Can chemotherapy tame a rare blood cancer? a look back at Real-World outcomes
NCT ID NCT07785180
First seen Aug 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks back at the medical records of about 140 people with a rare blood cancer called blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) who received chemotherapy as their first treatment. The goal is to see how effective and safe different chemotherapy regimens are in real-world practice, and to gather data that can be compared with a separate study of the drug tagraxofusp. The study includes adults treated since May 2016, and it will track outcomes like response rates, survival, and side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chemotherapy regimens (e.g., AML-like, ALL-like, lymphoma-like)
- What this could lead to
- If this study succeeds, it could provide valuable real-world data on chemotherapy effectiveness in BPDCN, helping guide treatment decisions and serving as a comparison for future studies.
- What could go wrong
- Because this is a retrospective review of past records, it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may be limited by incomplete data or variations in treatment across institutions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult participants with BPDCN who have been treated with chemotherapy regimens (at a minimum) as first-line treatment from May 2016 at sites in Europe.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Alive, deceased, or unreachable participants (as permitted by local regulation), aged ≥18 years at the start of first-line treatment for BPDCN, and treated with chemotherapy regimens (at a minimum) as first-line treatment for BPDCN from May 2016 * Diagnosed with BPDCN, based on clinical, laboratory, and imaging (where performed per institutional practice) assessments, with a demonstration of a specific immunophenotype (either by immunohistochemistry or flow cytometry), particularly CD4, CD56, and CD123 * Participants (or their legally authorized representatives) who have signed the informed consent and privacy form, where required as per local regulation Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has received an investigational agent as first-line therapy for BPDCN * Participant has received first-line therapy for BPDCN in an interventional clinical trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
67 sites in 11 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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A.O. SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
RECRUITINGAlessandria, Italy
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A.O.O.R. Villa Sofia- Cervello
RECRUITINGPalermo, Italy
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A.O.U. Careggi
RECRUITINGFlorence, Italy
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A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza
RECRUITINGTorino, Italy
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A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità
RECRUITINGNovara, Italy
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A.O.U. Policlinico Rodolico San Marco
RECRUITINGCatania, Italy
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A.O.U. San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona
RECRUITINGSalerno, Italy
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A.O.U. Sant'Andrea
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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AO Ordine Mauriziano di Torino
RECRUITINGTorino, Italy
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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ASST Spedali Civili
RECRUITINGBrescia, Italy
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ASUFC P.O. Santa Maria della Misericordia
RECRUITINGUdine, Italy
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Aarhus University Hospital
RECRUITINGAarhus, Denmark
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Amsterdam UMC
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, Netherlands
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Azienda Ospedale-Università di Padova
RECRUITINGPadova, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II
RECRUITINGNaples, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico
RECRUITINGBari, Italy
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Besancon
RECRUITINGBesançon, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Poitiers
RECRUITINGPoitiers, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux - Hôpital Haut-Lévêque
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
RECRUITINGNice, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
RECRUITINGTours, France
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Evaggelismos Hospital, Dept. Hematology-Lymphoma and BMT Unit
RECRUITINGAthens, Greece
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
RECRUITINGPavia, Italy
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Gustave Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, France
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Henri Mondor University Hospital
RECRUITINGCréteil, France
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Hospital General Dr Balmis
RECRUITINGAlicante, Spain
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Hospital General de Albacete
RECRUITINGAlbacete, Spain
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Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
RECRUITINGBadalona, Spain
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Hospital La Fe
RECRUITINGValencia, Spain
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Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara
RECRUITINGCáceres, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
RECRUITINGOviedo, Spain
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Hospital Universitario De Burgos
RECRUITINGBurgos, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
RECRUITINGCórdoba, Spain
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Hospital de Santa Maria
RECRUITINGLisbon, Portugal
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Hôpital Avicenne
RECRUITINGBobigny, France
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IEO Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna
RECRUITINGBologna, Italy
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Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Poland
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King's College Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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Klinikum Bremen-Mitte gGmbH
RECRUITINGBremen, Germany
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Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
RECRUITINGChemnitz, Germany
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Klinikum Oldenburg AöR
RECRUITINGOldenburg, Germany
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Klinikum rechst der Isar, Technische Universität München
RECRUITINGMunich, Germany
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Poland
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens
RECRUITINGAthens, Greece
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Odense University Hospital
RECRUITINGOdense, Denmark
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Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci
RECRUITINGRavenna, Italy
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGOxford, United Kingdom
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Policlinico Tor Vergata
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Presidio Ospedaliero Santo Spitiro
RECRUITINGPescara, Italy
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Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
RECRUITINGNijmegen, Netherlands
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Sahlgrenska University Hospital - Section for hematologi and coagulation
RECRUITINGGothenburg, Sweden
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Saint-Antoine Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Saint-Louis Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France
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UMC Groningen
RECRUITINGGroningen, Netherlands
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Uniklinikum Leipzig
RECRUITINGLeipzig, Germany
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Uniklinikum Würzburg
RECRUITINGWürzburg, Germany
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University College London Hospitals
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Campus Lübeck
RECRUITINGLübeck, Germany
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University of Patras
RECRUITINGPátrai, Greece
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