
Regulatory Readiness for a Superior Microfluidic CAR-T Therapy Cell Processing SystemAward last edited on: 11/17/2023
Sponsored Program
STTRAwarding Agency
NIH : NCITotal Award Amount
$2,367,908Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
393Principal Investigator
Tony WardCompany Information
GPB Scientific LLC
800 East Leigh Street Suite 21
Richmond, VA 23219
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 225-8809 |
info@gpbscientific.com |
www.gpbscientific.com |
Research Institution
Princeton University
Phase I
Contract Number: 1R42CA228616-01Start Date: 4/17/2018 Completed: 3/31/2019
Phase I year
2018Phase I Amount
$279,969Project Terms:
Aliquot; anticancer research; Autologous; B-Cell Acute Leukemia; base; Blood; Blood Cells; Blood Platelets; Businesses; cancer cell; cell injury; Cell physiology; Cell Separation; Cell Therapy; cell type; Cells; Cellular immunotherapy; cellular targeting; Centrifugation; Childhood; chimeric antigen receptor; Clinical; Clinical Trials; Collaborations; cost; cost effective; Cycloparaffins; design; Device or Instrument Development; Devices; Doctor of Philosophy; Engineering; Erythrocytes; FDA approved; Geometry; Goals; Hand; Harvest; Hematologic Neoplasms; Human; Immunophenotyping; Immunotherapy; improved; Injections; Lateral; Leukapheresis; leukemia; Leukocytes; Liquid substance; Malignant Neoplasms; Manufactured Materials; Methods; microchip; Microfluidic Microchips; Microfluidics; Molds; novel; operation; Output; Patients; performance tests; personalized medicine; Phase; Polymers; Population; Preparation; Procedures; Process; product development; Production; prototype; Reagent; Recovery; Refractory; Relapse; Running; Sampling; scale up; Silicon; Site; Small Business Technology Transfer Research; Solid; Stem cells; Sterility; Suspensions; T cell therapy; T-Lymphocyte; Technology; Testing; Therapeutic; Time; Translating; Work; young adult;
Phase II
Contract Number: 4R42CA228616-02Start Date: 4/17/2018 Completed: 5/31/2021
Phase II year
2019(last award dollars: 2022)
Phase II Amount
$2,087,939Public Health Relevance Statement:
PROJECT NARRATIVE Targeted cellular immunotherapies for several hematologic malignancies, and potentially for solid cancers, are nearly at hand. In order to increase their availability, there is a critical need for better methods to efficiently and cost-effectively isolate large quantities of the white blood cells needed to manufacture the therapeutic cells in sufficient quantities. This project proposes to scale up a proprietary microfluidic cell processing technology to enrich white blood cells from leukapheresis harvests, the first step in engineering/manufacture of therapeutic chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) that can cure leukemias and other cancers. Successful completion of this work will result in a well-characterized prototype for a white blood cell enrichment device that will be ready for product development and extensive testing and suitable to meet regulatory approval standards.
NIH Spending Category:
Bioengineering; Biotechnology; Cancer; Clinical Research; Gene Therapy; Genetics; Health Disparities; Hematology; Immunization; Immunotherapy; Minority Health; Vaccine Related
Project Terms:
Aliquot; anticancer research; Autologous; B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; base; Blood; Blood Cells; Blood Platelets; Businesses; cancer cell; CAR T cell therapy; cell injury; Cell physiology; Cell Separation; Cell Therapy; cell type; Cells; Cellular immunotherapy; cellular targeting; Centrifugation; Childhood; chimeric antigen receptor T cells; Clinical; Clinical Trials; Collaborations; cost; cost effective; Cycloparaffins; design; Device or Instrument Development; Devices; Doctor of Philosophy; Engineering; Erythrocytes; FDA approved; Geometry; Goals; Hand; Harvest; Hematologic Neoplasms; Hematopoietic stem cells; Human; Immunophenotyping; Immunotherapy; improved; Injections; Lateral; Leukapheresis; leukemia; Leukocytes; Liquid substance; Malignant Neoplasms; Manufactured Materials; Methods; microchip; Microfluidic Microchips; Microfluidics; Molds; novel; operation; Output; Patients; performance tests; personalized medicine; Phase; Polymers; Population; Preparation; preservation; Procedures; Process; product development; Production; prototype; Reagent; Recovery; Refractory; Relapse; Running; Sampling; scale up; Silicon; Site; Small Business Technology Transfer Research; Solid; Sterility; Suspensions; T-Lymphocyte; Technology; Testing; Therapeutic; Time; Translating; Work; young adult