Can a single gene therapy turn the body into a Cancer-Fighting factory?
NCT ID NCT07735546
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 1 trial is testing a new gene therapy called UB-VV500 for people with multiple myeloma that has returned or stopped responding to treatment. The therapy works by giving the body genetic instructions to produce its own CAR T cells that target two proteins on myeloma cells. Participants also receive rapamycin, a drug that may help the engineered cells work better. The study aims to find the safest dose and see whether this approach can shrink tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a gene therapy called UB-VV500 that instructs the body to make its own CAR T cells targeting two myeloma proteins, plus the drug rapamycin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with multiple myeloma that has stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 1 trial, so safety and effectiveness are not yet known. Gene therapies can cause serious side effects, and the approach may not work for everyone.
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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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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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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. 18 years or older 2. Provides voluntary written informed consent 3. Relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM) following treatment with a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory drug, and an anti-CD38 antibody 4. Measurable disease following completion of most recent anticancer therapy 5. No serious concomitant diseases or active/uncontrolled infections 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 7. Adequate organ function Exclusion Criteria: 1. Plasma cell leukemia, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, POEMS syndrome, or primary AL amyloidosis 2. Solitary plasmacytomas without evidence of systemic disease 3. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding 4. Current isolated central nervous system (CNS) involvement 5. Prior allogeneic bone marrow transplant, gene therapy, or adoptive cell transfer (except tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, CAR-NK cells, T-cell receptor \[TCR\] fusion constructs, TCR T cells, and CAR T cells) 6. History of or active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 7. Active or chronic hepatitis B, or active hepatitis C 8. Systemic immunodeficiency diseases, except for well-controlled Type I diabetes or thyroid disease 9. Ongoing CNS disease that would preclude neurologic assessment 10. Uncontrolled angina or other acute heart disease 11. Currently receiving treatment in another interventional clinical trial.
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Conditions
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Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
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