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BLESSED: Expanded Access for DNG64-CAR-V for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Sarcoma and Carcinoma of Breast

An expanded access record providing DNG64-CAR-V in Pancreatic Cancer, Osteosarcoma and MPNST (Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor), sponsored by Aveni Foundation. Available at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-04.

Sponsored by Aveni Foundation · Expanded access

Study type
Expanded access
Access type
Intermediate-size population
Ages
12 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Forty patients with pancreatic cancer, sarcoma and carcinoma of breast will receive DNG64-CAR-V intravenously or intratumorally at a dose of 1-4 x 10e11 colony forming units (cfu) or equivalent 1.0-6.0 x 10e10 Vector Copies (VC) per dose one to three times a week. DNG64-CAR-V may be given alone or with one or more FDA approved cancer therapies/immunotherapies, or with certain FDA authorized investigational agents.

Based on previous Phase 1/2 US based clinical studies, DNG64-CAR-V does not suppress the bone marrow or cause organ dysfunction, and enhanced immune cell trafficking in tumors may cause the tumors to appear larger or new lesions to appear on CT, PET or MRI (pseudoprogression). Further, tumor stabilization/regression/remission have occurred later during the treatment period with DNG64-CAR-V monotherapy. Therefore, DNG64 -CAR-V will be continued if the patient has clinical benefit and does not have symptomatic disease progression.

Read the detailed description

DNG64-CAR-V is a replication incompetent chimeric tumor targeted amphtropic RNA vector that displays a Sig-binding decapeptide for binding to abnormally exposed Signature (Sig) proteins in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and encoding a CCNG1 inhibitor gene for killing cancer cells, neoangiogenic cells and pro-inflammatory, immune suppressive, stroma producing cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs), thus reducing inflammation and converting an immune-cold to an immune-hot tumor, and reducing extracellular matrix production in the TME, hence augmenting drug entry and immune cell trafficking into the TME. Enhanced CCNG1 expression has been found in all cancer types tested at the Cancer Center of Southern California as of June 2023. Hence, in July 2023, the USFDA authorized the use of DNG64-CAR-V as platform therapy upon which one or more FDA approved cancer drugs immunotherapies and/or certain FDA authorized investigational agents may be added. This would allow a personalized approach in the treatment of all cancer patients.

Forty patients with pancreatic cancer, sarcoma and carcinoma of breast will receive DNG64-CAR-V intravenously or intratumorally at a dose of 1-4 x 10e11 colony forming units (cfu) or equivalent 1.0-6.0 x 10e10 VC per dose one-three times a week. DNG64-CAR-V may be given alone or with an FDA approved cancer therapy/immunotherapy and/or certain FDA authorized investigational agents on physician discretion.

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Conditions studied

  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Osteosarcoma
  • MPNST (Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor)
  • Chondrosarcoma
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Chordoma
  • Sarcoma
  • Carcinoma of Breast
  • Single Patient IND for Glioblastoma, Ovarian Carcinoma, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer , Prostate Cancer

Keywords

  • tumor targeted gene therapy
  • human cyclin G1 inhibitor
  • cell cycle control
  • CCNG1 inhibitor
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In context

Pancreatic Neoplasms

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Lead sponsor

Aveni Foundation is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patient is ≥12 years of age, either male or female for patients with sarcoma; >18 years of age, either male or female.with pancreatic cancer or carcinoma of breast.
  • Patient has pancreatic cancer or sarcoma or carcinoma of breast confirmed by pathologic examination at diagnosis.
  • Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who have received systemic therapies such as FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine + albumin-bound paclitaxel; patients with metastatic sarcoma who have disease progression after two or more and not amenable to surgical resection or radiotherapy; specifically for osteosarcoma: have disease progression after high dose methotrexate, cisplatinum, doxorubicin and ifosfamide; for soft tissue sarcoma: have disease progression after doxorubicin + ifosfamide/mesna, gemcitabine, docetaxel, dacarbazine, trabectedin, pazopanib, eribulin; patients with metastatic carcinoma of breast who have disease progression with standard therapy (ACT), targeted therapies including aromatase inhibitors, trastuzumab, pertuzumab, enhertu, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, ; patient who is intolerant to or declines available therapeutic options after documentation that patient has been informed of the available therapeutic options.
  • Patient is able to understand or is willing to sign a written .
  • Patient agrees to use barrier during vector infusion period and for 6 weeks after infusion

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient is unwilling to provide formal .
  • Patient is unwilling to use barrier during vector infusion period and for 6 weeks after infusion
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Line of therapy

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PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

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Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

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Access details

Study type
Expanded access
Access type
Intermediate-size population

Available treatment

  • DrugDNG64-CAR-V

    Intravenous or intratumoral infusions of DNG64-CAR-V for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer, sarcoma and carcinoma of breast and other FDA authorized cancer types.

    Also known as: DNG64 Chimeric Amphotroopic RNA Vector Encoding a Cyclin G1 Inhibitor

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Where to request access

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, LLC
    Santa Monica, California 90403, United States
    Available
    • ERLINDA M GORDON, MD · Contactegordon@sarcomaoncology.com · 3105529999
    • Victoria Chua-Alcala, MD · Contactsantchawla@sarcomaoncology.com · 3105529999
    • Sant P Chawla, MD · Sub investigator
    • Steven Wong, MD · Sub investigator
    • Doris Quon, MD · Sub investigator
    • Ania M Moradkhani, NP · Sub investigator
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kim S, Federman N, Gordon EM, Hall FL, Chawla SP. Rexin-G(R), a tumor-targeted retrovector for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: A case report. Mol Clin Oncol. 2017 Jun;6(6):861-865. doi: 10.3892/mco.2017.1231. Epub 2017 Apr 28. PubMed 28588778 ↗
  • Chawla SP, Chawla NS, Quon D, Chua-Alcala V, Blackwelder WC, Hall FL and Gordon EM: An advanced phase 1/2 study using an XC-targeted gene therapy vector for chemotherapy resistant sarcoma. Sarcoma Res Int 3: 1024, 2016
  • Gordon EM, Hall FL. Rexin-G, a targeted genetic medicine for cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2010 May;10(5):819-32. doi: 10.1517/14712598.2010.481666. PubMed 20384524 ↗
  • Chawla SP, Chua VS, Fernandez L, Quon D, Saralou A, Blackwelder WC, Hall FL, Gordon EM. Phase I/II and phase II studies of targeted gene delivery in vivo: intravenous Rexin-G for chemotherapy-resistant sarcoma and osteosarcoma. Mol Ther. 2009 Sep;17(9):1651-7. doi: 10.1038/mt.2009.126. Epub 2009 Jun 16. PubMed 19532136 ↗
  • Chawla SP, Bruckner H, Morse MA, Assudani N, Hall FL, Gordon EM. A Phase I-II Study Using Rexin-G Tumor-Targeted Retrovector Encoding a Dominant-Negative Cyclin G1 Inhibitor for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2018 Dec 14;12:56-67. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2018.12.005. eCollection 2019 Mar 29. PubMed 30705966 ↗
  • Al-Shihabi A, Chawla SP, Hall FL, Gordon EM. Exploiting Oncogenic Drivers along the CCNG1 Pathway for Cancer Therapy and Gene Therapy. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2018 Dec 12;11:122-126. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2018.11.002. eCollection 2018 Dec 21. No abstract available. PubMed 30581985 ↗
  • Bruckner HW, Chawla SP, Omelchenko N, Brigham DA, Gordon EM. Phase I-II study using DeltaRex-G, a tumor-targeted retrovector encoding a cyclin G1 inhibitor for metastatic carcinoma of breast. Front Mol Med. 2023 May 18;3:1105680. doi: 10.3389/fmmed.2023.1105680. eCollection 2023. PubMed 39086675 ↗
  • Chawla SP, Olevsky O, Iyengar G, Brigham DA, Omelchenko N, Thomas S, Suryamohan K, Foshag L, Hall FL, Gordon EM. Early-stage CCNG1+ HR+ HER2+ Invasive Breast Carcinoma in Older Women: Current Treatment and Future Perspectives for DeltaRex-G, a CCNG1 Inhibitor. Anticancer Res. 2023 Jun;43(6):2383-2391. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16406. PubMed 37247916 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 4, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04091295
Lead sponsor
Aveni Foundation
Responsible party
Erlinda M Gordon (Chief Medical Officer, Aveni Foundation) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 16, 2019
Last update
Mar 4, 2026

Study contacts

ERLINDA M GORDON, MD
Contact
egordon@sarcomaoncology.com
3105529999
Victoria Chua-Alcala, MD
Contact
vchua@sarcomaoncology.com
3105529999
ERLINDA M GORDON, MD
principal investigator · Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, LLC
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