Last-Resort cancer therapy made available to patients with no other options
NCT ID NCT03601442
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This program provides early access to CTL019, a cell therapy that reprograms a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer. It is for people with lymphoma or leukemia who have no other treatment choices and cannot join a clinical trial. The goal is to offer a potential benefit when standard options are exhausted.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel), a type of cell therapy that uses a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a lifeline to patients with serious blood cancers who have run out of standard treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is not a clinical trial but an early-access program, so data on safety and effectiveness is limited. The therapy may not work for everyone and carries risks like severe immune reactions.
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Study facts
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- 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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0 days 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: An independent request was received from a licensed physician. The patient has a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and there is no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy available for diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment. The patient is not eligible or able to enrol in a clinical trial or continue participation in such trial. There is a potential patient benefit to justify the potential risk of the treatment use, and the potential risk is not unreasonable in the context of the disease or condition to be treated. The patient must meet any other medical criteria established by the medical experts responsible for the product or by the health authority in the country of request (as applicable). Provision of the product will not interfere with the initiation, conduct, or completion of a Novartis clinical trial or overall development program. Managed Access provision is allowed per local laws/regulations.
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Conditions
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