Experimental cell therapy takes on hard-to-treat muscle disease

NCT ID NCT06665256

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a new treatment called rapcabtagene autoleucel for people with severe idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (muscle inflammation) that hasn't improved with standard therapies. About 21 adults will receive either this cell therapy or a comparator. The main goal is to see if more participants achieve moderate-to-major improvement in muscle function by week 52, while also tracking safety and steroid use.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Augusta University Georgia

    Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States

  • Baylor University Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Duke Clinical Research Institute

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • FL Medical Clinic Orlando Health

    Zephyrhills, Florida, 33542, United States

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • LDS Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84143, United States

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Barretos, São Paulo, 14784 400, Brazil

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01232-010, Brazil

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01308-050, Brazil

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Brest, 29200, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Lyon, 69003, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Marseille, 13885, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Paris, 75013, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Rennes, 35033, France

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Leipzig, Saxony, 04103, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Jena, Thuringia, 07740, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Aachen, 52074, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Mainz, 55131, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Nuremberg, 90419, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Ulm, 89081, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Ancona, AN, 60126, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Brescia, BS, 25123, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Monza, MB, 20900, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Milan, MI, 20122, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Rozzano, MI, 20089, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Verona, VR, 37134, Italy

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Sendai, Miyagi, 9808574, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Izumo, Shimane, 6938501, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1138519, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 1608582, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Ishikawa, 9208641, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Kyoto, 6068507, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Amsterdam, North Holland, 1105 AZ, Netherlands

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Singapore, 119074, Singapore

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Singapore, 169608, Singapore

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Singapore, S308433, Singapore

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Santiago Compostela, A Coruna, 15706, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Córdoba, 14004, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Madrid, 28009, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Salamanca, 37007, Spain

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Kaohsiung City, 83301, Taiwan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Taichung, 407219, Taiwan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Taipei, 10002, Taiwan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2JF, United Kingdom

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom

  • University Of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • University Of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States

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