New CAR-T therapy offers hope for leukemia patients too sick for chemo
NCT ID NCT07335094
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tests a new type of CAR-T cell therapy (with a protein called TLR2) in 60 adults newly diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma who cannot tolerate intensive chemotherapy. Participants receive a single infusion of these engineered immune cells after a mild chemotherapy prep. The study focuses on safety and how well the cancer responds, with follow-up over three years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- humanized CD19 CAR-T cells with TLR2
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a gentler, effective treatment option for adults with B-cell leukemia/lymphoma who are too frail for standard intensive chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply broadly. CAR-T therapy carries risks like cytokine release syndrome and neurological side effects.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 80 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. Newly treated patients with acute B-lymphocytic leukaemia/lymphoma who are clinically determined to be unable to tolerate strong chemotherapy; 2. age 18-80 years old (including boundary value), both men and women can; 3. The physical status of the American Eastern Cancer Collaboration Group (ECOG) was 0\~2 points; 4. Positive CD19 confirmed by flow cytometry and/or histopathology; 5. The expected survival period from the date of signing the informed consent form is more than 3 months.; 6. women of childbearing age screening period human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test negative, and Consent to use contraception for at least 1 year after the infusion; A man whose partner is fertile Subjects must agree to use an effective barrier contraceptive method for at least 1 year after the infusion; 7. the patient's main tissues and organs function well: (1) Liver function: ALT/AST\<3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) and total bilirubin ≤34.2μmol/L; (2) Renal function: creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault method) ≥60mL/min; (3) Lung function: blood oxygen saturation ≥95%, and no active lung infection; (4) Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50%; No large number of pericardium was found Fluid accumulation, no clinically significant electrocardiogram abnormalities; Exclusion Criteria: 1. severe cardiac insufficiency, left ventricular ejection fraction \<50%; 2. have a history of severe lung function impairment; 3. Combined with other advanced malignant tumors; 4. Had severe infection within 4 weeks before enrollment and could not be effectively controlled; 5. suffering from serious autoimmune diseases or immune deficiency diseases; 6. active hepatitis (HBV DNA quantitative \> 500IU/ml\] or HCV ribose Nucleic acid \[HCVRNA\] test positive); 7. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or known to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Co-syndrom (AIDS), or syphilis infection; 8. Have a history of severe allergy to biological products (including antibiotics), antibodies or cytokines Allergy to macromolecular biological drugs; 9. Acute graft-versus-host reactions were still present one month after immunosuppressant discontinuation Patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (GvHD); 10. in the pregnancy period (urine/blood pregnancy test positive) or breastfeeding women; nearly Men or women who plan to conceive within 1 year; Not guaranteed to be taken within 1 year after enrollment Effective contraception (condoms or contraceptives, etc.); 11. History of clinically significant central nervous system diseases, such as epilepsy, paresis, and loss Speech, stroke, severe brain injury, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar disease, organic Cerebral syndrome; 12. Suffering from mental illness; 13. The patient has substance abuse/addiction; 14. Use of banned drugs. (1). Hormones: within 7 days before leukocyte collection, or within 72 hours before CD19CAR-T administration A past therapeutic dose of corticosteroid (defined as prednisone or equivalent \> 20mg/day) Days). However, the use of physiological substitutes, topical and inhaled steroids is permitted. (2) Chemotherapy: rescue chemotherapy was received within 2 weeks before white blood cell collection. (3) Allogeneic cell therapy: donor lymphocytes were received within 4 weeks before white blood cell collection Infusion. (4).GVHD treatment: Anti-GVHD received within 4 weeks prior to CD19CAR T cell infusion Heal. (5) Alenzumab was used within 6 months before white blood cell collection, or chlorine was used within 3 months Farabine or cladobine.
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