New antibody drug takes on tough blood cancers
NCT ID NCT05787496
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-stage trial tested a new drug called NC525 in people with advanced myeloid neoplasms, including relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. The main goal was to check safety and tolerability, with a secondary focus on whether the drug could shrink tumors or improve survival. The study was terminated after enrolling 28 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NC525 (a monoclonal antibody targeting LAIR-1)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced blood cancers that have not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial focused on safety, so it is unknown if NC525 will effectively treat the disease. The trial was terminated, meaning results may be 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
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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28 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Jan 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. The subject is willing to provide written informed consent for the trial. 2. Be ≥ 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent. 3. Subject has one of the following Myeloid Neoplasms determined by pathology review at the treating institution: 1. Relapsed or Refractory AML, Note: Active, relapsed, or refractory AML is defined as any one of the following: * Primary induction failure, or (PIF) after 2 or more cycles of therapy, * First early relapse after a remission duration of fewer than 6 months, * Relapse refractory to salvage combination chemotherapy second or subsequent relapse, or * Relapsed or refractory AML with at least 5% blasts by bone marrow biopsy or aspirate, or at least 1% blasts in peripheral blood. 2. Relapsed or Refractory Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) after prior hypomethylating agents. Note: Subject must have sub-type MDS-EB2 with 10-19% blasts by bone marrow biopsy or aspirate. 3. Relapsed or Refractory Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) with progressive disease or lack of response to hypomethylating agents 4. A male subject must agree to use approved contraception (based on institutional guidelines) and refrain from sperm donation or expecting to father a child, from Screening through the treatment period and for at least 90 days after the last dose of study treatment. 5. A female subject is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: 1. Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP); 2. A WOCBP agrees to follow approved contraceptive guidance (based on institutional guidelines) from Screening through the treatment period and for at least 90 days after the last dose of study treatment. 6. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. 7. Life expectancy greater than or equal to 12 weeks as judged by the Investigator. 8. Have adequate organ function as defined in the protocol. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Has a diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3, APL), accelerated phase or blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia. 2. History or presence of clinically relevant CNS pathology such as epilepsy, childhood or adult seizure, paresis, aphasia, stroke, severe brain injuries, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar disease, organic brain syndrome, or psychosis. 3. Patients with active Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement (such as leukemic infiltration, blast in the spinal fluid, or subjects with extramedullary disease). 4. A WOCBP who has a positive pregnancy test (within 72 hours) prior to treatment. 5. History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (e.g., symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic myocardial infection, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, pericardial disease or heart failure New York Heart Association Class III or IV), or severe debilitating pulmonary disease, that would potentially increase patients' risk for toxicity and in the opinion of the Investigator, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion. 6. Chronic respiratory disease or any other medical condition that requires continuous oxygen that in the opinion of the Investigator, would adversely affect his/her participation in this study. 7. Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study intervention. 8. Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of the following prior to the first dose of study treatment: 1. An investigational biologic or an investigational device within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer); 2. An investigational oral agent within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter). 9. Has not recovered to ≤ Grade 1 from toxic effects of prior therapy (including prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy) and/or complications from interventions before starting therapy. 10. Has previously had an allogeneic solid organ transplant. 11. Autologous HSCT within 6 weeks before the start of study treatment. 12. Allogeneic HSCT within 6 months before the start of study treatment. 13. Any active acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), grade 2-4, or active chronic GvHD requiring systemic treatment. 14. Any systemic therapy (e.g. calcineurin inhibitors (CNI), steroids, etc.) against GvHD within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment. 15. Any Grade ≥ 2 persistent non-hematological toxicity related to allogeneic transplant, such as those requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy. 16. Previous CAR-T therapy. 17. Known concurrent malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment, or history of other malignancy within 2 years of study entry after treatment with curative intent. 18. Has severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3), known allergy or reaction to Immunoglobulins or NC525, and/or any of their excipients. 19. Uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection despite appropriate anti-infection treatment at the time of eligibility confirmation. 20. Has a known history of HIV infection. 21. Has a known active chronic hepatitis B infection or chronic hepatitis C infection with the exception of those with an undetectable viral load within 3 months. 22. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, such that it is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. 23. Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the subject's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
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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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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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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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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10022, United States
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