Double-Barreled CAR-T cells take aim at Hard-to-Treat myeloma
NCT ID NCT07003568
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new type of immune cell therapy that targets two proteins (BCMA and GPRC5D) on myeloma cells. It is for patients whose multiple myeloma has come back or stopped responding to treatment and has spread to other parts of the body. The main goal is to check safety in 18 participants, with some early looks at how well it works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dual-targeting BCMA-GPRC5D CAR-T cells (a type of immune cell therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with multiple myeloma that has spread outside the bone marrow and stopped responding to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) and small trial (18 people) focused mainly on safety, not effectiveness. The therapy may cause serious side effects or not work well enough.
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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 18 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 75 years
- 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: 1. Voluntarily participate in the trial and have good compliance. 2. Aged between 18 and 75 years old, regardless of gender. 3. Diagnosed with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma according to the criteria of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG)2, and have measurable extramedullary lesions due to multiple myeloma. 4. Positive for BCMA and GPRC5D in flow cytometry of bone marrow or cerebrospinal fluid tumor cells or immunohistochemistry of tumor tissue. 5. Organ functions: ① Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction \> 50% (by echocardiogram) in the past 2 weeks. ② Liver function: Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase \< 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). ③ Renal function: Creatinine clearance rate ≥ 40 mL/min (by Cockcroft and Gault formula). ④ Coagulation function: PT and APPT \< 1.5 times the ULN. ⑤ Arterial oxygen saturation (SpO₂) \> 95%. ⑥ Pulmonary function: FEV₁% predicted value ≥ 50%. 6. Female patients of childbearing age must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and before receiving cyclophosphamide and fludarabine or melphalan treatment; male patients should be willing to use effective contraceptive methods for 1 year after receiving the study treatment. 7. ECOG score ≤ 2. 8. Expected survival time \> 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating women. 2. Active infections that have not been effectively controlled. 3. Active autoimmune diseases that have not been effectively controlled. 4. Adverse reactions caused by previous treatments have not recovered to CTCAE grade ≤ 1. 5. For allogeneic transplant patients, active graft - versus - host disease (GVHD) that has not been effectively controlled. 6. Presence of any of the following: HBV - DNA copy number above the lower limit of detection; positive hepatitis C antibody (HCV - Ab) with HCV - RNA copy number above the lower limit of measurability; positive anti - Treponema pallidum antibody (TP - Ab); positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test. 7. Allergic or intolerant to fludarabine or cyclophosphamide. 8. Suffering from known symptomatic non - plasma cell infiltrative central nervous system diseases. 9. Uncontrollable cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within 6 months, such as: a. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV congestive heart failure. b. Myocardial infarction occurred or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was received ≤ 6 months before enrollment. c. Clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia or a history of unexplained syncope (excluding cases caused by vasovagal or dehydration). d. A history of severe non - ischemic cardiomyopathy. 10. A history of other untreated malignancies within the past 5 years or having other untreated malignancies concurrently. 11. The investigator assesses that the subject cannot or is unwilling to comply with the requirements of the study protocol. 12. Previous use of a CAR - T vector with the same structure.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Liquan Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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