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A Study of Anakinra to Prevent or Treat Severe Side Effects for Patients Receiving CAR-T Cell Therapy

A Phase II Study of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Anakinra to Prevent Severe Neurotoxicity and Cytokine Release Syndrome in Patients Receiving CD19-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04148430
Enrollment
62
Registered
2019-11-01
Start date
2019-10-30
Completion date
2026-10-31
Last updated
2025-11-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

B Cell ALL, B-Cell Lymphoma, B-cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

Brief summary

This study is being done to see if the investigational drug, anakinra, prevent or reverse the severe side effects caused by CAR-T cell therapy.

Interventions

DRUGAnakinra

100mg subcutaneous

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients (age \>/= 18) with a diagnosis of relapsed CD19+ B-cell ALL, MCL, or NHL receiving commercially approved CD19-specific CAR T cells (e.g. tisagenleuleucel, axicabtagene, brexucabtagene autoleucel, etc) are eligible for the study

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with uncontrolled systemic fungal and bacterial infections * Patients with known hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived proteins * Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (women who have undergone surgical sterilization or who have been postmenopausal for at least 2 years are not considered to be of childbearing potential) * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Arm 1 (CAR T Cell Group) Rate of Severe Neurotoxicities4 weeksDetermine the rate of severe neurotoxicities, \>/= Grade 3 or any grade seizure, within the first 4 weeks of treatment with prophylactic use of anakinra in participants receiving CD19-specific CAR T cells
Arm 2 (COVID-19 Group) proportion of patients able to avoid death or mechanical ventilation28 days from the start of treatmentproportion of patients able to avoid death or mechanical ventilation within 28 days from the start of the treatment.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026