Clinical trial Recruiting at 1 site Phase 1 Interventional Ages 18 to 75

In Vivo CD19/CD20 CAR T-Cell Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma

Official title: A Clinical Study on the Safety of in Vivo- CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy Targeting CD19/CD20 for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Lymphoma

Run by Chinese PLA General Hospital · NCT07775508 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This early-phase trial tests a one-time in vivo CAR T-cell therapy (SL1617) for people with relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma to see if it is safe and tolerable.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 1
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years to 75 Years
SexAll
Enrollment18 (estimated)
SponsorChinese PLA General Hospital
Academic / other
Drugs / interventionsCAR-T, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, CAR T
Locations1 site (Beijing)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJune 1, 2026
Main results expectedApril 1, 2027
Study endsJanuary 1, 2029
Registry record updatedAugust 20, 2026
Trial IDNCT07775508 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma expressing CD19 and/or CD20 who meet the local eligibility criteria and consent to participate.

Probably not a fit

Patients whose disease does not respond or who experience intolerable toxicities may not derive benefit from this therapy.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This is a Phase 1, open-label, single-arm, dose-escalation study evaluating SL1617 Injection, an investigational in vivo CAR T-cell therapy targeting CD19 and CD20. The approach uses a lentiviral vector to generate CAR-expressing T and NK cells inside the body after a single IV infusion, without ex vivo cell processing or lymphodepletion. Dose levels start at 1.0 × 10^9 transducing units and progress to 3.0 × 10^9 and 6.0 × 10^9 TU, following a traditional 3+3 design to monitor dose-limiting toxicities. Participants at each dose level are evaluated for safety before escalating or stopping the trial. The study is conducted at the Chinese PLA General Hospital with collaboration from Hebei Senlang Biotechnology.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, participants may experience disease control or reduction of lymphoma burden with a single-treatment approach.

How similar studies have gone: Other CAR T-cell approaches have shown benefit in B-cell lymphomas, but in vivo generation of CAR T cells is a newer strategy with limited prior human data.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

* 1\. The subject voluntarily agrees to participate in the study, has signed the informed consent form, and is willing and able to comply with the scheduled visits, study treatment, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

  2\. Patients with B-cell lymphoma confirmed by cytological or histopathological examination according to the 2022 World Health Organization classification, meeting all of the following criteria:
  1. Lymphoma cells are confirmed to express CD19 and/or CD20 antigens by immunophenotyping or immunohistochemical examination.
  2. Eligible B-cell lymphomas include:

     * Aggressive B-cell lymphomas, including large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL);
     * Indolent B-cell lymphomas, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), follicular lymphoma (FL), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL), and hairy cell leukemia (HCL).
  3. Relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma, defined as follows:

     * Relapse: The patient has received adequate prior therapy and previously achieved a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after first-line systemic therapy (which must include an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody and an anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen), second-line or subsequent systemic therapy, or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), but relapsed after the completion of treatment, with disease progression confirmed by cytology or histology;
     * Refractory: The patient failed to achieve CR or PR after first-line systemic therapy, or had no response to the most recent second-line or subsequent systemic therapy regimen, with progressive disease (PD) or stable disease (SD) as a best response of treatment.
  4. The patient must have at least one measurable lesion. If salvage therapy was administered after ASCT, the patient must have no response to the most recent salvage therapy or must have relapsed after the most recent salvage therapy. Patients with relapsed indolent lymphoma may be enrolled only if clinical indications for treatment are present, such as symptomatic mass lesions, organ compression, cytopenias, or B symptoms.

  3\. Male or female subjects aged 18-75 years, inclusive. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2. 5. Estimated life expectancy of more than 3 months from the date of signing the informed consent form.

  6\. Absolute neutrophil count≥1×10\^9/L, platelet count≥75×10\^9/L, hemoglobin≥60g/L.

  7\. Adequate renal, hepatic, cardiac, and pulmonary function, defined as follows:
  1. Creatinine clearance (estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula) ≥60 mL/min;
  2. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)≤2.5×upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin≤1.5×ULN;
  3. Cardiac ejection fraction≥50%, no pericardial effusion on echocardiography, and no significant abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG);
  4. No clinically significant pleural effusion, and oxygen saturation \>92% on room air at baseline.

  8\. Subjects agree to use effective contraception from the time of signing the informed consent form until 1 year after cell infusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

* 1\. The patient has severe cardiac dysfunction, or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50%, or a history within the 12 months prior to enrollment of myocardial infarction, coronary angioplasty or coronary stent implantation, unstable angina, clinically significant arrhythmia, or other severe cardiovascular diseases.

  2\. A history of severe pulmonary dysfunction or severe pulmonary disease associated with impaired lung function.

  3\. The patient has a history of malignancies other than B-cell lymphoma, and is ineligible unless they have been disease-free and have not received any form of antineoplastic therapy for at least 3 consecutive years.

  4\. Severe active infection that cannot be effectively controlled. 5. The patient has severe autoimmune disease, congenital immunodeficiency or active autoimmune disease requiring ongoing treatment, or is currently within the washout period after having received medications that may affect CAR-T cell immunotherapy, or is anticipated to require medications during the study period that may affect CAR-T cell immunotherapy treatment.

  6\. The patient has tuberculosis infection, active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; has received a live vaccine within 4 weeks, or is anticipated to require a live vaccine during the study period.

  7\. The patient has previously undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, solid organ allogeneic transplantation, or allogeneic cell therapy.

  8\. A history of severe allergic reactions to biological products, including antibiotics.

  9\. The patient has other significant uncontrolled comorbidities that may affect protocol compliance or interpretation of results.

  10\. The investigator judges that the patient is unlikely to complete all visits and procedures required by the study protocol (including medium- and long-term follow-up visits), such as insufficient willingness of the patient and their family members to participate in the study, refusal to participate, inability of the patient to fully cooperate with the study arrangements, or inadequate compliance on the part of the patient and their family members.

  11\. Any other severe physical or psychiatric disorder or clinically significant laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation, interfere with the interpretation of study results, or, in the investigator's judgment, make the patient unsuitable for participation in the study.

Where it's running

  • Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing 100853
    Beijing, China
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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
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