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Brain TumorPhase 1REMINDNCT03652545

Multi-antigen T Cell Infusion Against Neuro-oncologic Disease

A Phase 1 study testing TAA-T in people with Brain Tumor, run by Catherine Bollard at 1 site in United States.

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Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This Phase I dose-escalation trial is designed to determine the safety and feasibility of rapidly generated tumor multi-antigen associated specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (TAA-T) in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas DIPGs (Group A) or recurrent, progressive, or refractory non-brainstem… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 6 months to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Brain Tumor
What is being tested?
TAA-T
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
33 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
12 Dec 2018to Dec 2028
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 6 months to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Recipient Procurement Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of high-risk CNS tumors: DIPG, high-grade glioma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma, embryonal tumors, choroid plexus carcinoma, other aggressive CNS malignancies.
  • o Group A (newly diagnosed DIPG): Radiographic diagnosis with DIPG defined as tumors with a pontine epicenter and diffuse intrinsic involvement of the pons. For Group A, procurement within the first 12 weeks after completion of radiotherapy is required.
  • Group B: Recurrent, progressive, or refractory disease after standard treatment. Refractory disease includes high-risk tumors with residual disease after completion of standard treatment or tumors with known poor cure rates with standard treatment.
  • 6 months to 80 years of age at enrollment
  • Karnofsky/Lansky score of ≥ 60%
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  • Organ function:
  • o ANC greater than or equal to750/µL
  • o Platelets greater than or equal to 75K
  • o Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5x ULN
  • o AST/ALT less than or equal to 5x ULN
  • o Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.0mg/dL or 1.5x ULN for age (whichever is higher)
  • Pulse oximetry > 90% on room air
  • Agree to use contraceptive measures during study protocol participation (when age appropriate)
  • Patient or parent/guardian capable of providing informed consent
  • Available pre-trial tumor tissue (Optional for Group B patients, but highly encouraged. Also optional for Group A)
  • Patient deemed to be of sufficient size in order to provide the necessary blood volume for TAA-T generation
  • Recipient Procurement Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with uncontrolled infections
  • Patients with known HIV infection
  • Pregnancy** or lactating females
  • Prior immunotherapy with an investigational agent within the last 28 days prior to procurement
  • Patients with previous history of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (however, patients who have received autologous stem-cell infusions will remain eligible).
  • Bulky tumor o Group B - patients who have bulky tumor on imaging are ineligible. These include the following: Tumor with any evidence of uncal herniation or significant midline shift Tumor with a significant brainstem component Patients who are deemed to have overly bulky tumor by the PI of the study
  • Pregnancy assessment on all patients >7 years will be performed. If patient has child bearing potential (per PI/Sub-I discretion), then pregnancy testing will be performed.
  • Recipient Inclusion Criteria for Initial TAA-T Administration and for Subsequent Infusions
  • Steroids < 0.5 mg/kg/day dexamethasone or equivalent
  • Karnofsky/Lansky score of greater than or equal to 60%
  • Organ function:
  • o ANC greater than or equal to750/µL
  • o Platelets greater than or equal to 75K
  • Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5x ULN
  • AST/ALT less than or equal to 5x ULN
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal 1.0mg/dL or 1.5x ULN for age (whichever is higher)
  • Pulse oximetry > 90% on room air
  • Patients must have received their last dose of known:
  • o Myelosuppressive chemotherapy (including completing radiotherapy for group A patients): greater than or equal to14 days prior to TAA-T infusion or demonstrated count recovery
  • o Investigational agent: 28 days prior to TAA-T infusion. For investigational agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 28 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time when new adverse events are known to commonly occur.
  • Biologic agents: 7 days prior to TAA-T infusion. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time when new adverse events are known to commonly occur.
  • Bevacizumab: bevacizumab may be used if clinically indicated in order to control potential pseudoprogression* or inflammation thought to be due to the cellular product. There will not be a standard required washout period for bevacizumab if used for this indication.
  • Surgery: patients must have recovered from all acute effects of prior surgical intervention
  • Neurologic status: Patients with neurologic deficits must have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 7 days prior to TAA-T infusion
  • Pseudoprogression is a retrospective assessment that some (or all) noted tumor enlargement by radiographic criteria may reflect immune cell infiltration rather than true tumor progression. This diagnosis is commonly accepted to be retrospectively true if, in the context of clinical stability, radiographic progression plateaus when it would have been expected to progress.
  • Recipient Exclusion Criteria for Initial and Subsequent TAA-T Infusions
  • Patients with uncontrolled infections
  • Bulky tumor*** o Group B - patients who have bulky tumor on imaging are not eligible. These include the following: Tumor with evidence of uncal herniation or significant midline shift Tumor with a significant brainstem component Patients who are deemed to have overly bulky tumor by the PI of the study
  • Patients who received ATG, Campath or other immunosuppressive T cell monoclonal antibodies within 28 days of TAA-T cell infusion.
  • Pregnancy or lactating females
  • Pregnancy assessment on all patients >7 years will be performed. If patient has child bearing potential (per PI/Sub-I discretion), then pregnancy testing will be performed.
  • For subsequent infusions, the most recent disease assessments (as obtained per standard of care) will be used to determine eligibility.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Brain Tumor Institute, Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010

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About this study

Official title: Phase I REsearch on Multi-antigen T Cell Infusion Against Neuro-oncologic Disease

This Phase I dose-escalation trial is designed to determine the safety and feasibility of rapidly generated tumor multi-antigen associated specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (TAA-T) in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas DIPGs (Group A) or recurrent, progressive, or refractory non-brainstem CNS malignancies (Group B).

Pediatric and adult patients who have high-risk CNS tumors known to typically have positivity for one or more Tumor Antigen Associated (TAA) (WT1, PRAME and/or Survivin) will be eligible. TAA-T will all be generated from patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).

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Group A patients (DIPG): The first TAA-T dose will be infused any time 14 days or more after completion of radiotherapy.

Group B patients (other recurrent/progressive/refractory CNS tumors): The first TAA-T dose will be infused any time 14 days or more after completing most recent course of conventional (non-investigational) therapy for their disease AND after appropriate washout periods as detailed in eligibility criteria.

Read the detailed description

This protocol is designed as a phase I dose-escalation study. Three different TAA-T dose levels will be evaluated in each treatment group (A and B) (see below) with 2 to 4 patients enrolled at each dose level.

Dose Level 1: 2 x 107 cells/m2 Dose Level 2: 4 x 107 cells/m2 Dose Level 3: 8 x 107 cells/m2

Two patients will be initially enrolled to the lowest dose level cohort (separately on each arm) and followed for 42 days after initial TAA-T for DLT evaluations. The decision on whether it is safe to escalate to next dose level or not will be made after at least two patients in each dose level have finished their 42-days toxicity follow up after initial TAA-T. If the first two patients have not finished their 42 days follow-up, up to 2 additional incoming patients can be enrolled at the current dose level.

Ideally, patients should not receive other systemic antineoplastic agents for at least 42 days after infusion of TAA-T (for purposes of evaluation), although such treatment may be added if deemed critical for patient care by the attending physician.

Each patient will receive at least one TAA-T infusion and may receive a maximum of 8 subsequent infusions. The first and second infusions will be administered at least 42 days apart then additional infusions will be spaced at least 28 days apart from each other. The expected volume of each infusion is 1 to 10 ml.

If patients with disease have a response of stable disease or better by RANO criteria at the day 28 evaluation after the second infusion OR if they have clinical stability and a clinical assessment of possible pseudoprogression on MRI, they are eligible to receive up to 6 additional infusions of TAA-T at 28 day intervals if available. Each subsequent infusion will be the same as the enrollment dose level (i.e. no subsequent dose escalation). The first and second infusions will be administered at least 42 days apart then additional infusions will be spaced at least 28 days apart from each other. Following the first infusion, if a patient's TAA-T supply is insufficient for subsequent infusions at the enrollment dose level, further treatments may be administered at a lower dose level at the treating physician's discretion.

If patients who are clinically stable are deemed to have likely pseudoprogression at the disease evaluation after the second infusion or on subsequent imaging, then these patients may still be eligible for infusion if serial imaging and clinical assessments demonstrate stability most consistent with pseudoprogression. In these patients, disease assessment after the imaging that first raises the concern for pseudoprogression (potential progressive disease versus pseudoprogression) must be at least stable when compared with the first scan demonstrating pseudoprogression.

Conditions
Brain Tumor
Being tested
TAA-T
Medical subject headings
Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • TAA-TBiological

    Patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas DIPGs (Group A) or recurrent, progressive, or refractory non-brainstem CNS malignancies (Group B). The goal of this cell infusion will be to initiate an immune response against brain tumors that includes multiple antigens and may prevent tumor evasion (through decreased expression of a single antigen)

Study groups in NCT03652545
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TAA-TExperimentalThree different dosing schedules will be evaluated. Dose Level One: 2 x 107 cells/m2 Dose Level Two: 4 x 107 cells/m2 Dose Level Three: 8 x 107 cells/m2 Group A patients (DIPG): The first TAA-T dose will be infused any time more than or equal to 14 days after completion of radiotherapy. Group B patients (other recurrent/progressive/refractory CNS tumors): TAA-T will be infused any time more than or equal to 14 days after completing most recent course of conventional (non-investigational) therapy for their disease AND after appropriate washout periods as detailed in eligibility criteria. Ideally, patients should not receive other systemic antineoplastic agents for at least 42 days after the infusion of TAA-T, although such treatment may be added if deemed critical for patient care by the attending physician.
Receives: Biological: TAA-T

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Incidence of Product- Adverse Events

    Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v4.03, change from Baseline Infusion related toxicity at 42 days.

    Measured: Within 42 days of the first TAA-T dose

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. TAA-T responses

    Determine the number of patients who respond to tumor associated antigen lymphocytes from base line to one year.

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Aug 2018
  2. Study start12 Dec 2018
  3. Primary completionMar 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
33 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03652545
Sponsor's protocol ID
Pro00010463
Acronym
REMIND
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
28 Aug 2018
Last updated
14 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Gomez S, DiCioccio RA, Geiger AE, Grant ML, Reynolds E, Datar A, McCann CD, Tanna J, Kukadiya D, Hoq F, Zhang A, Hanley PJ, Webb JL, Kilburn LB, Rood BR, Fonseca A, Meany HJ, Vezina LG, Packer RJ, Cruz CRY, Bollard CM, Hwang EI. Multi-antigen-targeting T cells in pediatric central nervous system tumors: a phase 1 trial. Nat Med. 2026 Jul;32(7):2481-2493. doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04449-9. Epub 2026 Jun 30.

    PubMed 42380677

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing TAA-T in people with Brain Tumor, run by Catherine Bollard at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 50 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of Product- Adverse Events (time frame: Within 42 days of the first TAA-T dose). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03652545, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Aug 2026.

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