Gene therapy targets tough lymphoma in early trial

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 years or older, any gender; (2)Patients diagnosed with any of the following conditions: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), germinal center or activated B-cell type; primary cutaneous DLBCL; primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma; ALK-positive anaplastic large B-cell lymphoma; high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements; high-grade B-cell lymphoma; T-cell-rich B-cell lymphoma; transformed follicular lymphoma; or any aggressive B-cell lymphoma arising from indolent lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; mantle cell lymphoma; large cell transformation of CLL. Patients must have previously received at least second-line standard treatment and either did not achieve remission or relapsed after remission; (3) For B-cell lymphoma patients, according to the preliminary assessment, staging, and response evaluation recommendations for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas (2014 edition), there must be at least one measurable lesion at baseline, which is defined as a lymph node lesion with a long diameter \>15 mm or an extranodal lesion with a long diameter \>10 mm, diagnosed by PET-CT or CT imaging; (4) B-cell lymphoma patients must have tumor cells confirmed CD19 positive by immunohistochemistry; (5) Adequate vital organ function: liver function meeting: ALT ≤3×ULN, AST ≤3×ULN; serum creatinine ≤140 μmol/L; total bilirubin ≤2×ULN, or ≤3×ULN in patients with Gilbert's syndrome; hemodynamically stable as determined by echocardiography or multi-gated radionuclide angiography (MUGA) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥45%; no active pulmonary infection, and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation ≥92% without supplemental oxygen; (6) ECOG performance status: 0-2; (7) Expected survival of more than 3 months; (8) Female and male participants of childbearing potential must agree to use reliable and effective contraception from the time of signing the informed consent form until 2 years after receiving LCAR02 infusion (excluding natural family planning methods). Exclusion Criteria: * (1) Patients who have experienced central nervous system diseases or pathological changes within 6 months before screening, including but not limited to: stroke, cerebrovascular accident, aneurysm, epilepsy, convulsions, aphasia, severe traumatic brain injury, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar diseases, organic brain syndrome, or mental disorders. (2) Patients with malignant tumors other than B-cell lymphoma. (3) Patients who received vaccines or B-cell targeted therapy within 4 weeks before screening. (4) Patients with systemic autoimmune diseases or immunodeficiency. (5) Patients with grade 2-4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or moderate to severe chronic GVHD within 4 weeks before screening. (6) Patients with relatively severe heart disease, such as angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, or arrhythmia. (7) Patients with a history of severe allergies to the drugs or excipients used in the clinical study or investigational drugs. (8) Patients with active hepatitis B, HCV antibody positivity, HIV antibody positivity, or positive for syphilis. (9) Patients with active infections requiring intravenous antibiotics or hospitalization. (10) Pregnant or breastfeeding women.