Clinical trial Recruiting at 1 site Phase1; Phase2 Interventional Ages 2 to 65

U32 CAR-T for acute myeloid leukemia

Official title: A Single-arm, Open-label Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of U32 Injection in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Run by Shanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co.,Ltd · NCT07036250 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This will test whether U32 CAR-T is safe and can help people aged 2–65 with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Quick facts

PhasePhase1; Phase2
Study typeInterventional
Ages2 Years to 65 Years
SexAll
Enrollment20 (estimated)
SponsorShanghai Unicar-Therapy Bio-medicine Technology Co.,Ltd
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsdaratumumab, chemotherapy
Locations1 site (Suzhou)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJuly 3, 2025
Main results expectedDecember 31, 2027
Study endsDecember 31, 2029
Registry record updatedJune 25, 2025
Trial IDNCT07036250 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are people aged 2–65 with relapsed or refractory AML who can give consent (or have a legal guardian do so), meet the protocol diagnostic criteria, and can complete required follow-up.

Probably not a fit

Patients unlikely to benefit include those with newly diagnosed AML in first remission, those older than 65 or with uncontrolled medical conditions or infections, or whose disease lacks the antigens targeted by the therapy.

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

What this trial studies

This single-arm, open-label Phase 1/2 study gives U32 CAR-T to patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia to characterize safety, tolerability, and early anti-leukemia activity. The trial includes dose-escalation to determine a safe and effective dose and an expansion phase to observe response rates and durability. U32 is an engineered CAR-T cell therapy directed at AML-associated antigens (keywords include CD38 and CLL‑1). Participants will be treated and monitored at a single center with planned follow-up for safety and disease response.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, U32 CAR-T could offer a new treatment option that induces remissions in patients with relapsed or refractory AML.

How similar studies have gone: Early-phase CAR-T approaches targeting AML antigens (including CLL‑1 and CD38) have shown some responses but remain experimental with limited and variable durability across studies.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form and be expected to complete the follow-up examinations and treatments as required by the study protocol.
2. Be aged ≥2 years and ≤65 years at the time of signing the informed consent form, with no restrictions on gender.
3. Meet the AML diagnosis according to the 2022 WHO classification and satisfy the diagnostic criteria for relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia as defined in the "Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2023 Edition)": a) Relapsed AML diagnostic criteria: reappearance of leukemia cells in peripheral blood after complete remission (CR), or positivity for minimal residual disease (MRD) detected by flow cytometry in bone marrow (excluding other causes such as bone marrow regeneration after consolidation chemotherapy), or extramedullary infiltration of leukemia cells. b) Refractory AML diagnostic criteria: newly diagnosed cases that are ineffective after two courses of standard treatment; relapse within 12 months after CR and subsequent consolidation therapy; relapse after 12 months that is ineffective to conventional chemotherapy; cases with two or more relapses; persistent extramedullary leukemia.
4. AML patients who are molecularly positive after treatment and cannot achieve negativity through conventional therapy.
5. Positive expression of CD38 or CLL-1 confirmed by immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry.
6. Have previously received at least two lines of adequate treatment or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 to 3, with an expected survival of more than 3 months.
8. Have adequate bone marrow reserve at screening, defined as: absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) ≥0.3×10\^9/L, platelets (PLT) ≥20×10\^9/L (including with platelet transfusion support).
9. Have appropriate organ function: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤3 times ULN; total bilirubin ≤1.5 times ULN; serum creatinine ≤1.5 times ULN, or creatinine clearance rate ≥60 mL/min; hemoglobin ≥60 g/L or maintained at this level after transfusion; peripheral capillary oxygen saturation ≥92%; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥45%.
10. Female subjects must meet the following criteria to be considered for enrollment: a) Be of non-childbearing potential, defined as: having undergone hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, or having had bilateral tubal ligation, or being postmenopausal (complete cessation of menstruation for ≥1 year); b) Be of childbearing potential, but have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening, and agree to use medically accepted contraceptive measures (such as intrauterine device, oral contraceptives, or condoms) before enrollment and during the study, until 1 year after the last study drug administration.
11. Male subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use barrier contraception or complete abstinence until 1 year after the last study drug administration.
12. Have sufficient venous access for apheresis or intravenous blood draw, and no contraindications for leukapheresis.
13. For subjects who have received daratumumab or other CD38 - targeted therapies, the washout period for CD38 monoclonal antibody should be at least 3 months before the reinfusion treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Having other malignancies within 3 years prior to screening, with the exception of adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ, papillary thyroid carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, localized prostate cancer after radical surgery, and ductal carcinoma in situ after radical surgery.
2. Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb), with detectable HBV-DNA levels above the lower limit of detection in peripheral blood; positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies with detectable HCV-RNA levels above the lower limit of detection; positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies; positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA; positive for EBV-DNA; positive for syphilis serology.
3. A history of severe allergic reactions \[defined as allergic reactions of grade 2 or higher, with any of the following clinical manifestations: airway obstruction (rhinorrhea, cough, wheezing, dyspnea), tachycardia, hypotension, arrhythmia, gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting), urinary or fecal incontinence, laryngeal edema, bronchial spasm, cyanosis, shock, respiratory or cardiac arrest\] or known allergy to any active ingredient, excipient, or murine product or xenoprotein contained in the study drug (including the lymphodepletion regimen).
4. Severe cardiac disease, including but not limited to severe arrhythmias, unstable angina, large myocardial infarction, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure, refractory hypertension (defined as failure to achieve target blood pressure despite the use of a reasonable and tolerable regimen of ≥3 antihypertensive medications \[including diuretics\] for \>1 month or requiring ≥4 antihypertensive medications for effective blood pressure control).
5. History of solid organ transplant or planned solid organ transplant (excluding allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant).
6. Acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that is deemed uncontrollable by the investigator.
7. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant within 6 months prior to screening.
8. Active autoimmune or inflammatory disease (e.g., Guillain-Barré syndrome \[GBS\], amyotrophic lateral sclerosis \[ALS\]) or clinically significant active cerebrovascular disease (e.g., cerebral edema, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome \[PRES\]).
9. Presence of a tumor emergency (e.g., spinal cord compression, bowel obstruction, leukostasis, tumor lysis syndrome) requiring urgent treatment prior to screening or infusion.
10. Presence of uncontrollable bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infections requiring antibiotic therapy.
11. Planned to undergo major surgery within 4 weeks prior to lymphodepletion or during the study period, or surgical wounds not fully healed prior to enrollment.
12. Presence of severe psychiatric disorders.
13. Within 1 week prior to planned PBMC collection, receiving systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents that are deemed by the investigator to affect cell preparation. a) Systemic corticosteroids: subjects receiving systemic corticosteroid therapy within 1 week prior to planned PBMC collection and deemed by the investigator to require long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy during the treatment period (excluding inhaled or topical use); b) Immunosuppressive agents: subjects receiving immunosuppressive agents within 1 week prior to planned PBMC collection.
14. Received live-attenuated or live virus vaccines within 4 weeks prior to screening.
15. History of alcoholism or drug abuse.
16. Participation in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to screening.
17. Any subject deemed by the investigator, based on clinical judgment or standards of care, to have a contraindication to any study procedure or other medical conditions that may pose an unacceptable risk.

Where it's running

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, JiangSu 215000 Recruiting
    Suzhou, China
    Recruiting

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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
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