Safety and Efficacy of IM21 Car-t Cells in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory BCMA Positive Multiple Myeloma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03711864 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : October 19, 2018
Last Update Posted : September 30, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Multiple Myeloma | Biological: IM21 CAR-T cells | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 15 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Safety and Efficacy of IM21 Car-t Cells in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory BCMA Positive Multiple Myeloma |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 25, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 10, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 20, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: IM21 CAR-T cells
IM21 CAR-T cells
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Biological: IM21 CAR-T cells
fludarabine and cyclophosphamide Two days before cell infusion,all patients will be treated with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for 3 days
Other Name: IM21 |
- Occurrence of study related adverse events [ Time Frame: 2 years ]defined as >= Grade 3 signs/symptoms, laboratory toxicities, and clinical events) that are possibly, likely, or definitely related to study treatment Adverse events assessed according to NCI-CTCAE v4.0 criteria 2.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- The patient had multiple myeloma (according to the updated IMWG diagnostic criteria)Active (symptomatic) myeloma
- Refractory and recurrent multiple myeloma Refractory definition: 1) treated with at least second-line bortezomib or lenalidomide 2) determined by the clinician Definition of recurrence: refer to NCCN clinical guidelines for multiple myeloma (2016. V2), including recurrence after transplantation.
- Age: 18 to 80 years old;
- The expected survival time was more than 3 months;
- ECoG score 0-2 (refer to Annex 2)
- Hemoglobin (HB)≥80g/L; absolute neutrophil count (ANC)>1×10^9/L; platelet count(PLT)≥50×10^9/L.
Those who voluntarily participated in the experiment and signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- High risk organ involvement patients: tumor invasion of central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract,lung,pericardium,one of the major vessels;
- Those who have graft-versus-host reaction and need to use immunosuppressants, or who have autoimmune diseases;
- Chemotherapy or radiotherapy was used within 3 days before blood collection;
- Patients who used systemic steroids within 5 days before blood collection (except those who have recently or are currently using inhaled steroids);
- The patients who used drugs to stimulate the production of bone marrow hematopoietic cells within 5 days before the blood collection period;
- Those who have previously used any gene therapy products;
- History of epilepsy or other central nervous system diseases;
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade III or above (refer to Annex 3) (for patients with heart disease, this assessment is required);
- Creatinine > 1.5 times normal upper limit, ALT / AST>3 times normal upper limit or bilirubin >2 times normal upper limit;
- Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus, HIV or other uncured active infections;
- Pregnant or lactating women;
- Those who suffer from other uncontrolled diseases are not suitable to join the study; Any situation that the researchers believe may increase the risk of subjects or interfere with the test results.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03711864
Contact: Lu Zhang, M.D. | +86-18610728815 | pumczhanglu@163.com |
China, Beijing | |
Peking Union Medical College Hospital | Recruiting |
Beijing, Beijing, China, 100005 | |
Contact: Jian Li, M.D. +86-18610852525 lijian@pumch.cn | |
Contact: Lu Zhang, M.D. +86-18610728815 pumczhanglu@163.com |
Principal Investigator: | Daobin Zhou, M.D. | Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Lu Zhang, Attending doctor, Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03711864 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
YMCART201804 |
First Posted: | October 19, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 30, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Hemostatic Disorders Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
Paraproteinemias Blood Protein Disorders Hematologic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Lymphoproliferative Disorders Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases |