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NCT04074746

Modified Immune Cells (AFM13-NK) and A Monoclonal Antibody (AFM13) in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory CD30 Positive Hodgkin or Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Completed Phase 1, PHASE2 Last updated 30 September 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 1, PHASE2 trial testing Anti-CD30/CD16A Monoclonal Antibody AFM13 in Recurrent Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in 45 participants. Completed in 22 September 2025.

Timeline
18 July 2020
Primary endpoint
22 September 2025
22 September 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center
PhasePhase 1, PHASE2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment45
Start date18 July 2020
Primary completion22 September 2025
Estimated completion22 September 2025
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 15 to 75, any sex, with Recurrent Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma or Recurrent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of modified umbilical cord blood immune cells (natural killer \[NK\] cells) combined with the antibody AFM13 (AFM13-NK) and AFM13 alone in treating patients with CD30 positive Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as AFM13, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Giving AFM13 loaded with NK cells followed by AFM13 alone may kill more cancer cells and decrease cancer growth in patients with CD30 positive AFM13-NK Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Exploring the NK cell platform for cancer immunotherapy.
    Myers JA, Miller JS. · · 2021 · cited 977× · PMID 32934330 · DOI 10.1038/s41571-020-0426-7
  2. Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy.
    Laskowski TJ, Biederstädt A, Rezvani K. · · 2022 · cited 547× · PMID 35879429 · DOI 10.1038/s41568-022-00491-0
  3. Harnessing natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy: dispatching the first responders.
    Maskalenko NA, Zhigarev D, Campbell KS. · · 2022 · cited 174× · PMID 35314852 · DOI 10.1038/s41573-022-00413-7
  4. Allogeneic natural killer cell therapy.
    Berrien-Elliott MM, Jacobs MT, Fehniger TA. · · 2023 · cited 153× · PMID 36416736 · DOI 10.1182/blood.2022016200
  5. Current landscape and future directions of bispecific antibodies in cancer immunotherapy.
    Wei J, Yang Y, Wang G, Liu M. · · 2022 · cited 127× · PMID 36389699 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1035276
  6. Natural killer cells in clinical development as non-engineered, engineered, and combination therapies.
    Lamers-Kok N, Panella D, Georgoudaki AM, Liu H, et al · · 2022 · cited 125× · PMID 36348457 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-022-01382-5
  7. Combining AFM13, a Bispecific CD30/CD16 Antibody, with Cytokine-Activated Blood and Cord Blood-Derived NK Cells Facilitates CAR-like Responses Against CD30<sup>+</sup> Malignancies.
    Kerbauy LN, Marin ND, Kaplan M, Banerjee PP, et al · · 2021 · cited 123× · PMID 33986022 · DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0164
  8. A phase 1b study of AFM13 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.
    Bartlett NL, Herrera AF, Domingo-Domenech E, Mehta A, et al · · 2020 · cited 110× · PMID 32730586 · DOI 10.1182/blood.2019004701

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