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SJCARB7H3_41BBL for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Metastatic High-Risk Osteosarcoma after Standard Chemotherapy, 3CAR4OS Trial

Trial Status: approved

This phase II trial tests the effect of SJCARB7H3_41BBL after standard chemotherapy, cisplatin, doxorubicin, and methotrexate, in treating patients with newly diagnosed high-risk osteosarcoma that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to the lungs (metastatic). Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Doxorubicin damages deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill tumor cells. It is a type of anthracycline antitumor antibiotic. Methotrexate is in a class of medications called antimetabolites. It is also a type of antifolate. Methotrexate stops cells from using folic acid to make DNA and may kill tumor cells. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, such as SJCARB7H3_41BBL, is a type of treatment in which a patient's T cells (a type of immune system cell) are changed in the laboratory so they will attack tumor cells. T cells are taken from a patient’s blood. Then the gene for a special receptor that binds to a certain protein, such as B7-H3, on the patient’s tumor cells is added to the T cells in the laboratory. The special receptor is called a CAR. Large numbers of the CAR T-cells are grown in the laboratory and given to the patient by infusion for treatment of certain tumors. Giving lymphodepleting chemotherapy, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, before a CAR T-cell therapy helps kill tumor cells in the body and may help the CAR T-cells grow and work better. Giving SJCARB7H3_41BBL after standard chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, and methotrexate may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with newly diagnosed high-risk metastatic osteosarcoma to the lungs.