Glypican 3-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor Expressing T Cells for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (GLYCAR)
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2036-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study enrolls patients who have a type of cancer that arises from the liver called
hepatocellular carcinoma. The cancer has come back, has not gone away after standard
treatment, has spread outside of the liver or the patient cannot receive standard treatment.
This research study uses special immune system cells called GLYCAR T cells, a new
experimental treatment.
The body has different ways of fighting infection and disease. No single way seems perfect
for fighting cancers. This research study combines two different ways of fighting cancer:
antibodies and T cells. Antibodies are types of proteins that protect the body from
infectious diseases and possibly cancer. T cells, also called T lymphocytes, are special
infection-fighting blood cells that can kill other cells, including cells infected with
viruses and tumor cells. Both antibodies and T cells have been used to treat patients with
cancers. They have shown promise, but have not been strong enough to cure most patients.
Investigators have found from previous research that they can put a new gene into T cells
that will make them recognize cancer cells and kill them. In preclinical studies, the
investigators made several genes called a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), from an antibody
called GC33 that recognizes glypican-3, a protein found on almost all hepatocellular
carcinoma cells (GPC3-CAR). This study will test T cells genetically engineered with a
GPC3-CAR (GLYCAR T cells) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
The GLYCAR T cells are an investigational product not approved by the Food and Drug
Administration.
The purpose of this study is to find the biggest dose of GLYCAR T cells that is safe, to see
how long they last in the body, to learn what the side effects are and to see if the GLYCAR T
cells will help people with GPC3-positive hepatocellular carcinoma.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Baylor College of Medicine
Collaborators:
Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute The Methodist Hospital System