Allogeneic UCB-derived CAR-T for SLE

Inclusion Criteria12

• Aged 18 to 75 years (inclusive), regardless of gender.
• Definitive diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) meeting the 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria for SLE
• Treatment refractory: failed ≥ 2 conventional SLE treatments for at least 3 months.
• Disease activity assessed by SELENA-SLEDAI score ≥ 6 with at least one British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG)-2004 Class A (severe manifestation) or two Class B (moderate manifestation) organ scores (or both); OR SELENA-SLEDAI score ≥ 8.
• Adequate function of major organs as follows:
• Bone marrow function: a. Neutrophil count ≥ 1 × 10⁹/L (no colony-stimulating factor therapy within 2 weeks prior to testing, excluding neutropenia caused by SLE); b. Hemoglobin ≥ 60 g/L.
• Liver function: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN) (excluding ALT elevation caused by SLE); Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 × ULN (excluding AST elevation caused by SLE); Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × ULN (excluding TBIL elevation caused by SLE).
• Renal function: Creatinine clearance rate (CrCl) ≥ 30 mL/minute (calculated by Cockcroft/Gault formula, excluding CrCl reduction caused by SLE).
• Coagulation function: International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN.
• Cardiac function: Hemodynamically stable.
• Female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects whose partners are of childbearing potential must use medically approved contraceptive methods or abstain from sexual intercourse during the study treatment period and for at least 6 months after the end of study treatment. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test within 7 days prior to study enrollment and must not be breastfeeding.
• Voluntarily agrees to participate in the clinical study, signs the informed consent form (ICF), and demonstrates good compliance with study procedures and follow-up.