Scientists test CAR-T cells made inside the body to fight Hard-to-Treat myeloma

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years, male or female; 2. Confirmed diagnosis of multiple myeloma meeting at least one of the following criteria: 1. Disease progression after at least 2 prior standard treatment regimens; or poor response to primary therapeutic agents (e.g., immunomodulatory agents, proteasome inhibitors) 2. Disease progression within 18 months after first-line therapy 3. Presence of features associated with high risk of disease relapse or progression (e.g., high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities); 3. At least one measurable disease indicator: 1. Serum M-protein ≥ 0.5 g/dL 2. Urine M-protein ≥ 200 mg/24 hours 3. Involved serum free light chain (sFLC) ≥ 10 mg/dL with an abnormal serum free light chain κ/λ ratio 4. No evidence of extramedullary plasmacytoma (soft tissue plasmacytoma); 5. ECOG performance status score 0-2; 6. Expected survival period ≥ 3 months; 7. Adequate bone marrow function within 1 month prior to screening: 1. Hemoglobin ≥ 60 g/L; 2. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 0.5 × 10⁹/L; 3. Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 50 × 10⁹/L; 4. Lymphocyte count ≥ 0.5 × 10⁹/L; 5. CD3-positive T-cell absolute count ≥ 0.15 × 10⁹/L; 8. Adequate vital organ function within 1 month prior to screening: 1. Renal function: creatinine clearance rate (CrCl) ≥ 30 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula), or serum creatinine (Scr) ≤ 2.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN); 2. Hepatic function: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3.0 × ULN; total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 2.0 × ULN (except for patients with congenital hyperbilirubinemia such as Gilbert's syndrome, in which case direct bilirubin may be ≤ 1.5 × ULN); 3. Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 40%; no clinically significant pericardial effusion; and no clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities (e.g., severe arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, conduction block); 4. Pulmonary function: blood oxygen saturation (SpO₂) ≥ 90% without supplemental oxygen; 9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test during the screening period and before study drug administration, and must not be lactating during the study; 10. Men and women of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraceptive measures (excluding unreliable methods such as rhythm method) from the time of signing the informed consent form until 1 year after the last dose of study drug, and must agree not to donate sperm or eggs; 11. The subject or their legally authorized representative has signed the informed consent form (ICF), indicating understanding of the study purpose and procedures and voluntary participation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment with CAR-T therapy or other gene-modified cell therapy before screening; 2. Presence of active central nervous system (CNS) involvement at screening (including brain parenchymal, meningeal, or spinal meningeal involvement, or positive cerebrospinal fluid for tumor cells), or other CNS diseases; 3. Received the following anti-tumor therapies prior to PICX Injection infusion: 1. Chemotherapy, combination therapy with proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory agents, or other systemic anti-tumor drug therapy within 14 days or at least 5 half-lives before infusion (excluding intrathecal chemotherapy, which must be discontinued at least 1 week prior to infusion); 2. Radiotherapy to non-hematopoietic sites within 7 days, or to hematopoietic sites within 14 days before infusion; 3. BCMA-targeting antibody-based therapy within 3 months before infusion; 4. Active or uncontrolled infection requiring systemic treatment at screening (including bacterial, viral, fungal, or other infections); 5. Presence of any of the following cardiac conditions: 1. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure; 2. Myocardial infarction, or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or coronary stent placement within 6 months prior to screening; 3. Clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia, or history of syncope of unknown cause (excluding vasovagal or dehydration-related); 4. History of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy; 6. Presence of other clinically significant diseases or conditions, including: 1. Primary immunodeficiency disease; 2. Cerebrovascular accident or seizure within 6 months prior to screening; 3. Definite cognitive impairment or psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities (e.g., dementia, altered mental status), or severe psychiatric disorders; 4. Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonism, or other movement disorders; 7. Grade 2-4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or moderate to severe chronic GVHD within 4 weeks prior to screening; 8. History of other malignancies other than multiple myeloma prior to screening, except for: 1. Malignancies treated with curative intent with no known active disease for ≥ 2 years prior to enrollment; 2. Adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ, basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma, localized prostate cancer after radical surgery, or ductal carcinoma in situ after radical surgery; 9. Vaccination with live-attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to screening; 10. Known severe hypersensitivity to PICX Injection or any of its formulation components; 11. Inability to establish venous access; 12. Other conditions deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in the study.