Skip to main content
drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Cellular therapy (CAR T cells)
drug_description
Autologous, genetically engineered convertible CAR T-cell therapy expressing an inert NKG2D-based receptor; requires an adaptor (MicAbody) to engage tumor targets and activate T cells.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C209764
nci_thesaurus_definition
A preparation of autologous T-lymphocytes that are genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) for a modified and inactivated form of the type II transmembrane protein human natural-killer group 2, member D receptor protein (NKG2D; KLRK1), that can be used for potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities upon activation in vivo. Upon infusion back into the patient, autologous NKG2D CAR-expressing T-lymphocytes ASP2802 are inert. Upon subsequent administration of MA-20 (ASP101G; MicAbody), a bispecific adaptor molecule composed of an anti-CD20 antibody linked to a UL16-binding protein (ULBP) 2 ligand, the anti-CD20 antibody moiety of MA-20 targets and binds to CD20-expressing tumor cells and the ULBP2 ligand targets and binds to the NKG2D CAR moiety of the convertible CAR T-cells ASP2802, thereby activating the inactivated CAR T-cells, which induce selective toxicity in and lysis of CD20-expressing tumor cells. The CD20 antigen, a non-glycosylated cell surface phosphoprotein, is a B-cell specific cell surface antigen expressed in B-cell lineage malignancies.
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
Autologous T cells engineered with an inert NKG2D-based convertible CAR that requires an adaptor antibody (MA-20/ASP101G MicAbody). The adaptor binds CD20 on tumor cells and presents a ULBP2 ligand to the CAR, triggering T-cell activation and cytotoxicity against CD20-positive B-cell malignancies; without the adaptor, the CAR T cells remain inactive.
drug_name
ASP2802
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT06248086