cells in relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma patients.

  2. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of GD2/B7H3 CAR-T therapy for relapsed/refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumor, and observe its pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics and the survival of CAR-T cells in desmoplastic small round cell tumor patients.

Patients: Relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma; Relapsed/refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumor.

CAR-T therapy: Lymphodepletion treatment will be performed within 14 days prior to CAR-T cell infusion: intravenous chemotherapy based on fludarabine 25mg/m² and cyclophosphamide 500mg/m² for 1 to 3 days. CAR-T cells will then be infused intravenously, with a dosage of 1.00 to 10.00 × 10⁶/kg of CAR-positive T cells.

Research period: CAR-T cell infusion will be followed up for one year, or until adverse events resolve, progression occurs, or the patient transitions to other treatments.

Outcome measures:

Incidence of adverse events related to CAR-T therapy, as well as their intensity and duration; Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics of CAR-T in patients and the survival of CAR-T cells.

Overall response rate (ORR) after CAR-T cell infusion, including complete response (CR) and partial response (PR); Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), event-free survival (EFS), time to progression (TTP), and duration of response (DOR) after CAR-T cell infusion;

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who are diagnosed as relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma orrelapsed/refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumors;

  2. Age 1-50 years, any gender;

  3. Agree to participate in the trial and sign a written informed consent form;

  4. Expected survival of ≥12 weeks;

  5. Karnofsky performance status (for patients ≥16 years) or Lansky performance status (for patients <16 years) (Appendix 1) must be at least 50;

  6. Good function of major organs:

  7. Liver function: ALT ≤ 5 times the upper limit of normal for the correspondingage, and bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL, except for patients with Gilbert-Meulengrachtsyndrome. Patients with Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome who have bilirubin ≤ 3.0times the upper limit of normal and direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upperlimit of normal may be included;

  8. Renal function: Plasma creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, orestimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m²;

  9. Pulmonary function: Oxygen saturation ≥ 95% in room air;

  10. Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 45%;

  11. Patients using the following medications must meet the following conditions: Steroids: Steroid treatment doses must be stopped at least 2 weeks before CAR-Tinfusion. However, physiological replacement doses of steroids are allowed;Immunosuppressants: Any immunosuppressive drugs must be stopped at least 4 weeksbefore enrollment; Anti-proliferative treatments other than lymphodepletingchemotherapy within two weeks before infusion; CNS disease prophylaxis must bestopped 1 week prior to CAR-T infusion (e.g., intrathecal methotrexate injection);

  12. Patients of childbearing potential (both male and female) must agree to use reliablecontraception methods (hormonal or barrier methods or abstinence) with their partneruntil at least 12 months after CAR-T cell infusion, and until two consecutive flowcytometry or PCR tests show no CAR-T cells in the body;

  13. If the subject cannot provide suitable T cells for CAR-T preparation, T cells from ahealthy donor may be collected for preparation.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with any of the following items will not be enrolled in this study:
  1. Patients with increased intracranial pressure or altered consciousness;

  2. Patients who have received radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to infusion;

  3. Patients with active hepatitis B (defined as HBV DNA > 500 IU/mL) or hepatitisC (HCV RNA positive);

  4. HIV-positive patients or patients with a positive syphilis test;

  5. Patients with uncontrolled acute life-threatening bacterial, viral, or fungalinfections (e.g., positive blood cultures within ≤72 hours before infusion);

  6. Patients with unstable angina and/or myocardial infarction within 6 monthsprior to screening;

  7. Patients with a history of or concurrent malignancies, except for the followingconditions:

  8. Basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma that has been adequatelytreated (sufficient wound healing required before study enrollment);

  9. Carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast that has been cured, with nosigns of recurrence for at least 3 years before the study;

  10. Primary malignant tumors that have been completely resected and have beenin complete remission for ≥5 years;

  11. Pregnant or breastfeeding female patients;

  12. Patients with uncontrolled arrhythmias that have not been managed medically;

  13. Patients who need oral anticoagulation therapy within 1 week before CAR-T cellinfusion;

  14. Patients with active neuroautoimmune or inflammatory diseases (e.g.,Guillain-Barré syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis);

  15. Other conditions deemed inappropriate for participation in the clinical studyby the investigator.

Patients enrolled in the clinical study must meet the inclusion criteria and not meet the exclusion criteria.

Study Design

Total Participants: 10
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: CART therapy
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
December 12, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
December 12, 2027

Study Description

Main objective:

To evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics and the survival of CAR-T cells in relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumor patients.

Secondary objectives:

To evaluate the efficacy of CAR-T cells in relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumor patients.

Patients: Relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma; Relapsed/refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumor.

CAR-T therapy: Lymphodepletion treatment will be performed within 14 days prior to CAR-T cell infusion: intravenous chemotherapy based on fludarabine 25mg/m² and cyclophosphamide 500mg/m² for 1 to 3 days. CAR-T cells will then be infused intravenously, with a dosage of 1.00 to 10.00 × 10⁶/kg of CAR-positive T cells.

Research period: CAR-T cell infusion will be followed up for one year, or until adverse events resolve, progression occurs, or the patient transitions to other treatments.

Outcome measures:

Incidence of adverse events related to CAR-T therapy, as well as their intensity and duration; Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics of CAR-T in patients and the survival of CAR-T cells.

Overall response rate (ORR) after CAR-T cell infusion, including complete response (CR) and partial response (PR); Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), event-free survival (EFS), time to progression (TTP), and duration of response (DOR) after CAR-T cell infusion;

Connect with a study center

  • Dongguan Taixin Hospital

    Dongguan, Guang 523125
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Shanghai YaKe Biotechnology Ltd.

    Shanghai, Shanghai 200438
    China

    Active - Recruiting

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