RECRUITING

Anti-GARP Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Recurrent Grade III or IV Gliomas

Study Overview

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Description

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of anti-glycoprotein-A repetitions predominant (GARP) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy and how well it works in treating patients with grade III or IV gliomas that have come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). CAR T-cell therapy is a type of treatment in which a patient's T cells (a type of immune system cell) are changed in the laboratory so they will attack tumor cells. T cells are taken from a patient's blood. Then the gene for a special receptor that binds to a certain protein, such as GARP, on the patient's tumor cells is added to the T cells in the laboratory. The special receptor is called a CAR. Large numbers of the CAR T cells are grown in the laboratory and given to the patient by infusion for treatment of certain tumors. Giving anti-GARP CAR T cell therapy may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with recurrent grade III or IV gliomas.

Official Title

A Phase I, Dose-Escalation Trial of Anti-GARP Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T Cell Therapy in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Glioma Treated at a Single Medical Center

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-07-01
Study Completion:2026-12-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06964737

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Patients are ≥ 18 years old
  2. * Capacity to understand and willingness to provide written informed consent
  3. * Diagnosis or clinical suspicion of recurrent malignant glioma, including:
  4. * History of high-grade glioma (World Health Organization \[WHO\] grade III or IV), or
  5. * Prior, histologically-confirmed diagnosis of grade II glioma with new radiographic findings consistent with a high-grade glioma
  6. * Imaging and/or histopathological confirmation of recurrent disease, or verification of "high risk" histology confirmed by a biopsy with measurable disease by the Radiologic Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria
  7. * Disease in one hemisphere and is supratentorial
  8. * If on steroids such as dexamethasone, must be on a low dose (≤ 4mg per day) at the time of treatment, and not at an ascending dosage schedule at time of enrollment/leukapheresis
  9. * Subjects must not have received bevacizumab therapy and are not planned to start such therapy
  10. * Karnofsky performance score (KPS) ≥ 60
  11. * Surgical candidate for surgery for malignant glioma
  12. * White blood cells (WBC) \> 4,000 cells/uL
  13. * Hemoglobin (Hgb) \> 7 gm/dL
  14. * Platelets (Plt) \> 100/dL
  15. * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
  16. * Liver function tests within 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
  17. * Women of reproductive potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of study start. All patients of reproductive potential must use a physician-approved contraceptive and refrain from sperm donation for at least two weeks prior, during, and six months after final T cell infusion. Women must refrain from breastfeeding for six months after final T cell infusion
  18. * Sufficient venous access, to be confirmed prior to apheresis
  1. * Patients who have a history of malignancy other than the glioma under investigation in this study, except patients with the following malignancies/treatment characteristics, who are eligible at the investigator's discretion:
  2. * Patients with a history of malignancy that has been treated with curative intent at least 2 years prior to screening and with no evidence of relapse, if no concurrent anti-cancer therapy (except hormonal therapy) is being given
  3. * Patients with a history of malignancy with a negligible risk of metastasis or death (e.g., 5-year OS rate \> 90%) such as adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or stage I uterine cancer
  4. * Patients who have prostate cancer with no evidence of metastatic disease and are not on active therapy, except anti-androgen therapy
  5. * History of autoimmune disease, or other diseases require long-term administration of high-dose steroids \[\> 10 mgs/day\] or immunosuppressive therapies
  6. * Research participants who received steroids must have either received their last dose of steroids 7 days or more prior to apheresis or have dosage tapered to \< 2mg/kg/day
  7. * Patients being treated concurrently (within 14 days prior to study enrollment) with any other investigational agent
  8. * Examples of other investigational agents that would be exclusionary include supportive care agents
  9. * Patients receiving anti-cancer agents such as chemotherapy (e.g., temozolomide) must stop treatment 14 days prior to undergoing apheresis and remain off therapy throughout the duration of CAR T therapeutic intervention
  10. * Patients with active fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection that requires intravenous antimicrobials
  11. * Prophylactic antimicrobials are allowed
  12. * Patients with active invasive fungal infection should be excluded even if the treatment is oral antimicrobials
  13. * History of allergy to study products/diluents/emulsions

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
CONTACT
800-293-5066
OSUCCCclinicaltrials@osumc.edu

Principal Investigator

James B Elder, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Locations (Sites)

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • James B Elder, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2025-07-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-07-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-31

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Recurrent Malignant Glioma
  • Recurrent WHO Grade 3 Glioma
  • Recurrent WHO Grade 4 Glioma
  • WHO Grade 2 Glioma
  • WHO Grade 3 Glioma
  • WHO Grade 4 Glioma