Switchable donor t cells target Hard-to-Treat leukemia
NCT ID NCT05949125
First seen Sep 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing a two-part cell therapy for adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has come back or stopped responding to treatment. The therapy uses donor T cells that have been gene-edited to carry a reverse chimeric antigen receptor, plus a separate targeting module that bridges those cells to CD123-positive leukemia cells. The phase 1 trial aims to find out whether the combination is safe and tolerable, and it also tracks response rates and survival. Participants must be 18 or older, have CD123-positive AML, and have exhausted standard treatment options.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- donor-derived gene-edited T cells with a reverse chimeric antigen receptor, paired with a CD123-targeting module
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with AML that has come back or stopped responding, including a path toward donor cells that do not need to be matched as strictly.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 1 trial with about 37 participants, so its main goal is to check safety and find a tolerable dose, not to prove the treatment works. Early cell therapies can cause serious immune reactions, and the approach may not shrink tumors or may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 37 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria (Dose Expansion): 1\. Male or female participants, age ≥18 years. 2. HLA type of participant must match at HLA B and C loci 3. Participants with CD123+ AML with morphologically relapsed or refractory disease (\>5% BM blasts). CD123 positivity is defined as ≥20% of leukemic cells expressing CD123 at any point in the course of disease. 1. Up to third relapse for whom all standard or life-extending therapies have failed and for whom no potentially curative therapies are available or who are intolerant to such therapies. 2. Without prior myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) or MDS/MPN (including leukemic transformation of MPN, "blast phase", and "accelerated phase" MPN), and without hyperproliferative disease requiring cytoreductive treatment within 4 weeks from the screening or with WBC above ULN at screening. 3. Exceptions to minimum CD123 expression are not allowed. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 5. Life expectancy of at least 3 months in the judgment of the investigator. 6. Adequate renal and hepatic laboratory assessments. 7. Adequate cardiac function. 8. Long-term central venous access existing (e.g., tunneled CV catheter or port-system) or willing to have such a device inserted to ensure continuous R-TM123 administration. 9\. Able to give written informed consent. 10. Weight is greater than the minimum weight required for a specific batch to ensure that the dose administered does not exceed 10\^5 TCR+ cells/kg of patient weight. 11\. Negative pregnancy; routinely using a highly effective method of birth control. Exclusion Criteria (Dose Expansion): 1. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (t15;17) or myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) per WHO 2022 diagnostic criteria. 2. AML with only extramedullary manifestations (e.g., chloroma, primary myeloid sarcoma). 3. Active manifestation of AML in the central nervous system. 4. Bone marrow failure syndromes. 5. Cardiac disease: heart failure (New York Heart Association III or IV); unstable coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, or serious cardiac ventricular arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy within the last 6 months prior to study entry. 6. Active pulmonary disease with clinically relevant hypoxia (SpO₂ \<92% on room air or daily need for supplemental oxygen). 7. Parkinson's disease or epilepsy with clinical symptoms in the previous 6 months . 8. Stroke, seizure, or intracranial hemorrhage in the past 12 months. 9. History or presence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), deep vein thrombosis or thromboembolism within 3 months prior to start of treatment. 10. Active infectious disease considered by investigator to be incompatible with protocol or being contraindications for lymphodepletion therapy 11. Presence of hemorrhagic cystitis 12. Other toxicity from prior anticancer treatment has not resolved to Grade ≤1 or baseline. 13. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation within last 2 months or GvHD requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy. 14. Vaccination with live viruses \< 2 weeks prior to lymphodepletion therapy. 15. Major surgery within 28 days prior to start of R-TM123 infusion. 16. Prior malignancy in the past 3 years or any malignancy requiring ongoing active therapy other than adjuvant endocrine therapy. Participants with malignancy within the last 3 years, but with resected or ablated tumors, such as basal cell carcinoma of skin, carcinoma-in-situ of the cervix, or other tumors considered cured may be considered for the study with Sponsor approval. 17. Treatment with any investigational drug substance or experimental therapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) of the substance prior to lymphodepletion. 18. Treatment with anti-leukemic therapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to lymphodepletion. 19. Prior treatment with gene modified cell products. 20. Autoimmune diseases requiring systemic steroids or other systemic immunosuppressants. 21. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 22. Psychologic disorders with treatment modifications required within the last 3 months, drug and/or significant active alcohol abuse as per investigator's medical judgement. Depression or anxiety due to presence of the underlying malignancy may be exempted with Sponsor approval. 23. History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) or active/chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV). 24. Known presence of autoantibodies against lupus La protein (La)/ Sjögren syndrome type B antigen (SS-B) or presence or history of autoimmune diseases associated with such antibodies. (Results from recent sampling are not required for eligibility unless MH or other facts indicate La/SS-B would likely be positive.) 25. Known hypersensitivity to cellular component (Allo-RevCAR01-T) and/or TM (R-TM123) excipients or to compounds of the lymphodepletion therapy, tocilizumab, or corticosteroids. 26. Evidence that the participant is not likely or able to follow the study protocol (e.g., lacking compliance) in the judgment of the investigator. 27. Participant unable to understand the informed consent and possible consequences of the participation in the clinical trial in the judgment of the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
13 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amsterdam University Medical Center
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, HV, 1081, Netherlands
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Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
RECRUITINGBerlin, State of Berlin, 13353, Germany
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Erasmus University Medical Center
RECRUITINGRotterdam, Gelderland, 3015, Netherlands
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Klinikum der Universität München
RECRUITINGMunich, Bavaria, 81377, Germany
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
RECRUITINGHanover, Germany
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
COMPLETEDGroningen, RB Groningen, 9700, Netherlands
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Universitätsklinikum Dresden
RECRUITINGDresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Essen
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEssen, 45147, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFrankfurt, 60590, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHeidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Köln
COMPLETEDCologne, 50937, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Marburg
RECRUITINGMarburg, Hesse, 35032, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Ulm
RECRUITINGUlm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89081, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
RECRUITINGWürzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany
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