Engineered immune cells take on childhood blood cancers in early trial
NCT ID NCT06173518
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new CAR T-cell therapy called AUTO1 (obe-cel) in up to 30 children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has returned or not responded to treatment. The therapy uses the child's own immune cells, which are modified in a lab to recognize and attack cancer cells. The main goals are to check safety and see how many children achieve complete remission within three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AUTO1 (Obecabtagene autoleucel [Obe-cel]) - a type of CAR T-cell therapy made from the patient's own immune cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for children with hard-to-treat B-cell cancers that have come back or not responded to standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. CAR T-cell therapy can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome and low antibody levels.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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0 to 18 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: * \< 18 years old at screening * ≥ 6 kg body weight at screening Pediatric patients with r/r B ALL r/r CD19-positive aggressive mature B including the B NHL subtypes: i) diffuse large B cell lymphoma, ii) Burkitt's lymphoma, iii) primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma, iv) high-grade B cell lymphoma (not otherwise specified). * Karnofsky (age ≥ 10 years) or Lansky (age \< 10 year) performance status score ≥ 50%. * In participants with B ALL, local documentation of CD19 expression on leukemic blasts in the BM, peripheral blood, or cerebrospinal fluid or biopsy done no more than 30 days prior to consent. * Adequate renal, hepatic, pulmonary, and cardiac function. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia in lymphoid blast crisis. * History or presence of clinically relevant central nervous system (CNS) pathology unrelated to CNS leukemia. * Presence of active or uncontrolled fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection requiring systemic antimicrobials for management. * Received prior (\< 3 months before obe cel infusion) stem cell transplantation. * Prior CD19 targeted therapy other than blinatumomab. * Experienced Grade ≥ 3 neurotoxicity following blinatumomab.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
9 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Great North Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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Hospital Nino Jesus
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Hospital Vall d'Hebron
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Spain
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Methodist Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Primary Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States
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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGManchester, United Kingdom
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The Mount Sinai Hospital
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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