Clinical Research Directory

Effect of a Driving Pressure Adjustment Procedure for High-Frequency Jet Ventilation in Patients Undergoing Tumor Thermal Ablation in Interventional Radiology

Tumor thermal ablation under Jet Ventilation is a procedure performed under general anesthesia that enables tumor ablation under radiological imaging guidance. This procedure, being less invasive than conventional surgery, allows for a faster recovery and hospital discharge. This procedure requires significant precision to ensure the most complete destruction of the tumor, while also preserving adjacent organs. During general anesthesia, respiratory movements complicate radiological localization and tumor destruction. The principle of High-Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) involves using a device that ventilates a small volume of air and oxygen at a specific pressure, called driving pressure, at a high frequency. This ventilation mode reduces respiratory movements while ensuring continuous ventilation and oxygenation. This respiratory stability allows for the precision necessary to superimpose images for tumor localization and destruction. There are no guidelines regarding the driving pressure setting for HFJV for tumor thermal ablation. The method tested in this research is based on patient's height to optimize the driving pressure when using HFV. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the impact of driving pressure settings, on respiratory function, taking into account patient's height. On the day of the procedure, the driving pressure setting for the HFJV will be randomly assigned (1.4 bars, 1.9 bars, 2.4 bars, or customized according to the patient's height) (1 bar = 14 psi). The research will be conducted using medical data collected during routine patient care. Patient participation will last for the duration of their hospital stay, approximately two days.

Immunotherapy for Solid Tumor Malignancies in Pediatrics Using Interleukin-15 and -21 Armored Glypican-3-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells

This Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized study will enroll pediatric and young adult subjects with relapsed or refractory non-central nervous system (CNS) malignant solid tumors expressing glypican-3 (GPC3) to examine the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of administering T cell products derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) that have been genetically modified to co-express a GPC3-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-21 as well as the inducible caspase 9 (iC9) suicide gene (SC-CAR.GPC3xIL15.21 T cells). A child or young adult meeting all eligibility criteria and meeting none of the exclusion criteria will have a blood sample collected, which will be used to bioengineer the CAR T cells targeting their tumor.

Cytokine Armored GPC3 Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor Expressing T-cells in Adults With Solid Tumors

This Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized study will enroll adult subjects with relapsed or refractory non-central nervous system (CNS) malignant solid tumors expressing glypican-3 (GPC3) to examine the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of administering T cell products derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) that have been genetically modified to co-express a GPC3-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-21 as well as the inducible caspase 9 (iC9) suicide gene (SC-CAR.GPC3xIL15.21 T cells). An adult participant meeting all eligibility criteria and meeting none of the exclusion criteria will have a blood sample collected, which will be used to bioengineer the CAR T cells targeting their tumor.