ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06497361

Safety and Efficacy of PRG-2311 for Refractory Lupus Nephritis and IgG4-Related Disease

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Safety and Efficacy of PRG-2311 (CD19/BCMA-targeting CAR-T Cells) for Refractory Lupus Nephritis and IgG4-Related Disease

StatusRecruitingThe study is currently enrolling participants. Only the study team can say whether a particular person can join.The registry record was last updated on Jul 11, 2024, about 2 years ago, so the status shown may be out of date. The study team or the registry can confirm.
Study typeInterventionalA study in which researchers assign participants to one or more interventions, such as a drug, procedure, device, behavioural programme or other approach, to measure their effects.
PhaseEarly phase 1A very early study, usually in a small number of people, to learn how the body handles a treatment. It is not designed to show whether the treatment works.
Healthy volunteersAcceptedPeople who do not have the condition being studied who are allowed to take part. Some studies include both people with the condition and healthy volunteers; others may enrol only healthy volunteers.
Age18 years old and older
SexAll
LocationChina
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This early Phase 1 interventional study evaluates PRG-2311 (CD19/BCMA-targeting CAR‑T cells) in people with refractory Lupus Nephritis or IgG4-related Disease. The trial uses a dose-exploration stage (planned doses: 35×10^6, 100×10^6, 300×10^6 CAR‑T cells) followed by a dose-expansion stage at a selected dose for each condition. Participants undergo collection of mononuclear cells, receive a PRG-2311 infusion, and have safety and disease assessments over follow-up up to 24 months.

What it is studying. The study seeks the safe infusion dose of PRG-2311 and measures safety by tracking adverse events. It also assesses effects on disease activity for Lupus Nephritis and IgG4-related Disease, and characterizes pharmacokinetics (CAR‑T cell levels over time) and pharmacodynamics (immune markers and antibody changes).

What the researchers hope to learn. Scientific goals: identify a safe dose of PRG-2311, document adverse events after infusion, measure changes in disease activity (SLEDAI and IgG4-RD RI and related clinical measures), determine response and relapse timing, and characterize PK/PD (CAR‑T cell copy numbers, immune markers, antibody levels, and single-cell sequencing of immune cells).

What this study is about

The study's own summary, as published on ClinicalTrials.gov. Underlined terms have a short explanation.

A Clinical Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of CD19/BCMA Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells in the Treatment of Refractory Lupus Nephritis and IgG4-Related Disease.

Interventions being studied

Being studied in this trial does not mean the treatment or procedure is approved or available for this condition.

Biological
  • PRG-2311

Eligibility

The criteria exactly as listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. Only the study team can say whether they apply to you.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years old;
  • If the kidneys are involved, estimate the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to be ≥ 15 mL/minute/1.73 m2;
  • The following test values within 3 days before the collection of mononuclear cells meet the following standards:
  • Absolute lymphocyte count: ≥ 0.5 × 10 \^ 9/L [The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G CSF) is allowed, but subjects are not allowed to receive this supportive treatment within 7 days before the screening period laboratory examination];
  • Absolute neutrophil count: ≥ 1.0 × 10 \^ 9/L [The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is allowed, but subjects are not allowed to receive this supportive treatment within 7 days before the screening period laboratory examination];
  • Platelets: Subject platelet count ≥ 50 × 10 \^ 9/L (subjects are not allowed to receive blood transfusion support within 7 days before the screening period laboratory examination);
  • Hemoglobin: ≥ 8.0 g/dL (allowing the use of recombinant human erythropoietin) [subjects have not received red blood cell (RBC) infusion within 7 days prior to the screening period laboratory examination];
  • Creatinine clearance rate: (CrCl) or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (Cockcroft Gault formula) ≥ 30 mL/min;
  • Total bilirubin (serum): Total bilirubin (serum) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Blood bilirubin>1.5 × Gilbert subjects from ULN can be enrolled with the consent of the sponsor AST and ALT: ≤ 3.0 × ULN;
  • Plasma prothrombin time (PT), international standardized ratio (INR), partial prothrombin time (APTT): PT ≤ 1.5 × ULN, APTT ≤ 1.5 × ULN, INR ≤ 1.5 × ULN Willing to sign an informed consent form.
  • Fertile men and women of childbearing age must agree to use effective contraception from the time they sign an informed consent and up to 1 year after the study drug is used. Blood pregnancy tests for women of reproductive age at the time of screening and before cell infusion must be negative.
  • The patients or their guardians agree to participate in the clinical study and sign the informed consent, indicating that they understand the purpose and procedure of the clinical study and are willing to participate in the study.
  • for refractory LN
  • According to the 2019 American Society of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, within 6 months prior to infusion, confirmed by renal tissue biopsy according to the 2003 International Society of Nephrology (ISN)/Society of Nephropathology (RPS) criteria as active, proliferative lupus nephritis (LN), type III or IV, or type III/IV combined with type V, or type V. And have received standard treatment that is ineffective or relapses after disease remission.
  • Positive anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) and/or anti-dsDNA antibodies during the screening period.
  • The SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI-2000) score during the screening period is ≥ 8. SLEDAI-2000 clinical score ≥ 6 points, but low complement and/or anti ds-DNA positivity can be selected.
  • for refractory IgG4-RD
  • According to the 2019 ACR/EULAR criteria, diagnosed with IgG4-RD;
  • The clinical manifestations were recurrent or refractory IgG4-RD;
  • IgG4-RD response index (RI) ≥2, the disease is in the active stage;
  • meet the clinical phenotype of Mikulitz/systemic

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects who meet any of the following criteria should be excluded from this study:
  • Pregnant or lactating women;
  • A history of malignant tumors within 5 years (①Carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has undergone curative treatment for more than 12 months prior to screening, ②Basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has been treated therapeutically, ③ Prostate cancer that has been treated with radical prostatectomy or curative radiation therapy for more than 3 years prior to screening has no known recurrence and is not currently receiving treatment;④have had surgery for thyroid cancer, and have not evidence of active disease);
  • Received any B-cell depletion biologic therapy (for example, rituximab, ocrelizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab, inebilizumab, etc) in the 6 months prior to CAR-T reinfusion, unless B-cell recovery was demonstrated;
  • Received immunosuppressant therapy within 3 days prior to CAR-T reinfusion, or systemic corticosteroid therapy (>10 mg/ day of prednisone or equivalent doses of other corticosteroids) within 3 days prior to CAR-T reinfusion;
  • Received live vaccine or live therapeutic STDS within 2 weeks prior to screening;
  • The presence of chronic and active hepatitis B (except for HBV DNA testing below 500IU/ml), hepatitis C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or syphilis infection;
  • With an active infection that requires intravenous antibiotics or hospitalization;
  • Obvious evidence of cardiovascular disease as follows: a N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide (NT proBNP)>8500ng/L; b. The New York Heart Association (NYHA) classifies heart failure as Grade IV; c. Patients who received hospitalization for unstable angina or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to the first administration, or patients who received percutaneous cardiac intervention and received the most recent stent placement within 6 months or coronary artery bypass grafting within 6 months;
  • People who have a known allergy, hypersensitivity, intolerance, or contraindication to any component of PRG-2311 or the drugs that may be used in the study, including fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, tolumab, or albumin, or who have had a prior severe allergic reaction;
  • Patients with other conditions determined by the investigator to be unsuitable for lymphocyte clearance or cell infusion, or who are otherwise unsuitable for study participation.

Study description and what participation involves

The registry record has no detailed description beyond the summary above.

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You would sign informed consent, have mononuclear cells collected, and have blood and urine tests including pregnancy tests at screening and before cell infusion. You would receive an infusion of PRG‑2311 (CD19/BCMA CAR‑T cells) at a dose chosen by the study (one of three dose levels) as part of a dose‑finding phase followed by a dose‑expansion phase. After infusion there are frequent follow-up visits with many blood tests for drug levels and immune markers, urine tests for kidney protein and function, and disease‑activity assessments (examples named in the record include SLEDAI and IgG4‑RD RI); early visits occur at several days after infusion (Day 2, 6, 10, 14, 21, 28) and then at months up to 24. The record also notes that drugs that may be used in the study include fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, tolumab, or albumin, and safety monitoring for adverse events continues for up to 24 months.

How the study is structured. Interventional, early Phase 1, single experimental arm with no masking. The study begins with a sequential dose-exploration phase (three planned dose levels: 35×10^6, 100×10^6, 300×10^6 CAR‑T cells) using small cohorts (3–6 subjects per dose) with predefined rules for dose‑limiting toxicities. After a safe dose is selected, a dose-expansion phase enrolls additional participants (3–6 per indication) at that fixed dose. Participants will have mononuclear cell collection, receive one infusion of PRG-2311, and attend multiple follow-up visits with blood-based PK/PD and clinical disease assessments up to 24 months.

Questions you could ask

These questions are suggestions for a conversation with the study team or your own clinician, not advice.

  • This is an early-phase study, mainly about safety and dose. What is already known about this treatment?
  • The listed sites are in China. Is any of them reachable for me, and does the study help with travel?
  • Which of the eligibility criteria would need to be checked with tests before I could join?

More on IgG4-related disease

Important dates

Study start
July 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
July 2027 (estimated)
Study completion
July 2028 (estimated)
Target enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Last updated on registry
Jul 11, 2024
Data verified
Oct 10, 2026

Sponsor and research team

The lead sponsor funds and oversees the trial. A pharmaceutical or biotech company sponsor typically means the study is testing that company's drug or device; a hospital, university, or government agency usually indicates investigator-initiated or publicly funded research.

Lead sponsor
Tongji Hospital
Principal investigator
Lingli Dong, Professor of the department of rheumatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Tongji Hospital
Collaborators
  • Shenzhen Pregene Biopharma Co., Ltd.

Central study contact

If you're interested in participating, the central contact can answer general questions about the study — including eligibility requirements and how to find a recruiting site near you. Actual eligibility is determined by the site's medical team.

Participating sites (1)

Terms used on this page · explanations by MedicalUpdates.ai

Chimeric Antigen Receptor
A treatment in which a person's own immune cells (T cells) are collected, modified in a laboratory to recognise a target, and returned to the body.
Refractory
A condition that has not responded to a treatment. 'Relapsed' means it responded and then came back; 'refractory' means it did not respond in the first place.
glomerular filtration rate
A blood-test estimate of how well the kidneys are filtering. Lower numbers mean reduced kidney function; many studies set a minimum value.
screening period
The checks done before enrolment to see whether a person qualifies, such as tests, scans or a review of medical history.
Absolute neutrophil count
The number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that fights infection, in a blood sample. Studies often require it to be above a set level.
Creatinine clearance
A measure of kidney function, calculated from a blood creatinine level together with age, weight and sex.
× ULN
The highest value of a blood test that a laboratory considers normal. Criteria such as '≤ 3 × ULN' mean the result must be no more than three times that value.
sponsor
The organisation or person that initiates the study and has authority over it. The sponsor may be a company, hospital, university, government agency or individual, and is not necessarily the organisation that funds the study.
informed consent form
The process of explaining a study, including its risks and what participation involves, so that a person can decide freely whether to take part. Consent is usually documented in writing, and a participant can choose to leave the study later.
study drug
A treatment that is being tested and has not been approved for this use. It may be approved for a different condition. Being studied does not mean it works or is available outside the study.
biopsy
Removal of a small piece of tissue so it can be examined under a microscope. 'Biopsy-proven' or 'histologically confirmed' means the diagnosis was confirmed by examining tissue under a microscope.
standard treatment
Treatment generally considered appropriate for a condition in a particular clinical setting. It can vary by patient, place and over time. In many studies the new treatment is added to, or compared with, standard of care.
immunosuppressant
A medicine that reduces the activity of the immune system. Studies of autoimmune conditions often require a stable dose, a prior failure, or a washout of such medicines.
corticosteroid
Steroid medicines, such as prednisone, that reduce inflammation. Studies often require a stable dose at entry or measure whether the study treatment allows the dose to be reduced.
contraindication
A reason a particular test or treatment should not be used for a person, for example a metal implant that rules out an MRI scan.
Inclusion Criteria
The conditions a person must meet to be considered for the study, for example a confirmed diagnosis, an age range or a test result.
Exclusion Criteria
The conditions that rule a person out even if they meet the inclusion criteria, for example other illnesses, certain medicines or pregnancy.

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