drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Cellular therapy (CAR T cells)
drug_description
Gene-edited allogeneic anti-CD7 CAR T-cell therapy with CD7 knockout to prevent fratricide and TRAC knockout to ablate endogenous TCR signaling, targeting CD7 on malignant T/NK cells and a subset of AML blasts.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C182072
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
Allogeneic Anti-CD7 CAR-T Cells WU-CART-007
nci_thesaurus_definition
A preparation of off-the-shelf (OTS) donor-derived T-lymphocytes that have been genetically engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against the tumor-associated antigen (TAA) CD7, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities. Upon intravenous administration, the allogeneic anti-CD7 CAR-T cells WU-CART-007 specifically recognize and bind to CD7-expressing tumor cells, resulting in specific T-cell-mediated tumor cell lysis. CD7 is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed by T-cells and natural killer (NK) cells and their precursors. It is expressed in the majority of lymphoblastic T-cell leukemias and lymphomas and in a subset of peripheral T-cell lymphomas.
drug_mesh_term
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy
drug_category
CAR T
drug_class
Cellular Therapy
drug_delivery_route
Intravenous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Off‑the‑shelf, donor-derived T cells gene-edited to express an anti‑CD7 chimeric antigen receptor that binds CD7 on malignant T/NK cells and some AML blasts, triggering CAR-driven cytotoxicity and cytokine release. CD7 is knocked out to prevent fratricide, and TRAC is knocked out to ablate endogenous TCR signaling and reduce graft‑versus‑host disease risk, restricting specificity to CD7 via the CAR.
drug_name
WU-CART-007
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT05377827