Overview
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections is known to be a high-risk factor to induce cervical cancers. To date, EBV-related nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is still a major concern in east Asia, especially in China. Concurrent therapies for NPC have limited response rate and high chance of relapse. However, EBV-induced cancers provided an ideal target for T cell-based immunotherapy due to the non-self origins. Engineered T cells bearing a TCR (TCR-T) that can specifically recognize the presented EBV-epitope become a viable approach to treat this type of cancer. Though engineered T therapies have been well-recognized in hematological cancers, solid cancer treatment has been a major hurdle due to the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment. Cytokine seemed to represent the ideal candidate for tumor immunotherapy, due to its ability to activate both innate (NK cells) and adaptive immunities. therefore, TCR-T cells armed with a cytokine -secretion element could further enhance the efficacy of TCR-T in solid cancers.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Expected to live longer than 12 weeks
- PS 0-2
- Pathology confirmed as EBV positive NPC, either metastatic or recurrent disease
- Creatinine <2.5mg/dl
- ALT/AST is lower than three times ULN.
- No contraindications of leukocyte collection
- Before entering the trial, women must adopt a reliable method of contraception until 30 days after infusion.
- Understand this trial and have signed an informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis
- With other uncontrolled malignant tumors.
- Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C activity period, HIV infected patients
- Any other uncontrolled disease that interferes with the trial
- Patients with severe heart and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, cerebral thrombosis and cerebral hemorrhage
- Untreated hypertension or hypertensive patients
- A person with a history of mental illness that is difficult to control
- Researchers do not consider it appropriate to participate in this trial
- Patients who have been using immunosuppressive agents for a long time after organ transplants, except for recent or current inhaled corticosteroids
- Subjects who have been pregnant or nursing, or who plan for pregnancy within 2 months of treatment or after the end of treatment
- An illness affects a person who signs a written consent or complies with a study procedure, or who is unwilling or unable to comply with the research requirements