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Pilot Study of Autologous Anti-EGFRvIII CAR T Cells in Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

Study Purpose

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cells can mediate long-term durable remissions in recurrent or refractory CD19+ B cell malignancies, and are a promising therapy to treat glioblastoma, which is the most dangerous and aggressive form of brain cancer. EGFRvIII mutation (epidermal growth factor receptor variant III, EGFRvIII) is the results of tumor specific gene rearrangement naturally happened in about 30% of glioblastoma patients and produces a mutated protein with neo-antigen that is tumor specific and is not expressed in normal human tissues. Therefore, EGFRvIII is an attractive target for CAR T cell therapy. We have constructed a lentiviral vector that contains a chimeric antigen receptor that recognizes the EGFRvIII tumor antigen. A truncated EGFR (tEGFR) which lacks of the ligand binding domain and cytoplasmic kinase domain of wildtype EGFR is incorporated into the CAR vector and is used for in vivo tracking and ablation of CAR T cells in necessary. This pilot study is to determine the safety and efficacy of autologous anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years - 70 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. abilities to understand and the willingness to provide written informed consent; 2. patients are ≥ 18 and ≤ 70 years old; 3. recurrent glioblastoma patients with measurable tumors. Patients have received standard care of medication, such as Gross Total Resection with concurrent Radio-chemotherapy (~54

- 60 Gy, TMZ).

Patients must either not be receiving dexamethasone or receiving ≤ 4 mg/day at the time of leukopheresis; 4. Malignant cells are EGFRvIII positive confirmed by IHC, quantitative PCR or sequencing; 5. karnofsky performance score (KPS) ≥ 60; 6. life expectancy >3 months; 7. satisfactory bone marrow, liver and kidney functions as defined by the following: absolute neutrophile count ≥ 1500/mm^3; hemoglobin > 10 g/dL; platelets > 100000 /mm^3; Bilirubin < 1.5×ULN; alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 2.5×ULN; creatinine < 1.5×ULN; 8. peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte count must be above 0.8×10^9/L; 9. satisfactory heart functions; 10. patients must be willing to follow the orders of doctors; 11. women of reproductive potential (between 15 and 49 years old) must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of study start. Male and female patients of reproductive potential must agree to use birth control during the study and 3 months post study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. a prior history of gliadel implantation 4 weeks before this study start or antibody based therapies; 2. HIV positive; 3. hepatitis B infection or hepatitis C infection; 4. history of autoimmune disease, or other diseases require long-term administration of steroids or immunosuppressive therapies; 5. history of allergic disease, or allergy to CAR T cells or study product excipients; 6. patients already enrolled in other clinical study; 7. patients, in the opinion of investigators, may not be eligible or not able to comply with the study.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT02844062
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 1
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Beijing Sanbo Brain Hospital
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Zhixiong Lin, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Capital Medical University
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other, Industry
Overall Status	Unknown status
Countries	China
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Glioblastoma Multiforme

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells

Patients will receive lymphodepletion chemotherapy consisting of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, followed by intravenous infusion of autologous anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells. A standard 3+3 escalation approach will be used to obtain the safe dosage of CAR T cells. The tested CAR T cell dosage ranges from 5×10^4 /kg to 1×10^7 /kg

Interventions

Biological: - anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells

CAR T cells are infused intravenously to patients in a three-day split-dose regimen（day0,10%; day1, 30%; day2, 60%）with a total targeted dose.

Drug: - cyclophosphamide

250 mg/m^2 d1-3

Drug: - Fludarabine

25mg/m^2 d1-3

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International Sites

Beijing, China

Status

Recruiting

Address

Sanbo Brain Hospital Capital Medical University

Beijing, , 100093

Site Contact

Zhixiong Lin, MD

[email protected]

+86-10-13905918963

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