New study tracks clues to predict transplant complication
NCT ID NCT04188912
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study followed 267 adults who had stem cell transplants to understand why some develop chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a common complication. Researchers collected blood, saliva, tears, and tissue samples, along with eye scans and breathing tests, to find early signs of the condition. The goal is to help doctors predict and detect chronic GVHD sooner.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict and catch chronic GVHD earlier after stem cell transplants.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not testing a treatment. It may not lead to direct improvements for patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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267 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Patients scheduled for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from any donor for any indication, with a risk of cGVHD of \> 25%
- 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: * Adults age 18 or older * Scheduled for allogeneic HCT from any donor for any indication, with a risk of cGVHD of \> 25% (see below in exclusion criteria for treatment plans with a cGVHD risk \< 25%) * Ability and willingness to comply with the intensive assessment schedule including evaluation every other month at a participating site * Ability to communicate in English or Spanish, to allow completion of patient surveys and clear communication with the study team Exclusion Criteria: * Receipt of umbilical cord blood, bone marrow with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (peripheral blood with post-transplant cyclophosphamide is allowed), anti-thymocyte globulin, alemtuzumab, or ex-vivo T-cell depletion. These patients are excluded because they have a cGVHD risk of \< 25% * Hematologic malignancy with active disease at the time of transplant. Minimal residual disease is allowed * Hematopoietic cell transplant co-morbidity index \> 4 based on parameters known at time of enrollment * Prior allogeneic transplant * Prior autoimmune disease with ongoing symptoms * History of noncompliance * Inability to comply with study requirements due to geographic, logistic, social or any other factors
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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Roswell Park
Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States
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