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NCT07825389Not yet recruitingPhase 1/2

C-CAR168, an Autologous Anti-CD20/BCMA Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy, in Participants With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Refractory to Standard Therapy

Multi-center, Phase 1b/2 Clinical Study of an Autologous Anti-CD20/BCMA Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy (C-CAR168) for the Treatment of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Refractory to Standard Therapy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a global, multicenter, Phase 1b/2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of C-CAR168, an autologous anti-CD20/BCMA chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, in participants with progressive multiple sclerosis refractory to standard-of-care therapy. The study includes participants with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS).

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
119 (estimated)
First submitted
8 Sept 2026
Start date
Feb 2027
Primary completion date
Feb 2030
Lead sponsor
AbelZeta Inc.
NCT number
NCT07825389

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Planned participants: 119
  • From Feb 2027 to the primary completion date, Feb 2030
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Inadequate washout from prior MS therapy or specified recent immunomodulatory treatments.
  • Prior CAR T-cell therapy, other genetically modified immune cell therapy, or gene therapy.

Other illness

  • RRMS, clinically isolated syndrome, radiologically isolated syndrome, or another diagnosis better explaining the neurologic course.
  • Alternative inflammatory demyelinating disorders, including AQP4-antibody-positive NMOSD and MOG-antibody-associated disease.
  • Active or chronic infection requiring antibiotics, or protocol-specified positive infectious disease testing.
  • Specified major cardiovascular, neurologic, transplant, malignancy, bleeding/thromboembolic, allergy, or protocol-compliance exclusions.

Other

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy during the protocol-defined follow-up period.

Who the study is looking for

  • Able to sign and date the informed consent form.
  • Male or female, 18-55 years of age, body weight \>=40 kg.
  • Diagnosis of MS according to the 2024 McDonald criteria with cohort-specific progressive MS requirements.
  • Cohort 1: active SPMS; Cohort 2: PPMS or non-active SPMS.
  • Inadequate response to at least one prior high-efficacy disease-modifying therapy administered for at least 6 months.
  • Documented disability progression over the prior 24 months.
  • EDSS 3.0 to 6.5, inclusive.
  • Meets protocol-defined disease-duration, CSF, organ-function, cardiac/pulmonary, pregnancy testing, contraception, vaccination, and cellular-therapy follow-up requirements.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
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GilbertUnited StatesUnknown status
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La JollaUnited StatesUnknown status

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