Engineered immune cells take on Hard-to-Treat blood cancers

NCT ID NCT06191887

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 19, 2026 · Updated 35 times

Summary

This early-phase trial is testing a new type of CAR T-cell therapy called MC10029 for people with B-cell blood cancers that have returned or not responded to treatment. The therapy involves taking a patient's own immune cells, modifying them in the lab to target a protein called BAFFR on cancer cells, and infusing them back along with chemotherapy. The main goals are to find the safest dose and to watch for side effects in 27 participants.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Mayo Clinic in Florida

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    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224-9980, United States

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What this could mean

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

Active substance

BAFFR-targeting CAR T cells (MC10029) with chemotherapy (fludarabine and cyclophosphamide)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with B-cell cancers that have come back or stopped responding to standard therapy.

What could go wrong

This is a very early (Phase 1) trial with only 27 participants, so it is mainly checking safety and dosing. The treatment may not work, and side effects like cytokine release syndrome or nervous system problems are possible.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia B-cell neoplasm B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma diffuse large B-cell lymphoma follicular lymphoma large B-cell lymphoma Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone mantle cell lymphoma marginal zone lymphoma relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Richter transformation

As listed by the trial registrant

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