Study of Therapeutic Efficacy of CAR-T Cell Therapy in Patients With MDR-SRNS

Last updated: August 28, 2025
Sponsor: The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Kidney Disease

Kidney Failure (Pediatric)

Nephropathy

Treatment

anti-BCMA/CD70 CAR-T cells

Clinical Study ID

NCT06553898
2024-IRB-0205-P-01
  • Ages > 2
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is an investigator-initiated trial aimed at assessing the safety and efficacy of anti-BCMA/CD70 CAR-T cells in the treatment of patients with Multi-drug resistant SRNS

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

    1. Age ≥2 years old, gender unlimited;
  • 2.Diagnosed with SRNS according to the 2021 Kidney Disease: Improving GlobalOutcomes (KDIGO) Guidelines and have not achieved a complete response after 12months of treatment with two standard doses of hormone replacement drugs withdifferent mechanisms of action or relapse of disease activity after remission (atleast one of the two drugs is a calcineurin inhibitor such as cyclosporine ortacrolimus; Other hormone replacement drugs include Mycophenolate Mofetil,cyclophosphamide, Taitacept or rituximab); Or if no remission has been achievedafter 3 to 6 months of adequate treatment with one calcineurin inhibitor, if theresearcher judges that the benefits outweigh the risks and the patient or guardianhas fully informed consent, the patient can be considered for inclusion.Patientswith other diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, requiring long-termsystemic treatment with glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants, may be considered forinclusion after the investigator determines that the benefits outweigh the risks andthe patient or guardian has fully informed consent;

    1. Renal biopsy was performed and the pathological type was determined to be minimallesion nephropathy(MCD) or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS);
    1. The functions of important organs are basically normal: Cardiac function: Leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥55% with no obvious abnormality inelectrocardiogram; Renal function: eGFR≥30ML/min/1.73m2# Liver function: Asparaguscochinchinensis transaseminase (AST) and Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)≤3.0 upperlimit of normal, Total Bilirubin (TBIL) in serum ≤2.0×upper limit of normal; Lungfunction: No serious lung lesions, SpO2≥92%;
    1. Met the standards of leukapheresis or intravenous blood collection, Nocontraindication for cell collection;
    1. Negative pregnancy test for female Subjects of childbearing age, agree to takeeffective contraceptive measures the first year after CAR-T infusion;
    1. Participants or their guardians agrees to participate in the clinical trial andsign the informed consent form which indicating that he/she understands the purposeand procedure of the clinical trial and is willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Received CAR T cell therapy or other gene-modified cell therapy previously;
    1. Patients had a cerebrovascular accident or seizure, or other active centralnervous system disease within 6 months;
    1. Genetic tests have confirmed hereditary kidney disease;
    1. Renal biopsy has been confirmed as immunoglobulin A nephropathy, idiopathicmembranous nephropathy or membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis;
    1. Renal replacement therapy has been or is being performed within 3 months prior totransfusion. (if acute kidney injury factors were considered, patients with chronickidney disease were excluded, and the benefits outweighed the risks as determined bythe investigator and with the full and informed consent of the patient or guardiancould be considered for inclusion);
    1. Renal replacement therapy has been or is being performed within 3 months prior totransfusion;
    1. Have a history of congenital heart disease or acute myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening; Or severe arrhythmias (including multisource frequentsupraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, etc.); Or combined withmoderate to massive pericardial effusion, serious myocarditis, etc; Or patients withunstable vital signs who need hypertensive drugs;
    1. Received solid organ transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantationwithin 3 months prior to screening; Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of grade 2 or above was present within 2 weeks prior to screening;
    1. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positiveand peripheral blood hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA titer greater than the normalreference value range; Or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive and peripheralblood hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA titer greater than the normal reference valuerange; Or positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies; Or syphilistest positive; Or cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA test positive;
    1. Macrophage activation syndrome occurred within 1 month prior to screening;
    1. Received live vaccine within 4 weeks before screening;
    1. Patients with malignant diseases such as tumors before screening, or with otherserious life-threatening diseases;
    1. Tested positive in Blood pregnancy test;
    1. Patients who participated in other clinical study within 1 months prior toenrollment;
    1. Any other conditions that the investigators deem it unsuitable for the study.

Study Design

Total Participants: 18
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: anti-BCMA/CD70 CAR-T cells
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
August 13, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
July 31, 2027

Study Description

At present, there is no effective treatment for Multi-drug resistant nephrotic syndrome (MDR-SRNS), which has a high risk of progression to kidney failure, and about 55% of patients will have disease recurrence after receiving kidney transplantation, which is in urgent need of new treatment methods.

CAR-T therapy is an adoptive cell therapy that uses genetic modification technology to reprogram T cells and eliminate target cells expressing disease-related antigens through antigen-specific recognition.Since 2019, CAR-T cell therapy has been successfully applied to autoimmune diseases. Although no clinical data related to CAR-T treatment of nephrotic syndrome has been disclosed, CAR-T is effective for systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis.Many kinds of autoimmune diseases such as chemical syndrome and idiopathic inflammatory dermatomyositis have good therapeutic effect. These results suggest that the therapeutic effect of CAR T cells may not be limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, but may also play a role in several different B-cell-mediated and autoantibody-driven human autoimmune diseases, which is expected to bring breakthroughs in the treatment of MDR-SRNS.The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the anti-BCMA/CD70 CAR-T cells in the treatment of patients with MDR-SRNS.

Connect with a study center

  • Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou 1808926, Zhejiang 1784764
    China

    Active - Recruiting

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