CAR-T therapy takes on tough blood disorder in early trial
NCT ID NCT07091370
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tests a new CAR-T cell therapy called inaticabtagene autoleucel for people with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) that hasn't improved after at least three prior treatments. The study will enroll 12 adults and primarily check for safety and the right dose. It's a first step to see if this immune-cell therapy can help control this rare blood condition.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- inaticabtagene autoleucel (a CAR-T cell therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small Phase 1 trial focused on safety, not effectiveness. CAR-T therapies can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome, and it may not work for this condition.
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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 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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.
- 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. Age range: 18-75 years (including 18 and 75 years), regardless of gender. 2. Clinically diagnosed with AIHA or Evans, with hemoglobin lower than 100g/L and symptoms related to anemia according to the diagnostic criteria of the "Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in Chinese Adults (2023 Edition)" and the "Chinese Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Evans Syndrome (2024 Edition)". And meet the diagnostic criteria of failure in at least three lines of treatment as follows: Patients diagnosed with warm resistance type AIHA (wAIHA)/mixed AIHA (mAIHA) /Evans syndrome, the following conditions must be met: first-line glucocorticoid treatment failed, second-line rituximab treatment failed and failure of third-line treatment measures (including any one or more of splenectomy, cyclosporine, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, fludarabine, bortezomib, etc.) Patients diagnosed with cold-resistant type AIHA (cAIHA), that is, cold agglutinin disease (CAD), the following conditions must be met: first-line rituximab treatment failed, second-line rituximab ± bendamustine/fludarabine failed and failure of third-line treatment measures (including any one or more of bortezomib, cyclosporine, cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine, etc.) 3. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative blood pregnancy test during the screening period. Any male and female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 2 year following infusion of CAR-T cells. Childbearing potential is biologically capable of bearing a living baby and sexually active. Female patients who were not of childbearing potential (ie, met at least 1 of the following criteria): Hysterectomy or oophorectomy, or medically confirmed ovarian failure, or medically confirmed postmenopausal (cessation of menses for at least 12 consecutive months in the absence of pathological or physiological causes). 4. Adequate organ function according to the following criteria: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 times of upper limit of normal (ULN); Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 times ULN; Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN, or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min (Cockcroft and Gault formula); International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 times ULN, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 times the ULN; Must have minimal pulmonary reserve and oxygen saturation \> 93% in a nonoxygenated state; 5. The Eastern Cancer Consortium (ECOG) performance status score is 0-2. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previously diagnosed proliferative tumors of the lymphatic system; 2. Secondary AIHA caused by drugs or infections; 3. Pregnancy or breastfeeding; 4. Previously undergone organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; 5. A history of new thrombosis or organ infarction within 6 months prior to screening; 6. The active stage diagnosed as a connective tissue disease; 7. Suffering from hereditary hemolytic diseases or other acquired hemolytic diseases; 8. Combined with active infections (such as sepsis, bacteremia, mycosis, uncontrolled pulmonary infection and active tuberculosis, etc.); 9. Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg); Hepatitis Be antibody (HBe-Ab) and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBc-Ab) are positive, and the HBV-DNA copy number is greater than the measurable lower limit; Positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibody; Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody; Those with positive syphilis (TP) test; 10. Major surgery that was assessed as unsuitable by the investigators within 4 weeks before screening; 11. Patients with concurrent active malignancy within the past five years, those with a history of malignancy but cuired are eligible. 12. The patient's heart meets any of the following conditions: * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤45%; * New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade III or IV congestive heart failure or active heart disease; * Severe arrhythmias requiring treatment (excluding atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia); * The QTcB interval was ≥450ms for males and ≥470ms for females (QTcB=QT/ R1/2); * Had myocardial infarction, bypass surgery or stent surgery within 6 months before the study; * Other heart diseases judged by the researchers as unsuitable for inclusion in the group; 13. Have received live vaccines within 6 weeks before screening. 14. Patients participating in any other interventional clinical study or receiving treatment of an active investigational drug within 3 months or 5 half-lives for launched drugs prior to Inaticabtagene Autoleucel Injection infusion. 15. Patients with a history of epilepsy, cerebral ischemia/hemorrhage, cerebellar diseases, or other active central nervous system disorders; 16. Patients with hypersensitivity reactions to the components of Inaticabtagene Autoleucel Injection; 17. Patients previously received CAR-T cell therapy. 18. Other circumstances where the researcher deems it inappropriate to participate in this clinical trial.
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