Engineered immune cells take on tough blood cancers in early trial

NCT ID NCT03853616

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This early-phase trial is testing a new treatment called MB-CART19.1 for people with certain blood cancers (like leukemia and lymphoma) that have come back or not responded to other treatments. The therapy uses a patient's own immune cells, which are modified in a lab to better recognize and attack cancer cells. The main goals are to find a safe dose and see if it's feasible to give this treatment to about 48 adults and children.

What this could mean

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

Active substance

MB-CART19.1 (a type of CAR T cell therapy made from the patient's own immune cells)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could lead to a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat B cell cancers that have not responded to standard therapies.

What could go wrong

This is a very early (Phase 1) trial with only 48 participants, so safety and dosing are still being figured out. CAR T cell therapy can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acute lymphoblastic leukemia B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia B-cell neoplasm B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Charité - University clinic, pediatric clinic with focus on oncology and hematology

    Berlin, 13353, Germany

  • Children's Hospital of Dr. von Hauner by Ludwig-Maximilian University

    Munich, 80337, Germany

  • Tuebingen University clinic, medical university clinic for internal medicine

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • University clinic for children and youth medicine

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • University clinic, pediatric hematology and oncology

    Würzburg, 97070, Germany

  • University medicine Goettingen, Clinic of hematology and medical oncology

    Göttingen, 37075, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

    Erlangen, 91054, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Münster - Klink für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin / Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie

    Münster, 48149, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Münster - Medizinische Klinik A / KMT Zentrum

    Münster, 48149, Germany