New drug combo aims to prevent dangerous transplant complication
NCT ID NCT04022239
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests the safety and best dose of bendamustine, given with or without cyclophosphamide, to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in people with blood cancers receiving a stem cell transplant. About 25 participants will receive the drug after transplant, along with standard anti-rejection medicines. The goal is to find a dose that reduces GVHD without causing too many side effects.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- 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: * Patient with hematologic malignancies. * Donor: Matched sibling, matched unrelated, mismatched or haploidentical * Zubrod performance 0 to 2 or Karnofsky of at least 60. * Adequate organ function at time of study entry: 1. Creatinine less than or equal to 1.6 mg/dL and creatinine clearance \>/= 30 ml/min. Creatinine clearance will be calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation 2. Total bilirubin less than \< 1.5 x UNL 3. SGPT \< 2.5 x ULN 4. Ejection fraction \>/= 40% 5. FEV1, FVC and DLCO \>/= 40% * Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of birth control while on study and for 6 months after the last dose of bendamustine. Male patients with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of birth control while on study and for 3 months after the last dose of bendamustine. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or nursing women. * Known to be HIV positive * Active and uncontrolled disease/infection * Unable or unwilling to sign consent * Current active hepatic or biliary disease (with exception of Gilbert's syndrome) * Active hepatitis B or C. * Toxicities (grade \> 1) unresolved from prior treatment (including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, experimental agents radiation, or surgery. * Patients with standard risk acute leukemia in first complete remission and patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in first chronic will be excluded during escalated phase.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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