Engineered immune cells take aim at childhood cancer
NCT ID NCT07502287
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new treatment for children and young adults with neuroblastoma that has returned or not responded to standard care. The treatment uses specially engineered immune cells from donated cord blood that are designed to recognize and attack two different markers on the cancer cells. Participants receive chemotherapy first to prepare their immune system, then the engineered cells are given intravenously. The study aims to find the safest dose and see if the treatment can shrink tumors or slow the disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- engineered immune cells (CAR-NK cells) that target two proteins on cancer cells
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for children with neuroblastoma that has come back or not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 36 participants, so it may not work for everyone. There are risks of side effects like immune reactions or organ damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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12 months to 21 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: * Age 12 months to 21 years at consent/assent. * Histologically confirmed neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma with relapsed, refractory, progressive, or persistent high-risk disease for which no curative standard option is available. * Measurable or evaluable disease according to revised International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (rINRC), including MIBG-avid disease, CT/MRI-evaluable soft-tissue disease, and/or bone marrow disease. * Tumor material available for central assessment of GD2 and B7-H3 expression; at least one target must be positive. GD2 is treated as the core target and B7-H3 as the complementary target for correlative target-prioritization analyses. * Prior exposure to standard neuroblastoma therapy, including anti-GD2-based therapy, unless contraindicated, unavailable, or declined for a documented medical reason. * Lansky or Karnofsky performance score \>= 50. * Life expectancy \>= 8 weeks. * Recovery from clinically significant acute toxicities of prior therapy and protocol-defined washout from chemotherapy, biologics, radiation, and prior cell therapy. * Adequate organ function: hematologic, renal, hepatic, cardiac, and pulmonary function considered sufficient by protocoldefined laboratory and clinical thresholds. * Negative pregnancy test for patients of childbearing potential and agreement to use effective contraception during the protocol-defined period. * Written informed consent from parent/legal guardian and assent from the participant when appropriate. Exclusion Criteria: * Active uncontrolled infection, including bacteremia, uncontrolled viral infection, or invasive fungal disease. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Active grade \>= 2 graft-versus-host disease, or systemic immunosuppression for treatment/prevention of graft-versushost disease within the protocol-defined washout period after prior allogeneic transplant. * Symptomatic or unstable central nervous system disease requiring urgent medical intervention. * Prior genetically modified cellular therapy within the protocol-defined washout window, or unresolved clinically significant toxicity from prior cell therapy. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy. * Clinically significant uncontrolled cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, or neurologic disorder that would increase study risk. * Known hypersensitivity to fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, study-product components, or supportive-care medications required by the protocol. * Known uncontrolled HIV infection or uncontrolled hepatitis B or C. * Any medical, psychosocial, or logistical condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would make study participation unsafe or would impair protocol adherence.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518036, China
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