A Phase 1/2 interventional study of BEX101 injection in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, sponsored by Chinese PLA General Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-22.
Sponsored by Chinese PLA General Hospital · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment
BEX101 injection is an extracorporeal anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CAR-T cell) therapy product. This single-arm, open-label, phase I/II clinical study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BEX101 injection in patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) .
CAR-T therapy has shown strong efficacy in r/r B-cell NHL. However, current CAR-T manufacturing is usually centralized and involves multiple complex steps. This lengthy process places high demands on manufacturing, logistics, and patient condition, and may limit timely treatment for patients with rapidly progressing disease or restricted access to medical resources.
To overcome these limitations, this study has developed a bedside extracorporeal (BEX) CAR-T manufacturing platform. Using a fully enclosed automated system, the BEX process enables continuous on-site preparation of CAR-T cells, including cell collection, CD19 CAR gene delivery, washing and resuspension, quality control, and infusion at the bedside. When predefined release criteria are met, the final cell product can be infused within 6 hours.
This study will be conducted to explore the safety and efficacy of BEX101 therapy in patients with r/r B-cell NHL who are positive for CD19 expression.
2,043 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; 309 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 40 across 1,744 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin.
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Subjects who meet the following diagnostic and treatment requirements:
2.1 Any of the following B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-NHL), confirmed by cytology or histology (according to the 2016 WHO Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms):
2.1.1 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (DLBCL, NOS);
2.1.2 Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma;
2.1.3 DLBCL transformed from follicular lymphoma (FL), or marginal zone lymphoma (MZL);
2.1.4 High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements;
2.1.5 FL, grades 1-3b;
2.1.6 Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) (pathologically confirmed, with monoclonal B cells harboring t(11;14) and/or cyclin D1 overexpression);
2.1.7 MZL [including nodal or splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma];
2.2 Relapsed or refractory disease during the screening period:
2.2.1 Definition of relapsed disease: achievement of complete remission (CR) after first-line standard therapy (which must include rituximab and an anthracycline), with biopsy-confirmed disease relapse within 12 months after initiation of first-line treatment;
2.2.2 Definition of refractory disease: failure to achieve CR after first-line standard therapy; subjects who are intolerant to first-line therapy are excluded. At least one of the following criteria must be met:
2.2.2.1 Best response of progressive disease (PD) after first-line standard therapy;
2.2.2.2 Best response of stable disease (SD) or PD after at least 4 cycles of first-line standard therapy (e.g., 4 cycles of R-CHOP);
2.2.2.3 Best response of partial response (PR) after at least 6 cycles of first-line standard therapy, with biopsy-confirmed residual disease, followed by PD within 12 months;
2.2.2.4 Failure to achieve remission after autologous stem cell transplantation (including SD and PD), or relapse within 12 months after achieving remission (including PR and CR);
2.2.3 Subjects with transformed DLBCL must have received at least one line of therapy after transformation and have r/r disease after the most recent treatment;
2.2.4 For subjects with MCL, prior treatment must have included an anthracycline- or bendamustine-containing regimen, anti-CD20 therapy (unless CD20-negative), and a BTK inhibitor;
2.2.5 For subjects with indolent lymphoma (FL grades 1-3a and MZL), at least second-line prior therapy is required.
Organ function must meet the following criteria:
7.1 Hematology: (No G-CSF permitted within 1 week prior to hematology testing, and no pegylated G-CSF within 2 weeks prior to testing): Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 × 10\^9/L; Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 50 × 10\^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 60 g/L (This criterion does not apply to bone marrow suppression caused by lymphoma involvement of the bone marrow);
7.2 Peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets: CD3+ T-lymphocyte count ≥ 100/μL;
7.3 Coagulation function: International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN;
7.4 Hepatic function: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 × ULN (or ≤ 5 × ULN in the presence of liver metastases); Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN;
7.5 Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN, or Creatinine clearance (calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula) ≥ 60 mL/min;
7.6 Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% by echocardiography (ECHO); No pericardial effusion; No clinically significant abnormalities on 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG);
7.7 Pulmonary function: Oxygen saturation ≥ 92% on room air without supplemental oxygen; No clinically significant pleural effusion;
Exclusion Criteria:
Use of any of the following drugs or treatments within the specified time periods.
10.1 Radiotherapy within 8 weeks prior to administration of the investigational product (except prophylactic treatment for CNS involvement).
10.2 Alemtuzumab within 6 months prior to administration of the investigational product, or fludarabine or bendamustine within 3 months prior to administration.
10.3 Other cytotoxic drug therapy within 2 weeks prior to administration of the investigational product.
10.4 Corticosteroids or immunosuppressive therapy within 1 week prior to administration of the investigational product.
10.5 Monoclonal antibody therapy within 3 weeks prior to administration of the investigational product.
Administered by IV infusion
Biological: BEX101 injection
BEX101 injection is an extracorporeal anti-CD19 CAR-T cell therapy product.
Dose limited toxicity (DLT) (phase 1)
DLT is defined as any of the following adverse events (AEs) related to BEX101 injection infusion occurring within 28 days after BEX101 injection infusion (CRS and ICANS will be graded according to the ASTCT 2019 criteria, and other AEs will be evaluated using CTCAE v6.0): * Grade ≥ 3 neurotoxicity and/or CRS that does not resolve to Grade ≤ 2 within 7 days after therapeutic intervention; * Grade ≥ 3 non-hematologic toxicities other than CRS and neurotoxicity that do not resolve to Grade ≤ 2 within 14 days despite appropriate clinical treatment and management, excluding clinically insignificant laboratory abnormalities; * Grade ≥ 4 hematologic toxicities, including decreased neutrophil count and decreased platelet count, persisting for \> 28 days after infusion of BEX101 injection.
Time frame: Within 28 days post-infusion
Incidence and severity of AEs and serious AEs (SAEs) (phase 1)
AEs refer to any adverse medical events occurring in subjects from the initiation of BEX101 administration during clinical trials. SAEs denote events involving death, life-threatening conditions, significant disability/incapacity, hospitalization or prolonged hospitalization arising after BEX101 administration in subjects.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Incidence and severity of AEs of special interest (AESI) (phase 1)
AESI including grade ≥ 3 CRS, ICANS, and infections
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Objective Response Rate (ORR) (phase 2)
ORR includes CR and PR.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Incidence and severity of AEs (phase 2)
AEs refer to any adverse medical events occurring in subjects from the initiation of BEX101 administration during clinical trials.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
ORR (phase 1)
ORR includes CR and PR.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Duration of Response (DOR) (phase 1 and phase 2)
Time from first documented PR or CR to relapse or disease progression, or death from any cause.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) (phase 1 and phase 2)
Time from administration to disease progression or death from any cause, which ever occurs first.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Overall Survival (OS) (phase 1 and phase 2)
Time from administration to death from any cause.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Number of CAR-positive T cells (phase 1 and phase 2)
Number of CAR-positive T cells in peripheral blood.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
CAR gene copy number (phase 1 and phase 2)
CAR gene copy number in peripheral blood.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Number of CD19-positive cells (phase 1 and phase 2)
Number of CD19-positive cells in peripheral blood.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Levels of cytokines (phase 1 and phase 2)
Levels of cytokines in peripheral blood.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Infiltration of CAR-T cells (phase 1 and phase 2)
Infiltration of CAR-T cells in tumor tissue or bone marrow, or cerebrospinal fluid.
Time frame: Within 3 months post-infusion
Characteristics of the edited T cells and their in vivo evolutionary dynamics after infusion (phase 1 and phase 2)
Retain finished CAR-T product samples post-manufacturing, and perform phenotypic and multi-omics profiling on CAR-T cells at Day 0 (fresh finished product), peak expansion, and late time points following infusion.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Correlation between subjects' baseline T-cell characteristics and CAR-T expansion and treatment response (phase 1 and phase 2)
To analyze the correlations between the immunophenotypic and omics characteristics of patients' baseline peripheral blood T cells and the peak expansion, persistence, and response of CAR-T cells after infusion.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Changes in subjects' immune status from baseline to post-infusion (phase 1 and phase 2)
To analyze the patterns of change in innate and adaptive immune cells in patients' peripheral blood before and after infusion.
Time frame: Within 24 months post-infusion
Residual lentiviral levels (phase 1 and phase 2)
To measure the level of residual lentivirus in peripheral blood collected from patients at 3 h and 24 h after CAR-T infusion.
Time frame: At 3 h and 24 h after CAR-T infusion.
Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Oct 2028, 24 months later.
Of 72 non-industry phase 1/2 interventional studies under Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, half reached primary completion within 75 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 56 and three quarters within 106. This study's planned 24 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 145 studies reached it within 75 months; a quarter within 54 and three quarters within 103.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
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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