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Experimental CAR-T therapy takes on tough leukemia
NCT ID NCT07617285
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial is testing a new type of CAR-T cell therapy, called CT0890B, for people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has come back or not responded to treatment. The therapy uses donor-derived immune cells that are engineered to target a protein called NKG2DL on leukemia cells. Up to 27 participants will receive the cells along with chemotherapy, and researchers will monitor safety and any signs that the leukemia is reduced.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- allogeneic CAR-T cells (CT0890B) plus chemotherapy conditioning
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat acute myeloid leukemia who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early phase 1 trial with only 27 participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. CAR-T therapy can cause severe side effects like cytokine release syndrome.
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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 27 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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 70 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. Age 18-70 years (inclusive), male or female. 2. Relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML) diagnosed according to the 2022 World Health Organization classification or ELN criteria, with confirmed NKG2D ligand-positive disease. 3. Bone marrow blasts ≥5% by morphology. 4. Estimated life expectancy \>12 weeks. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2. 6. Adequate organ function without ongoing supportive care, defined as: 1. Cardiac: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50%; 2. Hepatic: ALT and AST ≤2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN), and total bilirubin ≤2 × ULN; 3. Renal: creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula); 4. Coagulation: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5 × ULN and prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5 × ULN. c) Renal: creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula); d) Coagulation: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5 × ULN and prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5 × ULN. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants were diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), BCR-ABL positive leukemia (chronic myeloid leukemia in acute phase), central nervous system leukemia; 2. Participants with a history of epilepsy or other central nervous system disease; 3. Participants who have previously received autologous or allogeneic CAR-T therapy; 4. Participants who have received autologous stem cell transplantation or allogeneic stem cell transplantation within 12 weeks 5. Participants who have received prior immunotherapy targeting NKG2DL; 6. Participant has clinically significant active GVHD or is receiving systemic corticosteroids for GVHD; 7. Participant has any of the following at screening: 1)Active, uncontrolled systemic infection or requiring intravenous anti-infective agents 2)Any of the following cardiac conditions, including: 1. New York Heart Association Class III-IV heart failure; 2. History of myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, or unstable angina within 6 months prior to Qinglin; 3. History of uncontrolled arrhythmia of significant clinical significance (as judged by the investigator), such as ventricular arrhythmia; 4. History of severe nonischemic ardiomyopathy; 5. Other cardiac disease that the investigatorbelieve could jeopardize the participant 's well-being or compromise participation in this clinical trial; 3) Active bleeding of clinical significance as judged by the investigator; 4)Requiring supplemental oxygen to maintain oxygen saturation\> 92%; 5)Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or other lung diseases that cannot tolerate CAR-T treatment as judged by the investigator;
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University People's Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100044, China
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