Experimental CAR-T therapy takes aim at Hard-to-Treat scleroderma
NCT ID NCT06400303
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new treatment called KYV-101 for people with systemic sclerosis, a disease where the immune system attacks the body, causing skin and organ damage. The therapy uses a patient's own modified immune cells to target and destroy certain B cells that may drive the disease. Only 3 participants are enrolled, and the main goals are to check safety and see if the treatment can improve symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- KYV-101 (a type of CAR-T cell therapy made from the patient's own immune cells, designed to target and destroy B cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for systemic sclerosis that targets the immune system's role in the disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small trial with only 3 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. CAR-T therapy can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome and infections.
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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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3 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria 1. Clinical diagnosis of SSc according to 2013 ACR/EULAR classification 2. Clinical disease as follows: Classified as diffuse cutaneous SSc; ≤ 6 years since first non-Raynaud's sign or symptom; active disease 3. Up to date on all recommended vaccinations per CDC or institutional guidelines for immune-compromised individuals Key Exclusion Criteria 1. Clinically significant ILD 2. Prior treatment with cellular therapy (CAR-T) or gene therapy product directed at any target 3. History of allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant 4. Evidence of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection 5. Positive serology for HIV 6. Primary immunodeficiency 7. History of splenectomy 8. History of stroke, seizure, dementia, Parkinson's disease, coordination movement disorder, cerebellar diseases, psychosis, paresis, aphasia, and any other neurologic disorder investigator considers would increase the risk for the subject 9. Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease 10. Previous or concurrent malignancy with the following exceptions: 1. Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma (adequate wound healing is required prior to screening) 2. In situ carcinoma of the cervix or breast, treated curatively and without evidence of recurrence for at least 3 years prior to screening 3. A primary malignancy which has been completely resected, or treated, and is in complete remission for at least 5 years prior to screening
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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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Northwell Health
Great Neck, New York, 11021, United States
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Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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