An Exploratory Clinical Study of CD19 CAR NK Cells for the Treatment of Refractory Antisynthetase Antibody Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseEarly Phase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorThe First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

About this trial

A single-center, open-label dose-escalation design to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 3 infusions of anti CD19 CAR NK cells (KN5501), as well as the expansion and persistence of KN5501 in patients with refractory antisynthetase antibody syndrome (ASyS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA); To evaluate the ability of KN5501 to clear CD19-positive B cells in patients to determine the feasibility of KN5501 for the treatment of refractory ASyS and or RA.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Subjects voluntarily sign the Informed Consent Form (ICF) , participate in this clinical study and be willing to follow and be able to complete all trial procedures.

Defined according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria, adult patients with RA diagnosed ≥3 months prior to screening;Moderately to severely active RA;Poor response, or loss of response, or intolerance to at least one conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) or biologic DMARD (bDMARD) or targeted synthetic DMARD (tsDMARD).

Defined according to the 2020 ENMC-DM classification diagnostic criteria. Adult patients with ASyS diagnosed ≥3 months prior to screening; patients with moderately severe active ASyS.

Age: ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 70 years old, male or female.

Disqualifiers

Subjects with known severe allergic reactions, hypersensitivity, contraindication to any medications during the trial (cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, tozumabs), or subjects with a history of severe allergic reactions.

Subjects with one of the following genetic syndromes: Fanconi syndrome, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome or any of the known bone marrow failure syndromes.

Subjects with Active or uncontrolled infections requiring parenteral antimicrobials; evidence of severe active viral or bacterial infections or uncontrolled systemic fungal infections.

Subjects with grade III or IV heart failure (NYHA classification).

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • anti CD19 CAR NK cells

    Biological/Vaccine

    This study is a single-arm, open-label and single-center exploratory clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of anti CD19 CAR NK cells in patients with refractory antisynthetase antibody syndrome (ASyS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All subjects will receive fludarabine/cyclophosphamide lymphodepletion followed by Anti-CD19 CAR NK cells infusion.

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: anti CD19 CAR NK cellsExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Incidence of Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

To characterize the safety of CD19 CAR NK Cells (KN5501) for refractory antisynthetase antibody syndrome (ASyS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Time frame
up to 52 weeks after infusion
2

Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

To characterize the safety of CD19 CAR NK Cells (KN5501) for refractory antisynthetase antibody syndrome (ASyS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Time frame
up to 52 weeks after infusion

Secondary outcomes

1

The overall response rate (ORR)

To characterize the efficacy of CD19 CAR NK Cell (KN5501) for refractory antisynthetase antibody syndrome (ASyS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Time frame
4, 12, 24, 36 and 52 months after infusion

Other outcomes

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