B7-H3 CAR-T for Recurrent or Refractory Glioblastoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04077866 |
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First Posted : September 4, 2019
Last Update Posted : September 4, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Recurrent Glioblastoma Refractory Glioblastoma | Drug: Temozolomide Biological: B7-H3 CAR-T Other: Placebo | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Background
- B7-H3 is expressed in 70% of patients with glioblastoma
- B7-H3 is not expressed in normal tissues especially not in central nervous system. Therefore, it is an attractive GBM target for CAR-T therapy
- The investigators constructed a retroviral vector encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting B7-H3, which can mediate CAR transfer into patient T cells with high efficiency.
Objectives
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability intratumoral/intracerebroventricular injection of B7-H3 CAR-T when used in combination with Temozolomide
- To determine the overall response rate (ORR) of B7-H3 CAR-T in combination with Temozolomide
- To access the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of B7-H3 CAR-T in combination with pharmacodynamics
Design
Patients autologous T cells are activated and transduced with retrovirus containing B7-H3 CAR. CAR-T cells are expanded ex vivo and infused back to patients via intratumoral or intracerebroventricular injection through an Ommaya catheter. 3 injections of CAR-T are planned at two different doses with 1-2 weeks intervals. The cell diluent is used as placebo and the injections occur in between post radiotherapy Temozolomide (TMZ) cycles. Patients may receive additional CAR-T cycles at the discretion of the principal investigator and oncologist.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Participant) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | B7-H3-Targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Glioblastoma |
Estimated Study Start Date : | March 1, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 1, 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 1, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Temozolomide + Placebo
Temozolomide will be given to patients orally every 5 days with 23 days interval. The initial dose is 150 mg/m2 on the first day and 200 mg/m2 for the rest if no toxicity is seen. If 200 mg/m2 is toxic, the drug will return to 150 mg/m2 or will be stopped. The placebo will be administrated via intratumoral or Intracerebroventricular injection through an Ommaya catheter in between Temozolomide cycles |
Drug: Temozolomide
Temozolomide is an FDA-approved drug that is given to patients
Other Name: TMZ Other: Placebo Placebo is 2% human serum albumin in pharmaceutical preservative-free normal saline and will be given to patients via intracerebral injection though an Ommaya catheter |
Experimental: Temozolomide + B7-H3 CAR-T
Temozolomide will be given to patients orally every 5 days with 23 days interval. The initial dose is 150 mg/m2 on the first day and 200 mg/m2 for the rest if no toxicity is seen. If 200 mg/m2 is toxic, the drug will return to 150 mg/m2 or will be stopped. The B7-H3 CAR-T will be administrated via intratumoral or Intracerebroventricular injection through an Ommaya catheter in between Temozolomide cycles |
Drug: Temozolomide
Temozolomide is an FDA-approved drug that is given to patients
Other Name: TMZ Biological: B7-H3 CAR-T B7-H3-targeting CAR-T cells derived from patient own peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be given to patients via intracerebral injection though an Ommaya catheter |
- Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: up to 15 years ]Kaplan Meier methods will be used to estimate median OS
- Progression-free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: up to 15 years ]Kaplan Meier methods will be used to estimate median PFS. Progression is defined by Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria
- Incidence and type of adverse events [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events and Types of adverse events as Assessed by CTCAE v4.0
- Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The highest dose of B7-H3 CAR-T that does not cause targeted dose-limiting toxicity
- Peak Concentration (Cmax) of B7-H3 CAR-T [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Peak Concentration (Cmax) of B7-H3 CAR-T in peripheral blood (PB) and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
- Area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC) of B7-H3 CAR-T [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC) of B7-H3 CAR-T in peripheral blood (PB) and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
- Disease response (ORR, CR, PR, DOR) [ Time Frame: up to 15 years ]Objective Response Rate (ORR) will be assessed by comparison with baseline magnetic resonance imaging by RANO. Complete Response (CR) is disappearance of all measurable and non-measurable disease for at least 4 weeks. Partial Response (PR) is >/= 50% decrease in lesions for at least 4 weeks. Duration of Response (DOR) is the time between the initial response to the treatment and subsequent disease progression.
- Cytokine levels in PB and CSF [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The concentration of cytokines (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, IFN-γ) in PB and CSF
- T cell levels and phenotype [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T and endogenous T cell levels and memory/effector phenotype detected in peripheral blood (PB), and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) (absolute number per ul). Statistical and graphical methods will be used to describe persistence and expansion

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative.
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of World Health Organization (WHO) classification grade IV glioblastoma (GBM).
- Clinical Pathology confirms B7-H3 positive tumor expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) at the initial tumor presentation or recurrent disease (H-score >= 50).
- Relapsed/refractory disease confirmed by radiographic evidence after standard therapy.
- Suitable for the surgery of the placement of the Ommaya catheter.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) =0 or 1 (need to be confirmed before intratumoral or intracerebroventricular injection)
- >= 8 weeks after completion of front-line radiation therapy
- >= 6 weeks after completion of nitrourea chemotherapy
- >= 14 days after completion of Temozolomide or other chemotherapy
- 2 weeks of wash-out time after completion of targeted therapy with related adverse events (AE) on baseline (4 weeks for Bevacizumab). Patients with other chronic AEs are in the investigator's judgement
- Blood cell count: White blood count (WBC) >= 2000/μL;Neutrophil count >= 1500/μL;Platelets >= 100 x 103/μL;Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
- Serum Creatinine <= 1.5×ULN or Creatinine Clearance Rate (Cockcroft and Gault) > 30 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Alanine Transaminase (ALT) <= 5×ULN and total bilirubin < 2.0mg/dL
- Lung function: Oxygen (O2) saturation >= 92% on room air and < CTCAE grade 1 dyspnea
- Heart function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 40% by multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiogram
- Normal coagulation function: prothrombin time (PT),activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and international normalized ratio (INR)
- Good blood vessel condition for leukapheresis
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): negative urine or serum pregnancy test
- Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity within one year after B7-H3 CAR-T infusion
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other active malignancy in the past 2 years except non-melanoma skin cancer, completely surgical removed low grade tumor, post-therapeutic limited-stage prostate cancer, biopsy confirmed in situ cervical carcinoma, PAP test confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions
- Participant is undergoing or planning to take other anti-tumor therapies
- Participant is systematic steroid-dependent, or is expecting to be treated with systematic steroid
- Active immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection
- Active infection from fungi, bacteria and/or viruses
- Known history of the following cardiac diseases in the past 6 months: New York Heart Association (NYHA) defined grade III or IV heart failure, cardiac angioplasty, myocardial infarction, unstable angina and other clinically significant heart diseases
- Known history and/or clinically evident central nerve system diseases: seizure, epileptic seizure, aphasia, paralysis, stroke, severe brain damage, dementia, Parkinson's Disease, cerebellar diseases, organic brain syndrome and psychiatric disorders
- Autoimmune diseases
- Pregnant or breastfeeding females
- Therapeutic doses of corticosteroid within 7 days before leukapheresis or 72 hours before B7-H3 CAR-T infusion
- Cytotoxic chemotherapy without lymphocytotoxicity within 1 week before leukapheresis except that the treatment has been stopped for more than 3 half-lives of the drug
- Lymphocytotoxic chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide and bendamustine) within 2 weeks before leukapheresis
- Other clinical trials drugs within 4 weeks before leukapheresis except that the drug has no effect or the disease has progressed, and the treatment has been stopped for more than 3 half-lives of the drug
- Radiotherapy within 6 weeks before leukapheresis
- Prior trials of CAR-T or other cell therapy
- Any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate the subject's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures
- Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics)

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04077866
Contact: Jianmin Zhang, MD | +86-13805722695 | 2307010@zju.edu.cn |
China, Zhejiang | |
the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine | |
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310009 | |
Huzhou Central Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, 313003 | |
Contact: Zhongzhou Su, MD | |
Ningbo Yinzhou People's Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, 315040 | |
Contact: Feng Gao, MD |
Responsible Party: | Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04077866 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SAHZJUBP102 |
First Posted: | September 4, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 4, 2019 |
Last Verified: | September 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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