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Could a cancer therapy tame multiple sclerosis? new trial launches

NCT ID NCT07224373

Disease control Sponsor: AstraZeneca Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 5 times

Summary

This early-stage trial is testing a new treatment called AZD0120 for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) that has not responded to other therapies. AZD0120 is a type of immune cell therapy (CAR-T) designed to target and reset the immune system. The study will enroll 24 adults aged 18-60 and focus primarily on safety and tolerability over two years.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
AZD0120, a type of immune cell therapy (CAR-T cells) that targets two proteins (CD19 and BCMA) on immune cells
What this could lead to
If this treatment is safe and effective, it could offer a new way to control multiple sclerosis by resetting the immune system, potentially reducing relapses and progression.
What could go wrong
This is a very early (Phase 1b) and small trial with only 24 people, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. CAR-T therapy can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome or infections.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 1

The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.

Participants

About 24 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Dec 2025

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 60 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Participants are eligible to be included in the study only if all of the following criteria apply: Age 1. Age ≥ 18-years-old to ≤ 60-years-old at the time of consent Type of Participant and Disease Characteristics 2. Written informed consent in accordance with federal, local, and institutional guidelines 3. Adequate physiological function and reserve at screening RMS Cohort Specific Inclusion Criteria 4. Diagnosis of RMS according to the 2024 McDonald Criteria (Montalban et al 2025) or diagnosis of relapsing, active SPMS according to Lublin et al 2014. 5. Participants should have an EDSS of ≤ 6.5 at screening. 6. Evidence of active disease (clinical relapses and MRI activities within 2 years prior to screening), or intolerance, while on a high efficacy disease-modifying therapy for ≥ 6 months. PMS Cohort Specific Inclusion Criteria 7. Diagnosis of PPMS according to the 2024 McDonald Criteria (Montalban et al 2025) or non-relapsing SPMS according to Lublin et al 2014. 8. Participants must have an EDSS of ≥ 3.0 and ≤ 6.5 at screening. 9. Inadequate response ≥ 1 heDMT with ≥ 6 months treatment or intolerance. Exclusion Criteria Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply: 1. Any prior CAR-T or CAR-NK cell exposure. 2. Underwent splenectomy within 12 months prior to signing the ICF. 3. Received a solid organ transplant at any time or on an active transplant waiting list. 4. Prior treatment with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or total lymphoid irradiation. 5. Cardiac conditions or any other significant cardiac condition that would present undue risk to the participant in the investigator's opinion: 6. Any other central nervous system disease including epilepsy, convulsive seizures, organic encephalopathy syndrome, non-MS related paralysis, aphasia, stroke, severe brain injury, dementia, Parkinson's disease or associated movement disorder, psychosis, CNS vasculitis, or any other neurological disease that may impact the ability to evaluate neurotoxicity. History of a seizure disorder even if the seizure disorder is well controlled with anti-epileptics. 7. Participant has significant psychiatric condition (active or history of). 8. History of other immune-mediated disease that required continued systemic immunosuppression/systemic disease-modifying agents. 9. Evidence of clinically significant bleeding or active bleeding diathesis within 90 days before screening 10. History of malignancy or ongoing treatment for prior malignancy. 11. Inborn error of immunity and/or primary immunodeficiency. 12. Seropositive for HIV or HTLV (including any history of HIV or HTLV). 13. Active viral (any etiology, HBV, HCV) hepatitis are excluded. 14. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to apheresis or lymphodepletion or has surgery planned during the study or within 4 weeks after study treatment administration. 15. Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this study or within 1 year after receiving study treatment, whichever is longer. 16. Unwilling or unsafe to proceed with CSF exams based on coagulopathy or anatomy or other considerations in the judgment of the study investigator. 17. Any contraindications to LP. 18. Participants not willing, able, or are unsafe to take MRI scans as per protocol.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

multiple sclerosis primary progressive multiple sclerosis relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Multiple sclerosis

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    13 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Liverpool, 2170, Australia

  • Research Site

    RECRUITING

    Melbourne, 3000, Australia

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Melbourne, 3004, Australia

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Waratah, 2298, Australia

  • Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    Leipzig, 04103, Germany

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    Magdeburg, 39120, Germany

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    Würzburg, DE-97072, Germany

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom

  • Research Site

    WITHDRAWN

    London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

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