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Exploring the Efficacy and Safety of CS20AT04 (Allogenic Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

A Phase 2 interventional study of CS20AT04 (allogenic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, sponsored by Hanyang University Seoul Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-08.

Primary conditionLupus NephritisRegistry: Lupus Erythematosus, SystemicReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Lupus Nephritis
Why
  1. The study's title name Lupus Nephritis, a narrower term within Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own title. Of 46 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 72% were exactly right and 89% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 4% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Hanyang University Seoul Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Nov 2021, 5 years ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 1 year 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2019, registered Apr 2021).
  • Started Sep 2019; still recruiting 7 years 1 month later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 30 studies in Lupus Nephritis with a site in Korea, Republic of — 5 open to participants now, 8 under way, 2 of them phase 3. Lupus Nephritis · Korea, Republic of.

Planned enrollment
26th of 28
10 · median 95
Started
2019
with 2 others
Phase 2
14 of 30
1 open now
Registered
20th of 30
by date

Among the 30 studies in Lupus Nephritis with a site in Korea, Republic of, this one is the 26th largest by planned enrollment of the 28 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 3 that started in 2019, is one of 14 in phase 2, and was the 20th registered.

Lupus Nephritis

340 studies on the registry are indexed under Lupus Nephritis; 135 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

5 of the 30 studies in Lupus Nephritis with a site in Korea, Republic of are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 88 Lupus Nephritis studies recruiting now, 30 (34%) set no upper age limit and 51 (58%) stop at 75 or younger; 29 take children under 18; 7 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 70 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is an open-label, one-arm single-center phase Ⅱa study exploring the efficacy and safety of CS20AT04 (HLA-haplo Matched Allogenic Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells) in two subpopulation group of systemic lupus erythematosus patients - lupus nephritis and lupus cytopenia.

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that can affect virtually every organ. A subset of SLE patients continues to suffer significant morbidity and mortality from active disease, with visceral organ involvement. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a more effective therapy for SLE disorder, especially for treatment-refractory patients.

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells are known to be effective in modulating immune cells such as T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and Neutral Killer (NK) cells and treating acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD). Also, based on the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells have been widely studied as a candidate for the treatment of refractory immune- and inflammation-mediated disease, and have extensive experience of use.

Half-matched allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, the active ingredient of CS20AT04 Injection, not only have the potential to differentiate into various mesenchymal cells but also have various immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, and thus are expected to induce and maintain remission of lupus nephritis and lupus cytopenia.

This study is designed to investigate the following. Subjects enrolled into the CS20AT04 with corticosteroid taper regimen arm will receive two infusions of CS20AT04(2.0×10\^6cell/kg), on 0 day and on 12 weeks post-enrollment. Subjects will return for efficacy and safety assessments on 3 days, 1 week, and every 4 weeks each post-infusion until Week 24. Safety monitoring will be continued at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years post-infusion.

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Conditions studied

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Keywords

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell
  • Lupus Nephritis
  • Lupus Cytopenia
  • Cell Therapy
  • Phase IIa Clinical Trial
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In context

Lupus Nephritis Reclassified

340 studies on the registry are indexed under Lupus Nephritis; 135 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 48 across 242 interventional studies indexed under Lupus Nephritis.

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Lead sponsor

Hanyang University Seoul Hospital is the lead sponsor of 26 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Compared within Lupus Nephritis, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with HLA-haplo-matched bone marrow donor less than 70 years old
  2. Patients meeting:

    -at least 4 of the 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) criteria, including at least 1 clinical criterion and 1 immunology criterion; or

    -at least 4 of the 11 Revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Criteria for Classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, according to the 1997 Update of the 1982 ACR

  3. Patients having a positive test result for antinuclear antibody (ANA; titer at least 1:80) and/or anti-double stranded DNA antibody (anti-dsDNA Ab) at screening
  4. Patients (non-responder or partial responder), defined as :

    -unresponsive to treatment with standard care(such as monthly i.v. pulse cyclophosphamide (CYC) 500-1000 mg/m2, mycophenolate (MMF) ≥ 2 gm/day, azathioprine (AZA) ≥ 200 mg/day, leflunomide (LEF) 20 mg/day, oral CYC, cyclosporine, mizoribine ≥ 150 mg/day, mycophenolic acid ≥ 1.44 g/day, tacrolimus (TAC) ≥ 1.5 mg twice a day alone or in combination for at least 6 months) or

    -with continued daily dosage of ≥15mg of prednisone or its equivalent for maintenance treatment

    5-1. For the lupus cytopenia sub-group only:

    • Patients with cytopenia (at least one of anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia) in absence of any other identifiable cause, defined as:

    [Red blood cell associated] -Hemolytic anemia ( ≤ 10g/dL) with reticulocytosis, or [White cell associated]

    - \< 1,000/mm3 (in the absence of other known cause such as , drugs, and infection), and/or

    • Lymphocyte count \< 1,500/mm3 [ associated]
    • Platelet count \< 100,000/mm3 (in the absence of other known cause such as drugs, portal hypertension, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP))

    5-2. For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: •Patients with clinical disease activity of lupus nephritis, defined by:

    • laboratory tests documented active lupus nephritis three consecutive times: (i) decrease in renal function (serum creatinine > 106 μmol/L) (ii) increase in proteinuria (defined as urine protein/creatinine ratio (UPC) > 1), and (iii) deterioration in microscopic hematuria (defined as > 10 red cells per high power field) in the absence of menstrual hematuria or urinary tract infection at the time of screening or the presence of cellular casts
    • renal documenting lupus nephritis according to the International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society classification of active or active/chronic lupus nephritis in renal biopsy class III, class IV-S or IV-G, class V, class III + V, or class IV + V (within 1 year)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients unable or unwilling to provide written
  1. Patients with any history of cancer, allergy, alcohol or substance abuse, active peptic ulcer disease, heart failure, liver disease, and coagulation disorder
  1. Patients who have active severe central nervous system (CNS) lupus
  1. Patients who have received biologic agents in the past year
  1. Patients undergoing intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange therapy
  1. Patients who are pregnant or are lactating
  1. Patients with any evidence of a major infection
  1. For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: Patients with serum creatinine > 250 μmol/L
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

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Informed consent

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Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Assigned interventions

    Subjects enrolled into the CS20AT04 with corticosteroid taper regimen arm will receive two infusions of CS20AT04 (2.0×10\^6cell/kg), on 0 day and on 12 weeks post-enrollment.

    Biological: CS20AT04 (allogenic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell)

Interventions

  • BiologicalCS20AT04 (allogenic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell)

    Two intravenous infusions of CS20AT04 (2.0×10\^6cell/kg), on 0 day and on 12 weeks The target population of this study is subjects in South Korea with a diagnosis of either lupus nephritis or lupus cytopenia.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction of corticosteroid dose to ≤ 7.5 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent

    The primary efficacy objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of CS20AT04, in combination with a 24-week corticosteroid taper regimen, as measured by: Reduction of corticosteroid dose to ≤ 7.5 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent at Week 4 , and continued through Week 12

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  2. Hematologic improvement without ongoing SLE treatment

    As Lupus cytopenia sub-group specific endpoint, Hgb increase of ≥ 1.5 g/dL, or Neutrophil count increase of ≥ 100% from pre-treatment level and an absolute increase of 500/mm3 x 10\^9/L, or For pre-treatment platelet count \> 20 X 10\^9/L, a platelet absolute increase of ≥ 30 X 10\^9/L For pre-treatment platelet count ≤ 20 X 10\^9/L, a platelet absolute increase ≥ 20 X 10\^9/L and ≥ 100% increase from pre-treatment level

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  3. Renal response improvement

    As Lupus nephritis (LN) sub-group specific endpoint, a renal response at 24 weeks adjudicated based on the following parameters: Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio (UPCR) of ≤0.5mg/mg, and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)≥60mL/min/1.73m2 or no confirmed decrease from baseline in eGFR of \> 20%, and Did not receive any rescue medication for LN, and Did not receive over than 7.5mg prednisone for ≥7 consecutive days in total during week 12 through 24, just prior to the renal response assessment

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of subjects who achieve a prednisone dose of ≤ 7.5mg/day or equivalent

    Proportion of subjects who achieve a prednisone dose of ≤ 7.5mg/day or equivalent by Week 12 and maintain this dose ≤ 7.5mg/day prednisone or equivalent from Week 12 to 24

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 24 weeks

  2. Proportion of subjects achieving Low Level Disease Activity State

    Proportion of subjects achieving Low Level Disease Activity State (LLDAS) at Week 24

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  3. Proportion of subjects with ≥ 4 point reduction from baseline in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K) score

    Proportion of subjects with ≥ 4 point reduction from baseline in SLEDAI-2K score at 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  4. Proportion of subjects with baseline Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K) ≥ 4 having SLE responder index 4 (SRI5)

    Proportion of subjects with baseline SLEDAI-2K ≥ 4 having SLE responder index 5 (SRI5) response at 24 weeks, defined by (i) a ≥ 4 point reduction from baseline in SLEDAI-2K score, (ii) no worsening (increase of \< 0.30 points from baseline) in Physician's Global Assessment (PGA), and (iii) no new British Isles Lupus Assessment Group of SLE Clinics (BILAG) A organ domain score or 2 new BILAG B organ domain scores compared with baseline at the time of assessment (i.e. at 24 weeks)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  5. Proportion of subjects with baseline Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K) ≥ 5 having SLE responder index 5 (SRI5)

    Proportion of subjects with baseline SLEDAI-2K ≥ 5 having SLE responder index 5 (SRI5) response at 24 weeks, defined by (i) a ≥ 5 point reduction from baseline in SLEDAI-2K score, (ii) no worsening (increase of \< 0.30 points from baseline) in Physician's Global Assessment (PGA), and (iii) no new British Isles Lupus Assessment Group of SLE Clinics (BILAG) A organ domain score or 2 new BILAG B organ domain scores compared with baseline at the time of assessment (i.e. at 24 weeks)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  6. Proportion of subjects with baseline Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K) ≥ 6 having SLE responder index 6 (SRI6)

    Proportion of subjects with baseline SLEDAI-2K ≥ 6 having SRI6 response at 24 weeks, defined by (i) a ≥ 6 point reduction from baseline in SLEDAI-2K score, (ii) no worsening (increase of \< 0.30 points from baseline) in Physician's Global Assessment (PGA), and (iii) no new British Isles Lupus Assessment Group of SLE Clinics (BILAG) A organ domain score or 2 new BILAG B organ domain scores compared with baseline at the time of assessment (i.e. at 24weeks)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  7. Time to first severe modified SLE Flare Index (SFI) flare

    Time to first severe modified SLE Flare Index (SFI) flare over 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  8. Change from baseline of hematologic parameters

    For the lupus cytopenia sub-group only: Change from baseline of hematologic parameters (white blood cell counts, platelet counts, and hemoglobin) at 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks

    Time frame: 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks , and 24 weeks

  9. Time to first hematologic flare

    For the lupus cytopenia sub-group only: Time to first hematologic flare over 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  10. Change in baseline of renal function parameters

    For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: Time to event for each of the individual components of treatment failure (death, ESRD, sustained doubling of serum creatinine, renal flare, extrarenal flare, or rescue therapy)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  11. Time to event for each of the individual components of treatment failure

    For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: Time to event for each of the individual components of treatment failure (death, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), sustained doubling of serum creatinine, renal flare, extrarenal flare, or rescue therapy)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  12. Time to complete remission

    For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: Time to complete remission over 24 weeks, as defined by return to normal values of serum creatinine (\< 106 μmol/L), proteinuria (\< 0.3 g/24 h), and urine sediment.

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  13. Time to first renal flare

    For the lupus nephritis sub-group only: Time to first renal flare over 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Other outcomes

  1. Change in SLE parameters compare to baseline

    Change in the following SLE parameters compared to baseline at 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks: * Total Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index- 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) score * Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SLICC/ACR-DI) score * British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) scale (at 4 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks)

    Time frame: 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks

  2. Change from baseline of Treg CD4+CD25+Foxp3+) and Th17 (CD3+CD8-IL-17A+) cell counts

    Change from baseline of Treg (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+) and Th17 (CD3+CD8-IL-17A+) cell counts at 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks and 0.5 years, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, 3 years after the first injection, as measured by flow cytometry (FACS) analysis \* CD=Cluster of Differentiation, Foxp=forkhead box P, IL=Interleukin

    Time frame: 3 days, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks and 0.5 years, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, 3 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Sep 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Nov 2021, 25 months after the start.

Of 33 phase 2 interventional studies under Lupus Nephritis, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 28 and three quarters within 57. This study's planned 25 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 6, 2021
First posted
Apr 8, 2021
StartActual
Sep 26, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Nov 5, 2021
CompletionEst.
Jan 20, 2026
Last update
Apr 8, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 8, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04835883
Lead sponsor
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Collaborators
Corestemchemon, Inc., Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea
Responsible party
Chan-Bum Choi (Principal Investigator, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 8, 2021
Start date
Sep 26, 2019
Primary completion
Nov 5, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 20, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 8, 2021

Study contacts

Chan-Bum Choi, M.D.,Ph.D
Contact
cbchoi@hanyang.ac.kr
+82222909208
Kwijoo Kim
Contact
kwjkim@corestem.com
+821027568321
Chan-Bum Choi, M.D.,Ph.D.
principal investigator · Department of Rhumatology in Hanyang University Medical Center

Oversight

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