An open-label, multi-center, phase I/II study to assess safety, efficacy, and cellular kinetics of YTB323 in participants with treatment-resistant generalized myasthenia gravis.
Recipient organisationNIHR Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility
NIHR supportRecorded as supported by this research centre
PeriodFeb 2025 — Sept 2027
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Doctors are testing whether a single infusion of a patient’s own re-engineered immune cells can stop the muscle-weakening attacks of generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG), an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly damages the connection between nerves and muscles. Existing drugs for gMG do not effectively target the immune cells that produce the harmful antibodies. This trial uses CAR T-cell therapy—taking the patient’s own immune cells, redirecting them in the lab, and infusing them back to hunt down and eliminate the antibody-producing cells thought to cause the disease. If successful, YTB323 could allow the damaged nerve-muscle junctions to heal, restoring normal communication between nerves and muscles. Because this is an experimental treatment never before used in MG, the study enrols patients with very active disease who have not responded to conventional therapies or have suffered severe side effects. All participants receive YTB323, and both patient and doctor know which treatment is given. The trial is designed to assess safety, efficacy, and how long the engineered cells persist in the body.
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The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the safety of YTB323 and how well it works on disease activity in participants with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who have tried other medications to treat gMG, but they did not work. Generalized myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease which means the body’s immune system mistakes its own healthy tissues as foreign and attacks them. Current medications that are available for gMG do not effectively target the immune cells that produce the antibodies that damage the NMJ. YTB323 is a type of treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. CAR T-cell therapy uses the participant’s own immune cells which are re-directed (engineered) to fight the cells that are thought to cause the disease. After YTB323 treatment, the symptoms may or may not partially or fully disappear and may or may not come back. This trial is designed to find out if YTB323 can eliminate production of the antibodies that produce these cells and then allow for healing of the damaged NMJ re-establishing a more normal communication between the nerves and the muscles. Because this is an experimental treatment that has not been used in MG before, we will test it in patients who have very active MG disease and who have tried conventional MG treatments that have not worked or led to severe side effects. All participants in this study will receive YTB323. Both the participant and the study doctor will know that the participant is getting YTB323. Participants are in this study for 2 years and will be followed for an additional 13 years in a long-term follow up study. Participants will be given one dose of YTB323 given intravenously.
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