Experimental cell therapy for tough leukemia shows early promise but trial halted
NCT ID NCT05886491
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tested a new cell therapy called GDX012 in 16 people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that had come back or not responded to standard treatment. The main goals were to check safety, find the best dose, and see if the therapy could control the cancer. The study was terminated early, so results are limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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 years and older
- 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. Total body weight of ≥40 kg. 2. Must have pathologically confirmed relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML) including: 1. Relapsed AML is defined as ≥5% blasts in the bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood at any time after achieving a CR, CRh, Cri, or MLFS. 2. Refractory AML is defined as failure to achieve a CR, CRh, Cri, or MLFS after 1 of the following regimens: i. Two courses of intensive induction chemotherapy. ii. At least 2 cycles of hypomethylating agent (HMA) or low-dose, cytarabine-based combination regimen. iii. At least 4 cycles of HMA monotherapy. 3. During dose escalation, participants must be ineligible for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). 4. Must have an anticipated life expectancy of \>3 months before lymphodepletion. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. 6. Participants must have adequate renal, cardiac, hepatic, pulmonary and bone marrow function as defined by the protocol. Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia. 2. Has received or plans to receive any of the excluded therapy/treatment within the specified timeframe before lymphodepleting chemotherapy as defined by the protocol. 3. Prior allogeneic HSCT within 3 months of signing informed consent form (ICF) or with ongoing requirement for systemic graft-versus-host therapy. 4. Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement. 5. History of malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ (eg. cervix, bladder, breast) low grade prostate cancer without treatment requirement unless in remission without treatment for ≥2 years.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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National Cancer Center Hospital East
Kashiwa, 277-8577, Japan
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Sarah Cannon/CBCI
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Tri-Star BMT/Sarah Cannon Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, United States
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Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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