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Donor CD30.CAR-EBVST in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory CD-30 Positive Lymphomas

Trial Status: active

This phase I trial finds out the best dose and side effects of donor CD30.CAR-EBVST in treating patients with CD30 positive lymphomas that have come back (recurrent) or have not responded to treatment (refractory). CD30.CAR-EBVST are immune system cells called T-cells and antibodies that are manipulated to find cancer cells that carry a marker called CD30. Antibodies are proteins that protect the body from diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances by binding to them to stop them from causing bad effects. T cells are special infection-fighting white blood cells that can kill other cells including tumor cells or cells that are infected with bacteria and viruses. An antibody called anti-CD30 has been used to treat lymphoma but has not cured many of the patients. In this study, the anti-CD30 antibody has been changed so that instead of floating free in the blood it is now joined to the T cells through a process called gene transfer. The resulting cells are called CD30.CAR T cells. The T cells used are called Epstein Barr virus (EBV) specific T cells (EBVSTs) and are normal cells from a donor that have been trained in the laboratory to recognize a EBV which is the virus that causes mononucleosis or glandular fever (mono or kissing disease). Giving CD30.CAR-EBVST after chemotherapy may work better in treating relapsed or refractory CD30 positive lymphomas.