Can a low-dose immune drug help hearts heal after a heart attack?

NCT ID NCT07610538

First seen May 29, 2026

Summary

This study gives low-dose interleukin-2 to people who have had a heart attack and are scheduled for bypass surgery. Researchers want to see how the drug affects certain immune cells (regulatory T cells) inside heart tissue compared to blood. The goal is to understand whether these cells can be boosted to help healing, but this is a small early study focused on measuring changes, not on treatment outcomes.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

  • Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Interleukin-2 (Aldesleukin)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could point toward a way to improve heart healing after a heart attack by boosting protective immune cells.

What could go wrong

This is a very small, early-phase study with only 24 participants. It is designed to measure immune cell changes, not to test whether the drug improves heart function or outcomes.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

coronary artery disorder myocardial infarction

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.