A Biospecimen Collection Study to Identify the Targets of Disease-Reactive T Cells in Patients With Autoimmune Disease

Last updated: November 21, 2025
Sponsor: TScan Therapeutics, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Arthritis And Arthritic Pain

Celiac Disease

Colic

Treatment

Companion blood samples with procedure

Clinical Study ID

NCT06587828
200-05
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The most clinically meaningful way to discover new targets of T cells in autoimmune diseases is to study the tissues of patients with active autoimmune disease mediated organ inflammation. These tissues contain both cytotoxic and helper T cells that are driving their disease, and these T cells are being guided by TCRs that recognize tissue-specific targets. By collecting tissue when a patient has active inflammation, it is possible to determine which T cells are activated and undergoing clonal expansion in the patient's diseased organ. TScan has developed a genome-wide, high-throughput technology to determine the natural, physiological target of any TCR (Kula, 2019). The goal of this study is to isolate T cells from inflamed tissues and matched blood samples and/or matched normal tissues (for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases). T cell clones that are expanded in diseased tissues relative to blood or normal tissues will be selected and the targets of their TCRs will be defined using TScan's genome-wide, high-throughput target ID technology.

The goal of this study is to discover a collection of peptide targets, along with their associated TCRs to be developed as new tolerogenic therapies for patients with autoimmune diseases.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Cohort Legend: Cohort 1: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, Cohort 2: Celiac Disease, Cohort 3: Ankylosing spondylitis or non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), Cohort 4: Multiple Sclerosis, Cohort 5: Scleroderma, Cohort 6: Systemic Sclerosis with pulmonary involvement, Cohort 7: Other Autoimmune Disease, Cohort 8: Apparent Evolving Autoimmune Disease, Cohort 9: Frozen Cryopreserved

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Study cohorts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.9: Known or suspected diagnosis, with subsequentdiagnostic confirmation, of one of the following cohorts associated with thefollowing autoimmune diseases:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis

  • Celiac disease

  • Ankylosing spondylitis or Non radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA)

  • Multiple sclerosis

  • Scleroderma

  • Systemic sclerosis with pulmonary involvement

  • Other autoimmune disease (as agreed between Investigator and Sponsor)

  • Apparent evolving autoimmune disease

  • Frozen cryopreserved

  • Age equal or greater than 18 years at time of informed consent.

  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent document wheninformed consent is required by an ethical review board.

  • On disease-modifying treatments that are not known to be directly T cell toxic.

Such treatments are allowed and include:

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including aspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen,celecoxib, indomethacin, diclofenac, etodolac, naproxen, meloxicam, sulindac,nabumetone amongst others.

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) antagonists including infliximab (Remicade),adalimumab (Humira), certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), etanercept (Enbrel), golimumab (Simponi) and biosimilar drugs with the same generic name.

  • Interleukin-12/23 antagonists including ustekinumab (Stelara) and risankizumab-rzaa (Skyrizi)

  • Alpha-4-integrin antagonists including vedolizumab (Entyvio), natalizumab (Tysabri)

  • Interleukin-17 inhibitors including secukinumab (Cosentyx), ixekizumab (Taltz)

  • Recombinant interferon beta

  • CD20 antagonists including rituximab (Rituxan), ocrelizumab (Ocrevus), ofatumumab (Kesimpta)

  • Oral fumarates including dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera), diroximel fumarate (Vumerity), monomethyl fumarate (Bafiertam)

  • Oral sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) modulators including fingolimod (Gilenya), siponimod (Mayzent), ozanimod (Zeposia), ponesimod (Ponvory)

  • Oral glatiramer acetate (copolymer 1; Copaxone)

  • Patient is an appropriate candidate for a procedure to obtain a biopsy, tissuesamples or biologic materials during a clinically indicated procedure where it isexpected that excess materials could be used for research OR

  • In the opinion of the clinical investigator, a patient is an appropriate, low-riskcandidate for a research only procedure to obtain a biopsy, tissue samples orbiologic materials.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • On treatment with drugs that are known to be T cell toxic and cannot be held for atleast 4 weeks or longer. The following treatments are not allowed except indesignated cohorts when approved by Sponsor:

  • Glucocorticoids including prednisone, methylprednisolone (Solu-medrol), budesonide (Entocort), hydrocortisone (Solu-cortef), dexamethasone (Decadron), betamethasone (Betaject)

  • Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)

  • Aminosalicylates including mesalamine/ mesalazine (Asacol, Pentasa).

  • Thiopurines including azathioprine (Imuran) and 6-mercaptopurine (Purixan)

  • Systemic JAK inhibitors including tofacitinib (Xeljanz), abrocitinib (Cibinqo),baricitinib (Olumiant), upadacitinib (Rinvoq)

  • CD52 inhibitors including alemtuzumab (Campath)

  • Methotrexate

  • Cladribine

  • Teriflunomide (Aubagio)

  • Concurrent disease or condition that would make the patient inappropriate for studyparticipation, or any serious medical or psychiatric disorder that would interferewith the subject's safety.

  • Dementia, altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibitthe understanding or rendering of informed consent.

  • Patients receiving research biopsy procedures will not have a history of serious orlife-threatening allergic reaction to local anesthetics (i.e., lidocaine,xylocaine), if local anesthetic is required for the procedure or to medications usedfor sedation during a procedure.

  • Pregnant or nursing women are excluded because there may be unanticipated adverseevents and increased risk to both mother and fetus in the setting of localanesthetic or study procedures.

  • Any other medical or psychiatric condition, which in the opinion of the patient'streating clinician, would make participation in this protocol unreasonably hazardousfor the patient.

Study Design

Total Participants: 300
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Companion blood samples with procedure
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 03, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
January 31, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology, PLLC

    Phoenix, Arizona 85032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Inland Empire Gastroenterology

    Murrieta, California 92562
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Knowledge Research Center

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cura Clinical Research

    Sherman Oaks, California 91403
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Knowledge Research Center

    Orange 5379513, California 5332921 92868
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cura Clinical Research

    Sherman Oaks 5395244, California 5332921 91403
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neurostudies, LLC

    Port Charlotte, Florida 33952
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Arnold Arthritis & Rheumatology

    Skokie 4911600, Illinois 4896861 60076
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rheumatology of Central Indiana

    Muncie, Indiana 47304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kentucky Research Foundation

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kentucky Research Foundation

    Lexington 4297983, Kentucky 6254925 40536
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI)

    Waltham 4954380, Massachusetts 6254926 02451
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Gastroenterology Group of Rochester

    Rochester, New York 14618
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Great Lakes Gastroenterology Research, LLC

    Mentor, Ohio 44060
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Digestive Disease Specialists, Inc

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Susquehanna Research Group

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Susquehanna Research Group

    Harrisburg 5192726, Pennsylvania 6254927 17110
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Nexus Research

    Cranston, Rhode Island 02920
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University Gastroenterology

    Providence, Rhode Island 02904
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nexus Research

    Cranston 5221659, Rhode Island 5224323 02920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • RI Rheumatology

    Cranston 5221659, Rhode Island 5224323 02920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Palmetto Gastroenterology Clinical Research, LLC

    Summerville, South Carolina 29486
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Palmetto Gastroenterology Clinical Research, LLC

    Summerville 4597919, South Carolina 4597040 29486
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Advanced Gastroenterology

    Union City, Tennessee 38261
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Novel Research

    Bellaire, Texas 77401
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Novel Research

    Bellaire 4673353, Texas 4736286 77401
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • GI Research Partners, LLC

    Chesterfield, Virginia 23236
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee 5263045, Wisconsin 5279468 53226
    United States

    Completed

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