Can engineered immune cells tackle childhood sarcoma?
NCT ID NCT07751380
First seen Aug 07, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026
Summary
This trial is testing a new type of cell therapy called hBRCA84D CAR T cells in children, teenagers, and young adults with certain sarcomas (rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, or desmoplastic small round cell tumour) that have come back or not responded to treatment. The therapy involves taking a patient's own immune cells, engineering them to recognize and attack cancer cells that carry a protein called B7-H3, and giving them back to the patient. The main goals are to see if the treatment is safe and if it can be successfully manufactured and given to patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hBRCA84D CAR T cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new treatment option for young people with certain sarcomas that have not responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants. The treatment may cause severe side effects, and its effectiveness is not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2042
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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1 year to 24 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 1 and ≤ 24 years. 2. Tissue diagnosis of RMS, ES or DSRCT 3. Expression of B7-H3 in the tumour 4. Relapsed or refractory disease after one or multiple lines of previous treatment. 5. Measurable disease by cross sectional imaging. Patients with only bone marrow detectable disease (bone marrow aspirate or trephine) are NOT eligible for the study. 6. At least 3 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, after treatment with agents on other early phase clinical trial. 7. Performance status: Karnofsky (age ≥ 10 years) or Lansky (age \< 10) score ≥ 50%. 8. Creatinine ≤1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) for age, if higher, an estimated (calculated) creatinine clearance must be ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2. 9. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% 10. Absolute lymphocyte count ≥ 0.25 x 109/L. 11. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to comply with the pregnancy reporting requirements of the protocol (if applicable). 12. Written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with only bone marrow detectable disease in the absence of measurable disease by cross sectional imaging. 2. Patients with active, inoperative central nervous system (CNS) disease including leptomeningeal disease. 3. Active hepatitis B, C or HIV infection. 4. Inability to tolerate leukapheresis. 5. Clinically significant systemic illness or medical condition (e.g., significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), that in the judgement of the investigator is likely to interfere with assessment of safety or efficacy of the investigational regimen and its requirements. 6. Any contraindication to lymphodepletion or to the use of Cyclophosphamide or Fludarabine as per the local SmPC. 7. Any contraindication to the use of Anticoagulant Citrate Dextrose Solution. 8. Known allergy to albumin, EDTA or DMSO. 9. Primary immunodeficiency or history of autoimmune disease (e.g., Crohn's, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus) requiring systemic immunosuppression /systemic disease modifying agents within the last 2 years. 10. Prior treatment with investigational or approved gene therapy or cell therapy products. 11. Life expectancy \<3 months. 12. Systemic corticosteroid therapy ≥ 0.05 mg/kg dexamethasone daily (or equivalent) at time of hBRCA84D CAR T cells infusion. 13. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. 14. Patients who have received any live vaccine in the six weeks prior to planned lymphodepletion Exclusion criteria for the ATIMP infusion: 1. Uncontrolled fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection. Previously diagnosed infection for which the patient continues to receive antimicrobial therapy is permitted if responding to treatment and clinically stable at the time of scheduled hBRCA84D CAR T cell infusion. 2. Systemic corticosteroid therapy ≥ 0.05 mg/kg dexamethasone daily (or equivalent) at time of hBRCA84D CAR T cell infusion.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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University College London Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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