Actively Recruiting
Modified Immune Cells (TAG72-CAR T Cells) for the Treatment of Patients With Platinum Resistant Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Led by City of Hope Medical Center · Updated on 2025-07-01
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
265 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
City of Hope Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
N
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of TAG72-chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in treating patients with epithelial ovarian cancer that remains despite treatment with platinum therapy (platinum resistant). T cells are infection fighting blood cells that can kill tumor cells. The T cells given in this study will come from the patient and will have a new gene put in them that makes them able to recognize TAG72, a protein on the surface of tumor cells. These TAG72-specific T cells may help the body's immune system identify and kill TAG72+ cancer cells.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Modified Immune Cells (TAG72-CAR T Cells) for the Treatment of Patients With Platinum Resistant Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ability and willingness to sign written informed consent
- Agreement to allow use of archival tumor tissue for testing, with possible exceptions
- Age over 18 years
- ECOG performance status 0 to 2 or Karnofsky score 70% or higher
- Documented platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer progressing within 6 months of platinum therapy or during recent platinum treatment
- At least one measurable lesion or disease measurable by peritoneal cancer index at surgery
- Documented TAG72-positive tumor expression (>1% cells with intensity 1 or more) by immunohistochemistry
- Prior treatment with and failure or intolerance to taxanes, liposomal doxorubicin, or other beneficial agents unless investigator disagrees
- No known contraindications to leukapheresis, steroids, or tocilizumab
- Agreement to use birth control throughout treatment and for 3 months after final dose if of reproductive potential
- Absolute neutrophil count of at least 1,000/mm3
- Total serum bilirubin ≤1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN), or ≤3.0 times ULN for Gilbert syndrome with direct bilirubin ≤1.5 times ULN
- AST and ALT less than 3 times ULN (or less than 5 times ULN if liver metastasis present)
- INR or aPTT ≤1.5 times ULN if not on therapeutic anticoagulation
- Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min
- Normal cardiac function by ECG without acute abnormalities
- Left ventricular ejection fraction over 40%
- Negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold or equivalent test
You will not qualify if you...
- Not recovered from toxicities of prior therapy
- Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in past 2 years (replacement therapy excluded)
- History of allergic reactions to similar compounds or study agents
- History or current pneumonitis requiring steroids
- Signs or symptoms of bowel obstruction
- History of inflammatory bowel disease or gastrointestinal perforation
- History of intra-abdominal abscess within 3 months
- Known peritoneal adhesions preventing intraperitoneal catheter placement
- Clinically significant arrhythmia unstable within 2 weeks before consent
- History of optic neuritis, central nervous system inflammatory disease, or seizure disorder
- Known bleeding disorders
- History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months before consent
- History of other malignancies except cured with no active disease for 3 years and certain skin cancers
- Uncontrolled active infection
- Active hepatitis B or C infection
- HIV infection
- Any condition that contraindicates study participation due to safety concerns
- Massive ascites requiring paracentesis evaluated individually
- Recent or planned therapies not stopped per washout requirements
- Inability to comply with study procedures or logistics
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States, 91010
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lorna Rodriguez
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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