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Allogeneic NK T-Cells Expressing CD19 Specific CAR in B-Cell Malignancies

A Phase 1 interventional study of KUR-502 in NHL, Relapsed, Adult, B-cell Lymphoma and B-cell Leukemia, sponsored by Athenex, Inc.. Recruiting at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-18.

Primary conditionLymphoma, B-CellRegistry: Lymphoma, Non-HodgkinReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Lymphoma, B-Cell
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Lymphoma, B-Cell, a narrower term within Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Athenex, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2023, 2 years 11 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Oct 2022; still recruiting 4 years 1 month later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
36
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
3 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a multi-center study to evaluate the safety of KUR-502 in subjects with refractory/relapsed B-cell NHL or leukemia (ALL or CLL).

Read the detailed description

KUR-502 will be manufactured from leukapheresis products from healthy donors. Subjects will be enrolled into 2 parallel cohorts (Cohort A [non-ALL] and Cohort B [ALL]). Each cohort will undergo dose escalation independently.

Three (3) dose levels will be evaluated in the ANCHOR and ANCHOR2 studies combined (1×107/m2, 3×107/m2, 1×108/m2). Dose levels are defined based on the number of transduced KUR-502 cells. Body surface area (BSA) will be capped at 2.4 m2. Subjects will receive \<1×104 allogeneic T cells/kg at any dose level.

The MTD will be determined once dose escalation is completed, and all subjects are evaluable for DLT. If there is no DLT that determines an MTD, a maximum dose level will be declared. Dose escalation will stop when 6 subjects have been treated at the MTD or highest dose level.

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Conditions studied

  • NHL, Relapsed, Adult
  • B-cell Lymphoma
  • B-cell Leukemia
  • DLBCL - Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
  • ALL, Adult B Cell
  • ALL, Childhood
  • CLL/SLL
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In context

Lymphoma, B-Cell Reclassified

885 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma, B-Cell; 286 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 36 is close to the median of 34 across 773 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma, B-Cell.

Browse Lymphoma, B-Cell studies →

Lead sponsor

Athenex, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

Compared within Lymphoma, B-Cell, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

Subjects must meet all of the following criteria to be included in this study:

  1. Signed written .
  2. Diagnosis of CD19+ B-cell lymphoma or leukemia (ALL or CLL).

    • Subjects who previously received CD19-directed therapy must have or flow cytometry-confirmed CD19+ tumor following the CD19-directed therapy; may be performed by local laboratory.
  3. The disease is:

    Cohort A (non-ALL subjects):

    • after ≥2 , including a CD20 antibody, if an indolent lymphoma.
    • Relapsed or refractory after ≥2 lines of therapy, including ibrutinib and venetoclax, if CLL.
    • Relapsed or refractory after ≥2 lines of therapy, including a CD20 antibody and an anthracycline, and the subject is ineligible for stem cell transplantation, if an aggressive or highly aggressive lymphoma.
    • Ineligibility for autologous stem cell transplantation includes non-responsive disease after salvage therapy and failure to mobilize stem cells for transplant.

    Cohort B (ALL subjects):

    • Relapsed or refractory after ≥2 lines of therapy.
  4. by current criteria (Lugano criteria for lymphomas, IWG criteria for CLL, and detectable disease for ALL).
  5. Age 3 to 75 years; subjects \<18 years old will not be enrolled as the first subject on any dose level.
  6. BSA ≤2.4 m2.
  7. \<2 times the (ULN) (3 times if the subject has Gilbert syndrome).
  8. (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \<5 times ULN.
  9. Estimated (GFR) ≥50 mL/min.
  10. Pulse oximetry ≥90% on room air.
  11. or Lansky score ≥70.
  12. Recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy based on the enrolling physician's assessment (if some effects of chemotherapy are expected to last long term, for example, residual neuropathy, anemia, or alopecia, subject is eligible if meets other eligibility criteria).
  13. >12 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from this study:

  1. Females who are breastfeeding or pregnant at Screening (as documented by a positive urine or serum pregnancy test; may be performed by local laboratory).
  2. Females of who:

    • Had unprotected sexual intercourse within 30 days before study entry and who do not agree to use a highly effective method of (eg, total abstinence, an intrauterine device, a double-barrier method [such as condom plus diaphragm with spermicide], a contraceptive implant, an oral contraceptive, or have a vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia) through the Day 365 visit or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
    • Are currently abstinent, and do not agree to use a double-barrier method (as described above) or refrain from sexual activity through the Day 365 visit or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
    • Are using hormonal contraceptives but are not on a stable dose of the same hormonal contraceptive product for at least 4 weeks before dosing and who do not agree to use the same contraceptive through the Day 365 visit or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
  3. Males who have not had a successful vasectomy (confirmed azoospermia) or they and their female partners do not meet the criteria above (ie, not of childbearing potential or practicing highly effective contraception through the Day 365 visit or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation). No sperm donation is allowed through the Day 365 visit or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
  4. Currently receiving any agents or received any cellular therapies within the previous 6 weeks prior to the KUR-502 infusion.
  5. History of Grade 2 to 4 GvHD.
  6. History of reactions to murine protein-containing products.
  7. Active infection with (HIV) or human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV).
  8. Active infection with virus (HBV) or virus (HCV).
  9. Uncontrolled active bacterial, fungal, or other viral infection.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(19)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

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.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.

Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

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.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
36 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort A, non-ALL relapsed/refractory

    These dose levels will be evaluated. Patients will also receive lymphodepletion chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine followed by CD19.CAR-aNKT cell infusion. Genetic: CD19.CAR-aNKT cells Patients will be given the T-cell product by intravenous injection (into the vein through an IV line) at the assigned dose. Dose level 1: 1×107/m2. Dose level 2: 3×107/m2. Dose level 3: 1×108/m2). Drug: Cyclophosphamide: Lymphodepletion chemotherapy. Patients will receive 3 daily doses of cyclophosphamide (500mg/m2/day finishing at least 24 hours before T-cell infusion. The drug will be given intravenously (through an IV needle) Other name: Cytoxan Drug Fludarabine Lymphodepletion chemotherapy. Patient will receive 3 daily dose of fludarabine (30mg/m2/day) finishing at least 24 hours before T-cell infusion. the drug will be given intravenously (through an IV needle) Other name: Fludara

    Genetic: KUR-502

  • Experimental
    Cohort B, ALL releapsed/refractory

    This cohort is for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL afer 2 or more lines of therapy. Patients will also receive lymphodepletion chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine followed by the CD19.CAR-aNKT cell infusion. Genetic: CD19.CAR-aNKT cells Patients will be given the T-cell product by intravenous injection (into the vein through an IV line) at the assigned dose. Dose level 1: 1×107/m2. Dose level 2: 3×107/m2. Dose level 3: 1×108/m2). Drug: Cyclophosphamide: Lymphodepletion chemotherapy. Patients will receive 3 daily doses of cyclophosphamide (500mg/m2/day finishing at least 24 hours before T-cell infusion. The drug will be given intravenously (through an IV needle) Other name: Cytoxan Drug Fludarabine Lymphodepletion chemotherapy. Patient will receive 3 daily dose of fludarabine (30mg/m2/day) finishing at least 24 hours before T-cell infusion. the drug will be given intravenously (through an IV needle)

    Genetic: KUR-502

Interventions

  • GeneticKUR-502

    KUR-502 (CD19.CAR-aNKT cells) consists of transduced allogeneic natural killer T cells (aNKT) genetically modified with additional features to enhance their anti-tumor activity against CD19+ B-cell malignancies. Following intravenous (IV) infusion, the product is expected to kill CD19+ tumor cells by direct interaction with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and activation of the NKT cells to kill tumor through their innate cell killing.

    Also known as: CD19.CAR-aNKT cells

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) rate and grade of single dose of Kur-502

    Incidence rate and the grade (severity) of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) based on adverse events (AEs) reported according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0

    Time frame: 4 weeks post T cell infusion

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Study locations

3 of 3 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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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 Oct 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2023, 14 months after the start.

Of 90 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Lymphoma, B-Cell, half reached primary completion within 47 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 37 and three quarters within 81. This study's planned 14 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 207 studies reached it within 51 months; a quarter within 37 and three quarters within 78.

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

Registered
Aug 1, 2022
First posted
Aug 4, 2022
StartActual
Oct 1, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Dec 2023
CompletionEst.
Dec 2024
Last update
May 18, 2023
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 May 18, 2023, 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
NCT05487651
Lead sponsor
Athenex, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 4, 2022
Start date
Oct 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Last update
May 18, 2023

Study contacts

Dan Lang, MD, PhD
Contact
dlang@athenex.com
716-970-4187
Carlos Ramos, MD
principal investigator · Baylor College of Medicine

Oversight

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