Anti-HER2 CAR-T Cell Injection in Patients With HER2-positive Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors

Exploratory Study to Evaluate the Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Anti-HER2 CAR-T Cell Injection in Patients With HER2-positive Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors

This is a single-arm, open-label, exploratory clinical study to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection in patients with HER2-positive advanced malignant solid tumors.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: HER2-positive Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Anti-HER2 CAR-T cells

Detailed Description

All eligible participants will receive a conditioning chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and ABRAXANE followed by Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection.The dose escalation phase will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection. Additional patients will be enrolled in the dose expansion phase to further characterize the safety profile and evaluate the efficacy of Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection, and establish recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Yi Zhang; Phone Number: 15138928971; Email: yizhang001@163.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Henan
    • Zhengzhou, Henan, China
      • Recruiting
      • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
      • Contact: Yi Zhang; Phone Number: 15138928971; Email: yizhang001@163.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. 18 to 70 years old (including cut-off value), gender is not limited.

  2. Solid tumors that histological diagnosis of malignancy refractory to, or relapsing after standard therapy, including but not limited to gastric cancer, biliary system tumors, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.

  3. At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1.

  4. HER2 should be positive confirmed by Immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue samples.

  5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

  6. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months.

  7. The organ function must meet the protocol requirements.

  8. Female participants of childbearing potential must undergo a pregnancy test and the results must be negative. Female participants of childbearing potential or male participants whose sex partner has childbearing potential must be willing to use effective methods of contraception from screening period to at least 1 year after infusion.

  9. Participants must be able to understand the protocol and be willing to enroll the study, sign the informed consent, and be able to comply with the study and follow-up procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Pregnant or lactating women.

  2. Patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive. Patients who is hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive and the quantification of HBV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of detection. Patients who is hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive and quantification of HCV DNA in peripheral blood is higher than the lower limit of detection. Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive, or syphilis antibody positive.

  3. The toxicities caused by the prior therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) have not recovered to grade 1 according to CTCAE, except for hair loss and peripheral sensory nerve disorders.

  4. Have received any allogeneic tissue/organ transplantation (including bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation, liver transplantation, kidney transplantation), except for the transplantation that does not require immunosuppressive therapy (such as: corneal transplantation, hair transplantation.)

  5. Patients have received anti-HER2 CAR-T cell therapy.

  6. Patients who have history of major surgery and unrecovered severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent; or plan to have major surgery within 12 weeks of cell therapy.

  7. Presence of known central nervous system metastases, but the following patients will be allowed: a) Asymptomatic brain metastases; b) Clinically stable (no radiographic progression within 4 weeks before apheresis and return of any neurologic symptoms to baseline), and with no need for corticosteroids or other treatment for brain metastases for ≥ 4 weeks.

  8. Patients with clinically significant systemic disease (such as: severe active infection or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, nervous system, or other organ dysfunction) that evaluated by the investigator would impair the patients' ability to tolerate the treatments used in this study or significantly increase the risk of complications.

  9. History of severe systemic hypersensitivity reaction to the drugs/ingredients [fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), low molecular dextran, human serum albumin (HSA), etc.] used in this study.

  10. Patients have received attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent.

  11. Patients have received other clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent.

  12. History of another malignancy tumor within the previous five years, except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of bladder, stomach, colon, cervix/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast.

  13. History of neuropsychiatric diseases diagnosed by the ICD-11 criteria or evaluated by investigator, including but not limited to epilepsy, schizophrenia, dementia, drug and alcohol addictions.

  14. For any other reasons, the patients are believed not suitable for participation in this study by investigators.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Anti-HER2 CAR-T cells; All eligible participants will receive a conditioning chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and ABRAXANE followed by Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection.	Biological: Anti-HER2 CAR-T cells; All eligible participants will receive a conditioning chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and ABRAXANE followed by Anti-HER2 CAR-T cell injection.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Adverse Events (AEs)	Incidence and severity of adverse events.	2 years
Identification of Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) & Incidence of Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs)	Incidence and severity of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) following infusion of CAR-T cell injection, at each dose level tested in dose escalation phase.	4 weeks after the CAR-T cells infusion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR)	The Objective Response Rate (ORR) is the percentage of participants who achieved Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) based on RECIST version 1.1.	2 years
Disease Control Rate (DCR)	Disease control rate (DCR) is the percentage of participants who achieved Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) or Stable disease (SD) based on RECIST version 1.1.	2 years
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)	PFS is defined as the time from CAR-T infusion to the date of the disease progression or death from any cause.	2 years
Overall Survival (OS)	OS is defined as the time from CAR-T infusion to the date of death due to any cause.	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: UTC Therapeutics Inc.
• Collaborators: The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Yi Zhang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 3, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 19, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 18, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Solid tumor; Anti-HER2 CAR-T
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: Anti-HER2 CAR-T

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No