CAR-T therapy has evolved as a pivotal treatment for relapsed/refractory (R/R) leukemia, demonstrating improved remission rates and manageable adverse events. However, over 50% of patients achieving complete remission (CR) experience relapse within one year (1-year cumulative incidence rate, CIR) due to antigen escape, CAR-T functional exhaustion, premature cell depletion, and immunosuppressive microenvironments. Novel strategies are urgently needed to sustain durable responses. Bridging CAR-T therapy with TCRαβ+ and CD45RA+ cell-depleted haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers dual benefits: Graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effects mediated by donor-derived NK cells and γδT cells target non-CAR-dependent antigens, mitigating immune evasion. Rapid hematopoietic reconstitution reduces prolonged cytopenia-related complications from prior therapies. This protocol further incorporates prophylactic CD45RO+ memory T-cell (Tm) infusion to: Minimize graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) risks compared to conventional donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI). Enhance adoptive immunity against infections/relapse via transferred donor memory immunity. We design this prospective, single-center, single-arm trial to evaluate the efficacy/safety of this approach using the CliniMACS® system for ex vivo TCRαβ+/CD45RA+ depletion in R/R leukemia patients post-CAR-T.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Approximately 28 days post-CAR-T therapy, a hematologic assessment will be performed. Eligible patients meeting the inclusion criteria will subsequently undergo TCRαβ+/CD45RA+depleted haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT).Collect peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from the haplo-donor.Split the graft into two fractions at a 9:1 ratio, 90% fraction: subject to TCRαβ+ T-cell depletion, 10% fraction: subject to CD45RA+ T-cell depletion. Primary graft (TCRαβ+depleted and partial CD45RA+ depleted): Freshly infused into the recipient. Residual CD45RA-depleted lymphocytes: Cryopreserved for prophylactic donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) as needed.
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
2-Year Event-Free Survival (EFS) Rate
Definition: The proportion of patients who remain free from any of the following events for 2 years post-transplantation
Time frame: 2 years
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