B7-H3 CAR-T for Recurrent or Refractory Glioblastoma

This is an interventional treatment trial for Recurrent Glioblastoma Read More

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)