Engineered immune cells take on stubborn blood disorder
NCT ID NCT07416032
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial will test a new type of CAR T-cell therapy, called QT-019C, in 27 adults with refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a condition where the immune system destroys platelets, causing bleeding. The therapy uses donor-derived immune cells engineered to target two proteins (CD19 and BCMA) on the cells driving the disease. The main goals are to check safety and see if it can raise platelet counts.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Universal allogeneic CAR T-cells targeting CD19 and BCMA (QT-019C)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat immune thrombocytopenia, potentially reducing bleeding risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small trial (27 people) focused on safety. The therapy may not work, and side effects like cytokine release syndrome or neurological issues are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very 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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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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 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\. Participants aged ≥18 years and ≤75 years, regardless of gender. * 2\. Clinically diagnosed with primary immune thrombocytopenia for no less than 6 months, with platelet counts \< 30×10\^9/L in two separate tests conducted within 15 days before the initiation of study treatment, with at least 7 days between the tests. * 3\. Presence of any anti-platelet glycoprotein autoantibody (GPIb/GPIX/GPIIb/GPIIIa/GMP140) positive. * 4\. Meet the criteria for refractory ITP: previously received first-line and/or second-line ITP treatment (first-line treatment includes corticosteroids or immunoglobulins; second-line treatment includes thrombopoietin receptor agonists (such as eltrombopag, romiplostim), rituximab, splenectomy, etc.), but ineffective (post-treatment platelet count \<30×10\^9/L, or platelet count increase less than twice the baseline value, or presence of bleeding), or relapse after initial response or difficult to maintain after discontinuation. * 5\. Important organ functions are basically normal during the selection period: 1. Echocardiogram indicates ejection fraction \>50%, ECG shows no significant abnormalities; 2. Creatinine clearance (CrCl) (Cockcroft-Gault formula) \>30 mL/min; 3. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<3.0x the upper limit of normal (ULN); 4. Total bilirubin (TBIL) and alkaline phosphatase (AKP or ALP) \<2.0x ULN (Gilbert's syndrome \<3.0x UN); 5. Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) \>0.5x10\^9; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>1x10\^9; hemoglobin (Hb) \>60g; 6. Oxygen saturation \>92%. * 6\. Female participants of childbearing potential and male participants who are partners of women of childbearing age must use medically accepted contraceptive measures or abstain for at least 12 months during and after the study treatment; female participants of childbearing age must have a negative serum HCG test within 7 days before study enrollment and must not be breastfeeding. * 7\. Volunteer to participate in this clinical study, sign informed consent, demonstrate good compliance, and cooperate with follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Secondary thrombocytopenia caused by myelodysplastic syndromes, splenic hyperfunction, autoimmune diseases, early aplastic anemia, atypical aplastic anemia, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, among other causes. * 2\. Bone marrow examination results during the screening phase indicate bone marrow fibrosis MF\>2 (European expert consensus scoring criteria for bone marrow fibrosis, Thiele et al., 2005) or the bone marrow examination suggests the presence of other primary conditions causing thrombocytopenia aside from ITP. * 3\. History of any of the following heart diseases: 1. NYHA class II or IV congestive heart failure; 2. Myocardial infarction within 6 months before signing the ICF, or having undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or coronary artery stent implantation; 3. Clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias or a history of unexplained syncope (excluding cases caused by vasovagal or dehydration); 4. History of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. * 4\. Patients who have previously received gene-modified cell therapies such as TCR-T, CAR-T, CAR-NK, etc. * 5\. Patients who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) with peripheral blood HBV DNA levels exceeding the upper limit of detection; those who are positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and have positive peripheral blood HCV RNA; those who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies; and those who test positive for syphilis. * 6\. Subjects who have received the following drug treatments before the start of the study will be excluded: 1. B-cell and antibody-secreting cell (ASC) depletion therapy: i. Subjects who have received anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment (such as rituximab) within 3 months before screening will be excluded. If such treatment occurred more than 3 months but not more than 6 months before screening, and if the absolute count of peripheral blood CD19⁺ B cells is above the lower limit of normal (as determined by local or central laboratory), then enrollment may be allowed after confirmation by the investigator and the medical director of the sponsor (or designated representative). ii. Subjects who have previously received simultaneous CD19-targeting and BCMA-targeting treatments will be excluded. Subjects who have received CD19-targeting or BCMA-targeting treatment (either one) within 6 months before screening will also be excluded. If such treatment occurred more than 6 months before screening, and if the absolute count of peripheral blood CD19⁺ B cells is above the lower limit of normal (as determined by local or central laboratory), then enrollment may be allowed after confirmation by the investigator and the medical director of the sponsor (or designated representative). iii. Subjects who have used or adjusted the dosage of BTK and SyK inhibitors within 2 weeks before screening should be excluded. If the dosage has been stable for ≥ 2 weeks before screening, then they may be included. 2. Subjects who have used or adjusted TPO-RA treatment within 2 weeks before screening should be excluded. However, those who have been on a stable dose for more than 2 weeks before screening may continue treatment. 3. Subjects who have used IVIG or undergone plasma exchange within 4 weeks before screening should be excluded. 4. Subjects who have used immunosuppressants (such as cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), azathioprine, and methotrexate) within 2 weeks before lymphocyte depletion will be excluded. * 7\. Subjects who have used prednisone \> 10 mg/day or have had dosage adjustments within 2 weeks before screening. Oral glucocorticoid treatment equivalent to ≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone is acceptable at enrollment, provided the dosage has been stable for at least 2 weeks before enrollment. * 8\. Subjects with a history of symptomatic deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months before screening, or who currently require anticoagulation therapy. * 9\. Subjects with a history of any organ system malignancy (except well-prognosed tumors such as localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, follicular or papillary thyroid carcinoma, etc.) within the past 5 years, regardless of whether there is evidence of local recurrence or metastasis; or known concomitant life-threatening diseases. * 10\. Subjects with any active infection or any infection requiring systemic anti-infective treatment within 30 days before screening. * 11\. Any known factors, diseases, or clinically relevant medical conditions or surgical situations that the investigator believes may place the subjects at risk, interfere with treatment compliance, study implementation, or outcomes.
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Locations
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Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China
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