This exploratory clinical study aims to assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of an immunotherapy using PD-1 knockout anti-MUC1 CAR-T cells in the treatment of advanced MUC1-positive breast cancer
This is a single-center, open-label, dose-escalation exploratory study investigating the safety,tolerability and preliminary efficacy of AJMUC1, PD-1 knockout CAR-T cells targeting aberrantly glycosylated MUC1, in the treatment of patients with advanced MUC1 positive breast cancer. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, biological activity, and preliminary antitumor efficacy of AJMUC1. The study adopts a "3+3" dose escalation design to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)/ maximum administered dose (MAD). Three doses are set: 3×105 CAR T cells/kg, 1×106 CAR T cells/kg and 3×106 CAR T cells/kg, with a total of 15 patients planned by the data cutoff date. Participants may receive one, two, three or more cycles of AJMUC1 infusion dependent on the adverse effects and potential clinical benefits.. This study is initiated by the investigators and approved by the Human Ethics Committee of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University. All patients have signed informed consent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
AJMUC1 is a genetically modified T cell therapeutic product targeting the aberrantly glycosylated MUC1 protein. CAR targeting MUC1 is introduced into autologous T cells by lentiviral vector, so that T cells expressing the receptor can recognize and kill MUC1 positive tumor cells. Preclinical studies have shown that binding of scFv targeting MUC1 to the MUC1 epitope on the surface of the target cell can induce the costimulatory CD28 and CD3ζ costimulatory domains to activate downstream signaling pathways and promote T cell activation and expansion. Activated CAR-T cells secrete a series of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, leading to apoptosis and necrosis of target tumor cells. Following introduction of a CAR structure, the PD-1 gene of CAR-T cells is knocked out using CRISPR/Cas9, so that the CAR-T cell does not express PD-1, resulting in improved tumor killing efficiency of AJMUC due to the release of inhibition in the signaling pathway PD-1/PD-L1 in the tumor microenvironment.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Number of participants with adverse events and dose limiting toxicities as assessed by CTCAE v5.0
Time frame: 3 years
Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events [safety and tolerability] of dose of PD-1 Knockout CAR-T cells will be assessed using CTCAE v5.0
Time frame: 3 years
Monitoring the numbers of circulating AJMUC1 after infusion will be evaluated.
Time frame: up to 3 years
Response rate will be assessed according to the revised RECIST guideline iRECIST
Time frame: 3 years
Overall Survival - OS (Measure the time from enrollment to death)
Time frame: 3 years
Progression free survival - PFS (Time from enrollment to date of first documented progression or date of death)
Time frame: 3 years
Median CAR-T cell persistence--Will be measured by quantitative RT-PCR
Time frame: 3 years
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