🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-06-22

CD4CAR for CD4+ Leukemia and Lymphoma (NCT03829540)

A Phase I, Multicenter Study of CD4- Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor Engineered T-cells (CD4CAR) in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory CD4+ Hematological Malignancies

🟢 Recruiting Phase1 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Huda Salman

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This study is designed as a single arm open label Phase I, 3x3, multicenter study of CD4-directed chimeric antigen receptor engineered T-cells (CD4CAR) in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell leukemia and lymphoma. Specifically, the study will evaluate the safety and feasibility of CD4CAR T-cells. Funding Source - FDA OOPD

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (10 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (41 items).

Location: University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center — Miami, Florida

Age range: 12 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnant or lactating women. The safety of this therapy on unborn children is not known. Female study participants of reproductive potential (see definition below) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test prior to initiation of conditioning chemotherapy, per research sites' clinical policy.
  • Uncontrolled active infection necessitating systemic therapy.
  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. Active hepatitis C is defined as the hepatitis C antibody is positive while quantitative HCV RNA results exceed the lower detection limit. Note the following subjects will be eligible:
  • Subjects with a history of hepatitis B but have received antiviral therapy and have nondetectable viral DNA for 6 months prior to enrollment are eligible
  • Subjects seropositive for HBS antibodies due to hepatitis B virus vaccine with no signs or active infection (Negative HBs Ag, HBc and HBe Ags) are eligible
  • Subjects who had hepatitis C but have received antiviral therapy and show no detectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral RNA for 6 months are eligible
  • If hepatitis C antibody test is positive, then patients must be tested for the presence of antigen by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and be hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) negative.
  • Concurrent use of systemic glucocorticoids in greater than replacement doses (unless as a part of a standard of care salvage therapy or conditioning protocol), or steroid dependency defined in rheumatological and pulmonary diseases as uninterrupted corticosteroid intake for more than a year at a dosage of 0.3 mg/kg/day or greater, and where the underlying disease worsens on temporary stoppage of steroid therapy, with symptoms of steroids withdrawal (eg, lethargy, headache, weakness, pseudorheumatism, emotional disturbances, etc) precipitated by the temporary stoppage. Subjects who receive daily corticosteroids in replacement doses can be included in the study. The replacement doses are defined as following:
  • Hydrocortisone 25mg/day or less
  • Prednisone 10mg/day or less
  • Dexamethasone 4mg or less Note: Recent or current use of inhaled glucocorticoids is not exclusionary, as this route pertains extremely minimal systemic penetration.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (6 Sites)

  • University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center — Miami, Florida
  • Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center — Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Riley Hospital for Children — Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Albert Einstein Health Network — New York, New York
  • Stony Brook Cancer Center — Stony Brook, New York
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (317) 278-4184

Email: tnhaney@iu.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
  • 💵 Compensation indicated: Next, participants will receive conditioning chemotherapy.

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💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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