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CompletedNCT05981235Updated Jul 31, 2025

Phase 1 Trial of AZD6422 in CLDN18.2+ GI Tumors

A Phase 1 interventional study of AZD6422 CLDN18.2 CAR-T product in Gastrointestinal Tumors, sponsored by Peking University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-31.

Sponsored by Peking University · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a FTiH, Phase 1 IIT to evaluate the safety, feasibility, cellular kinetics (CK), pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, and preliminary antitumor activity of AZD6422 in adult participants with advanced or metastatic CLDN18.2+ GI tumors.

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Conditions studied

  • Gastrointestinal Tumors

Keywords

  • CLDN18.2+ GI Tumors Solid tumor CAR-T Cell therapy AZD6422
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In context

Digestive System Neoplasms

311 studies on the registry are indexed under Digestive System Neoplasms; 83 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 8 is below the median of 50 across 233 interventional studies indexed under Digestive System Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University is the lead sponsor of 411 studies on the registry; 122 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 1Capable of giving signed informed consent and keep compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the ICF and in this protocol.

    2Age ≥ 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent. 3At least 1 lesion, that qualifies as a RECIST v1.1 target lesion at baseline. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic GI adenocarcinoma that has failed prior lines systemic treatment or with standard anticancer therapy.

    4Confirmation of CLDN18.2 expression determined by IHC . 5ECOG PS of 0 to 1. 6 Life expectancy of > 12 weeks. 7Evidence of appropriate organ function, as determined by clinical laboratory values.

    8Participants of childbearing potential (including woman of childbearing potential and males who have a partner) must take highly effective contraception measure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1.Prior treatment with any CAR-T cell therapy. 2.History of upper digestive tract bleeding secondary to previous CLDN18.2-targeting therapies; clinically significant unstable or active peptic ulcer disease or upper digestive tract bleeding 3.Cancer-related spinal cord compression, leptomeningeal disease, or brain metastases.

    4.Receipt of the last dose of anticancer therapy within 5 half-lives or ≤ 21 days prior to apheresis, treatment radiotherapy within 6 weeks (loco-regional palliative radiotherapy within 7 days) prior to apheresis.

    5.Treatment with any anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy. 6.History of, or active, bleeding diatheses. 7.Active or chronic infection disease (s). 8.History of another primary malignancy ≤ 3 years before enrolment. 9.Any history of autoimmune neurological conditions. 10.Other active autoimmune or inflammatory disorders. 11.Stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, or seizure within 6 months of apheresis. 12.Active uncontrolled epilepsy. 13.Cardiac disease, including arrhythmias, QT prolongation, cardiomyopathy and unstable ischaemic heart disease.

    14.Uncontrolled intercurrent illness. 15.Steroids or other immunomodulators of systemic therapeutic dose within 14 days prior to apheresis.

    16.Prior pegylated G-CSF within 60 days before apheresis. Prior G-CSF/granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) within 14 days before apheresis.

    17.Any prohibited medication. 18.Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to apheresis, or planned surgery within 4 weeks after study intervention.

    19.Any history of life-threatening allergies, hypersensitivity, or severe infusion reaction to monoclonal antibodies or biological therapies, or intolerance to the CAR-T product or its excipients.

    20.Toxicity from previous anticancer therapy that has not resolved to baseline levels or to ≤ Grade 1 prior to apheresis.

    21.Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding or expect to be pregnant or breastfeeding during the study.

    22.Judgment by the investigator that the participant should not participate in the study if the participant is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions, and requirements.

    23.Receipt of live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the start of lymphodepletion.

    24.Participant has any medical or psychiatric condition.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    AZD6422

    It is anti-CLDN18.2 CAR-T cell therapy and the study consists of two parts: dose escalation (part 1) and dose expansion (part 2)

    Biological: AZD6422 CLDN18.2 CAR-T product

Interventions

  • BiologicalAZD6422 CLDN18.2 CAR-T product

    AZD6422 CAR-T product infusion after pre-conditioning

    Also known as: AZD6422

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of treatment-emergent AEs, AESIs, and SAEs.

    Incidence of treatment-emergent AEs, AESIs, and SAEs.

    Time frame: Within 24 months of the last AZD6422 infusion or the start of a new anticancer treatment

  2. Occurrence of Dose limiting toxicity.

    Occurrence of DLTs (Dose limiting toxicity).

    Time frame: Within 28 days after the first infusion

  3. Changes from baseline in vital signs, laboratory parameters, physical examination, and 12-lead ECG.

    Changes from baseline in vital signs, laboratory parameters, physical examination, and 12-lead ECG.

    Time frame: Within 28 days after the first infusion

Secondary outcomes

  1. ORR

    The proportion of participants who have a confirmed CR or confirmed PR as determined by the investigator at local site per RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: 24 months post AZD6422 infusion

  2. DoR

    The time from first documented confirmed response until date of documented progression of disease per RECIST v1.1 as determined by investigator at local site or death due to any cause.

    Time frame: 24 months post AZD6422 infusion

  3. DCR

    The proportion of participants who have a confirmed CR, confirmed PR, or who have SD per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator at local site and derived from the raw tumor data for at least 11 weeks after infusion date.

    Time frame: 24 months post AZD6422 infusion

  4. PFS

    Time from infusion date until progression per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator at local site, or death due to any cause.

    Time frame: 24 months post AZD6422 infusion

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Study locations

1 site
  • peking university Cancer Hospital
    Beijing, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from sponsor or the collaborator group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal. All requests will be evaluated as per the sponsor disclosure commitment. Yes, indicates that sponsors are accepting requests for IPD, but this does not mean all requests will be shared.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 31, 2025, 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
NCT05981235
Lead sponsor
Peking University
Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 8, 2023
Start date
Dec 14, 2023
Primary completion
Jun 25, 2025
Completion
Jun 25, 2025
Last update
Jul 31, 2025

Study contacts

Lin Shen, PHD
principal investigator · Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

Oversight

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