New drug cocktail aims to stop deadly transplant complication
NCT ID NCT07249346
First seen Jan 08, 2026 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 26 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding ruxolitinib to standard drugs (cyclophosphamide and tacrolimus) can prevent severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in 124 adults with blood cancers like leukemia. Participants receive a stem cell transplant after high-dose chemotherapy, then the drug combo. The main goal is to see if more patients survive without severe GVHD at 6 months.
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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
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What this could mean
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Active substance
Ruxolitinib, cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus
What this could lead to
If successful, this could offer a safer way to prevent severe graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants, improving survival and quality of life for blood cancer patients.
What could go wrong
This is an early phase 2 trial with only 124 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug combination may still cause serious side effects or fail to prevent GVHD.
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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