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

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of CART therapy in Neuroblastoma (NB) and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (DSRCT), sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Recruiting at 3 sites in China. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-26.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Dec 2024; still recruiting 1 year 9 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
1 Year to 50 Years
Sex
All
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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;

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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;

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Conditions studied

  • Neuroblastoma (NB)
  • Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (DSRCT)

Keywords

  • CART, Neuroblastoma, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
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In context

Neuroblastoma

625 studies on the registry are indexed under Neuroblastoma; 122 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 32 across 475 interventional studies indexed under Neuroblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients who are diagnosed as relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma or relapsed/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:

    1. Liver function: ALT ≤ 5 times the upper limit of normal for the corresponding age, and bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL, except for patients with Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome. Patients with Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome who have bilirubin ≤ 3.0 times the upper limit of normal and direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal may be included;
    2. Renal function: Plasma creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m²;
    3. Pulmonary function: Oxygen saturation ≥ 95% in room air;
    4. Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 45%;
  7. Patients using the following medications must meet the following conditions:

    Steroids: Steroid treatment doses must be stopped at least 2 weeks before CAR-T infusion. However, physiological replacement doses of steroids are allowed; Immunosuppressants: Any immunosuppressive drugs must be stopped at least 4 weeks before enrollment; Anti-proliferative treatments other than lymphodepleting chemotherapy within two weeks before infusion; CNS disease prophylaxis must be stopped 1 week prior to CAR-T infusion (e.g., intrathecal methotrexate injection);

  8. Patients of childbearing potential (both male and female) must agree to use reliable contraception methods (hormonal or barrier methods or abstinence) with their partner until at least 12 months after CAR-T cell infusion, and until two consecutive flow cytometry or PCR tests show no CAR-T cells in the body;
  9. If the subject cannot provide suitable T cells for CAR-T preparation, T cells from a healthy donor may be collected for preparation.

Exclusion criteria

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 hepatitis C (HCV RNA positive);
    4. HIV-positive patients or patients with a positive syphilis test;
    5. Patients with uncontrolled acute life-threatening bacterial, viral, or fungal infections (e.g., positive blood cultures within ≤72 hours before infusion);
    6. Patients with unstable angina and/or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening;
    7. Patients with a history of or concurrent malignancies, except for the following conditions:

      1. Basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma that has been adequately treated (sufficient wound healing required before study enrollment);
      2. Carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast that has been cured, with no signs of recurrence for at least 3 years before the study;
      3. Primary malignant tumors that have been completely resected and have been in complete remission for ≥5 years;
    8. Pregnant or breastfeeding female patients;
    9. Patients with uncontrolled arrhythmias that have not been managed medically;
    10. Patients who need oral anticoagulation therapy within 1 week before CAR-T cell infusion;
    11. Patients with active neuroautoimmune or inflammatory diseases (e.g., Guillain-Barré syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis);
    12. Other conditions deemed inappropriate for participation in the clinical study by the investigator.

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

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Safety and efficacy of CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory NB and DSRCT

    Biological: CART therapy

Interventions

  • BiologicalCART therapy

    GD2/B7H3 CAR T-cell therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

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

    1. To evaluate the safety of the infusion of CAR T cells at different escalating/deescalating doses and establish the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of the cellular product. Toxicity will be evaluated according to the CTC AE scale, version 4.0. DLT will be defined as any of the following that is not pre-existing, due to infection or to underlying malignancy and that may be considered possibly, probably or definitely related to the study cellular products. (1) Non-hematologic DLT is any grade 3 or 4 non-hematologic toxicity; (2) Hematologic DLT is defined as any grade 4 hematologic toxicity related to infusion ; (3) Grade 4 reactions related to infusion; (4) Death related to CAR T cells infusions. The incidence of grade 3-5 toxicities, with a main attention to severe Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), will be evaluated. 2. To determine the optimal dose of CAR transduced T cells resulting in the control of the disease without inducing unacceptable levels of toxicity (MTD) .

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 1 year

Secondary outcomes

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

    To assess the antitumor effect of iC9-GD2-CAR T cells at 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months post-infusion. The Best Overall Response Rate (BOR) and the proportion of neuroblastoma patients achieving complete remission (CR) will be assessed according to INRC. The Best Overall Response Rate (BOR) and the proportion of desmoplastic small round cell tumor patients achieving complete remission (CR) will be assessed according to RECIST 1.1.

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 1 year

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Study locations

3 of 3 sites recruiting
  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China
    Recruiting
  • Dongguan Taixin Hospital
    Dongguan, Guang 523125, China
    Recruiting
  • Shanghai YaKe Biotechnology Ltd.
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200438, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 26, 2025, 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
NCT06836505
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Collaborators
Yake Biotechnology Ltd., Dongguan Taixin Hospital
Responsible party
Yizhuo Zhang (professor, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 20, 2025
Start date
Dec 12, 2024
Primary completion
Dec 12, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 12, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 26, 2025

Study contacts

Yizhuo Zhang, PhD
Contact
zhangyzh@sysucc.org.cn
020-87342460
Suying Lu, PhD
Contact
lusy@sysucc.org.cn
Yizhuo Zhang
principal investigator · Sun Yat-sen University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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