A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Descartes-08 in Patients With Dermatomyositis and Antisynthetase Syndrome
Cartesian Therapeutics
Summary
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of an autologous T-cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed to B-Cell maturation antigen (BCMA) in patients with autoantibody-mediated myositis, including antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) and dermatomyositis (DM).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of one of the following: Dermatomyositis (DM): Probability score ≥55% on the 2017 EULAR/ACR (European Alliance of Associations of Rheumatology/ American College of Rheumatology) criteria for classification of dermatomyositis (corresponding to diagnosis of 'probable or definite' DM). OR Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASyS): Diagnosis based on ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria (1)." * Participants must have dermatomyositis or antisynthetase syndrome with muscle and/or skin involvement. * Refractory or intolerance to standard therapy. * Stable background imm…
Interventions
- DrugDescartes-08
Autologous T-cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed to B-Cell maturation antigen (BCMA)
- OtherPlacebo
Plasma-Lyte
Locations (2)
- T13Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- T23Austin, Texas