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
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:
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;
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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Good function of major organs:
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);
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with any of the following items will not be enrolled in this study:
Patients with a history of or concurrent malignancies, except for the following conditions:
Patients enrolled in the clinical study must meet the inclusion criteria and not meet the exclusion criteria.
Biological: CART therapy
GD2/B7H3 CAR T-cell therapy
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
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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