Overview
This is a single-arm, open-label, exploratory clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of Anti-CD70 CAR-T cell injection in patients with CD70-positive Advanced Urologic Neoplasms.
Description
This study will include two parts, dose escalation phase (accelerated titration and 3+3 design) followed by a dose expansion phase. All eligible participants will receive a conditioning chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide followed by CAR-T cell injection.
The dose escalation phase will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of Anti-CD70 CAR-T cell injection. Additional patients will be enrolled in the dose expansion phase to further characterize the safety profile and evaluate the efficacy of Anti-CD70 CAR-T cell injection, and establish recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Subject is≥18 years old (including cut-off value), gender is not limited. 2. Histopathologically confirmed tumors of the urinary system (including renal cancers and urothelial cancers). Renal cancers should have failed after targeted therapy and/or immunotherapy. Urothelial cancers should have failed after chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy. Or subjects are unable to tolerate or lack effective therapies. 3. At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1. 4. CD70 should be positive confirmed by Immunohistochemistry/Immunocytochemistry/ Flow Cytometry (IHC/ICC/FCM) in tumor tissue samples. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months. 7. Adequate function defined as: Hematological functions: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109/L (Patients should not receive G-CSF support within 7 days before laboratory examination); Absolute Lymphocyte Count (ALC) ≥ 0.5 × 109/L; Hemoglobin (HGB) ≥ 80 g/L (Patients should not be transfused red cells within 7 days before the laboratory examination); Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 75 × 109/L (Patients should not receive transfusion support within 7 days before the laboratory examination).
Hepatic functions: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤
3.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN); AST and ALT of patients with liver metastasis ≤ 5 × ULN;
Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; TBIL of patients with liver metastasis must ≤ 3.0 ×
ULN; TBIL of patients with Gilbert's Syndrome ≤ 3.0 × ULN and Direct bilirubin (DBIL) ≤ 1.5
× ULN.
Coagulation functions: International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Activated partial
thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN (Except for patients who are receiving therapeutic
anticoagulants.).
Renal functions: Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; or Estimated glomerular filtration rate
(eGFR) ≥30ml/(min·1.73 m2)(Calculated by CKD⁃EPI).
Cardiac functions: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) > 50%; Pulmonary function:
Oxygen saturation (SpO2) > 92%. 8. Female participants of childbearing potential must
undergo a pregnancy test and the results must be negative. Female participants of
childbearing potential or male participants whose sex partner has childbearing potential
must be willing to use effective methods of contraception from screening period to at least
1 year after infusion.
9. Participants must be able to understand the protocol and be willing to enroll the study,
sign the informed consent, and be able to comply with the study and follow-up procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Patients have received systemic therapy with cytotoxic chemicals, monoclonal
antibodies, or immunotherapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (which is shorter) prior
to signing informed consent; Patients have received systemic glucocorticoids
(prednisone at a dose of ≥10 mg per day or equivalent) or other immune-suppressive
therapy within 2 weeks prior to signing informed consent; Patients have received
systemic antitumor therapy with a biologic agent or other approved targeted
small-molecule inhibitor within 1 week or five half-lives (which is shorter) prior to
signing informed consent; Patients have received Chinese herbal medicine or Chinese
patent medicine with anti-tumor indication within 1 week prior to signing informed
consent.
2. Pregnant or lactating women. 3. Patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
positive. Patients who is hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive and the
quantification of HBV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of
detection. Patients who is hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive and
quantification of HCV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of
detection. Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive.
Patients with syphilis antibody positive and tolulized red unheated serum test (TRUST)
titer ≥ 1:4.
4. The toxicities caused by the prior therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy,
targeted therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) have not recovered to grade 1 according to
CTCAE, except for hair loss and peripheral sensory nerve disorders.
5. Have received any allogeneic tissue/organ transplantation (including bone marrow
transplantation, stem cell transplantation, liver transplantation, kidney
transplantation), except for the transplantation that does not require
immunosuppressive therapy (such as: corneal transplantation, hair transplantation.) 6.
Patients have received anti-CD70 CAR-T cell therapy. 7. Patients who have history of
major surgery and unrecovered severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to signing informed
consent; or plan to have major surgery within 12 weeks of cell therapy.
8. Presence of known central nervous system metastases, but the following patients
will be allowed: a) Asymptomatic brain metastases; b) Clinically stable (no
radiographic progression within 4 weeks before apheresis and return of any neurologic
symptoms to baseline), and with no need for corticosteroids or other treatment for
brain metastases for ≥ 4 weeks.
9. Patients with clinically significant systemic disease (such as: severe active
infection or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, nervous system, or other organ
dysfunction) that evaluated by the investigator would impair the patients' ability to
tolerate the treatments used in this study or significantly increase the risk of
complications.
- Uncontrolled severe active infection (sepsis, bacteremia, viremia, etc.);
- Congestive heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class
> 1;
- Clinically significant severe aortic stenosis and symptomatic mitral stenosis;
- Electrocardiogram QTc > 450 msec or QTc > 480 msec in patients with bundle-branch
block;
- Uncontrolled clinically significant arrhythmia within 6 months prior to signing
informed consent;
- Acute coronary syndrome (such as: unstable angina, myocardial infarction) within
6 months prior to signing informed consent;
- Drug-uncontrolled hypertension (systolic pressure ≥ 160 mmHg and/or diastolic
pressure ≥ 100 mmHg) or pulmonary hypertension;
- Cerebrovascular accident occurred within 6 months prior to signing informed
consent, including transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebral infarction, cerebral
hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage;
- A history of active, chronic, or recurrent (within 1 year prior to signing
informed consent) severe autoimmune disease or immune-mediated disease requiring
steroids or other immunosuppressive therapy, including but not limited to
systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel
disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, autoimmune thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis.
Exceptions: hypothyroidism that can be controlled only by hormone replacement
therapy, skin diseases (such as: vitiligo, psoriasis) that do not require
systemic treatment, coeliac disease that has been controlled; 10. Any form of
primary or secondary immunodeficiency, such as severe combined immunodeficiency
(SCID); 11. History of severe systemic hypersensitivity reaction to the
drugs/ingredients [fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), low
molecular dextran, human serum albumin (HSA), etc.] used in this study.
12. Patients have received attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to signing
informed consent.
13. Patients have received other clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to signing
informed consent.
14. History of another malignancy tumor within the previous five years, except
for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of bladder,
stomach, colon, cervix/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast.
15. History of neuropsychiatric diseases diagnosed by the ICD-11 criteria or
evaluated by investigator, including but not limited to epilepsy, schizophrenia,
dementia, drug and alcohol addictions.
16. For any other reasons, the patients are believed not suitable for
participation in this study by investigators.