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A Study to Assess the Safety and Clinical Activity of Azer-cel in Participants With B-cell Mediated Autoimmune Disorders

A Phase 1 interventional study of Azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel) in B-cell Mediated Autoimmune Disorders, sponsored by TG Therapeutics, Inc.. Recruiting at 8 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-27.

Sponsored by TG Therapeutics, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2025; still recruiting 1 year 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main objective of the study is to determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of Azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel).

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Conditions studied

  • B-cell Mediated Autoimmune Disorders

Keywords

  • Progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (PMS)
  • Primary Progressive MS (PPMS)
  • Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS)
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (MNOSD)
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
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In context

Multiple Sclerosis

3,264 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Sclerosis; 659 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 50 across 2,201 interventional studies indexed under Multiple Sclerosis.

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Lead sponsor

TG Therapeutics, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 40 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

Of its 16 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 9 (56%) have results posted.

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

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

PMS and RMS inclusion criteria:

  1. Age 18 years to ≤60 years (inclusive) at screening.
  2. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score 3.0 - 6.5 (inclusive) at screening.
  3. Diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (non-active or active), or Relapsing MS (RMS).
  4. Documented evidence of disability progression independent of relapse (PIRA) at any point over the 12 months prior to the screening visit.
  5. Willingness and ability to undergo lumbar puncture (LP) for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection at protocol-specified timepoints, with no to the procedure in the opinion of the Investigator.

NMOSD inclusion criteria:

  1. Between age 18 and ≤ 75 years, inclusive at the time of signing the .
  2. EDSS score between 2.0 and 7.0 at screening, inclusive (for higher EDSS, the Investigator must assess that the participant is reasonably able to participate in the study).
  3. Diagnosis of anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG) seropositive at screening (verified by the allocated central laboratory) and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD).
  4. Must meet the appropriate NMOSD treatment criteria prior to receiving lymphodepletion.

MG Inclusion criteria:

  1. Age ≥18 and ≤75 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
  2. Diagnosed with gMG at least 1 year prior to the date of signing the informed consent.
  3. Confirmation of MG Diagnosis:

    1. Positive serologic test for anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies or anti-muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) antibodies confirmed at screening AND
    2. One of the following (either historical or during screening):

      • Abnormal neuromuscular transmission test demonstrated by single-fiber electromyography or repetitive nerve stimulation.
      • Positive anticholinesterase test (e.g., edrophonium chloride test).
      • Demonstrated improvement in MG signs on oral cholinesterase inhibitors, as assessed by the treating physician.
  4. MG activities of daily living (MG-ADL) score ≥6 at screening.

CIDP Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥18 and ≤75 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
  2. Participant must have either typical CIDP, or one of the following two CIDP variants: motor CIDP, multifocal CIDP (also known as Lewis Sumner Syndrome). Separately, Nodopathy (AN) participants with anti-CNTN1 or anti-NF155/anti-NF186, as confirmed by serological testing, may be included.
  3. CIDP Disease Activity Status (CDAS): CDAS score ≥3 at screening.
  4. INCAT Disability Score: INCAT disability score ≥4 to ≤9 score at screening.

General Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of that has not been in remission for at least 2 years.
  2. Active venous thromboembolism (e.g., deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism), coagulopathy (e.g., disseminated intravascular coagulation), or current therapeutic anticoagulation (e.g., warfarin).
  3. Viral and Tuberculosis (TB) Screening

    1. Evidence of chronic active or history of virus (HBV).
    2. Seropositive for (HIV) antibody.
  4. History of bone marrow/hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation.
  5. Prior treatment with any gene therapy product directed at any target (e.g. CAR T-cell therapy), with the exception of azer-cel.

Note: Other protocol-specified Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

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.

Washout period

A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Azer-cel

    Participants will receive a single dose of intravenous (IV) infusion of azer-cel at different dose levels, on Day 0 of the treatment period.

    Drug: Azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel)

Interventions

  • DrugAzercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel)

    IV infusion

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    DLT will be determined using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0.

    Time frame: From Day 0 to Day 28

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs)

    Time frame: Up to Day 720

  2. Change From Baseline in CAR T-cell Toxicities

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  3. Pharmacokinetics (PK) Plasma Concentrations of Azer-cel

    Time frame: Up to Day 720

  4. Pharmacodynamics (PD) Plasma Concentrations of Azer-cel

    Time frame: Up to Day 720

  5. Time to Confirmed Disability Progression (CDP)

    Time frame: Up to Day 720

  6. Time to Confirmed Disability Improvement (CDI)

    Time frame: Up to Day 720

  7. Change From Baseline in Brain MRI Gadolinium Enhancing T1, New or Enlarging Hyperintense T2

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  8. Change From Baseline in Whole Brain Atrophy

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  9. Change From Baseline in Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  10. Change From Baseline in Visual Acuity on Landolt C Broken Ring Chart (Low Contrast Visual Acuity [LCVA]) and High Contrast Visual Acuity (HCVA)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  11. Change from Baseline in Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living Profile (MG-ADL) Total Score

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  12. Change from Baseline in the Revised 15-Component Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life (MG-QOL15r)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  13. Time to Relapse, as Defined by a 1 Point Change in Adjusted Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (aINCAT)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

  14. Change From Baseline in Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (INCAT) Score

    Time frame: Baseline, up to Day 720

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Study locations

8 of 8 sites recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    La Jolla, California 92093, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    New York, New York 10025, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Rochester, New York 14642, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
    Recruiting
  • TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

1 registry update 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 May 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 18 months after the start.

Of 38 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Multiple Sclerosis, half reached primary completion within 13 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 32. This study's planned 18 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 91 studies reached it within 30 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 56.

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

Registered
Nov 1, 2024
First posted
Nov 8, 2024
StartActual
May 6, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Dec 1, 2026
CompletionEst.
Jan 1, 2029
Last update
Oct 27, 2026
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.
Minor edits
Nothing that changes what the study is or who can join. Edited: verification date
1 update, last Oct 27, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 27, 2026
    Minor edits only
    + 1 other change: verification date

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06680037
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 8, 2024
Start date
May 6, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 27, 2026

Study contacts

TG Therapeutics Clinical Support Team
Contact
clinicalsupport@tgtxinc.com
1-877-575-8489

Oversight

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