drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Cellular therapy (CAR T cells)
drug_description
Also known as Inati‑cel or CNCT19, this is an autologous, gene‑modified CD19‑directed CAR T‑cell therapy. It is administered as a single IV infusion of 0.2–0.6×10^8 CAR‑T cells (with an optional second infusion at 5–6 months). Patient T cells are engineered to express an anti‑CD19 CAR with CD3ζ/costimulatory signaling, leading to T‑cell activation, proliferation, cytokine release, and cytotoxic killing of CD19+ B‑ALL blasts and normal B cells, aiming to clear minimal residual disease and induce durable B‑cell aplasia.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C199061
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 are genetically modified to express a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor with CD3zeta and costimulatory signaling domains. Engagement of CD19 on B-ALL blasts and normal B cells activates the CAR T cells, leading to proliferation, cytokine release, and perforin/granzyme-mediated cytotoxic killing, aiming to eradicate minimal residual disease and induce durable B-cell aplasia.
drug_name
Inaticabtagene autoleucel
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT06718244