This study is currently recruiting participants.
Number
21-C-0032
Sponsoring Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Recruitment Detail
Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled Gender: Male & Female Min Age: 4 wk Max Age: 40 Years
Referral Letter Required
No
Population Exclusion(s)
Pregnant Women
Keywords
Immunologic Factors; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; Adoptive Immunotherapy; Rimiducid; Dose Escalation
Recruitment Keyword(s)
None
Condition(s)
Neuroblastoma; Osteosarcoma; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms; Sarcoma
Investigational Drug(s)
AP1903 (rimiducid) Fludarabine
Investigational Device(s)
Intervention(s)
Drug: Fludarabine Phosphate Drug: Cyclophosphamide Biological/Vaccine: GD2-CAR-expressing Autologous T-lymphocytes
Supporting Site
National Cancer Institute
A new cancer treatment involves taking a person s own immune cells (called T cells), genetically modifying them to help the T cells kill cancer cells, and then giving them back to the person. Researchers want to see if this treatment can help people with neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma.
Objective:
To see if an immune cell therapy called GD2CART is safe and able to shrink neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma.
Eligibility:
People aged 40 years and younger with neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma that has come back or has not responded to standard treatments.
Design:
Participants will be screened with a medical record review.
Participants will have blood tests and heart function tests. They will have body imaging scans, x-rays, or bone scans. They may have bone marrow aspirations. They may have tissue biopsies. Some samples will be used for genetic tests.
Participants will undergo apheresis to collect T cells. It will take 2 3 weeks to make the modified cells (called GD2CART).
Participants will receive 2 chemotherapy drugs, fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, over 4 days by intravenous (IV) infusion through a vein in the arm or through a central line. Then they will get GD2CART by IV infusion. They will be monitored closely a few times a week for 4 weeks after the infusion.
Participants will have follow-up visits once a month for 6 months, then every 3 months until the end of the second year. Then they will be contacted once a year for up to 15 years. They may be able to receive a second dose of GD2CART if needed.
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INCLUSION CRITERIA: Important note: The eligibility criteria listed below are interpreted literally and cannot be waived. All clinical and laboratory data required for determining eligibility of a patient enrolled on this trial must be available in the patient s medical or research record which will serve as the source document for verification at the time of audit. -Diagnosis --Must have histologically confirmed neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma that is recurrent or refractory and for which standard curative measures do not exist or are no longer effective. Must have histologic verification of their disease at diagnosis or at relapse. -Disease Status --Patients with osteosarcoma in the dose escalation cohort, must have evaluable or measurable disease at enrollment. --Patients with osteosarcoma in the expansion cohort must have measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 at enrollment. --Patients with neuroblastoma in the dose escalation or dose the expansion cohort must have: ---Prior progressive disease OR refractory disease present since diagnosis ---AND at least one of the following: ----Evidence of tumor in the bone marrow (BM) ----At least one MIBG-avid soft tissue or skeletal site ----For MIBG-nonavid disease, at least one FDG-PET- positive soft tissue or skeletal site plus past histologic confirmation ---Progressive disease is defined as any disease progression occurring at any time after the diagnosis of high-risk neuroblastoma. Refractory disease is defined as an incomplete response of high-risk neuroblastoma to all treatments but without disease progression -Age: Must be <40 years of age. -Prior Therapy --There is no limit to the number of prior treatment regimens. The following washout periods prior to leukapheresis apply to patients undergoing leukapheresis on this study. If a patient has cryopreserved PBMCs stored, the following washout periods are strongly recommended but not required and the product is useable if it meets the criteria established in this IND. --Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Patients must not have received myelosuppressive chemotherapy within 3 weeks of leukapheresis (6 weeks if prior nitrosourea). --Hematopoietic growth factors: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of therapy with a shortacting growth factor. At least 14 days must have elapsed after receiving pegfilgrastim. --Biological agent, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, targeted agent, metronomic chemotherapy: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of therapy with a biologic agent, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, targeted agent, or metronomic non-myelosuppressive regimen. --131I-MIBG or other radioisotope therapy: At least 6 weeks must have elapsed since prior therapy with 131I-MIBG. At least 6 weeks or 10 half-lives (whichever is shorter) must have elapsed since prior therapy with any other radioisotope. --Monoclonal antibodies and checkpoint inhibitors: At least 3 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) must have elapsed since prior therapy that included a monoclonal antibody or checkpoint inhibitor. --Radiotherapy (XRT): 3 weeks must have elapsed since XRT; at least 6 weeks if XRT involved CNS or lung fields, and at least 12 weeks from TBI, craniospinal XRT, or XRT involving >= 50% bony pelvis, with the exception that there is no time restriction for palliative radiation with minimal bone marrow involvement and the patient has measurable/evaluable disease outside the radiation port or the site of radiation has documented progression. --Vaccine therapy, anti-GD2 mAb therapy, or therapy with any genetically engineered T cells: Patients may have received previous vaccine therapy, anti-GD2 mAb therapy, or therapy with any genetically engineered T cells except prior GD2 CAR T cell therapy. At least 3 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, must have elapsed since any prior vaccine or monoclonal antibody therapy. At least 42 days must have elapsed since prior modified T cell, NK cell, or dendritic cell therapy. --Allogeneic stem cell transplant/infusion: At least 12 weeks must have elapsed since allogeneic stem cell transplant and without evidence of active graft versus host disease (GVHD). --Autologous stem cell transplant/infusion: Patients who received an autologous stem cell infusion following myeloablative therapy should be at least 6 weeks from their infusion. Patients who received an autologous stem cell infusion following non-myeloablative therapy do not have a wash-out period; they are eligible once they meet all other eligibility requirements, including recovery from acute side effects. -Apheresis Parameters --Must meet parameters for apheresis per institutional guidelines. (This criterion does not apply to patients with apheresis product or usable T cell product available for use. Cryopreserved PBMCs stored from participation in other institutional cell therapy or cell collection studies or standard of care may be used to generate the cellular product on this study if they meet the criteria established in this IND. -Performance Status --Patients > 16 years of age must have Karnofsky >= 60%. Patients <= 16 years of age must have Lansky scale >= 60%; corresponding to ECOG performance status <= 2. -Organ and Marrow Function --Must have organ and marrow function as defined below: Organ and Marrow Function Requirements: -- Organ: Bone Marrow Function [For patients without bone marrow involvement. Patients who have bone marrow involvement with tumor are exempt from the platelet requirement and will not be evaluable for hematological toxicities. Patients must not be refractory to transfusions.] --- Laboratory Element: Leukocytes; Minimum Requirement: >= 750/mcL --- Laboratory Element: ANC; Minimum Requirement: >= 500/mcL --- Laboratory Element: Platelets (transfusion independent defined as no transfusion in prior 7 days); Minimum Requirement: >= 75,000/mcL -- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) (For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGOT is 50 U/L and the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L); Minimum Requirement: <= 5 x ULN -- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: Albumin; Minimum Requirement: > 2g/dL -- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: Total bilirubin; Minimum Requirement: <= 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (Patients with Gilbert s syndrome are excluded from the requirement of a normal bilirubin and patients will not be excluded if bilirubin elevation is due to tumor involvement. [Gilbert s syndrome is found in 3-10% of the general population, and is characterized by mild, chronic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in the absence of liver disease or overt hemolysis]. Note: Adult values will be used for calculating hepatic toxicity and determining eligibility. -- Organ: Renal Function --- Age: 1 month to < 6 months; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.4, Female 0.4 --- Age: 6 months to < 1 year; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.5, Female 0.5 --- Age: 1 to < 2 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.6, Female 0.6 --- Age: 2 to < 6 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.8, Female 0.8 --- Age: 6 to < 10 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1, Female 1 --- Age: 10 to < 13 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.2, Female 1.2 --- Age: 13 to < 16 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.5, Female 1.2 --- Age: >= 16 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.7, Female 1.4 OR --- Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate (GFR); >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with levels above institutional normal. -- Organ: Cardiac Function; Minimum Requirement: Cardiac ejection fraction >= 45% or shortening fraction >= 28%, no evidence of physiologically significant pericardial effusion as determined by an ECHO. No clinically significant ECG findings. -- Organ: Pulmonary Function; Laboratory Element: Pulmonary status; Minimum Requirement: No clinically significant pleural effusion. Baseline oxygen saturation > 92% on room air at rest. -- Organ: Neurological Function; Laboratory Element: Neurologic status; Minimum Requirement: No acute neurotoxicity greater than grade 2 with the exception of decreased tendon reflex (DTR). Any grade of DTR is eligible. -Contraception --Females of child-bearing potential and males of reproductive potential who are sexually active must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) from the start of study enrollment until 6 months after GD2 CAR T cell infusion (or until the duration of study participation in the case of patients who start lymphodepleting chemotherapy but do not receive the GD2 CART infusion). Should a female become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Note: Females of childbearing potential are defined as those who are past the onset of menarche and are not surgically sterile (i.e., bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, complete hysterectomy) or post-menopausal. -Informed Consent: All patients >= 18 years of age must be able to give informed consent or if unable to give consent have a legal authorized representative (LAR) who can give consent for the patient. For patients < 18 years old their LAR (i.e., parent or legal guardian) must give informed consent. Pediatric patients will be included in age appropriate discussion and verbal assent will be obtained for those > 7 years of age, when appropriate, according to local policy. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: -Receiving any other current investigational agents. -History of anaphylactic reactions attributed to anti-GD2 antibodies or to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to GD2CART, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, or other agents used in this study. History of hypersensitivity to dornase alfa, Chinese Hamster Ovary cell products, or any of the components of Pulmozyme. -Patients who require systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive therapy. (A one- week washout from systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive therapy is permitted.) Use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids (up to 3 mg/m2/day prednisone equivalent) are permitted. Use of topical, ocular, intra-articular, intra-nasal, or inhaled corticosteroids are permitted. -Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. -History of additional malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ (e.g., cervix, bladder, breast) unless untreated and stable or disease free for at least 3 years. -Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastasis. Patients with previous CNS tumor involvement that has been treated and is stable for at least 6 weeks following completion of therapy are permitted. Patients who are clinically stable as evidenced by no requirements for corticosteroids, no evolving neurologic deficits, and no progression of residual brain abnormalities without specific therapy, are permitted. Patients with asymptomatic subcentemeric CNS lesions are permitted if no immediate radiation or surgery is indicated. -CNS disorder such as cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage, dementia, cerebellar disease, or autoimmune disease with CNS involvement that in the judgement of the investigator may impair the ability to evaluate neurotoxicity. -Presence of fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection that is uncontrolled. -Ongoing infection with HIV, hepatitis B (HBsAg positive), or hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV positive) as the immunosuppression contained in this study will pose unacceptable risk. A history of HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C is permitted if the viral load is undetectable per quantitative PCR and/or nucleic acid testing. -Primary immunodeficiency or history of systemic autoimmune disease (e.g., Crohns, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus) requiring systemic immunosuppression/systemic disease modifying agents within the last 2 years. -Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. Pregnant females are excluded from this study because the effects of autologous GD2CART on the developing human fetus are unknown and because the chemotherapy agents used in this trial (cyclophosphamide and fludarabine) are category D agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Additionally, because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events (AEs) in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with cyclophosphamide/fludarabine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with cyclophosphamide/fludarabine. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study. -In the investigator s judgment, unlikely to complete protocol-required study visits or procedures, including follow-up visits, or comply with the study requirements for participation. Or in the investigator's judgment, if the patient is likely to develop significant toxicity and morbidity from CAR-T cell expansion mediated inflammation based on location of tumor site.
Important note: The eligibility criteria listed below are interpreted literally and cannot be waived. All clinical and laboratory data required for determining eligibility of a patient enrolled on this trial must be available in the patient s medical or research record which will serve as the source document for verification at the time of audit.
-Diagnosis
--Must have histologically confirmed neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma that is recurrent or refractory and for which standard curative measures do not exist or are no longer effective. Must have histologic verification of their disease at diagnosis or at relapse.
-Disease Status
--Patients with osteosarcoma in the dose escalation cohort, must have evaluable or measurable disease at enrollment.
--Patients with osteosarcoma in the expansion cohort must have measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 at enrollment.
--Patients with neuroblastoma in the dose escalation or dose the expansion cohort must have:
---Prior progressive disease OR refractory disease present since diagnosis
---AND at least one of the following:
----Evidence of tumor in the bone marrow (BM)
----At least one MIBG-avid soft tissue or skeletal site
----For MIBG-nonavid disease, at least one FDG-PET- positive soft tissue or skeletal site plus past histologic confirmation
---Progressive disease is defined as any disease progression occurring at any time after the diagnosis of high-risk neuroblastoma. Refractory disease is defined as an incomplete response of high-risk neuroblastoma to all treatments but without disease progression
-Age: Must be <40 years of age.
-Prior Therapy
--There is no limit to the number of prior treatment regimens. The following washout periods prior to leukapheresis apply to patients undergoing leukapheresis on this study. If a patient has cryopreserved PBMCs stored, the following washout periods are strongly recommended but not required and the product is useable if it meets the criteria established in this IND.
--Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Patients must not have received myelosuppressive chemotherapy within 3 weeks of leukapheresis (6 weeks if prior nitrosourea).
--Hematopoietic growth factors: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of therapy with a shortacting growth factor. At least 14 days must have elapsed after receiving pegfilgrastim.
--Biological agent, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, targeted agent, metronomic chemotherapy: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of therapy with a biologic agent, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, targeted agent, or metronomic non-myelosuppressive regimen.
--131I-MIBG or other radioisotope therapy: At least 6 weeks must have elapsed since prior therapy with 131I-MIBG. At least 6 weeks or 10 half-lives (whichever is shorter) must have elapsed since prior therapy with any other radioisotope.
--Monoclonal antibodies and checkpoint inhibitors: At least 3 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) must have elapsed since prior therapy that included a monoclonal antibody or checkpoint inhibitor.
--Radiotherapy (XRT): 3 weeks must have elapsed since XRT; at least 6 weeks if XRT involved CNS or lung fields, and at least 12 weeks from TBI, craniospinal XRT, or XRT involving >= 50% bony pelvis, with the exception that there is no time restriction for palliative radiation with minimal bone marrow involvement and the patient has measurable/evaluable disease outside the radiation port or the site of radiation has documented progression.
--Vaccine therapy, anti-GD2 mAb therapy, or therapy with any genetically engineered T cells: Patients may have received previous vaccine therapy, anti-GD2 mAb therapy, or therapy with any genetically engineered T cells except prior GD2 CAR T cell therapy. At least 3 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, must have elapsed since any prior vaccine or monoclonal antibody therapy. At least 42 days must have elapsed since prior modified T cell, NK cell, or dendritic cell therapy.
--Allogeneic stem cell transplant/infusion: At least 12 weeks must have elapsed since allogeneic stem cell transplant and without evidence of active graft versus host disease (GVHD).
--Autologous stem cell transplant/infusion: Patients who received an autologous stem cell infusion following myeloablative therapy should be at least 6 weeks from their infusion. Patients who received an autologous stem cell infusion following non-myeloablative therapy do not have a wash-out period; they are eligible once they meet all other eligibility requirements, including recovery from acute side effects.
-Apheresis Parameters
--Must meet parameters for apheresis per institutional guidelines. (This criterion does not apply to patients with apheresis product or usable T cell product available for use. Cryopreserved PBMCs stored from participation in other institutional cell therapy or cell collection studies or standard of care may be used to generate the cellular product on this study if they meet the criteria established in this IND.
-Performance Status
--Patients > 16 years of age must have Karnofsky >= 60%. Patients <= 16 years of age must have Lansky scale >= 60%; corresponding to ECOG performance status <= 2.
-Organ and Marrow Function
--Must have organ and marrow function as defined below:
Organ and Marrow Function Requirements:
-- Organ: Bone Marrow Function [For patients without bone marrow involvement. Patients who have bone marrow involvement with tumor are exempt from the platelet requirement and will not be evaluable for hematological toxicities. Patients must not be refractory to transfusions.]
--- Laboratory Element: Leukocytes; Minimum Requirement: >= 750/mcL
--- Laboratory Element: ANC; Minimum Requirement: >= 500/mcL
--- Laboratory Element: Platelets (transfusion independent defined as no transfusion in prior 7 days); Minimum Requirement: >= 75,000/mcL
-- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) (For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGOT is 50 U/L and the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L); Minimum Requirement: <= 5 x ULN
-- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: Albumin; Minimum Requirement: > 2g/dL
-- Organ: Liver Function; Laboratory Element: Total bilirubin; Minimum Requirement: <= 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (Patients with Gilbert s syndrome are excluded from the requirement of a normal bilirubin and patients will not be excluded if bilirubin elevation is due to tumor involvement. [Gilbert s syndrome is found in 3-10% of the general population, and is characterized by mild, chronic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in the absence of liver disease or overt hemolysis]. Note: Adult values will be used for calculating hepatic toxicity and determining eligibility.
-- Organ: Renal Function
--- Age: 1 month to < 6 months; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.4, Female 0.4
--- Age: 6 months to < 1 year; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.5, Female 0.5
--- Age: 1 to < 2 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.6, Female 0.6
--- Age: 2 to < 6 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 0.8, Female 0.8
--- Age: 6 to < 10 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1, Female 1
--- Age: 10 to < 13 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.2, Female 1.2
--- Age: 13 to < 16 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.5, Female 1.2
--- Age: >= 16 years; Minimum Requirement: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL), Male 1.7, Female 1.4 OR
--- Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate (GFR); >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with levels above institutional normal.
-- Organ: Cardiac Function; Minimum Requirement: Cardiac ejection fraction >= 45% or shortening fraction >= 28%, no evidence of physiologically significant pericardial effusion as determined by an ECHO. No clinically significant ECG findings.
-- Organ: Pulmonary Function; Laboratory Element: Pulmonary status; Minimum Requirement: No clinically significant pleural effusion. Baseline oxygen saturation > 92% on room air at rest.
-- Organ: Neurological Function; Laboratory Element: Neurologic status; Minimum Requirement: No acute neurotoxicity greater than grade 2 with the exception of decreased tendon reflex (DTR). Any grade of DTR is eligible.
-Contraception
--Females of child-bearing potential and males of reproductive potential who are sexually active must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) from the start of study enrollment until 6 months after GD2 CAR T cell infusion (or until the duration of study participation in the case of patients who start lymphodepleting chemotherapy but do not receive the GD2 CART infusion). Should a female become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
Note: Females of childbearing potential are defined as those who are past the onset of menarche and are not surgically sterile (i.e., bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, complete hysterectomy) or post-menopausal.
-Informed Consent: All patients >= 18 years of age must be able to give informed consent or if unable to give consent have a legal authorized representative (LAR) who can give consent for the patient. For patients < 18 years old their LAR (i.e., parent or legal guardian) must give informed consent. Pediatric patients will be included in age appropriate discussion and verbal assent will be obtained for those > 7 years of age, when appropriate, according to local policy.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
-Receiving any other current investigational agents.
-History of anaphylactic reactions attributed to anti-GD2 antibodies or to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to GD2CART, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, or other agents used in this study. History of hypersensitivity to dornase alfa, Chinese Hamster Ovary cell products, or any of the components of Pulmozyme.
-Patients who require systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive therapy. (A one- week washout from systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive therapy is permitted.) Use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids (up to 3 mg/m2/day prednisone equivalent) are permitted. Use of topical, ocular, intra-articular, intra-nasal, or inhaled corticosteroids are permitted.
-Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
-History of additional malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ (e.g., cervix, bladder, breast) unless untreated and stable or disease free for at least 3 years.
-Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastasis. Patients with previous CNS tumor involvement that has been treated and is stable for at least 6 weeks following completion of therapy are permitted. Patients who are clinically stable as evidenced by no requirements for corticosteroids, no evolving neurologic deficits, and no progression of residual brain abnormalities without specific therapy, are permitted. Patients with asymptomatic subcentemeric CNS lesions are permitted if no immediate radiation or surgery is indicated.
-CNS disorder such as cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage, dementia, cerebellar disease, or autoimmune disease with CNS involvement that in the judgement of the investigator may impair the ability to evaluate neurotoxicity.
-Presence of fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection that is uncontrolled.
-Ongoing infection with HIV, hepatitis B (HBsAg positive), or hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV positive) as the immunosuppression contained in this study will pose unacceptable risk. A history of HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C is permitted if the viral load is undetectable per quantitative PCR and/or nucleic acid testing.
-Primary immunodeficiency or history of systemic autoimmune disease (e.g., Crohns, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus) requiring systemic immunosuppression/systemic disease modifying agents within the last 2 years.
-Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. Pregnant females are excluded from this study because the effects of autologous GD2CART on the developing human fetus are unknown and because the chemotherapy agents used in this trial (cyclophosphamide and fludarabine) are category D agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Additionally, because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events (AEs) in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with cyclophosphamide/fludarabine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with cyclophosphamide/fludarabine. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study.
-In the investigator s judgment, unlikely to complete protocol-required study visits or procedures, including follow-up visits, or comply with the study requirements for participation. Or in the investigator's judgment, if the patient is likely to develop significant toxicity and morbidity from CAR-T cell expansion mediated inflammation based on location of tumor site.
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