About this trial
This phase 1, single-center, open-label study explores the safety of escalating doses of chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) cells in subjects with relapsed/refractory triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization for release of personal health information explained to, understood by and signed by the subject or legally authorized representative.
Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
Karnofsky score of > 60% (see APPENDIX VI- Karnofsky Scale))
Histologically confirmed TNBC (ER-, PR-, HER2-negative)
Disqualifiers
Patients with a history of symptomatic CNS involvement or multiple metastases requiring whole-brain radiation.
Subjects with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
Subject does not have a measurable and or evaluable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T Cell Therapy
Biological/VaccineiC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will then be administered intravenously
cyclophosphamide
Drugcyclophosphamide 300 mg/m2 IV will be given.
fludarabine
Drugfludarabine 30 mg/m2 IV will be given.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Toxicity: NCI-CTCAE
Toxicity will be graded as the Number of participants with adverse events (AE)s AEs will be classified and graded according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) version 5.0.
Toxicity: Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)
CRS will be graded according to the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) CRS Consensus Grading. Grade 1 - Mild: Fever ≥38\^ o C, No hypotension, No hypoxia, Grade 2 - Moderate: Fever ≥38\^ o C, Hypotension not requiring vasopressors, Hypoxia requiring low-flow nasal cannula (≤6 L/minute) or blow-by, Grade 3 - Severe: Fever ≥ 38\^ o C, Hypotension requiring a vasopressor with or without vasopressin, Hypoxia requiring high-flow nasal cannula (\>6 L/minute), facemask, nonrebreather mask, or Venturi mask, Grade 4 - Life-threatening: Fever ≥38\^oC, Hypotension requiring multiple vasopressors (excluding vasopressin), Hypoxia requiring positive pressure (e.g. Continuous positive airway pressure, BiPAP, intubation, mechanical ventilation), Grade 5 - Death
Toxicity: Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)
Neurotoxicity will be graded according to the Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) criteria. Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) symptoms will be graded according to the criteria outlined in the protocol on a scale from 1 (mild) to 4 (critical). Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) will be graded according to criteria outlined in the protocol on a scale from 1 (mild) to grade 5 (death).
Secondary outcomes
The recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) NCI-CTCAE v5.
The RP2D of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be determined based on modified 3+3 dose finding rules and the tolerability of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be assessed by NCI-CTCAE v5 criteria.
The recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) CRS Grading
The RP2D of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be determined based on modified 3+3 dose finding rules and the tolerability of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be assessed byASTCT Consensus CRS Grading Criteria.
The recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D)
The RP2D of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be determined based on modified 3+3 dose finding rules and the tolerability of iC9-CAR.B7-H3 T cells will be assessed by ASTCT Consensus ICANS Grading Criteria.
Objective response rate
Objective response rate is defined as the percentage of subjects achieving a confirmed partial response (PR) or better (≥ PR) based on RECIST 1.1 criteria. Complete response - Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph node (LN) must be \<10mm. Partial response: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the largest distance (LD) of the target lesions. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of the target lesions taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started including baseline if that is the smallest in the study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5mm. The appearance of one or more new lesions also constitutes PD. Stable disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD taking as references the smallest sum LD since the treatment started.
Sponsors and contacts
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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborator