Supercharged immune cells take on childhood cancers
NCT ID NCT03721068
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tests a new treatment for children whose neuroblastoma or osteosarcoma has come back or not responded to standard therapy. The treatment uses the patient's own T-cells, which are modified in a lab to better recognize and attack cancer cells. The main goals are to check safety and find the best dose, with 18 participants expected.
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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 18 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2044
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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18 months and older
- 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.
All clinical and laboratory data required for determining eligibility must be available in the subject's medical/research record which will serve as the source document. Because of the nature of iC9.GD2.CAR.IL-15 T cell product preparation, subjects will be assessed for initial study enrollment eligibility (prior to cell procurement) and then will have to meet criteria prior to starting lymphodepletion and prior to T cell infusion. Inclusion Criteria for the Study: 1. Written HIPAA authorization signed by legal guardian. 2. Adequate performance status as defined by Lansky or Karnofsky performance status of ≥ 60 (Lansky for \<16 years of age). 3. Life expectancy ≥12 weeks. 4. Histological confirmation of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma at initial diagnosis. Bone marrow samples are acceptable as confirmation of neuroblastoma, confirmation of osteosarcoma at diagnosis 5. High-risk neuroblastoma with persistent/refractory or relapsed disease, defined as: 1. First or greater relapse of neuroblastoma following completion of aggressive multi-drug frontline therapy. 2. First episode of progressive neuroblastoma during aggressive multi-drug frontline therapy. Persistent/refractory neuroblastoma as defined by less than a complete response by the revised International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (INRC) at the conclusion of at least 4 cycles of aggressive multidrug induction chemotherapy on or according to a high-risk neuroblastoma protocol (such as A3973 or ANBL0532). 3. Patients must be diagnosed with high risk neuroblastoma at initial diagnosis or if non-high risk at time of initial diagnosis must have had evidence of metastatic progression when \>18 months of age as defined in the protocol or relapsed or refractory osteosarcoma that is not responsive to standard treatment. 6. Measurable or evaluable disease per Revised INRC for subjects with neuroblastoma or measurable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.1 criteria for subjects with osteosarcoma. 7. Adequate central nervous system function as defined by: 1. No known Central Nervous System ( CNS) disease 2. No seizure disorder requiring antiepileptic drug therapy Exclusion Criteria for the Study Subjects meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will not be able to participate in this study (procurement, lymphodepletion, and cell infusion). 1. Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study). 2. Has a known additional malignancy that is active and/or progressive requiring treatment. 3. History of hypersensitivity reactions to murine protein-containing products. 4. History of hypersensitivity to cyclophosphamide or fludarabine.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory - Winship Cancer Institute
WITHDRAWNAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7295, United States
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