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Active, not recruitingNCT04013685Updated Aug 14, 2026

Precision-T: A Study of Orca-T in Recipients Undergoing Allogeneic Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies

A Phase 1 interventional study of Orca-T in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Lymphoid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, sponsored by Orca Biosystems, Inc.. Active, not recruiting at 21 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-14.

Sponsored by Orca Biosystems, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
155
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of Orca-T, an allogeneic stem cell and T-cell immunotherapy biologic manufactured for each patient (transplant recipient) from the mobilized peripheral blood of a specific, unique donor. It is composed of purified hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), purified regulatory T cells (Tregs), and conventional T cells (Tcons) in participants undergoing myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant transplantation for hematologic malignancies.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoid Leukemia
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Acute Leukemia
  • Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN)
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Keywords

  • hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • acute leukemia
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • matched related donor
  • matched unrelated donor
  • TREGZI
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

Recipients must meet all of the following criteria:

  1. Patients must be diagnosed with 1 of the following histopathologically confirmed diseases, for which a myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) is planned:

    A) Acute myeloid, lymphoid, or mixed phenotype/undifferentiated leukemia who are not in CR or CRi (active disease) and/or MDS with >10% to \<20% bone marrow blast burden (ages 18 to 75 years)

    B) Acute leukemia in CR/CRi or MDS that is DRI intermediate to high risk (ages 66 to 75 years)

    C) BPDCN (ages 18 to 65 years)

    D) Participants aged 18 to 65 who would be eligible for the Phase 3 component of Precision-T except for mild impairments of renal and/or hepatic function as defined by an eGFR of 50 to \<60 mL/min and/or a total bilirubin of >ULN to ≤2 x ULN and diagnosed with either of the following:

    i. Acute myeloid, lymphoid, or mixed phenotype/undifferentiated leukemia that is in CR/CRi and DRI intermediate to high risk

    a) MDS that is DRI intermediate to high risk

    E) Acute or chronic leukemia in remission that is DRI low risk (ages 18 to 65 years), including the following:

    i. CML in chronic phase but with a history of accelerated phase or blast crisis or who are resistant to or intolerant of more than 1 first- and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors

    ii. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with inv(16) without accompanying complex cytogenetics

  2. Patients must be matched to a 8/8 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor
  3. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >50 mL/minute
  4. Cardiac ejection fraction at rest ≥45% or shortening fraction of ≥27% by echocardiogram or radionuclide scan (MUGA)
  5. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (adjusted for hemoglobin) ≥50%
  6. Total bilirubin \<2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (patients with Gilbert's syndrome may be included where hemolysis has been excluded) and ALT/AST \<3 times ULN

Key Exclusion Criteria:

Recipients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible:

  1. History of prior allogeneic HCT
  2. Currently receiving corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapy. Topical corticosteroids or oral systemic corticosteroid doses less than or equal to 10 mg/day are allowed.
  3. Pre-planned donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI)
  4. Planned pharmaceutical in vivo or ex vivo T cell depletion
  5. Positive for anti-donor HLA antibodies against an allele in the selected donor
  6. Karnofsky performance score \<70%
  7. Hematopoietic cell transplantation-specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) >4
  8. Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infections (currently taking antimicrobial therapy and with progression or no clinical improvement) at time of enrollment
  9. Seropositive for HIV-1 or -2 antibody, HTLV-1 or -2 antibody, Hepatitis B sAg, or Hepatitis C antibody
  10. Any uncontrolled autoimmune disease requiring active immunosuppressive treatment
  11. Concurrent malignancies or active disease within 1 year, except non-melanoma skin cancers that have been curatively resected
  12. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
155 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Subjects with Acute Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or BPDCN

    This is a non-randomized, single-arm study. All enrolled subjects will receive an allogeneic HCT with the Orca-T product.

    Biological: Orca-T

Interventions

  • BiologicalOrca-T

    an allogeneic stem cell and T-cell immunotherapy biologic

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The incidence of primary graft failure

    The incidence of primary graft failure

    Time frame: 365 days

  2. The incidence of grade 3 or 4 aGVHD

    The incidence of grade 3 or 4 aGVHD

    Time frame: 180 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. 1-year overall survival (OS)

    1-year overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: 365 days

  2. 1 year graft-versus-host-disease-free and relapse-free survival (GRFS)

    1 year graft-versus-host-disease-free and relapse-free survival (GRFS)

    Time frame: 365 days

  3. incidence and severity of acute and chronic graft vs host disease (GvHD)

    incidence and severity of acute and chronic graft vs host disease (GvHD)

    Time frame: 365 days

  4. incidence of serious infections

    incidence of serious infections

    Time frame: 365 days

  5. incidence of engraftment

    incidence of engraftment of platelets and neutrophils

    Time frame: 28 days

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Study locations

21 sites
  • City of Hope
    Duarte, California 91010, United States
  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
  • UC Davis
    Sacramento, California 95817, United States
  • Stanford Health Care
    Stanford, California 94305, United States
  • Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
    Denver, Colorado 80218, United States
  • University of Miami Hospital and Clinics - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Miami, Florida 33136, United States
  • Moffitt Cancer Center
    Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
  • Winship Cancer Institute - Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
  • University of Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
  • The University of Kansas Hospital
    Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
  • Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
  • University of Michigan Health System - Michigan Medicine
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
  • Weill Cornell Medicine - New York-Presbyterian Hospital
    New York, New York 10021, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York 10065, United States
  • Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
  • OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
  • Oregon Health & Sciences University - Knight Cancer Institute
    Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
  • Vanderbilt University
    Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77054, United States
  • University of Utah - Huntsman Cancer Institute
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04013685
Lead sponsor
Orca Biosystems, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 10, 2019
Start date
Nov 21, 2019
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2025
Completion
Apr 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 14, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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